Every Issue of Flaming Hydra

28

Jan

Recurring infection

Misha Angrist in conversation with Seth Mnookin, author of 'The Panic Virus'

issue-490

27

Jan

Any way you want it

Origins and analysis of the pleasures of HEATED RIVALS, by Annalee Newitz

issue-489

26

Jan

Puppet show

Maria Bustillos looks back on the Republicans’ long love affair with Putin’s Russia

issue-488

23

Jan

Divine indifference / Artes reconditae

New fiction from Luke O’Neil, and Rax King with an exegesis of ‘Sex and The City’

issue-487

22

Jan

Fighting the power / Riding high

Minneapolis activists talk with Myriam Gurba; Tod Seelie photographs a Cuban bike genius

issue-486

21

Jan

Sudden decay / Chorus (repeat)

Cinema fantasy by Trevor Alixopulos; Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún writes from a faraway literary festival

issue-485

20

Jan

Reference works / Optical illusions

Anna Merlan returns to (1939) NYC, and Zach Rabiroff saw these clips on the internet

issue-484

16

Jan

Spellbound solitude

Carrie Frye with a sorceress’s lament; vote in the final HYDRANYM

issue-483

15

Jan

Head room / Showbiz duo

Jídé Salawu on AI in the classroom, and Jack Pendarvis returns with a new traveling companion

issue-482

14

Jan

Fortunate man / Despairing diversion

Jonathan M. Katz on journalistic ambition, and meme master Tom Tomorrow

issue-481

13

Jan

Close quarters / Toxic triangle

Speculative fiction from Nathan Munn; service journalism from Emily Flake

issue-480

12

Jan

See no evil

Some advice from Ian Williams

issue-479

09

Jan

Male men / Automatic aphorism

jj skolnik considers masculinity; Brian Hioe on the echoing truths in our lives

issue-478

07

Jan

Manly meditation

Paternal musings (cinematic) by J.D. Connor

issue-477

06

Jan

Murky red / Dull blue

The new Avatar movie and Marjorie Taylor Greene, dissected, respectively, by Miles Klee and Tommy Craggs

issue-476

05

Jan

Movie madness

Josephine Riesman on the thrill of revenge

issue-475

02

Jan

Lust for life / Recessional

Carrie Frye on the romances of Moby-Dick; a farewell shanty from Joe MacLeod and friends

issue-474

01

Jan

Rich legacy / Hidden knowledge

Kim Kelly pays her respects; close encounters with Amy Chu

issue-473

30

Dec

Cocktail hour / Hour of reckoning

Laurie Woolever hoists Moby-Dick themed cocktails; memories of Mike F with Luke O’Neil; S.I. Rosenbaum on whaling and origins

issue-472

29

Dec

Big talk / Loud noise

Tal Lavin and Jack Pendarvis talk Moby-Dick; the titanic style of John Bonham, by Misha Angrist

issue-471

26

Dec

Whale hunt

Moby-Dick Week begins, with Ben Ehrenreich reading aloud

issue-470

24

Dec

Mug shot

Trevor Alixopulos vs. modern life

issue-469

23

Dec

Vision blurred / Seeing good

The eyes of Zach Rabiroff; David Roth, cinéaste, shares rare holiday films

issue-468

22

Dec

Happening now

Cultural reckonings in a new short story by Sam Thielman

issue-467

19

Dec

Discomfort shopping

Anna Merlan aboard the Titanic (Museum Shop)

issue-466

17

Dec

Monster flicks

Annalee Newitz on (real) bad guy movies, and a new Reader Poll

issue-465

16

Dec

Naive noël

Tod Seelie reflects on long-ago SantaCons

issue-464

15

Dec

Love story / Green day

Rax King remembers Rob Reiner; the metamorphosis of Amy Chu

issue-463

12

Dec

Give me Memphis, Tennessee

Jack and Ace at the end of the road

issue-462

11

Dec

Lost and found

S.I. Rosenbaum returns with the second installment of TEETH BEACH

issue-461

10

Dec

Fearful symmetry / Lost connection

Nathan Munn on the sinister side of robot assistants; Brian Hioe has destroyed his phone

issue-460

09

Dec

Cold cash / Hot mess

What Jennie Rose Halperin learned from Joi Ito; introducing a new column, News on Fire

issue-459

08

Dec

Personhood for everyone

jj skolnik on autonomy and sovereignty

issue-458

05

Dec

Crimes forgiven

Jídé Salawu worries about his hometown

issue-457

04

Dec

The mighty jungle

David Moore visits the new Rousseau exhibit

issue-456

03

Dec

Leaving home / Coming back

Laurie Woolever’s bureaucratic burden; enjoying a family trip with John Saward

issue-455

02

Dec

San Francisco treat / Ohio players

Rax King on ‘The Last Waltz’, and J.D. Connor reflects on U.S. presidents and TV histories

issue-454

01

Dec

Essex girl

Leila Brillson has a party 4 u

issue-453

28

Nov

Every day / A new world

Miles Klee is a camera

issue-452

26

Nov

True thanks

A holiday comic from Trevor Alixopulos

issue-451

25

Nov

Salad days / Happy hours

Carrie Frye and Edith Zimmerman on The Hairpin archives; old-fashioned barhopping with Anna Merlan

issue-450

24

Nov

Freedom flowing

Zito Madu reflects on a turbulent youth

issue-449

21

Nov

Bill of goods / Feline fame

Felipe De La Hoz on immigrants’ regrets; Ace and Jack on Hollywood cats

issue-448

20

Nov

Settling accounts

Jonathan M. Katz and Maria Bustillos connect the geopolitico-cultural dots

issue-447

19

Nov

Carpe omnia

Brian Hioe hasn’t got all the time in the world

issue-446

18

Nov

Poor minds / Rich memories

Zach Rabiroff on tech bro sadness, and Harry Siegel revisits his father’s archives

issue-445

17

Nov

On the shoreline

S.I. Rosenbaum debuts a new graphic memoir of devastation and love

issue-444

14

Nov

Troubled troves

Kọla Túbọsún on the entwined beauty and tragedy of Benin’s looted treasures

issue-443

13

Nov

Fit check

Tal Lavin’s wardrobe metamorphosis

issue-442

12

Nov

Vanished route

Nathan Munn’s long way home

issue-441

11

Nov

Diagnosis defined

Misha Angrist on how language shapes medical treatment

issue-440

10

Nov

Man complaining / Man explaining

New fiction from Colin McGowan; frontiers in masculinity, considered by Maria Bustillos

issue-439

07

Nov

Dead can dance / Lyrics live

Tod Seelie’s exquisite photos of New Orleans, and a poem from the olden time by Harry Siegel

issue-438

06

Nov

Tinseltown treat / Puzzle pro

Diana Moskovitz at the Chappell Roan show, and Carrie Frye talks game design with Dan Kois

issue-437

05

Nov

Gadget works / Red redemption

David Moore talks Kodak (and war machines) with author Alice Lovejoy; Jack and Ace hit the road

issue-436

04

Nov

Hill bully elegy

Parker Molloy talks media with Jael Holzman of Ekko Astral; a photo album from Flaming Hydra’s first-ever party

issue-435

03

Nov

A plague on art / The tasteless torus

The passion of John Saward, and Hamilton Nolan’s views on an autumn treat

issue-434

31

Oct

Grave occasion / Wheel time

Anna Merlan walks among the shades, and so does Luke O’Neil; Tod Seelie photographs Bike Kill mayhem

issue-433

29

Oct

Rolling blackout

Jídé Salawu on politics and power (outages)

issue-432

27

Oct

Boring tattoos / Spooky music

Sam Thielman on Graham Platner, and a harrowing holiday surprise for Trevor Alixopulos

issue-431

24

Oct

Yellow brick road / The long march

Laurie Woolever visits the Emerald City, Carrie Frye reflects on last week’s protests, and Wicker Man Week comes to a close

issue-430

23

Oct

Let locals lie / Build the beat

A holiday in the land of ‘The Wicker Man’ with Kim Kelly, and Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún on Afrobeat muse Sandra Izsadore

issue-429

22

Oct

Blindered faith / Giddy vision

Miles Klee takes on ‘The Wicker Man’; Jennie Rose Halperin and Julianne Escobedo Shepherd return to ‘Party Girl’

issue-428

21

Oct

Young and restless / Odds and ends

Time travel with Maria Bustillos; Amy Chu’s got collectibles

issue-427

20

Oct

Hear the music / Feel the burn

Wicker Man Week opens with Tal Lavin and Annalee Newitz, jointly and severally

issue-426

18

Oct

Nice day outside / Evil stars

Reports from No Kings (var.), and Annalee Newitz on the devolution of online ratings

issue-425

16

Oct

Celluloid recovery / Seasoned subversive

Rax King reviews 'The Smashing Machine'; reflections of a maturing activist, by Brian Hioe

issue-424

15

Oct

Hardened borders

Zach Rabiroff talks with Stephanie Canizales about undocumented children and U.S. citizenship

issue-423

14

Oct

Abduction afloat / Day of remembrance

Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún talks with released Sumud Flotilla captive Zukiswa Wanner; Emily Flake’s notes on a new holiday

issue-422

10

Oct

Deep stacks

Jídé Salawu on the recent crowdfunding for the national library of Nigeria

issue-421

09

Oct

Opportunistic infection

Jennie Rose Halperin on the career twists and turns of Instagram influencer Jessica Reed Kraus

issue-420

08

Oct

What’s the poop? / Where’s the dough?

Tom Scocca learns new words; Ace and Jack on the gambling type atmosphere of Hollywood

issue-419

07

Oct

Base meddling / Machine learning

S.I. Rosenbaum on a wretched amicus brief; Paul Ford and Maria Bustillos sort out the AI thing

issue-418

06

Oct

Better banknotes

Yemisi Aribisala reimagines money

issue-417

03

Oct

Struggle cinema

David Roth on 'One Battle After Another'

issue-416

02

Oct

Sleeping and waking

Myriam Gurba and author Wendy C. Ortiz on dreams, gender violence, true crime, and a hex

issue-415

01

Oct

Hardboiled heroes / Chef’s surprise

Miles Klee on the pleasures of noir, and new fiction from Sam Thielman

issue-414

30

Sep

Northern front

Canada’s punk rock politician/activist, Charlie Angus, talks with Nathan Munn

issue-413

29

Sep

Puny Persuasion

Tom Scocca and Maria Bustillos Yakkin’ about Ezra Klein

issue-412

26

Sep

Angry letters

The politics of spelling, with Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún

issue-411

25

Sep

Pesky journalists / Pleasant insects

‘All the President’s Men’ revisited by Diana Moskovitz; Trevor Alixopulos considers L.A.’s friendly green flying objects

issue-410

24

Sep

Keep caring / Caretaking

Brian Hioe on bubble tea and ‘hitting someone else's head with yours’; fine new fiction from Luke O’Neil

issue-409

23

Sep

Budding branch

The Internet Archive Europe opens its new headquarters in Amsterdam, and Maria Bustillos chats with Brewster Kahle

issue-408

22

Sep

Puppet masters / Tentatively Teutonic

Ben Ehrenreich’s transcript of a future Congressional hearing, and language class with Anna Merlan

issue-407

18

Sep

Blood sugar / Bloodless alcohol

Laurie Woolever on participatory democracy, and Rax King on the deceptions of AI music

issue-406

17

Sep

Bills, bills, bills / What a lovely day

Carrie Frye recounts the tale of a North Carolina auction win; exquisite photos of a desert festival by Tod Seelie

issue-405

16

Sep

Double duty

Hollywood memories with Jack and Ace; Alien: Earth's horrible new beast

issue-404

15

Sep

Estranged land

Zach Rabiroff spoke with a U.S. family in the crosshairs

issue-403

12

Sep

Peas in a pod

Amy Chu on the celebrity podcast she loves best

issue-402

11

Sep

Read the data

Misha Angrist champions his scientific colleagues

issue-401

10

Sep

Have mercy

Harry Siegel remembers a lot

issue-400

09

Sep

Jollies with Jeff

Maria Bustillos on the Birthday Book, plus our weekly ALIEN: EARTH podcast

issue-399

08

Sep

Autumn apparel / Neophyte newshounds

Fall fashion forecast by Amy Chu; Felipe De La Hoz on the imperatives of teaching journalism

issue-398

05

Sep

Poets persist

Poets and autocracy, considered by Talia Lavin and Zach Rabiroff

issue-397

04

Sep

Valedictory vision / Fuzzy feed

New fiction from Luke O’Neil; Brian Hioe’s internet land of contrasts

issue-396

03

Sep

Mob Mentality

Miles Klee considers 'The Sopranos' fandom

issue-395

02

Sep

History lessened

Ian Williams on nostalgia, and we consider the various eyeballs in a new Alien: Earth recap podcast

issue-394

29

Aug

Layered lawn

Jennie Rose Halperin’s adventures in gardening

issue-393

28

Aug

Machine language / Drive-by dining

Anna Merlan and Jesse Sheidlower talk 'clankers' and Joe MacLeod stops for a bite at Cracker Barrel

issue-392

27

Aug

Festive photos / Literary launch

Tony Hawk’s office parties, dazzlingly photographed by Tod Seelie; Efe Paul Azino and Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún discuss a NYC festival debut

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