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title: "What WPLN is Reading, Watching, Listening to, and Excited for: July 2026"
description: WPLN shares what we're reading, watching, and listening to in July 2026!
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# [What WPLN is Reading, Watching, Listening to, and Excited for: July 2026](https://womenspublicleadership.net/blog/what-wpln-is-reading-watching-listening-to-and-excited-for-july-2026)

 Written by [WPLN Staff](https://womenspublicleadership.net/blog/author/wpln-staff) | Jul 26, 2026 7:48:04 PM

**READING |** ***The Meaning of Your Life: Finding Purpose in an Age of Emptiness* by Arthur Brooks: **In general, Arthur Brooks is always worth reading, and no one explains [how to find deeper meaning and live more meaningfully](https://go.womenspublicleadership.net/wpln-newsletter-july-2026) better than him. 

WATCHING | We've got our tickets to see *The Odyssey*, [an epic action fantasy film](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt33764258/) by Christopher Nolan — and we don't know if we're more excited for the all-star cast or the opportunity to get out of this summer heat and spend 3 hours in air conditioning!

**LISTENING TO |** July 4th may have passed, but we're not ready to stop celebrating America's founding just yet. For [this Fourth of July special episode of The Blessings of Liberty podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fourth-of-july-special-ken-burns-on-americas-250th/id1896774358?i=1000774977818), award-winning filmmaker Ken Burns joins host Jeffrey Rosen to discuss the Declaration of Independence and the principles behind the American experiment.

EXCITED FOR | While the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brazil is still a year away, all the energy this year around the 2026 Men's World Cup already has us looking forward to watching the women play!

[Click here to read the July 2026 newsletter](https://go.womenspublicleadership.net/wpln-newsletter-july-2026).

 

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