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In the late 1960s, the recording industry lost interest in America’s greatest art form. But in a small, dark club on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, jazz legends were ...
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What Adorno Can Still Teach Us What Adorno Can Still Teach Us
A conversation with Peter Gordon about the enduring influence of the Frankfurt School's leader, the future of critical theory, and his recent book, A Precarious Happiness.
Jan 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Daniel Steinmetz-Jenkins
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In James Mangold's film A Complete Unknown, we get a cautious and reverent story of a musician who has always sought to transcend the limits imposed upon him.
Jan 9, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Sam Adler-Bell
What Netflix Has Done to Movies What Netflix Has Done to Movies
On this episode of Tech Won’t Save Us, Will Tavlin on Hollywood, data and deception.
Jan 9, 2025 / Podcast / Paris Marx
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In Gretel and the Great War, an antic epistolary novel set in early 20th-century Austria, the writer tries to make sense of a society gone mad.
Jan 8, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Walker Rutter-Bowman
Y2K: The Future That Never Was Y2K: The Future That Never Was
On this episode of American Prestige, Colette Shade on the advent of the Internet and how it shaped a generation.
Jan 7, 2025 / Podcast / Daniel Bessner and Derek Davison
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Jan 7, 2025 / Books & the Arts / Kelli Weston