December Staff Picks

Every month, the Sunstroke Magazine team compiles a list of things— new and old— that we’ve been enjoying. Here’s to finding more things to love.

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Podcasts

• Good Food (by KCRW)

• Lackluster Video

• The Get Up 

• Lackluster Video

TV Shows

• Veep 

• Star Trek: The Original Series 

• The Undoing (HBO)

• We Are Who We Are (HBO) 

• Big Mouth; Season 4 (Netflix)

• Schitts Creek (Netflix)

• Derry Girls (Netflix)

• Euphoria (new episode) (HBO)

Albums

• BE - BTS

• CTV3: Cool Tape Vol. 3 - Jaden

• August - Lewis Del Mar

• evermore - Taylor Swift

• Coming Home - Leon Bridges

• Plastic Hearts - Miley Cyrus

• Loose - Nelly Furtado

Musicians & Bands

• Cocteau Twins

• Portishead

• Saba

• Slowdive

• Vampire Weekend

• Fleet Foxes

• Serena Isioma

Films

• How The Grinch Stole Christmas (Netflix)

• Bad Moms Christmas (Netflix)

• Happiest Season (Hulu)

• First Cow (Hulu)

Books

• Normal People by Sally Rooney

• Calypso by David Sedaris

• Angus, Thongs and Full Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison

Articles, Essays & Journals

• Ivanka Trump Was My Best Friend, Now She’s MAGA Royalty

• Thinking of leaving London? Here’s the case for why you should.

Videos