From 'Fubar' to 'Warefare': T Magazine picks of the week

Here's what to watch, play and listen to this week

Podcast: Warefare by History Hit

War historian, writer and broadcaster James Rogers teams up with world-leading and qualified academic, veteran or policy experts to discuss new histories of inspirational leadership, breakthrough technologies, and era-defining battles in this podcast offering fascinating new perspectives on how wars from Napoleonic battles to Cold War confrontations, the Normandy landings to 9/11 and even the Sudan conflict have shaped our modern world. They highlight the stark realities and consequences of global warfare with highly interesting, informative and engrossing content. You delve deep to discover new takes on warfare.

Book: The Pivot Year by Brianna West

This could be the year you change your life. With a different take-home for everyone, it is designed as a daily guidebook for personal transformation, so you can devote the next twelve months to make measured and real change, beginning with your mindset. With 365 daily meditations on becoming who you’ve always wanted to be, start any day and read one entry per day, which easily fits into your daily routine. Or use it as a reference guide by flipping to specific entries that address challenges you’re currently facing.

Show: FUBAR

When Arnold Schwarzenegger decides to take truckloads of money for his first streamer project, he makes sure it is a damn good one. In fabulously good shape at 75, he is doing what he is best at ― action comedy ― and is funny as hell as Luke, a globe-trotting CIA agent who is set to retire after decades of service, but has one more mission with a twist to tackle. Borrowing the best of True Lies, there is ample father-daughter chemistry and the family element surprisingly dominates the series over the action.

YouTuber: Arieh Smith (@XIAOMANYC)

Arieh Smith or Xiaomanyc is an American YouTuber and polyglot, popular for speaking Mandarin Chinese at a near-native level, French, Spanish, Yiddish, Yoruba, Telugu, Navajo, and various Chinese dialects at a basic conversational level, and for having 4.2 m subscribers for a hustle. His videos of partaking in diverse ethnic cultures alongside recording people’s reactions to his fluency in languages are a fun watch. But don’t expect yourself to learn languages from him. Just get entertained and motivated to learn another language, and then go find a proper source.