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Michael Lewis’s ‘Going Infinite’ Goes In Circles
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Patrick Redford
October 10, 2023
Year In Review
The Best Things We Read In 2022
317
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Defector Staff
December 26, 2022
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This Is So Stupid
Are You The General Of Carl von Clausewitz’s Dreams? Take This Quiz To Find Out!
180
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Felix Kent
October 3, 2022
Journalismism
Axios Employees Instructed To Use Axios Funds To Buy Six Copies Each Of Axios Founders’ Dumb Book
264
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Laura Wagner
September 23, 2022
Arts And Culture
Here’s To Mike Davis, A Titan
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Patrick Redford
June 29, 2022
Arts And Culture
The Queen Of Writing The Beautiful Mundane
49
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Kelsey McKinney
June 12, 2022
Arts And Culture
Reading Is Easy, TV Is Hard
148
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Felix Kent
March 2, 2022
This Is So Stupid
To Stop The Creeping Liberalism Of Books, You Must Destroy The Cloud
243
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Kelsey McKinney
February 3, 2022
Zillowing Out
A $900,000 (Maybe?) Home That Someone Loved Very Much
149
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Kelsey McKinney
January 29, 2022
Life Lessons
This Is Not Actually An Endorsement Of Ditching Your Childhood Friends
99
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Felix Kent
January 28, 2022
Arts And Culture
No Wonder Left In World Now That Mysterious Book Thief Has Been Arrested
106
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Kelsey McKinney
January 6, 2022
Year In Review
The Best Things We Read In 2021
299
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Defector Staff
December 29, 2021
Defector At The Movies
This ‘Dune’ Has No Ideas
352
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Barry Petchesky
October 26, 2021
Pro Wrestling
These Are The Books Wrestling Fans Want Philadelphia Children To Read
77
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Dan McQuade
October 7, 2021
Defector Reads A Book
‘The Glassy, Burning Floor Of Hell’ Is A Horror Collection That Will Validate Your Misery
16
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Nicholas Russell
August 17, 2021
Podcasts
Frisk Max Scherzer If You Dare, With Kelsey McKinney
105
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David Roth
July 1, 2021
Book Excerpts That Don't Suck
“My Friend Is Here To See The Girls”
25
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Charles Farrell
June 29, 2021
Announcements
‘The Night The Lights Went Out’ Will Be A Book
177
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Drew Magary
May 6, 2021
Senators Week
In ‘A Sense Of Where You Are,’ Bill Bradley Was A Bucket
59
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Giri Nathan
May 5, 2021
Pro Wrestling
Pro Wrestling’s Finest Down-And-Dirty Chronicle Is Getting Even Better
25
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David Davis
March 22, 2021
Book Excerpts That Don't Suck
A Couples Therapist Explains Wilt Chamberlain’s Most Impressive Record (No, Not That One)
75
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Nick Greene
February 26, 2021
Defector Reads A Book
I Love The Sports Chapter Of The Aeneid
166
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Maitreyi Anantharaman
February 23, 2021
Life Lessons
Lost And Found In The Batting Cage
177
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Lauren Theisen
February 11, 2021
Book Excerpts That Don't Suck
A Day At The “Largest Festival For Dogs In North America” Where My Dog Was, Quite Frankly, Robbed Of His Accolades
38
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Kelly Conaboy
January 8, 2021
Year In Review
The Best Things We Read In 2020
279
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Defector Staff
December 30, 2020
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