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

Latest

Aug
11
A girl in wolf fur and a shell necklace rides atop the back of an enormous white wolf in a forest setting.

Episodes Monday Rundown August 4 - 10 2025

13 min read
Aug
08
The Hill family stands in their backyard in front of a wooden fence. Bobby is now as tall as his parents.

Did Hank Hill vote for Trump?

7 min read
Aug
06
A woman with the top half of her head painted silver hides behind a metal cross. Fire billows around her.

What if it's supposed to be bad?

Artists make choices. What if those choices are intentionally off-putting?
7 min read
Aug
04
Paul Walter Hauser and Liam Neeson star in The Naked Gun. They're in a non-descript room of brick. Hauser clutches coffee.

Episodes Monday Rundown July 28 - August 3 2025

14 min read
Aug
01
In the icy Fortress of Solitude, Superman -- in full costume -- chastises Krypto, a dog in a cape. A robot stands nearby.

Somebody save me

8 min read
Jul
28
A white teenage boy wearing a ridiculous hat with earflaps is in a video store. A piece of pizza sits before him.

Episodes Monday Rundown July 21 - 27 2025

12 min read
Jul
25
The cast of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds sits around a glowing table in a starship setting, wearing their Starfleet uniforms.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds plays it safe. That’s a problem.

13 min read
Jul
23
An enormous gorilla holds a small, white blonde woman in his paw. They sit high above the city, at the top of a skyscraper.

From the archives: The Times' 1933 review of King Kong: The 8th Wonder Of The World

Renowned stage critic Frankfort Whitaker goes ape for the latest musical spectacular.
5 min read
Jul
21
A young with woman with brown eyes, wearing headphones, stares straight at something on a screen. She is bathed in red light.

Episodes Monday Rundown July 14 - 20 2025

12 min read
Jul
18
A woman with a redheaded bob regards a chessboard that has been set on a bed. She is in '60s fashion.

July mailbag

9 min read