Episodes Monday Rundown August 10–16 2026
This week: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Spider-Man, and the Winnie-the-Pooh hot takes you've been waiting for.
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The Invite, Obsession, and the runaway success of movies for straight people to argue about
Who is responsible for your own unhappiness? The answer may disappoint you.
Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Six
We're talking irony, sincerity, and, of course, Randy Lenz.
The memories of a deadly pandemic hidden in one of America's most beloved films
Art about pandemics and plagues rarely gets made after the fact. Yet here's the Spanish flu in It's a Wonderful Life.
Dolly Parton never met a song she couldn't make her own
Also: A trip to the Minnesota State Fair, The End of Oak Street, and America's reigning Garfield princess