Ephemeral scenes / Adults cook
jj skolnik reviews two new books on underground music; Hollywood memories with Jack and Kent
Life We Make
Kent Goes to Chelmsford: Episode 4
Sublime angles / Just a trim
Nathan Munn investigates the built landscape, and Brian Hioe goes to the emergency room
Snip of Theseus
Liminal Criminals
Sheep and flowers
Amy Chu meets a shepherd, et al.
My Winter Scarf
Poststructuralism for kids
Ilana Masad on the upcoming film adaptation of ‘The Pout-Pout Fish‘
Fish Face
Down to the bone
Lindsey Adler has thoughts on the return of emaciation chic
The Hunger (reprise)
Testing, 1-2-3
This is a test of the Flaming Hydra Distribution System
Vincit qui patitur
('He conquers who endures'): Annalee Newitz on an ancient refuge in Sardinia
Fuck the Roman Empire
Naturalized Nigerian / Unnatural tracks
Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún on an English scholar in Nigeria; new works from Luke O’Neil
Explorer of English
How they get you
Cult classic / Mad scientists
Laurie Woolever visits the Oneida Community; Misha Angrist on the war on science
Free Love, Yeah Right
Scholars Return Fire
Poisonous paradise
New, highly speculative fiction from Tal Lavin
The Submarine of Czechia
Deafening dispatch / Polite pioneer
Legends interviewed by Tom Tomorrow and Zach Rabiroff
News Break
An Interview with Jenette Kahn of DC Comics
Driving in L.A. / Dancing in New Orleans
Miles Klee, L.A. native; a Mardi Gras parade revisited, by Tod Seelie
Ten Years Behind the Wheel
Encore in New Orleans
L.A. woman
Myriam Gurba in conversation with author Keeonna Harris
I’m From the Concrete: A Conversation with Keeonna Harris
Dental trouble / Spiritual warfare
Sarah Weinman on Epstein’s dentist, and S.I. Rosenbaum talks with religious freedom defender Mikey Weinstein
Smile, Please
The State of the Church
Crashing in the same car
Kate Wagner opens a new series on fascist aesthetics
Toward an Understanding of Fascist Aesthetics, Part I
Forgotten fascism
Josephine Riesman on authoritarianism’s early warning system
No, We Definitely Knew How Bad It Would Be
How to read
Jennie Rose Halperin on transcending paranoia
Against Paranoid Reading
Waste cases / Nice guys
Reflections on futility with Brian Hioe, and Hollywood memories with Kent Osborne and Jack Pendarvis
Kent Goes to Chelmsford: Episode 3
Childish Things
Gold tones / Green leaves
Zito Madu on joy and Alysa Liu; a literary trip to African forests with Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún
African Forests Transformed
Exalted Victors
Bad romance / Patience rewarded
Anna Merlan on 'Wuthering Heights'; waiting in line with Trevor Alixopulos
Serenity Mark-Down
Eyre Apparent
An English class
A David Foster Wallace classic remembered by Rax King
On Rereading “Big Red Son”
Talking milk / Drinking Coke
Myriam Gurba goes where the wild things are; the latest fiction from Sam Thielman
Only Child
Milking Milk: An Interview with Megan Milks
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
TEETH BEACH: From Memory
Certified Rotten
Dealing with it
New stories from Luke O’Neil
The situation with the bull
Beastly beatitudes
New fiction from Miles Klee
Saint Guinefort
What a man’s gotta do
Nathan Munn on the impulse to violence
Raging Bulls
Party down / Assigned seating
Tod Seelie on a cop crackdown against a New Orleans krewe; Jack Pendarvis has a drink with Kent Osborne
Kent Goes to Chelmsford: Episode 2
Bulls on Parade
Good look / Sad book
Felipe De La Hoz loves good clothes; Maria Bustillos on reading the original draft of Virginia Giuffre’s memoir
BOOK REVIEW: The (Real) Memoir of Virginia Giuffre
Fine and Dandy
Veterans, various
Joe MacLeod watched the football game
Halftime in America
Village people / Days of our lives
Jídé Salawu reflects on migration and African identities; Amy Chu does social science
Best and Worst Days of 2025
Nigeria and the Rural Imagination
Wisdom of the crowd / Star power
jj skolnik on underground organizing; Laurie Woolever talks with culinary superstars in Mexico City
Food and Love
Rock Solidarity
Dread and circuses
Parker Molloy, a fan of the Chicago Bears, suffers and rejoices
Taking What Comes
Once more with feeling
Zito Madu on a life of showmanship in sports
Mourinho Against the World
Bad Show / Good influencer
Osita Nwanevu on the future of broadcast news, and some memories of Schenectady from Joe MacLeod
Johnny Dee
CBS: Breaking News
Subtle body / Life story
Enlightenment on a Mexican beach with Jennie Rose Halperin; a thrilling biography by Emily Flake and guest Emily Menez
Lost Cat: A Life Cycle
I’m a Yoga Teacher Now
And now we are two
And now we are two
Celebrating Flaming Hydra’s second birthday
This guy’s in love with you
Tal Lavin watches some movies
What I Can’t Unsee
Recurring infection
Misha Angrist in conversation with Seth Mnookin, author of 'The Panic Virus'
Viral Rebound
Any way you want it
Origins and analysis of the pleasures of HEATED RIVALS, by Annalee Newitz
‘Heated Rivalry’ Gives Everyone Permission
Puppet show
Maria Bustillos looks back on the Republicans’ long love affair with Putin’s Russia
The Peacekeepers
Divine indifference / Artes reconditae
New fiction from Luke O’Neil, and Rax King with an exegesis of ‘Sex and The City’