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ORIGIN STORY
The New Yorker

ORIGIN STORY

Ta-Nehisi Coates and the temptations of narrative.

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October 21, 2024
THE IMPRESARIO
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THE IMPRESARIO

Alvin Ailey’ crusade to build a home for himself and other Black dancers.

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October 21, 2024
MY CAMP
The New Yorker

MY CAMP

Human nature, yes. Nature nature, no. I know nothing about it.

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10 mins  |
October 21, 2024
PRISON DIARIES
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PRISON DIARIES

The Russian opposition leader’ account of his last years and his admonition to his country and the world.

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October 21, 2024
COWBOY-DANCE FUTURE WORLD
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COWBOY-DANCE FUTURE WORLD

It t is the year 2248. We live in what some would call a perfect world.

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October 21, 2024
The K-Pop King - Chairman Bang is bringing his formula for creating idols to the U.S.
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The K-Pop King - Chairman Bang is bringing his formula for creating idols to the U.S.

Scooter Braun was in a tailspin. It was February, 2021, and the music manager, who had made his name launching the careers of Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande, was nearing forty and facing a brutal divorce. An equally nasty battle with Taylor Swift, over his ownership of her song catalogue, had sullied his public image. Rumors circulated that the future of Braun’s company, Ithaca Holdings, was in doubt. Amid this tumult, he was surprised to receive an invitation to speak with someone who had long fascinated him: the South Korean producer Bang Si-hyuk—known to admirers as Hitman Bang.

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October 14, 2024
Silicon Valley's Influence Game - From crypto to A.I., tech titans are pouring money into super PACS to savage their political opponents.
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Silicon Valley's Influence Game - From crypto to A.I., tech titans are pouring money into super PACS to savage their political opponents.

One morning in February, Katie Porter was sitting in bed, futzing around on her computer, when she learned that she was the target of a vast techno-political conspiracy. For the past five years, Porter had served in the House of Representatives on behalf of Orange County, California. She’d become famous—at least, C-span and MSNBC famous—for her eviscerations of business tycoons, often aided by a whiteboard that she used to make camera- friendly presentations about corporate greed. Now she was in a highly competitive race to replace the California senator Dianne Feinstein, who had died a few months earlier. The primary was in three weeks.

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October 14, 2024
TAKE TWO
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TAKE TWO

\"The Hills of California\" and \"Yellow Face\" come to Broadway.

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October 14, 2024
DOWNWARD SPIRALS
The New Yorker

DOWNWARD SPIRALS

Missy Mazzoli's \"The Listeners\" and Jeanine Tesori's \"Grounded.\"

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October 14, 2024
IT TAKES A VILLAGE
The New Yorker

IT TAKES A VILLAGE

The exuberant, complicating drawings of the Shakers.

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October 14, 2024
THE LONG CON
The New Yorker

THE LONG CON

Rachel Kushner's anti-spy, anti-realism novel.

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October 14, 2024
IF MEMORY SERVES
The New Yorker

IF MEMORY SERVES

John Lewis knew how to put a legacy of heroism.

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October 14, 2024
WHEN THE ICE MELTS
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WHEN THE ICE MELTS

What the fate of the Arctic means for the rest of the Earth.

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October 14, 2024
SLEEP ESSENTIAL FOR HEALTH
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SLEEP ESSENTIAL FOR HEALTH

To achieve good health, you must maintain a regular sleep schedule, and be able to get back to sleep once you are awake.

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October 14, 2024
THE SIGHTED WORLD
The New Yorker

THE SIGHTED WORLD

Growing up with the writer Ved Mehta.

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October 14, 2024
QUARTET ISLAND
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QUARTET ISLAND

Mendelssohn on Mull celebrates chamber music away from urban pressures.

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October 07, 2024
FIX YOU
The New Yorker

FIX YOU

The self-help positivity of Coldplay.

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7 mins  |
October 07, 2024
ILLUMINATIONS
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ILLUMINATIONS

Suzanne Jackson captures the transformative power of light.

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October 07, 2024
RAT PACK
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RAT PACK

The classic rodent studies that foretold a nightmarish human future.

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October 07, 2024
ROYAL TREATMENT
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ROYAL TREATMENT

The unrivalled omnipresence of Queen Elizabeth IL.

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October 07, 2024
WELL, WELL, WELL
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WELL, WELL, WELL

Eating—and not-in the epicenter of hype diets.

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8 mins  |
October 07, 2024
NEWARK STATE OF MIND
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NEWARK STATE OF MIND

Mayor Ras Baraka's reasonable radicalism.

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10+ mins  |
October 07, 2024
DOOM SCROLLING
The New Yorker

DOOM SCROLLING

Social media and the teen-suicide crisis.

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October 07, 2024
THE WORKER REVOLT
The New Yorker

THE WORKER REVOLT

Harris and Walz try to stop blue-collar Americans from drifting to Trump.

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October 07, 2024
THE CHIT-CHATBOT
The New Yorker

THE CHIT-CHATBOT

Is talking with a machine a conversation?

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October 07, 2024
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
The New Yorker

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

At the 1940 Republican National Convention, in Philadelphia, an uneasy affair marked by bomb scares, a British espionage scandal, and the imminence of global conflict, ten names were placed in nomination.

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October 07, 2024
Sniff Test - A maverick perfumer tries to make his mark on a storied fashion house.
The New Yorker

Sniff Test - A maverick perfumer tries to make his mark on a storied fashion house.

What does conspicuous consumption smell like? On a December afternoon in 2013, the Parisian perfumer Francis Kurkdjian was scheduled to meet with the renowned French crystal manufacturer Baccarat at the company’s chandelier-crammed headquarters, near the Arc de Triomphe. The C.E.O. at the time, Daniela Riccardi, had commissioned Kurkdjian to create a limited-edition fragrance to mark the company’s two-hundred-andfiftieth anniversary. Baccarat planned to produce two hundred and f ifty diamond-cut crystal flacons of the new perfume, priced at three thousand euros each, and wanted the scent to reflect the quality and opulence of its vessel.

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September 23, 2024
FAMILY STYLE
The New Yorker

FAMILY STYLE

\"La Maison,\" on Apple TV+.

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September 30, 2024
CLOSE QUARTERS
The New Yorker

CLOSE QUARTERS

Jen Silverman's \"The Roommate\" and Celine Song's \"Family.\"

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5 mins  |
September 30, 2024
IMMATERIAL GIRL
The New Yorker

IMMATERIAL GIRL

Sophie is gone. Her music lives on.

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7 mins  |
September 30, 2024