The Strange Emptiness of the Crowded Governor’s Race in California — The state’s ballot is nineteen inches long, and lists sixty-one gubernatorial candidates. But where are the star applicants?
A Poem For Bad Dads: Annakeara Stinson on The Cremation of Sam McGee — Robert Service’s The Cremation of Sam McGee is a lyrical poem lodged deeply in the folds of my brain—but, naively, unconsciously, I figured my brother was the only other living soul who could say t…
“Little Prince” Author Antoine de Saint-Exupéry on Friendship — “Old friends cannot be created out of hand. Nothing can match the treasure of common memories, of trials endured together, of quarrels and reconciliations and generous emotions.”
Epictetus on Love and Loss: The Stoic Strategy for Surviving Heartbreak — “Who is good if he knows not who he is? and who knows what he is, if he forgets that things which have been made are perishable, and that it is not possible for one human being to be with ano…
The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows: Uncommonly Lovely Invented Words for What We Feel but Cannot Name — “Despite what dictionaries would have us believe, this world is still mostly undefined.”
Matthew Wolfe on the Secret History of Radical Environmentalism — Journalist Matthew Wolfe joins co-hosts Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan to discuss his new book Fires in the Night: The Earth Liberation Front, the FBI, and a Secret History of Eco-Sabotage…
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Rosalía Shares Tour Essay, Delights Ween Fans, Gets Shoutout From Mick Jagger — Last year’s epic Lux earned Rosalía attention from all sorts of listeners, including Mick Jagger, who recently told GQ that he’s a fan: “That was something really conceptual, really interesting. And…
Namwali Serpell and Kortney Morrow on Toni Morrison’s Paradise — Toni Morrison didn’t want a monument or statue erected in her honor; she wanted a dedicated reading room in her hometown public library, a space that could allow for change and continuous eng…
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