Every Issue of Flaming Hydra

10

Jul

Easy riders / Publish and perish

Yikes on bikes and also lawyering, considered by Hamilton Nolan; Misha Angrist on the stormy world of scientific publishing

issue-604

09

Jul

What he wants

Rax King considers the straight men, via sociologist Jane Ward

issue-603

08

Jul

Advance compliance / Prank calls

Sam Thielman on cozying up to villains; Miles Klee, scam connoisseur

issue-602

07

Jul

But wait / Be here now

Tom Tomorrow gets a surprise visitor—and when is the future, asks Annalee Newitz

issue-601

06

Jul

Freedom enjoyed / President elect

Osita Nwanevu on the Fourth of July, and Michael Kupperman reports on a man in uniform

issue-600

02

Jul

Stupid games / Long fuse

Lindsey Adler on ‘Jackass: Best and Last’, and Joe MacLeod on the Land of the Free

issue-599

01

Jul

Looming disaster / Humor in uniform

Ben Ehrenreich on a warm summer day, and Dave Karpf visits the Great American State Fair

issue-598

30

Jun

End game / Lovers leap

A delicate reminiscence from Grzegorz Kwiatkowski, and jj skolnik on reality (blurring) TV

issue-597

29

Jun

Unholy fools / Fellow travelers

JD Vance and Rod Dreher are hella weird, notes Elon Green; a trip on the bus with Trevor Alixopulos

issue-596

26

Jun

Serpent subdued

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún vs. Nature

issue-595

25

Jun

Bein’ green / Big city

Maria Bustillos accepts a reader challenge; photos by Tod Seelie bring a vanished New York City back to life

issue-594

24

Jun

Bot or not / Nice guy

Jídé Salawu on the Commonwealth Prize fiasco; new fiction from Luke O’Neil

issue-593

23

Jun

But I like it

Anna Merlan’s days as a record store clerk

issue-592

22

Jun

When worlds collide

Jennie Rose Halperin on the thorny paths of AI development

issue-591

19

Jun

Faraway dad / Problem child

A Father’s Day story from Felipe De La Hoz; a relaxing spa treatment with Emily Flake

issue-590

18

Jun

Heart of light

A day in the life of Zito Madu

issue-589

17

Jun

On the inside / Pizza night

Notes on the Dialog List by Maria Bustillos, and Kent and Jack lament the passing of an L.A. pizza joint

issue-588

16

Jun

Still more monsters

Part III of Kate Wagner’s series on Fascist Aesthetics

issue-587

15

Jun

Murderer mystery

The 2007 David Fincher classic hits different now, says Sarah Weinman

issue-586

12

Jun

Instrument found

S.I. Rosenbaum’s TEETH BEACH continues

issue-585

11

Jun

Cyber seer / Cane scrutiny

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún on ‘Being Digital’; Brian Hioe on the possibility of corporal punishment in Taiwan

issue-584

10

Jun

World of wonders / Clip joint

Ian Williams on the pleasures of hosting tourists; Amy Chu takes a risky chance

issue-583

09

Jun

Zen con / Mind the dip

jj skolnik on mindfulness, and a hit dish at a pre-prom party from Laurie Woolever

issue-582

08

Jun

Gentle cynic / Tough jobs

Ilana Masad on a novelist and his politics; John Saward picks up a shovel

issue-581

05

Jun

Machine learning / Ball wars

Fantastic visions from Sam Thielman; Joe MacLeod at the corporate themed baseball game

issue-580

04

Jun

Bumper crop / Table stakes

What’s on Miles Klee’s car? and Rax King on protecting restaurant workers

issue-579

03

Jun

Terminal velocity

Dave Karpf on soon-to-be trillionaire (?) Elon Musk

issue-578

02

Jun

By the book / Look it up

A literary shocker from Michael Kupperman; Maria Bustillos takes the reins at Etymology Today

issue-577

01

Jun

The light fantastic

Zito Madu celebrates Arsenal in London

issue-576

29

May

Not gonna reach my telephone

Ana Marie Cox takes a break

issue-575

28

May

Dog day morning / Gravitational pull

Arwa Mahdawi on a personal emergency; Grzegorz Kwiatkowski revisits a childhood memory

issue-574

27

May

Ancestry illuminated / Coffee burn

Kim Kelly on Romanian ink, and vice versa; Trevor Alixopulos looks into the whereabouts of his coffee

issue-573

26

May

Infinite jesters / Alien commies

A festive but disturbing encounter, by Anna Merlan; ‘Pluribus’ probed by Annalee Newitz

issue-572

22

May

Achievement unlocked

Ian Williams on Arsenal’s Premier League victory

issue-571

21

May

Served cold

A thriller from Nathan Munn

issue-570

20

May

University challenge

David Moore on the capitulation of Brown University

issue-569

19

May

Alternative reality

Luke O’Neil and Aaron Perrino on a lifetime in the arts

issue-568

18

May

The words to it

Eli Zeger considers the prose that comes with your music

issue-567

15

May

Paris souterrain

Tod Seelie goes underground

issue-566

14

May

The art of fiction

Lindsey Adler picks up this novel she’d been meaning to read

issue-565

13

May

Trapped in history / Screen credit

Brian Hioe visits the island of Kinmen; Jack Pendarvis and Kent Osborne talk showbiz, ca. 1992

issue-564

12

May

New life

Kate Wagner on a medical miracle

issue-563

11

May

Class tensions / Bound volumes

Jennie Rose Halperin on boutique fitness, and Ilana Masad defends fine genre fiction

issue-562

08

May

Real hero / Novel illusion

Tom Tomorrow visits William M. Gaines for the finale of MAD Week; Rax King on perfecting a fantasy

issue-561

07

May

Free speech / Free lunch

MAD Week is in full swing, with Sarah Weinman on the lyrical genius of Frank Jacobs; Elon Green’s wild kingdom

issue-560

06

May

Death becomes her / Choice of drink

MAD Week continues, as Misha Angrist swoons over ‘Lover’s Story’; soda semiotics from Miles Klee

issue-559

05

May

Hidden message / Ghosted

MAD Week continues, with a tour de force from Zach Rabiroff; Laurie Woolever on a disquieting hat

issue-558

04

May

THUK ZWEEP PLAF / Loss lesson

MAD Week kicks off with Annalee Newitz’s look back at Don Martin; Amy Chu’s very old cat got sick

issue-557

01

May

Hot or not

jj skolnik muses on the polka-dotted mysteries of Angine de Poitrine

issue-556

30

Apr

Bug’s life / Train in vain

Michael Kupperman on Kafka; racing to catch the train with Zito Madu

issue-555

29

Apr

Sheep’s clothing

Maria Bustillos revisits the infamous Harper’s Letter; some notes on the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

issue-554

28

Apr

Medieval frolic / Nigerian decline

Anna Merlan’s Renaissance reverie; Jídé Salawu on Japa ‘blessings’

issue-553

27

Apr

Rental van / Tour bus

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún takes the family on holiday, and Tod Seelie returns to the underground noise-punk world

issue-552

24

Apr

Crashing the premiere

Eli Zeger on the new film 'Mile End Kicks' and the music criticism of the 2010s

issue-551

23

Apr

Raw (girl) power

Mark Yarm on the new Lunachicks documentary

issue-550

22

Apr

Sneaks and geeks

Dave Karpf considers the Techbrödämmerung on our podcast

issue-549

21

Apr

Infovictory / Overruled

Lindsey Adler talks with The Onion’s Ben Collins; Trevor Alixopulos on a lifetime of reflections

issue-548

20

Apr

Whom to trust

New fiction from Nathan Munn

issue-547

17

Apr

Horror show

Sarah Weinman recommends a place to not go in New York this weekend, or ever

issue-546

16

Apr

Reality based / Surreality check

Misha Angrist is fighting for science; Ilana Masad is watching (and reading about) ‘reality’

issue-545

15

Apr

Life and taxes

Celebrating the U.S. taxpayer with Joe MacLeod

issue-544

14

Apr

Wedding crashers / A sandwich denied

Nuptial festivities in Taiwan, with Brian Hioe; Jack Pendarvis and Kent Osborne discuss ‘Rock and Roll Hoochie Koo’

issue-543

13

Apr

Strong memory / Color ways

Grzegorz Kwiatkowski skips to the ending; a sparkling lookbook by Amy Chu

issue-542

10

Apr

Author’s note / Fish tale

Laurie Woolever visits the Land Down Under; new short fiction from Luke O’Neil

issue-541

09

Apr

Rude boy

Rax King at the punk show

issue-540

08

Apr

Distinguished scholar / AI test

Jídé Salawu on the passing of Biodun Jeyifo, and a new feature: Etymology Today

issue-539

07

Apr

Macho macho maniac

Zach Rabiroff drills down into the makeup of Pete Hegseth

issue-538

06

Apr

In living color

Olympics design, art, and global culture considered by J.D. Connor

issue-537

02

Apr

Romance, relived

Mourning and celebrating Rob Reiner at a Hollywood screening with Diana Moskovitz

issue-536

01

Apr

Undead aesthetics / Bountiful feast

Kate Wagner burns vampires; Seder with Jennie Rose Halperin

issue-535

31

Mar

Frog day afternoon / Canadian spring

A familiar fable reimagined by Michael Kupperman; Nathan Munn on exhilarating developments in Canada’s NDP

issue-534

30

Mar

Art alchemy / Infernal machines

Anna Merlan on Leonora Carrington, and Maria Bustillos on the battle against genAI “writing”

issue-533

27

Mar

Personal best

Zito Madu on the career of Mo Salah

issue-532

26

Mar

Bad boss / Tough customer

Dave Karpf remembers a new guy; Trevor Alixopulos wonders about the last guy

issue-531

25

Mar

Doing time

Sarah Weinman, grand juror; Joe MacLeod and Maria Bustillos on ‘Project Hail Mary’

issue-530

24

Mar

Peer pressure / Arctic adventurer

Excerpt from a work in progress by Ana Marie Cox; Hamilton Nolan launches a reality TV career

issue-529

23

Mar

Life sciences

Myriam Gurba and Indigenous scientist Jessica Hernandez on composting bad ideas

issue-528

20

Mar

Ephemeral scenes / Adults cook

jj skolnik reviews two new books on underground music; Hollywood memories with Jack and Kent

issue-527

19

Mar

Sublime angles / Just a trim

Nathan Munn investigates the built landscape, and Brian Hioe goes to the emergency room

issue-526

18

Mar

Sheep and flowers

Amy Chu meets a shepherd, et al.

issue-525

17

Mar

Poststructuralism for kids

Ilana Masad on the upcoming film adaptation of ‘The Pout-Pout Fish‘

issue-524

16

Mar

Down to the bone

Lindsey Adler has thoughts on the return of emaciation chic

issue-523

13

Mar

Testing, 1-2-3

This is a test of the Flaming Hydra Distribution System

issue-522

12

Mar

Vincit qui patitur

('He conquers who endures'): Annalee Newitz on an ancient refuge in Sardinia

issue-521

11

Mar

Naturalized Nigerian / Unnatural tracks

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún on an English scholar in Nigeria; new works from Luke O’Neil

issue-520

10

Mar

Cult classic / Mad scientists

Laurie Woolever visits the Oneida Community; Misha Angrist on the war on science

issue-519

09

Mar

Poisonous paradise

New, highly speculative fiction from Tal Lavin

issue-518

06

Mar

Deafening dispatch / Polite pioneer

Legends interviewed by Tom Tomorrow and Zach Rabiroff

issue-517

05

Mar

Driving in L.A. / Dancing in New Orleans

Miles Klee, L.A. native; a Mardi Gras parade revisited, by Tod Seelie

issue-516

04

Mar

L.A. woman

Myriam Gurba in conversation with author Keeonna Harris

issue-515

03

Mar

Dental trouble / Spiritual warfare

Sarah Weinman on Epstein’s dentist, and S.I. Rosenbaum talks with religious freedom defender Mikey Weinstein

issue-514

02

Mar

Crashing in the same car

Kate Wagner opens a new series on fascist aesthetics

issue-513

27

Feb

Forgotten fascism

Josephine Riesman on authoritarianism’s early warning system

issue-512

26

Feb

How to read

Jennie Rose Halperin on transcending paranoia

issue-511

25

Feb

Waste cases / Nice guys

Reflections on futility with Brian Hioe, and Hollywood memories with Kent Osborne and Jack Pendarvis

issue-510

24

Feb

Gold tones / Green leaves

Zito Madu on joy and Alysa Liu; a literary trip to African forests with Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún

issue-509

23

Feb

Bad romance / Patience rewarded

Anna Merlan on 'Wuthering Heights'; waiting in line with Trevor Alixopulos

issue-508

20

Feb

An English class

A David Foster Wallace classic remembered by Rax King

issue-507

19

Feb

Talking milk / Drinking Coke

Myriam Gurba goes where the wild things are; the latest fiction from Sam Thielman

issue-506

18

Feb

Making it stay / Letting it go

J.D. Connor on L.A. in film, and a new chapter of TEETH BEACH by S.I. Rosenbaum

issue-505