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Meet the Real-Life Inspiration Behind “Mr. Toad”

Meet the Real-Life Inspiration Behind “Mr. Toad”

Tom Standage on the Emergence of the Automobile,
and the Headaches That Came With It

By Tom Standage | August 20, 2021

Interview with an Indie Press: Nightboat Books

Interview with an Indie Press: Nightboat Books

On Publishing Difficult-to-Classify Books

By Corinne Segal | August 20, 2021

Love Warriors: Women of Color Doulas in a Time of Crisis

Love Warriors: Women of Color Doulas in a Time of Crisis

Jennifer C. Nash on Birthwork as a Practice that Black Women Should Claim

By Jennifer C. Nash | August 20, 2021

Waiting in Darkness: My Time At Guantánamo

Waiting in Darkness: My Time At Guantánamo

Mansoor Adayfi on the Fifteen Years He Spent As Detainee #441

By Mansoor Adayfi | August 20, 2021

Into the Feel Tank: Remembering Lauren Berlant and Her Concept of “Cruel Optimism”

Into the Feel Tank: Remembering Lauren Berlant and Her Concept of “Cruel Optimism”

This Week from the Radio Open Source Podcast

By Open Source | August 20, 2021

How (and Why) to Engage with Science Deniers

How (and Why) to Engage with Science Deniers

Lee McIntyre in Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 20, 2021

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When the Dismissive Editor in Your Head Is Your Father

By Jonathan Wells | August 20, 2021

Daniel Shapiro on Living Through a Spouse’s Terminal Illness

By New Books Network | August 20, 2021

The Last Fallen Star by Graci Kim, Read by Suzie Yeung

By Behind the Mic | August 20, 2021

“Americans Are Bad at History.” At the Fault Lines of Memory and Propaganda

“Americans Are Bad at History.” At the Fault Lines of Memory and Propaganda

Patrick Nathan on the Inability to Carry Meaning Forward
and Distinguish Truth

By Patrick Nathan | August 19, 2021

Megan Abbott on the Dark Underworld of Ballet

Megan Abbott on the Dark Underworld of Ballet

In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | August 19, 2021

How the War On Terror Became America’s First “Feminist” War

How the War On Terror Became America’s First “Feminist” War

Rafia Zakaria on American Neoimperialism Lies of Liberation

By Rafia Zakaria | August 19, 2021

What Will Happen to the Snow Leopard of the Himalayas?

What Will Happen to the Snow Leopard of the Himalayas?

William deBuys on a Species Fighting to Survive

By William deBuys | August 19, 2021

Kaitlyn Greenidge on <em>Cane River</em> and Stories About Black Love

Kaitlyn Greenidge on Cane River and Stories About Black Love

In Conversation with Mychal Denzel Smith on the Open Form Podcast

By Open Form | August 19, 2021

Can a Commitment to Religion or Spirituality Help Ward Off Depression’s Debilitating Hold?

Can a Commitment to Religion or Spirituality Help Ward Off Depression’s Debilitating Hold?

Lisa Miller on Uncovering the Surprising Data That Reveals the Preventive Role of the “Awakened Brain”

By Lisa Miller | August 19, 2021

To Abandon Civilization with Glee: Tracking Tigers in the Russian Wilderness

To Abandon Civilization with Glee: Tracking Tigers in the Russian Wilderness

Jonathan Franklin on a Rafting Trip in the USSR with Tom Brokaw and the "Do Boys"

By Jonathan Franklin | August 19, 2021

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