Walking Red Flag

I have trouble sleeping — trouble staying asleep, not trouble falling asleep. I have found that the best way to get back to sleep at three or four in the morning is to listen to a podcast on a 10-minute fadeout timer. But the podcast has to land in a very specific zone: interesting enough that I don’t actively mind listening to it, but not so interesting that my braid maintains awakeness in order to catch what’s next. After a long process of trial and error I have found that millennial dating advice podcasts are perfect. Getting these little glimpses into the lives of the young and confused is never dull, but at the same time, anything you miss is going to happen again to some other hapless millennial single in a week or two, so it’s OK to drift off. Anyway: Jared Freid, one of the hosts of my go-to millennial dating podcast, U Up, has a book out, called Walking Red Flag. It’s really good, even while being of no practical relevance to me! I like it, Dr. Mrs. Q likes it, AB likes the…