pop culture weekend

Pop culture weekend (Sept. 8): Foundation and the rise of the "episodic" streaming show

Serialized shows can seem more episodic using this one weird trick.

Big things are afoot on Foundation season 2. I assume. I've watched three episodes from the second half of the season at this point. (Credit: AppleTV+)

Digger (Tom Cruise) gives a speech to a massive assembly, all of whom are in a very, very grey/beige space. Digger wears a red s

If I liked Digger, am I even myself anymore?

Plus: Silksong revisited, the 2024 Salem's Lot movie, and New York's abandoned honeymoon hotel.

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A little taste of what Episodes published last month!

On Exit Party and being a time traveler

Emily St. John Mandel's new novel asks us how we can hold onto our pasts without falling into poisonous nostalgia.

Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week 10

We come to the end and grapple with Infinite Jest as a whole and what to make of the book's legacy

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If I liked Digger, am I even myself anymore?

Check out what premium Episodes subscribers were reading in September!

On Exit Party and being a time traveler

Episodes Book Club: Infinite Jest, Week 10