In this episode of This American Life from a few weeks ago, Masha Gessen read an excerpt from their book Surviving Autocracy about ...

For some reason, Warner Bros. has uploaded 41 of its movies to YouTube that are free to watch. Among them, Waiting for ...

It’s best to understand that fascists see hypocrisy as a virtue. It’s how they signal that the things they are doing to people were never meant to be equally applied. It’s not an inconsistency. It’s ...

The MFA in Boston is putting on an exhibition this spring and summer called Van Gogh: The Roulin Family Portraits. Vincent ...

being an indie bookseller in the helltimes has felt both very stable and very stabilizing, and part of me wishes everyone could be on my side of the counter for a little while, because I think it ...

I really liked this thread from independent bookseller Charlotte Moore-Lambert; it starts: being an indie bookseller in the hellt ...

Writing for the New York Review ( archive ), Sally Rooney profiles “genius” snooker player Ronnie O’Sullivan. But much of the ...

Using paint in water to simulate clouds or smoke, Rudy Willingham created these magical scenes of characters from Severance ...

Why do people support dictators? How do dictators come to power? What’s the difference between a dictatorship, an autocracy, ...

Here’s the trailer for Shopping for Superman, a crowdfunded documentary on the 50-year history of local comic book stores ...

The BBC has more on the show and the artist’s relationship with the Roulin family.

In his latest video, Mark Rober shows how easy it is to fool Tesla’s self-driving capability (they use cheaper video camer ...