Rundown

Episodes Monday Rundown July 20–26 2026

This week: Moana, the new Charli XCX, and that damn Avengers trailer.

As someone (Lily (hi, I usually write the Rundown captions)) who has not seen an MCU film since, I think, Black Panther, watching this trailer felt like I was undergoing some kind of neurological event | Credit: Marvel Studios

August mailbag! (preview)

A little preview of this month's mailbag!

August mailbag!

This month: the works of John Crowley, our personal AI policies, and movies that could have used a sex scene.

A copy of Infinite Jest laying amid a collection of small weights with which one might do arm curls and the like

Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Three

In which the book begins to find... a plot??

Marcie and Maura, dressed in vintage '90s fashion, enter a cross-dressing event with great joy.

The thing Transparent was smartest about was never trans identities

The series remains one of the best in TV history at depicting the way we remember and forget our pasts.

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August mailbag! (preview)

August mailbag!

Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week Three

The thing Transparent was smartest about was never trans identities