Emily St. James

Emily St. James

Los Angeles
Emily St. James is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in Vox, The A.V. Club, and the New York Times. She is the co-creator of the podcast Arden and a writer on the TV series Yellowjackets.
Mar
12
Episodes: Shows I have seen on Broadway (or nearby), ranked

Episodes: Shows I have seen on Broadway (or nearby), ranked

(On Friday, we rank things, why not?) In the process of coming up with this list, I realized something: I
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Mar
11
Episodes: Why The Walking Dead is so huge

Episodes: Why The Walking Dead is so huge

(How young we all were!) The sixth season of The Walking Dead is finally showing the slightest signs of viewer
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Mar
09
Episodes: The second thing

Episodes: The second thing

It was Fargo's 20th anniversary today! Happy 20th anniversary, Fargo! As with every time there's a
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Mar
03
Episodes: Whose stories get told

Episodes: Whose stories get told

I don't know if you noticed this, but a couple of weeks ago, Outsiders charted the biggest rating
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Mar
02
Episodes: Who is the new Leonardo DiCaprio?

Episodes: Who is the new Leonardo DiCaprio?

I don't know if you heard, but Leonardo DiCaprio won his first Oscar at Sunday's awards.
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Feb
27
Episodes: US Coins in general circulation, ranked and sorted into Dungeons & Dragons classes

Episodes: US Coins in general circulation, ranked and sorted into Dungeons & Dragons classes

Every Friday, we rank something why not. Let's not beat around the bush. Let's do this.
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Feb
26
Episodes: Leave It to Beaver, Black-ish, and the show of moral instruction

Episodes: Leave It to Beaver, Black-ish, and the show of moral instruction

Two major TV stories this week left me thinking about Leave It to Beaver (though, to be fair, it doesn&
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Feb
23
Episodes: The things people will tell you when you stop eating meat (one day a week)

Episodes: The things people will tell you when you stop eating meat (one day a week)

ON THE ONE HAND: I really do think that eating meat probably contributes to a bunch of global ills, just
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Feb
20
Episodes: America's regional hamburger chains, ranked

Episodes: America's regional hamburger chains, ranked

(This newsletter now has over 500 subscribers, which seems crazy to me. Welcome to all of you, and when we
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Feb
19
Episodes: Hey, Dude

Episodes: Hey, Dude

(This horse is not Dude, but it looks a surprising amount like him. Good work, horse.) My sister, like so
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