Jun 4, 2026 · 40 min · 10 segments
On this final episode of our 10th season, Ashley reflects on her sabbatical journey and the many lessons learned during this period of diastole. Thanks again to all our listeners - we love you!
Ashley McMullenHost
Kimberly ManningHost
Did you ever read Remarkably Bright Creatures? I've heard of it, but I didn't get a chance to read it.

So when you read a book and it's fantastic and then you turn on Netflix or whatever and they have adapted it to a movie, you are like, womp, womp, womp.

And when I say she hit home plate three times with the bat swung and knocked it out into the rafters.

And I guess I'm assuming a lot that was artificial intelligence that they did that with.

But if you're not a person who reads books, are you kind of like six in one hand, half a dozen in the other when it comes to a book versus...

I would say, like, I like the idea of reading the book and the movie and then comparing the two.

Did you ever read Remarkably Bright Creatures? I've heard of it, but I didn't get a chance to read it.

So when you read a book and it's fantastic and then you turn on Netflix or whatever and they have adapted it to a movie, you are like, womp, womp, womp.

And when I say she hit home plate three times with the bat swung and knocked it out into the rafters.

And I guess I'm assuming a lot that was artificial intelligence that they did that with.

But if you're not a person who reads books, are you kind of like six in one hand, half a dozen in the other when it comes to a book versus...

I would say, like, I like the idea of reading the book and the movie and then comparing the two.
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