Weekend Whats

What to Hear: Today should probably be a national holiday. Brandi Carlile has a new album out. It’s more personal and more pared down than some of her recent work. If you happen to have a comfortable seat on a porch dabbled with some Fall leaves, that would be an ideal place to listen to Returning to Myself.

+ What to Watch: The Diplomat on Netflix continues to be one of the most fun and binge-able shows around. The politics and international intrigue in the show are wildly unrealistic, but not nearly as unrealistic as our current reality.

+ What to Coffee Table Book: “When great black and white photography and tongue-in-cheek humor come together, as they did with Elliott Erwitt, the result is a unique coffee table book like Last Laughs. No one was better than the New York photography legend at observing everyday scenes around the world with heart and humor through the lens of his camera.” Heart, humor, and non-AI photos. Who doesn’t need a little more of that?