Young and free / Baby chimps

Amy Chu on the Linda Lindas, and zoological conjectures with Jack Pendarvis. Plus HYDRANYM voting!

Get together / Play a show

Tommy Craggs on foxhole solidarity, and Rax King at the Dew Drop Inn

High fly

Nathan Munn trips the balls fantastic; a new HYDRANYM

Bold explorers / Dangerous arguments

Talia Lavin ventures into the cold! HYDRANYM victors... and Nathan Schneider on where true hope begins

Insect abundance / Dogged pursuit

Bug out with Carrie Frye, and decline to sell out with Ben Ehrenreich

Beast mode

S.I. Rosenbaum on conscience, animals, and the right to be; we invite you to vote in Hydranym No. 2

Timeless hero / Modern ruins

Sam Thielman on Superman, and new fiction from Luke O’Neil

Threat assessment / Hollow twang

Taking the leap (or not) with Trevor Alixopulos; Miles Klee’s radio investigation of the national mood

Wohon yawon

Anna Merlan fleeced at the fancy market

Square meal / Routine comforts

Breakfast with Hamilton Nolan, and Zito Madu on sports superstitions

Fancy flotilla

Crashing the Venice Biennale with Tod Seelie

Fallen comrades

Brian Hioe on the death of a friend; the first voting round of our new word game

Shelf abuse / Initial effort

Jennie Rose Halperin on the women trying to protect the Library of Congress; a new word game for subscribers

Suspect device

Maria Bustillos on Sam Altman, Jony Ive, and money

Police theories

Arwa Mahdawi on the 1996 disappearance of Susan Walsh

Diplomatic interpreter / Ambassador Hotel

Egyptian writer Ibrahim Fawzy talks with Kọ́lá Túbọ̀sún; Jack Pendarvis and Ace on condiments

Unkindly cut

Yemisi Aribisala on the difficulty of keeping one’s head

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Birds and bees / Political potency

A stroll among the flowers with Emily Flake; a scandal explained by Jídé Salawu

Use your words / Fear your data

Seizing the megaphone with Osita Nwanevu; Nathan Munn reveals the monster in the machine

Edible itinerary / Canine companionship

A luscious food (and book) tour with Laurie Woolever, and memories of Misha Angrist’s best friends

Maple leaf rage / Undead blues

Nathan Munn explains the Canadian election to Zach Rabiroff; the music of ‘Sinners’ enchants Rax King

A wing and a prayer

A dream of care and convalescence from Sam Thielman

A pack of villains / The comfort of the boss

John Saward on advances in biotechnology; insights on the Latino vote from Felipe De La Hoz

Popcorn time

A.J. Daulerio predicts your summer cinema hits

Burn the flags / Split the check

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd’s poetic fire; new fiction from Miles Klee

Share the glow / leave the ashes

Diana Moskovitz of the BTS ARMY reporting for duty; new fiction from Luke O’Neil

Fight the bosses / Leave them kids alone

Kim Kelly on May Day, and Tom Scocca and Maria Bustillos Yakkin' about the late David Horowitz

Speak now

Myriam Gurba talks with journalist Daniel Alvarenga about El Salvador

Shared suffering / Loyal listener

Anna Merlan, TikTok habitué; Joe MacLeod phones in to Andy Richter

Brutal anonymity / Famous names

Zach Rabiroff on the war on immigrants; all the way to Memphis with Jack Pendarvis

Formless evil

In-flight superhero analysis with Brian Hioe

Complex fats

Yemisi Aribisala on the temptations of rage

Death watch

Ana Marie Cox on death and salvation

Cold and empty

Talia Lavin on finding the words; Carrie Frye talks The Awl: The Book