The Vacation Links Edition (Day 3)

Hi, we’re taking a few days off from the daily drumbeat of WITI for the August holiday. Fear not, you’ll be supplied with some fresh links every day to tide you over. See you next week for MMD. - Noah and Colin

• Composer and trumpeter jaimie branch has died, aged 39. Check her work out on Spotify here. h/t Graydon (CJN)

• WITI pals Chris and Jason from How Long Gone are back from a much deserved break (considering how much they publish!). This is one of my most enjoyable regular listens. (CJN)

• Old but interesting Lee Kuan Yew interview from 2005. (CJN)

• The Eazy-E seaside h/t M. Locke memorial bench (CJN)

• Profile of noted BlackBerry aficionado Kaitlin Phillips in the NYT. Read her classic MMD here. (CJN)

WITI x McKinsey:

An ongoing partnership where we highlight interesting McKinsey research, writing, and data.

25 million … and counting. Despite life-threatening circumstances, refugees are some of the most entrepreneurial people in the world. Andrew Leon Hanna knows why. Read here.

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Thanks for reading,

Noah (NRB) & Colin (CJN)

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