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

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

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

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 10, 2023

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

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

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 10, 2023

On <em>Journey to the West</em>’s Capacity for Reinvention Across Centuries

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

This Week on The Cosmic Library with Adam Colman

By The Cosmic Library | July 6, 2023

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

By Keen On | July 6, 2023

How Franz Kafka Achieved Cult Status in Cold War America

By Brian K. Goodman | July 5, 2023

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

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

Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: Life Under Occupation in WWII

Ordinary People in Extraordinary Times: Life Under Occupation in WWII

Bryn Turnbull Recommends Madeline Martin, Janie Chang, and More

By Bryn Turnbull | June 30, 2023

The Making of a Bad Woman (2,000 Years Ago)

The Making of a Bad Woman (2,000 Years Ago)

Honor Cargill-Martin on the Historical Construction of the Scandalous Roman Empress Messalina

By Honor Cargill-Martin | June 29, 2023

Richard Langlois on the Cultural and Economic History of Modern American Business

Richard Langlois on the Cultural and Economic History of Modern American Business

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | June 29, 2023

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