In 2023, Paul Scheer spent a few days talking to fathers who accompanied their daughters to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in LA ...

In 2023, Paul Scheer spent a few days talking to fathers who accompanied their daughters to Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour in LA, either as concert-goers or just chauffeurs. I love this video. One of the ...

What if you held a tree long enough for it to grow around your hand?” For a piece called It Will Continue to Grow E ...

Spotify really started something, didn’t they? Everyone has a “Wrapped” this year; I even got an email one fro ...

Toby Buckle for the New Republic: The Americans Who Saw All This Coming — But Were Ignored and Maligned.

Along with Sinners and One Battle After Another,1 Wake Up Dead Man is one of my favorite films of the year. So I enjoyed ...

The first thing to say about fascism’s Cassandras is they’re usually women. Not all women are Cassandras (most aren’t), but most Cassandras are women. My sense is that Black Americans, of either ...

I pushed a key change to the Underscore music player over the weekend. Members can now click on any song in their collection to play it (previously there was only a randomize button). I added this ...

Shel Silverstein’s Homework Machine was one of my kids’ favorite poems of his when they were little. First published ...

The Anthony Bourdain Reader (Amazon) is a collection of writings from the late author, TV host, and chef, including some ...