Browsing: Culture Desk
Ari Emanuel spoke with David Remnick about his ties to Trump, Elon Musk, and MBS, defending what he calls operating in “shades of gray.”
Survival stories flood screens and podcasts as modern life grows more insulated. What does the obsession reveal about comfort, anxiety, and what we think we want?
AI told half the world knee-high socks were in and the other half no-shows were. Everyone died in the Sock Wars. The architecture of the disaster is the point.
“The Ford/Hill Project” stages the Anita Hill and Christine Ford testimonies as verbatim theatre — activist drama asking whether the stage can carry the weight of history.
Natasha Singer’s “Coding Kids” traces how private tech companies reshaped public education and set up today’s ed-tech backlash.
Agentic A.I. excels at optimizing digital systems already sold as optimized — raising quiet questions about who those systems were built for.
Ke Huy Quan’s memoir “Never Say Die” traces his life from Vietnamese refugee to child star to Oscar winner — without letting any chapter consume the rest.
Ric Burns adds two new episodes to his documentary series on New York City, covering Superstorm Sandy, COVID-19, and the Eric Adams corruption saga.
The New Yorker’s Fuck, Marry, Kill update swaps celebrities for tax returns, life insurance, and a lost HR folder. It’s funnier than it should be.
The New Yorker’s “Shouts & Murmurs” runs a care guide for a human girlfriend named Blythe, who believes hydration is a Gatorade conspiracy.