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Sep
19
In rather fuzzy, impressionistic key art, a yogurt shop is presented against a dark landscape. Its neon sign lights up the night.

This HBO documentary is one of the best true-crime series ever made

6 min read
Sep
17
The midway at the Minnesota State Fair is full of rides and games, all glowing neon-bright in the night.

Need for seed: a quest for the real Minnesota at the state fair

The pop-culture depiction of the state is only sort of right, writes Lily Osler.
8 min read
Sep
15
A white woman in a police uniform pulls a gun. Everything is snowy, and she is dressed very warmly.

Episodes Monday Rundown September 8 - 14 2025

12 min read
Sep
12
The KPop Demon Hunters wag their fingers right in your face. I'll be honest. I just ASSUME they're the KPop Demon Hunters? Maybe they're someone else entirely?

September mailbag

10 min read
Sep
08
Two people crouch in the wilderness, one old, one young. They stare at the sky in horror.

Episodes Monday Rundown September 1 - 7 2025

13 min read
Sep
07

Submit your September mailbag questions!

1 min read
Sep
05
Dressed in a blue-white checkered top, Sabrina Carpenter hangs out of a car, cigarette in her mouth.

In Sabrina Carpenter’s world, camp is the opposite of heteropessimism

7 min read
Sep
03
Lin-Manuel Miranda and Leslie Odom, Jr., both in all black suits, perform on a large stage.

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.
8 min read
Sep
01
The cover of Sabrina Carpenter's Man's Best Friend features her leaning by a man's crotch as he holds her blonde hair like a leash.

Episodes Monday Rundown August 25 - 31 2025

11 min read
Aug
29
The famously enigmatic smile of the Mona Lisa, perhaps the most famous painting ever created.

Maybe AI could make something interesting. It couldn't make "art."

6 min read