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Stulman Checks In
New York magazine

Stulman Checks In

Simon & the Whale is a crowd-pleaser with enough personality to keep things interesting.

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4 mins  |
April 16, 2018
Games
New York magazine

Games

Is Football Over? Just a few years ago, the NFL was an unassailable empire. Now, suddenly, it’s the fall of Rome.

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6 mins  |
November 27–December 10, 2017
Brutal Youth
New York magazine

Brutal Youth

Season two of Search Party is not as surprising, but it’s just as smart.

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5 mins  |
November 27–December 10, 2017
Every Parent Wants To Protect Their Child. I Never Got The Chance.
New York magazine

Every Parent Wants To Protect Their Child. I Never Got The Chance.

To fight for my son, I have to argue that he should never have been born.

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10+ mins  |
November 27–December 10, 2017
Once I Got The Column, I Had To Live Or Die By It
New York magazine

Once I Got The Column, I Had To Live Or Die By It

You could learn a lot at a restaurant table with Liz Smith.

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4 mins  |
November 27–December 10, 2017
Stick To Your Obsessions Until Everyone Shares Them
New York magazine

Stick To Your Obsessions Until Everyone Shares Them

Director Guillermo del Toro has always rooted for the monsters. Now he hopes the rest of us are ready to fall in love with one.

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7 mins  |
November 27–December 10, 2017
What's Less Popular Than Donald Trump?
New York magazine

What's Less Popular Than Donald Trump?

Pretty much everything Paul Ryan and Mitch McConnell are doing.

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5 mins  |
May 29-June 11, 2017
Hillary Clinton: She's Okay What About You?
New York magazine

Hillary Clinton: She's Okay What About You?

The surreal post election life of the woman who would have been president.

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10+ mins  |
May 29-June 11, 2017
Uber, But For Melt Downs
New York magazine

Uber, But For Melt Downs

Sexual harassment, corporate-espionage charges, taking advantage of drivers: The company that practically courts bad PR has an even greater, more existential dilemma.

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10+ mins  |
May 29-June 11, 2017
New York magazine

First She Marched, Then She Ran

Alexis Frank, a 26-year-old political novice, never considered vying for Congress—until she saw Hillary Clinton lose. 

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10+ mins  |
May 29-June 11, 2017
Hollywood's Bank Run
New York magazine

Hollywood's Bank Run

The pitchfork mobs didnt quite make it to Wall Street in 2008. So seven years later, the man who brought you Anchorman decided to give it another go with The Big Short.

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10+ mins  |
November 30- December 13, 2015
Baltimore: A Most Violent Year
New York magazine

Baltimore: A Most Violent Year

Baltimore, the laboratory city.

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10+ mins  |
November 30- December 13, 2015
The GOP Bear Market
New York magazine

The GOP Bear Market

Republican billionaires are having trouble generating returns.

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6 mins  |
December 14-27, 2015
The First Black Trans Model Had Her Face On A Box of Clairol
New York magazine

The First Black Trans Model Had Her Face On A Box of Clairol

No one knew her secret. Until they did.

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7 mins  |
December 14-27, 2015
The Dying of the White Male Light
New York magazine

The Dying of the White Male Light

The more precarious their political position, the greater their threat.

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5 mins  |
December 28 - January 10, 2016
This Time On, 'Serial'
New York magazine

This Time On, 'Serial'

The building of a podcast empire (and a very-high-stakes second season).

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10+ mins  |
December 28 - January 10, 2016
In Conversation: Charlie Kaufman
New York magazine

In Conversation: Charlie Kaufman

The singular director and Oscar-winning writer of Being John Malkovich and Anomalisa opens up about puppet sex, the TV shows he can’t get made, and the future of humans as a species. 

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10+ mins  |
December 28 - January 10, 2016
Sesame Street Is Gentrifying
New York magazine

Sesame Street Is Gentrifying

And the locals aren’t entirely happy about it.

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10 mins  |
January 11-24, 2016
The Attorney General Isn’t Giving In To Fear
New York magazine

The Attorney General Isn’t Giving In To Fear

The attorney general isn’t giving in to fear.

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10+ mins  |
January 11-24, 2016
The Epic Fail of Hollywood’s Hottest Algorithm
New York magazine

The Epic Fail of Hollywood’s Hottest Algorithm

When he wasn’t hanging out with Bradley Cooper, or leasing a horse for Kate Bosworth, or negotiating a Golden Globes shout-out from Christian Bale, or bringing a baby wolf to the office, one Hollywood studio head was talking up the sweetest game in town: the chance to invest in movies that couldn’t fail. And plenty of people bought what Ryan Kavanaugh was selling.

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January 25 - February 7, 2016
How Smart Do You Have to Be to Raise a Child?
New York magazine

How Smart Do You Have to Be to Raise a Child?

The state said a 19-year-old with an intellectual disability wasn’t equipped to look after her baby and whisked the newborn off to another family just after birth - a decision the mother was ready to fight. But how smart do you have to be to raise a child?

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10+ mins  |
January 25 - February 7, 2016
What is it About Tory Burch?
New York magazine

What is it About Tory Burch?

The designer pivots into sportswear - and maintains her tennis grip on the American imagination.

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9 mins  |
February 8–21, 2016
Lesley Arfin on Love, Selfishness, and the Art of Oversharing
New York magazine

Lesley Arfin on Love, Selfishness, and the Art of Oversharing

The Judd Apatow protégée and co-creator of Netflix’s new Love on the art of oversharing.

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4 mins  |
February 22 – March 6, 2016
What Kanye Has in Common With Trump. And Martin Luther King.
New York magazine

What Kanye Has in Common With Trump. And Martin Luther King.

What Kanye has in common with Trump. And Martin Luther King.

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7 mins  |
February 22 – March 6, 2016
In Conversation: John Oliver
New York magazine

In Conversation: John Oliver

The Last Week Tonight host swears he’s only kidding.

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10+ mins  |
February 22 – March 6, 2016
Uber Drivers Around the World Tell All
New York magazine

Uber Drivers Around the World Tell All

Riots, support groups, and psychic-energy vampires.

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10+ mins  |
March 7 - 20, 2016
Why, Exactly, Is Trump Driving Conservatives So Crazy?
New York magazine

Why, Exactly, Is Trump Driving Conservatives So Crazy?

The answer has nothing to do with his character.

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6 mins  |
March 7 - 20, 2016
Meet the Internet's Pimple-Popping Dermatologist
New York magazine

Meet the Internet's Pimple-Popping Dermatologist

A dermatologist finds fame among those for whom watching a pimple explode recalls the butterflies of a first kiss. 

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10+ mins  |
March 7 - 20, 2016
And Just Like That, Balenciaga Is Back
New York magazine

And Just Like That, Balenciaga Is Back

Talking to Demna Gvasalia about his first collection for one of fashions most influential brands.

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9 mins  |
March 7 - 20, 2016
What We Talk About When We Talk About Batman and Superman
New York magazine

What We Talk About When We Talk About Batman and Superman

Politics, mostly. And American empire.

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10+ mins  |
March 21-April 3, 2016