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Episodes Monday Rundown September 29 - October 5 2025
This week: Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan in concert, and one of the year's best films.
Emily St. James
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.
movies
One Battle After Another is about this moment in history. And every other time too.
All of the things that make the film timely really mark its timelessness, writes Emily St. James.
ai
You don't miss your childhood. You miss not being angry.
Emily St. James on AI nostalgia, fascism, and our longing for less technology.
movies
Episodes Monday Rundown September 22 - 28 2025
This week: Freaky Tales doesn't entirely work, but it's fun, and a lot of Nazis die in it. So that's something!
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Episodes Monday Rundown September 15 - 22 2025
This week: The Long Walk, The Craft, and an alien with a mechanical penis.
TV
This HBO documentary is one of the best true-crime series ever made
The Yogurt Shop Murders focuses less on the case and more on the people involved, writes Emily St. James.
Rundown
Episodes Monday Rundown September 8 - 14 2025
This week: Two classic visions of the Midwest, a true-crime doc, and the Strange New Worlds finale.
Mailbag
September mailbag
This month: Why doesn't Emily have Netflix? And what IS psychological horror anyway?
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Episodes Monday Rundown September 1 - 7 2025
This week: Akira Kurosawa, John Wayne, and Sabrina Carpenter. Legends all!
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theaters
Why is Hamilton mostly remembered for the things it's not?
The musical, now 10 years old, seems forever defined by the political moment in which it debuted.