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Nikhil Krishnan on Why Oxford’s Early 20th-Century Philosophers Still Matter

Nikhil Krishnan on Why Oxford’s Early 20th-Century Philosophers Still Matter

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 13, 2023

On the Hip-Hop That Powers Egypt’s Ongoing Revolution

On the Hip-Hop That Powers Egypt’s Ongoing Revolution

Yasmine El Rashidi on the New Generation of Fearless Egyptian Youth

By Yasmine El Rashidi | July 12, 2023

How Lauren Bacall Secured Her Legendary Love Story with Humphrey Bogart

How Lauren Bacall Secured Her Legendary Love Story with Humphrey Bogart

William J. Mann on the Movie Star’s Memoirs

By William J. Mann | July 12, 2023

Reading the Market: 5 Books That Capture 40 Years of High Finance Culture

Reading the Market: 5 Books That Capture 40 Years of High Finance Culture

Andrew Lipstein Recommends Michael Lewis, John Carreyrou, and More

By Andrew Lipstein | July 12, 2023

Ethan Scheiner on the Courageous Czechoslovakian Hockey Team That Beat the Soviets

Ethan Scheiner on the Courageous Czechoslovakian Hockey Team That Beat the Soviets

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 12, 2023

How J. Robert Oppenheimer Was Influenced by the <em>Bhagavad Gita</em>

How J. Robert Oppenheimer Was Influenced by the Bhagavad Gita

Alok A. Khorana on the Concept of Dharma, the Manhattan Project, and Oppenheimer's Well-Worn Copy of the Gita

By Alok A. Khorana | July 10, 2023

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The Warnings of a Holocaust Scholar about Today’s World of the Big Lie

By Keen On | July 10, 2023

On the Rise of Women in Latin America’s Drug Cartels

By Keen On | July 10, 2023

On Journey to the West’s Capacity for Reinvention Across Centuries

By The Cosmic Library | July 6, 2023

Patrick Dean on America’s “First” Great Naturalist, Mark Catesby

Patrick Dean on America’s “First” Great Naturalist, Mark Catesby

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 6, 2023

How Franz Kafka Achieved Cult Status in Cold War America

How Franz Kafka Achieved Cult Status in Cold War America

Brian K. Goodman Traces the Origins of the Term “Kafkaesque”

By Brian K. Goodman | July 5, 2023

Jake Skeets on Diné Food Traditions and the Relationship Between Food and Community

Jake Skeets on Diné Food Traditions and the Relationship Between Food and Community

This Week from the Emergence Magazine Podcast

By Emergence Magazine | July 5, 2023

Chronicle of a Battle Foretold: How One Town Went to War Over Desegregation

Chronicle of a Battle Foretold: How One Town Went to War Over Desegregation

Rachel Louise Martin on the Explosive Fight for Civil Rights in the American South

By Rachel Louise Martin | July 5, 2023

Wade Davis on the British Desire to Conquer the “Third Pole,” Mount Everest

Wade Davis on the British Desire to Conquer the “Third Pole,” Mount Everest

In Conversation with Razia Iqbal on Baillie Gifford’s Read Smart Podcast

By Read Smart | July 5, 2023

Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

Before They Were Cliches: On the Origins of 8 Worn Out Idioms

Erin McCarthy and the Team at Mental Floss Examine Some Famous Phrases

By Erin McCarthy & the Team at Mental Floss | June 30, 2023

10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

10 Nonfiction Books to Read This July

John McPhee, Terrance Hayes, Richard Wagamese, and More

By Jonny Diamond | June 30, 2023

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