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+)

Emilia Clarke and Haley Lu Richardson star in Ponies. They're in a vintage car, and that's really all you can tell about it.

Peacock's Ponies and when streaming enters crunch time

Plus: Damien McCarthy's horror movies, Some Like It Hot, and true fashion.

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Angel Down, Whalefall, and the phantasmagoria of manhood

Why do people love Daniel Kraus' novels? Maybe it's because he's not afraid of a big metaphor.

The cover of Beth March Returns from the Dead, cropped to just the first three words and the face of a woman covered by flowers

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Plus: The e-book of Woodworking is on sale too? Remember Woodworking?

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Peacock's Ponies and when streaming enters crunch time

Submit your September mailbag questions!

Angel Down, Whalefall, and the phantasmagoria of manhood

Preorder Emily's next novel! Save big money! Now!