How the UK’s Metal Scene Became a Haven for Trans People How the UK’s Metal Scene Became a Haven for Trans People
Amid Britain’s relentless transphobia, the metal community is creating an ever-growing number of trans icons.
Aug 17, 2023 / William Elisabeth Cuthbert
Right-Wing Attacks on Small-Town Libraries—Plus, “The Snow Leopard” Right-Wing Attacks on Small-Town Libraries—Plus, “The Snow Leopard”
On this episode of Start Making Sense, Sasha Abramsky on the culture war, and Pico Iyer on Peter Matthieson’s spiritual journey through the Himalayas.
Aug 17, 2023 / Podcast / Jon Wiener
The First Great Novel About Virtual Reality? The First Great Novel About Virtual Reality?
Colin Winnette’s disorienting Users examines the limits of morality and imagination as they exist online and in video games.
Aug 16, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Lily Meyer
What It Takes to Be a Public Intellectual What It Takes to Be a Public Intellectual
In 2014, Adam Shatz’s “Writers or Missionaries” appeared in The Nation, a piece about his relationship, as a Jewish American journalist, to the political conflicts in the Arab-spea…
Aug 15, 2023 / Books & the Arts / J. Howard Rosier
The Indigenous Roots of Robbie Robertson’s Rock and Roll Revolution The Indigenous Roots of Robbie Robertson’s Rock and Roll Revolution
The music called Americana was created by a Jewish-Canadian-Cayuga-Mohawk.
Aug 14, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Ágota Kristóf and the Agony of the “Enemy” Language Ágota Kristóf and the Agony of the “Enemy” Language
In her memoir, The Illiterate, the formidable Hungarian writer details her lifelong battle with language as a tool of misunderstanding.
Aug 14, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Missouri Williams
It’s a Barbie World—but Is That a Good Thing? It’s a Barbie World—but Is That a Good Thing?
On this episode of The Time of Monsters, Tarpley Hitt on the mixed messages of Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster.
Why Does This Racist Keep Getting Silicon Valley Money? Why Does This Racist Keep Getting Silicon Valley Money?
The charmed life of Richard Hanania.
Aug 11, 2023 / Jeet Heer
Can a White Curator Do Justice to African Art? Can a White Curator Do Justice to African Art?
Behind the scenes at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Aug 11, 2023 / Todd Cronan and Charles Palermo
Why Did Tom Hanks Write a Novel? Why Did Tom Hanks Write a Novel?
And can we understand his vision of Hollywood from this strange artifact?
Aug 10, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Adam Nayman