“Lessons learned at the kitchen counter with the editor of Julia Child, Edna Lewis, M. F. K. Fisher, and James Beard.”
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Our Campus. Our Crisis.
“Inside the encampments and crackdowns that shook American politics. A report by the staff of the Columbia Daily Spectator.”
Sleight of Hand and Other Deceptions
“People are fooled by way more than just a deck of cards.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week’s installment features stories by Lee van der Voo, Adam Gopnik, Surabhi Ranganathan, Masha Udensiva-Brenner, and Mikey O’Connell.
Staying Open to It All (and the Week’s Top 5)
Pick up a banjo, or maybe a javelin.
Your Favorite Scary Movie: The Oral History of ‘Scream’
“Twenty-five years ago, Wes Craven’s bloody, witty meta-horror film hit theaters and reinvigorated multiple genres. Here’s how the iconic movie was made.”
A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft
“So maybe the thing to teach isn’t a skill but a spirit.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
In this edition:
• A pair of aces
• Room for growth
• Still a-maze-ing
• Wheel of misfortune
• The road less traveled
Uncanny Testimony
As the last Holocaust survivors approach the end of their lives, an AI scholar grapples with technology that promises to freeze them in time.
A Reading List on Succession, Stories About Unnatural Disasters, and This Week’s Top 5
“These people may have all the money in the world, but as the last four seasons have shown us in vivid, lacerating detail, their cold, loveless lives inspire little envy.” Welcome to the weekend! The final episode of Succession airs this Sunday, and to mark the end of this show about TV’s most dysfunctional media-empire […]


