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Catapult Elizabeth Koch Into The Sun
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Sabrina Imbler
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Martin Mull Was A Good Painter And A Great Documentary Subject
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Brandy Jensen
Life's Rich Pageant
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Dave McKenna
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Brian Evenson Will Mess With Your Head
Adam Fleming Petty
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Listening Habits
It’s Hard To Be A Rich Radical
Israel Daramola
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Aaron Sorkin Wants To Pretend The Good Guys Won
Imran Zaidi
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‘Digger’ Is Smug, Cynical, And Perfectly Timed
Osita Nwanevu
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‘Barbara Forever’ Won’t Let You Forget
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Sohini Desai
October 20, 2026
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There’s A Difference Between Honoring A Dead Artist And Exploiting One
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Dave McKenna
October 19, 2026
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Good Art Is Worth Waiting For
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Kelsey McKinney
October 18, 2026
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MLB
The Secret History Of Dodger Stadium’s Mysterious Concrete Murals
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Nate Rogers
October 15, 2026
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Arts And Culture
Making A Great Fantasy Map Is An Art, And Ross Douthat Sucks At It
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Albert Burneko
October 15, 2026
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Books
Francis Fukuyama Is The Last Grandpa
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Mathias Fuelling
October 15, 2026
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Sally Rooney Stands By Her Principles
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Kelsey McKinney
October 14, 2026
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Warhammer 40K Is Cool
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Patrick Wyman
October 14, 2026
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This Is So Stupid
It’s Normal To Have Watched ‘The Batman’ Roughly Eight Times
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Kathryn Xu
October 13, 2026
187
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Books
‘Fallow’ Explores A World Where Big Tech Has Disrupted Pregnancy
By
Jade Gu
October 13, 2026
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College Football
‘Saban’ Has Nothing To Say About Its Subject Or The World He Helped Create
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Israel Daramola
October 12, 2026
145
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The Great Outdoors
Another Mountaineering Documentary That Asks: What Is Wrong With These People?
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Rafaela Bassili
October 9, 2026
112
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Books
A Novel About California’s Pluckiest Virgin Is Getting A Second Chance
By
Meghan Racklin
October 8, 2026
6
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Listening Habits
Jay-Z Doesn’t Have Much To Give You
By
Israel Daramola
October 8, 2026
79
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Books
A Uniquely Clunky Sentence Is A Joy Forever
By
Felix Kent
October 7, 2026
78
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‘Content Machines’ Asks The Right Questions About Publishing In The Platform Era
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Madeline Lane-McKinley
October 7, 2026
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Barry Petchesky
October 6, 2026
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Phoebe Bridgers Showed Us How To See In The Dark
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Kelsey McKinney
October 5, 2026
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