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Episodes
Writings on culture, identity, and a bunch of other things from Emily St. James.

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Nov
20
A cave is filled with brown stalactites and stalagmites. There's a pool of green water in the distance.

Who's afraid of an echo chamber?

What would it mean to leave our bubbles?
8 min read
Nov
15
The cast of The Mary Tyler Moore Show, probably in the first season.

November mailbag!

10 min read
Nov
11

Submit your November mailbag questions!

Nov
08
Robin Wright and Tom Hanks stand in a 1970s-ish living room. They both look subtly, creepily younger.

Robert Zemeckis's Here might remind you of AI-generated art

6 min read
Nov
07
An open road traveling through the mountains.

The days that must happen to you

Walt Whitman, the 2024 election, and mourning something that will never be
9 min read
Nov
01
Waves crash in toward the shore. The sky is grey.

The only thing that is certain

OR: How I'm dealing with my election stress.
5 min read
Oct
25
Two women sit at a long wooden table. At the other end of the table is a horrifying wooden man with mouth wide open.

Oddity is a mess. It's also incredibly scary.

5 min read
Oct
23
South Dakota governor Kristi Noem raises the roof while Donald Trump awkwardly dances in place.

Politics is our monoculture now

And it sucks.
8 min read
Oct
18
Taylor Swift, in some sort of shift, clutches her own head. The image is in black and white.

October mailbag!

12 min read
Oct
14

Submit your October mailbag questions!