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How Netflix Made Americans Care About the Most European of Sports - Amanda Mull - October 2021 14.09.2021 16:43

I never gave much thought to the champagne-soaked world of Formula 1. Then I watched Drive to Survive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ask Us What We’ve Seen - Elliot Ackerman - October 2021 14.09.2021 3:57

American service members reflect on their time in Afghanistan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Confessions of a Sid Meier’s Civilization Addict - Spencer Kornhaber - October 2021 14.09.2021 12:41

How the classic strategy game drew me back in Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What Is Crime in a Country Built on It? - Jennifer Wilson - October 2021 14.09.2021 15:09

How Colson Whitehead subverts genre conventions in his new book Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Problem With Being Cool About Sex - Helen Lewis - October 2021 14.09.2021 19:05

Half a century after the sexual revolution, a new generation of feminists understands that we still haven’t reconciled what we should want with what we do want. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Thiel Hates a Copycat - Sebastian Mallaby - October 2021 14.09.2021 19:29

The billionaire’s extreme contrarianism is the secret to his success. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

An Ode to Squirrels - James Parker - October 2021 14.09.2021 3:33

What animal lives closer to us than you do? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ghosting - Andrea Cohen - October 2021 14.09.2021 0:35

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What Bobby McIlvaine Left Behind - Jennifer Senior - September 2021 10.08.2021 1:23:58

Grief, conspiracy theories, and one family’s search for meaning in the two decades since 9/11. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How the Bobos Broke America - David Brooks - September 2021 10.08.2021 45:05

The creative class was supposed to foster progressive values and economic growth. Instead we got resentment, alienation, and endless political dysfunction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

His Name Was Emmett Till - Wright Thompson - September 2021 10.08.2021 47:31

In 1955, just past daybreak, a Chevrolet truck pulled up to an unmarked building. A 14-year-old child was in the back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I Found the Feminism I Was Looking for in the Lost Writings of a 17th-Century Priest - Judith Shulevitz - September 2021 10.08.2021 45:02

François Poulain was ahead of his time—and ours. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

9/11 Was a Warning of What Was to Come - George Packer - September 2021 10.08.2021 13:25

It was the first sign that the 21st century would be a period of shock and disaster. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Why So Many Millennials Are Obsessed With Dogs - Amanda Mull - September 2021 10.08.2021 14:51

The only thing getting me through my 30s is a cranky, agoraphobic chihuahua named Midge. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joseph Campbell’s Woman Problem - James Parker - September 2021 10.08.2021 10:24

In the writer’s classic study of world myths, women were in the background. A new book aims to change that. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Would-Be Savior of Patagonia - Michael O’Donnell - September 2021 10.08.2021 16:45

Are environmental crusaders like Douglas Tompkins good for the planet? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sally Rooney Addresses Her Critics - Caleb Crain - September 2021 10.08.2021 17:28

The Irish writer has been accused of being overly sentimental and insufficiently political. In her new novel, she makes the case for her approach to fiction. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Robin DiAngelo and the Problem With Anti-racist Self-Help - Danzy Senna - September 2021 10.08.2021 19:07

What two new books reveal about the white progressive pursuit of racial virtue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Down With Morning People - James Parker - September 2021 10.08.2021 4:07

Morning people fizzle. Non-morning people get stronger as the day wears on. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Squander - W.J. Herbert - September 2021 10.08.2021 0:59

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6 Months Inside One of America’s Most Dangerous Industries - Michael Holtz - July/August 2021 23.06.2021 52:57

What I learned on the line at a Dodge City slaughterhouse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Minister of Chaos - Tom McTague - July/August 2021 22.06.2021 50:27

Boris Johnson knows exactly what he’s doing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rise and Fall of an American Tech Giant - Kaitlyn Tiffany - July/August 2021 22.06.2021 53:16

Kodak changed the way Americans saw themselves and their country. But it struggled to reinvent itself for the digital age. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America Has a Drinking Problem - Kate Julian - July/August 2021 22.06.2021 43:51

A little alcohol can boost creativity and strengthen social ties. But there’s nothing moderate, or convivial, about the way many Americans drink today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Psychological Benefits of Commuting to Work - Jerry Useem - July/August 2021 22.06.2021 14:02

Many people who have been working from home are experiencing a void they can’t quite name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices