What’s the poop? / Where’s the dough?
Tom Scocca learns new words; Ace and Jack on the gambling type atmosphere of Hollywood
Roots of Understanding
Ace Goes to Hollywood: Episode 11
Base meddling / Machine learning
S.I. Rosenbaum on a wretched amicus brief; Paul Ford and Maria Bustillos sort out the AI thing
Purity Tests
PODCAST! How to Fix AI, with Paul Ford
Better banknotes
Yemisi Aribisala reimagines money
The Naira Redrawn
Struggle cinema
David Roth on 'One Battle After Another'
Winning Isn’t Everything
Sleeping and waking
Myriam Gurba and author Wendy C. Ortiz on dreams, gender violence, true crime, and a hex
The Full Scope of Consciousness
Hardboiled heroes / Chef’s surprise
Miles Klee on the pleasures of noir, and new fiction from Sam Thielman
Being a Detective Is a Job
Some Choices
Northern front
Canada’s punk rock politician/activist, Charlie Angus, talks with Nathan Munn
Canada’s Charlie Angus Defends Democracy
Puny Persuasion
Tom Scocca and Maria Bustillos Yakkin’ about Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein Does Politics the Wrong Way
Angry letters
The politics of spelling, with Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún
I Say Owambe and You Say Owa N’be
Pesky journalists / Pleasant insects
‘All the President’s Men’ revisited by Diana Moskovitz; Trevor Alixopulos considers L.A.’s friendly green flying objects
Robert Redford, Reporter
Praise for the Fig Eater
Keep caring / Caretaking
Brian Hioe on bubble tea and ‘hitting someone else's head with yours’; fine new fiction from Luke O’Neil
Gone running
In Defense of Self-Righteousness
Budding branch
The Internet Archive Europe opens its new headquarters in Amsterdam, and Maria Bustillos chats with Brewster Kahle
Freedom and Sharing at the Internet Archive Europe
Puppet masters / Tentatively Teutonic
Ben Ehrenreich’s transcript of a future Congressional hearing, and language class with Anna Merlan
Transcript of Official Testimony Before the House Anti-Anti-Fascist Committee
Alles Klar
Blood sugar / Bloodless alcohol
Laurie Woolever on participatory democracy, and Rax King on the deceptions of AI music
It’s Not About the Cookies
The Robot Drunk-Driving Song Was Easy to Swallow
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
Make Way for (22) Ducklings
Wasteland In Pictures
Double duty
Hollywood memories with Jack and Ace; Alien: Earth's horrible new beast
Ace Goes to Hollywood: Episode 10
PODCAST! ALIEN: EARTH, Episode 6: The Fly
Estranged land
Zach Rabiroff spoke with a U.S. family in the crosshairs
An American Man
Peas in a pod
Amy Chu on the celebrity podcast she loves best
Me and Emma Chamberlain are Scared to Fly
Read the data
Misha Angrist champions his scientific colleagues
Speak Out, Scientists
Have mercy
Harry Siegel remembers a lot
‘Frightened by the Sound of His Own Voice’
Jollies with Jeff
Maria Bustillos on the Birthday Book, plus our weekly ALIEN: EARTH podcast
PODCAST! ALIEN: EARTH, Episode 5: In Space...
BOOK REVIEW: The Epstein Birthday Book
Autumn apparel / Neophyte newshounds
Fall fashion forecast by Amy Chu; Felipe De La Hoz on the imperatives of teaching journalism
Tomorrow’s Journalists
VOGUS Trend Predictions: Fall 2025
Poets persist
Poets and autocracy, considered by Talia Lavin and Zach Rabiroff
Serving Some Purpose
Valedictory vision / Fuzzy feed
New fiction from Luke O’Neil; Brian Hioe’s internet land of contrasts
Death and the Hyrax
For as long as I live
Mob Mentality
Miles Klee considers 'The Sopranos' fandom
How Dare a Dumb Thug Appreciate Tony Soprano?
History lessened
Ian Williams on nostalgia, and we consider the various eyeballs in a new Alien: Earth recap podcast
PODCAST! ALIEN: EARTH, Episode 4: Observation
The Past Is What You Make of It
Layered lawn
Jennie Rose Halperin’s adventures in gardening
Mulch Too Mulch
Machine language / Drive-by dining
Anna Merlan and Jesse Sheidlower talk 'clankers' and Joe MacLeod stops for a bite at Cracker Barrel
Over the Barrel
Clank Clank
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
A New Black and African Literature Festival in New York
Tony Hawk’s Holiday Office Parties Go to Extremes
Art in the ashes / Terror on Terra
A visit to the Getty Villa with Diana Moskovitz, and a rollicking podcast recap of Alien: Earth
The Getty Villa Remains
PODCAST! ALIEN: EARTH, Episode 3: Metamorphosis
Role player
Zito Madu considers the career of Manchester City striker Erling Haaland
Erling Haaland Is in The Machine
K-Pop parley
Diana Moskovitz and Maria Bustillos pod with guests on the summer’s fantasy musical sensation
Hot Male Responsibility in ‘KPop Demon Hunters’
Flavor saver
Tasty new fiction from Nathan Munn
Living Things
Liberal label / Tourist tips
Tom Scocca and Maria Bustillos on the latest media flimflam; advice for travelers from Trevor Alixopulos