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LAUGH DEPT.PRECOCIOUS
The New Yorker

LAUGH DEPT.PRECOCIOUS

In \"The Great Depresh,\" Gary Gulman's documentary-style comedy special about his lifelong struggle with depression, a camera crew follows him to his childhood home in Peabody, Massachusetts.

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3 mins  |
January 27, 2025
PARTY FAVORS
The New Yorker

PARTY FAVORS

Perle Mesta and the golden age of the Washington hostess.

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10+ mins  |
January 27, 2025
THE MASTER BUILDER
The New Yorker

THE MASTER BUILDER

Norman Foster's empire of image control.

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10+ mins  |
January 27, 2025
ON AND OFF THE AVENUE - Top of the Class
The New Yorker

ON AND OFF THE AVENUE - Top of the Class

Whenever I consider “taking a class,” as a grown woman living in New York City, my mind immediately turns to “The Ladies Who Lunch,” the show-stopping number from Stephen Sondheim’s 1970 musical, “Company.”

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2 mins  |
January 27, 2025
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
The New Yorker

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

The conflagration that became known that became known as the Bel Air Fire broke out on the morning of November 6, 1961, in a patch of brush north of Mulholland Drive. Fanned by Santa Ana winds, the flames jumped the drive, then spread toward the homes of the rich and famous.

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4 mins  |
January 27, 2025
CHARLOTTE'S PLACE
The New Yorker

CHARLOTTE'S PLACE

Living with the ghost of a cinéma-vérité pioneer.

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10+ mins  |
January 27, 2025
MILLENNIALS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
The New Yorker

MILLENNIALS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Fame is fickle, and no one knows this better than millennials. Once, they were everywhere—in television laugh tracks for “The Big Bang Theory,” in breathless think pieces about social-media narcissism, and acting the fool in 360p YouTube comedy videos. Then—poof! Gone like yesterday’s avocado toast.

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2 mins  |
January 27, 2025
WELCOME TO OUR FIRST/FINAL BOOK CLUB!
The New Yorker

WELCOME TO OUR FIRST/FINAL BOOK CLUB!

Thank you, everyone, for coming to our first/final book-club meeting. Apologies for how long it's taken us to settle on a date, but in between work, kids, and the pretense of joining adult recreational sports leagues, it seems that we all have incredibly busy schedules.

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2 mins  |
January 20, 2025
ODD JOBS
The New Yorker

ODD JOBS

\"Severance,\" on Apple TV+.

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5 mins  |
January 20, 2025
TABULA RASA
The New Yorker

TABULA RASA

“Bleb” is worth eight points in Scrabble. Thought you might like to know. I have known the word since Wednesday, June 11, 1958, when I learned it from a company physician at Time Incorporated, in Rockefeller Center. He said I should have been hospitalized four days ago, but there was nothing much to do about it now, go back to work.

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10+ mins  |
January 20, 2025
FEAR AND LOATHING
The New Yorker

FEAR AND LOATHING

Are all our arguments really over who's harmed?

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9 mins  |
January 20, 2025
ZORA NEALE HURSTON'S CHOSEN PEOPLE
The New Yorker

ZORA NEALE HURSTON'S CHOSEN PEOPLE

What a long-unpublished novel reveals about her magnificent obsession.

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10+ mins  |
January 20, 2025
MING HAN ONG
The New Yorker

MING HAN ONG

Thadeus had never offered to take Johnny Mac out for a meal before. This is new, Johnny Mac says, grinning. For twenty-five years, Johnny Mac worked as a tenant-rights lawyer. He is a fount of varied and surprising knowledge.

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10+ mins  |
January 20, 2025
THE POISON MACHINE
The New Yorker

THE POISON MACHINE

The talk-show host Yinon Magal's hard-line tactics.

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10+ mins  |
January 20, 2025
MAKE HIM LAUGH
The New Yorker

MAKE HIM LAUGH

How Lorne Michaels's sensibility governs \"Saturday Night Live.\"

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10+ mins  |
January 20, 2025
ON A MISSION FROM GOD
The New Yorker

ON A MISSION FROM GOD

Inside the movement to redirect billions of taxpayer dollars to private religious schools.

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10+ mins  |
January 20, 2025
OUR NEW TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM
The New Yorker

OUR NEW TWO-FACTOR AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM

Our two-factor authentication system is expanding because text messages and e-mailed codes are becoming less secure. Also, we’re committed to making sure your log-in process is more of a hassle than it needs to be.

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2 mins  |
January 13, 2025
STILL PROCESSING
The New Yorker

STILL PROCESSING

Why is the American diet so deadly?

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10+ mins  |
January 13, 2025
LOVE AND THEFT
The New Yorker

LOVE AND THEFT

Did a best-selling romantasy novelist steal another writer's story?

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10+ mins  |
January 13, 2025
THE TIKTOK TRAIL
The New Yorker

THE TIKTOK TRAIL

Andean migrants draw others to the U.S. with videos depicting themselves as living the American Dream.

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10+ mins  |
January 13, 2025
DEATH CULT
The New Yorker

DEATH CULT

Yukio Mishima’ tortured obsessions were his making—and his unmaking.

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10+ mins  |
January 13, 2025
MEAN TIME
The New Yorker

MEAN TIME

“Hard Truths.”

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6 mins  |
January 13, 2025
ENLIGHTEN ME
The New Yorker

ENLIGHTEN ME

The secret beauty of mandalas.

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6 mins  |
January 13, 2025
THE BEST OF THEM
The New Yorker

THE BEST OF THEM

His was a genius for the ages. Will Gottfried Leibniz ever get his due?

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10+ mins  |
January 13, 2025
A TALE OF TWO DISTRICTS
The New Yorker

A TALE OF TWO DISTRICTS

Lauren Boebert and Colorado’s red-blue divide.

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8 mins  |
January 13, 2025
Prophecy
The New Yorker

Prophecy

The night of Dev’s twenty-second birthday, he was invited to sit with the elders after dinner.

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7 mins  |
January 13, 2025
YOU WON'T GET FREE OF IT
The New Yorker

YOU WON'T GET FREE OF IT

Alice Munro's partner sexually abused her daughter. The harm ran through the work and the family.

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10+ mins  |
December 30, 2024 - January 6, 2025
THE LEPER - LEE CHANGDONG
The New Yorker

THE LEPER - LEE CHANGDONG

. . . to survive, to hang on, waiting for the new world to dawn, what can you do but become a leper nobody in the world would deign to touch? - From \"Windy Evening,\" by Kim Seong-dong.

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10+ mins  |
December 30, 2024 - January 6, 2025
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
The New Yorker

INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

\"Black Doves,\" on Netflix.

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5 mins  |
December 30, 2024 - January 6, 2025
NATURE STUDIES
The New Yorker

NATURE STUDIES

Kyle Abraham's “Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful.”

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5 mins  |
December 30, 2024 - January 6, 2025