Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
On this week’s show, Mary C. Curtis joins Neil Parekh as a Guest Co-Host for The Sunday #NYTReadalong. (Sree is traveling.) They’ll offer a remembrance of Dolly Parton, particularly her philanthropic work and the candor with which she discussed her struggles with depression; discuss Meta’s $17.1 Billion dollar settlement and the potential impact on teenagers’ use of social media; and they’ll talk about the March on Washington, both the 1963 March for Jobs and Freedom and the 2026 March which focused on defending the right to vote. (Spoiler Alert: There are interesting questions to discuss about coverage decisions and word choice.)
Join them for Ep. 408 of The Sunday #NYTReadalong on August 30 at 6pm IST.
If you miss the live show, you can always watch the replay right here on YouTube, on demand.
Click through to their website for gift links to several articles related to this week’s show:
tinyurl.com/408giftlinks
The Gift links expire after 30 days.
We are proud to continue our partnership with Sree and Neil to bring you this weekly look at the print edition of the Sunday New York Times. They have been producing the show for ten years.
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The Jaipur Literature Festival is coming to North America in September/October.
Details: tinyurl.com/jlfusa
It will of course be in Jaipur in January 2027.
Details: tinyurl.com/jlfindia
Sree’s latest newsletter focuses on the definition of “AI-assisted” in writing and its implications. He included several comments that were shared in a WhatsApp group dedicated to AI.
Here’s Neil’s contribution, “What constitutes “AI assistance?” Copy and paste is bad for many reasons. Copy and paste without attribution is worse. But what about going several rounds to refine the text? Or rewriting an AI-generated rough draft? What about using an AI-generated outline to write your own text? Do we need levels of AI attribution, with standards? How would it be verified?”
tinyurl.com/sreenotewho
On Thursday, Sree joined Neil and Dawn Neuburg on Ep. 55 of Shining Light on Shadows: A Candid Conversation About Mental Health, “The Mental Health Impacts of Social Media on Teens AND Adults.”
They talked about the Meta settlement, the impact of social media on adults; the challenges of modeling good behavior; the impact on teens, practical suggestions for cubing phone/social media use, and ended with a reflection on the good work you can do on social media.
neilparekh.org/post/ep-55-the-mental-health-impacts-of-social-media-on-teens-and-adults
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The show is produced by Digimentors. They produce high-quality virtual and hybrid events for organizations big and small around the world. They also do social and digital consulting, training and workshops.
Subscribe to Sree’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/sreenet
On this week’s show, Mary C. Curtis joins Neil Parekh as a Guest Co-Host for The Sunday #NYTReadalong. (Sree is traveling.) They’ll offer a remembrance of Dolly Parton, particularly her philanthropic work and the candor with which she discussed her struggles with depression; discuss Meta’s $17.1 Billion dollar settlement and the potential impact on teenagers’ use of social media; and they’ll talk about the March on Washington, both the 1963 March for Jobs and Freedom and the 2026 March which focused on defending the right to vote. (Spoiler Alert: There are interesting questions to discuss about coverage decisions and word choice.)
Join them for Ep. 408 of The Sunday #NYTReadalong on August 30 at 6pm IST.
If you miss the live show, you can always watch the replay right here on YouTube, on demand.
Click through to their website for gift links to several articles related to this week’s show:
tinyurl.com/408giftlinks
The Gift links expire after 30 days.
We are proud to continue our partnership with Sree and Neil to bring you this weekly look at the print edition of the Sunday New York Times. They have been producing the show for ten years.
-------------------
The Jaipur Literature Festival is coming to North America in September/October.
Details: tinyurl.com/jlfusa
It will of course be in Jaipur in January 2027.
Details: tinyurl.com/jlfindia
Sree’s latest newsletter focuses on the definition of “AI-assisted” in writing and its implications. He included several comments that were shared in a WhatsApp group dedicated to AI.
Here’s Neil’s contribution, “What constitutes “AI assistance?” Copy and paste is bad for many reasons. Copy and paste without attribution is worse. But what about going several rounds to refine the text? Or rewriting an AI-generated rough draft? What about using an AI-generated outline to write your own text? Do we need levels of AI attribution, with standards? How would it be verified?”
tinyurl.com/sreenotewho
On Thursday, Sree joined Neil and Dawn Neuburg on Ep. 55 of Shining Light on Shadows: A Candid Conversation About Mental Health, “The Mental Health Impacts of Social Media on Teens AND Adults.”
They talked about the Meta settlement, the impact of social media on adults; the challenges of modeling good behavior; the impact on teens, practical suggestions for cubing phone/social media use, and ended with a reflection on the good work you can do on social media.
neilparekh.org/post/ep-55-the-mental-health-impacts-of-social-media-on-teens-and-adults
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The show is produced by Digimentors. They produce high-quality virtual and hybrid events for organizations big and small around the world. They also do social and digital consulting, training and workshops.
Subscribe to Sree’s YouTube channel: youtube.com/sreenet
