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Laurie Woolever on participatory democracy, and Rax King on the deceptions of AI music
Laurie Woolever on participatory democracy, and Rax King on the deceptions of AI music
Carrie Frye recounts the tale of a North Carolina auction win; exquisite photos of a desert festival by Tod Seelie
Hollywood memories with Jack and Ace; Alien: Earth's horrible new beast
Zach Rabiroff spoke with a U.S. family in the crosshairs
Amy Chu on the celebrity podcast she loves best
Misha Angrist champions his scientific colleagues
Harry Siegel remembers a lot
Maria Bustillos on the Birthday Book, plus our weekly ALIEN: EARTH podcast
Fall fashion forecast by Amy Chu; Felipe De La Hoz on the imperatives of teaching journalism
Poets and autocracy, considered by Talia Lavin and Zach Rabiroff
New fiction from Luke O’Neil; Brian Hioe’s internet land of contrasts
Miles Klee considers 'The Sopranos' fandom
Ian Williams on nostalgia, and we consider the various eyeballs in a new Alien: Earth recap podcast
Jennie Rose Halperin’s adventures in gardening
Anna Merlan and Jesse Sheidlower talk 'clankers' and Joe MacLeod stops for a bite at Cracker Barrel
Tony Hawk’s office parties, dazzlingly photographed by Tod Seelie; Efe Paul Azino and Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún discuss a NYC festival debut
A visit to the Getty Villa with Diana Moskovitz, and a rollicking podcast recap of Alien: Earth
Zito Madu considers the career of Manchester City striker Erling Haaland
Diana Moskovitz and Maria Bustillos pod with guests on the summer’s fantasy musical sensation
Tasty new fiction from Nathan Munn
Tom Scocca and Maria Bustillos on the latest media flimflam; advice for travelers from Trevor Alixopulos
A Hollywood ghost story from Jack Pendarvis, and Josephine Riesman and Leila Brillson recap ALIEN: EARTH
Mark Yarm interviews Karen Attiah, Washington Post opinion columnist and head of Resistance Summer School
Taking the pill of chill
Brian Hioe on the dangers of inexperience
A dreamy new story by Sam Thielman
Where politics and the occult collide, by Yemisi Aribisala
Josephine Riesman and Rhi Olivaw on a spectacular year for Xenomorphs
John Saward on robots, slaves, and robot slavers
Felipe De La Hoz on risk assessment, and piano lessons with Misha Angrist
What Kim Kelly couldn’t find on Facebook
Harry Siegel reckons with history, and Laurie Woolever takes flight
An epistemological crisis with Hamilton Nolan; Rax King on 'Boogie Nights'
Amy Chu’s surprising holiday destination, and a new story from Miles Klee and Mads Gobbo
Tom Lehrer remembered by Jennie Rose Halperin; new fiction from Colin McGowan