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May 18, 2016
PodcastTim Grierson, Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 17: The Lobster, Weiner, Money Monster, and The King of Comedy
May 18, 2016
Alex Shephard
Donald Trump doesn’t read books.
May 17, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
There really is nobility in failure.
May 17, 2016
Maggie Doherty
Rivka Galchen’s Mother Lode
Her new memoir explores how having a child makes you a different kind of writer.
May 17, 2016
Alex Shephard
The next six (please let there be six) games of the Western Conference Finals are going to be amazing.
May 17, 2016
Aaron R. Hanlon
The “Free Speech” Charade
What Michael Bloomberg and Charles Koch really mean when they say colleges are "stifling free speech."
May 16, 2016
Ryu Spaeth
Will someone kill the High Sparrow already?
May 16, 2016
Alex Shephard
Game of Thrones’s most important storylines are coming full circle.
May 13, 2016
Alex Shephard
Which Game of Thrones characters will die in Episode 4?
May 13, 2016
Frank Guan
In Views, Drake Plays Himself
His latest album is mediocre, but sometimes that's just enough.
May 13, 2016
Alex Shephard
What the heck happened to the San Antonio Spurs?
May 13, 2016
Navneet Alang
Life in the Age of Algorithms
As society becomes more wedded to technology, it's important to consider the formulas that govern our data.
May 13, 2016
Alysa Levene
How the Cupcake Became a “Female Food”
Parsing the gender dynamics of pastries—and what it means for feminists in the kitchen.
May 12, 2016
Alex Shephard
Woody Allen does not want to talk about Dylan Farrow.
May 12, 2016
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
Against (Certain) Thinkpieces
May 12, 2016
Will Leitch
The Lobster: Animal Magnetism, Or Else
The dark comedy from Yorgos Lanthimos offers a surreal choice—fall in love, or be turned into an animal.
May 12, 2016
MagazineMoira Weigel
Flirting With Humanity
The search for an artificial intelligence smart enough to love.
May 11, 2016
Alex Shephard
Good news: There’s a new The Winds of Winter chapter. Bad news: It’s set in Dorne.
May 11, 2016
Max Rivlin-Nadler
A Metrocard Swipe Is Free Speech
It's not a crime to ask for a swipe, but the NYPD might arrest you for it.
May 11, 2016
PodcastTim Grierson, Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 16: Cannes Film Festival, Married to the Mob, and Casino Royale

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