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Suddenly, every fictional character is a podcaster. Why aren’t they doing it right?

By Alex Abad-Santos October 1

The Bros and cons of being a huge, gay Hollywood rom-com

By Alex Abad-Santos September 30

Hurricane Ian’s rapid intensification is a sign of the world to come

By Benji Jones and Umair Irfan September 28

What do true crime series like Dahmer owe the victims?

By Aja Romano September 28

Pop culture loves gender war stories. They leave something out.

By Emily St. James September 28

House of the Dragon gives us a time jump, a season reset, and two horrible childbirths

By Aja Romano September 25

Culture

House of the Dragon and the Targaryen family, explained

HBO’s Game of Thrones prequel reveals a period of turbulence and upheaval for Daenerys’s formidable family.

By Aja Romano September 23

Mandatory overtime is garbage

By Emily Stewart September 22

The profound pessimism of Clarence Thomas

By Sean Illing September 20

House of the Dragon’s green dress signals a major series turning point

By Aja Romano September 18

The racist backlash to The Little Mermaid and Lord of The Rings is exhausting and extremely predictable

By Aja Romano September 17

Blowtorching spotted lanternflies is, in fact, a bad idea

By Benji Jones September 16

Are weather apps lying? The truth is in the dew point.

By Alex Abad-Santos September 16

What’s at stake in the freight rail labor fight

By Emily Stewart and Li Zhou September 15

Work sucks when you’re the only one left

By Emily Stewart September 12

House of the Dragon’s moral lesson of the week: Sex is always political

By Aja Romano September 11

Does Taylor Swift want an Oscar? Perhaps (ahem) All Too Well.

By Emily St. James September 9

A new book claims Trump’s efforts to politicize the Justice Department were worse than we knew

By Andrew Prokop September 8

In House of the Dragon, the king’s weakness is everyone’s loss

By Aja Romano September 4

House of the Dragon continues to expose the misogyny of Westeros

By Aja Romano August 29

Is it safe to toss a Targaryen dragon egg? An eggspert weighs in.

By Aja Romano August 28

Why we keep falling for fitness fads

By Emily Stewart August 25

What if your financial future wasn’t stressful?

By Julia Furlan August 25

The two big pandemic investments we still need to make

By Keren Landman August 24

Let’s talk about House of the Dragon’s brutal childbirth scene

By Aja Romano August 22

Games of Thrones season 8

This Targaryen family tree explains Jon Snow’s parentage — and sets up House of the Dragon

By Aja Romano August 19

To understand what the Trump investigation might do to America, look at Israel

By Zack Beauchamp August 19

Setting boundaries is more than just saying “no”

By Julia Furlan August 18

Netflix’s smash-hit romance Purple Hearts is a political hate-watch

By Aja Romano August 17

Anal and oral sex spread monkeypox. Let’s talk about it.

By Keren Landman August 17

Ezra Miller — and their recent volatility — explained

By Aja Romano August 16

Trump is pushing us toward the abyss

By Zack Beauchamp August 12

The “Dark Brandon” meme — and why it’s so confusing — explained

By Aja Romano August 11

How to define success on your own terms

By Julia Furlan August 11

Is a payment plan for that new jacket a good idea?

By Emily Stewart August 11

The Republican response to the Mar-a-Lago raid should scare you

By Zack Beauchamp August 9

Viktor Orbán laid out his dark worldview to the American right — and they loved it

By Zack Beauchamp August 5

New to activism? Here’s where to start.

By Julia Furlan August 4

The ludicrous idea that Trump is losing his grip on the GOP

By Zack Beauchamp August 4

The inflation prices that broke us

By Emily Stewart August 4