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Get Rid of All the Pesky Humans: An AI Fantasy

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Chris Barsanti / 24 September 2026

Echoing Hannah Arendt’s postwar warnings about the authoritarian impulse, Jill Lepore shows that an anti-humanist strain was threaded into the acceleration of technological advancements.

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Scatman John’s Forgotten Jazz Album Is a Little Masterpiece

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Tony Aramini / 24 September 2026

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Edie Brickell and Matt Chamberlain Look Forward to World Famous Pets

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Colin Scanlon / 23 September 2026

Stephen Greenblatt’s Distinctly Modern Sir Walter Raleigh

Stephen Greenblatt’s Distinctly Modern Sir Walter Raleigh

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John Alan Urquhart / 23 September 2026

The Rolling Stones’ Dionysian Passion

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The Rolling Stones’ Dionysian Passion

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Serkan Fırtına / 23 September 2026

Casey Defined Musical Sorrow 10 Years Ago with ‘Love Is Not Enough’

Casey Defined Musical Sorrow 10 Years Ago with ‘Love Is Not Enough’

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Ethan Stewart / 22 September 2026

Two Animated Animals Movies That Are So Not Disney

Two Animated Animals Movies That Are So Not Disney

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Michael Barrett / 22 September 2026

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Madness. Shame. Humiliation: Richard Elfman on Growing Up Absurd

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Holding Absence Virtualise Post-Hardcore on ‘Modern Life Is Lonely’

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Ethan Stewart / 24 September 2026

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Jazz Pianist David Virelles Meets the Elders in Trio Imagination

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Will Layman / 24 September 2026

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Dallas Burrow Shows He’s From Texas in Hard-Earned Truths

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Steve Horowitz / 24 September 2026

Sova Beautifully Reinvents Her Sound on ‘Alight!’

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Cor de Lux Explode on ‘Year of the Horse’

Liana Flores’ New EP Is More Focused and Self-Assured

The Sick Man of Europe Fight Against Digital Passivity

This Is Lorelei Surprises with ‘The Singer in My Band’

Red Spirit Singers Remind Us That Tradition Is for Today

Bonobo’s ‘Distance in Static’ Is a Well-Earned Victory Lap

A Place for Owls Build Strength Upon Strength on ‘All Thieves, Vol. 1’

Emma Ruth Rundle Releases a Brilliant Career-Defining Set

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Amazing Evening with Gregory Alan Isakov and Symphony at Red Rocks

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Why Deadhead Culture Is a Pure Strain of American Noir

Film

Bill Gunn’s ‘Personal Problems’ Is a Milestone in American Indie Filmmaking

Bill Gunn’s ‘Personal Problems’ Is a Milestone in American Indie Filmmaking

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Krish / 23 September 2026

Two Animated Animals Movies That Are So Not Disney

Two Animated Animals Movies That Are So Not Disney

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Michael Barrett / 22 September 2026

Ridley Scott’s Low-Key ‘The Dog Stars’ Hides in Plain Sight

Ridley Scott’s Low-Key ‘The Dog Stars’ Hides in Plain Sight

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John Alan Urquhart / 22 September 2026

Satyajit Ray’s Lovely ‘Days and Nights in the Forest’ Almost Escapes the World

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Satyajit Ray’s Lovely ‘Days and Nights in the Forest’ Almost Escapes the World

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Michael Barrett / 21 September 2026

Showbiz Drama ‘Primetime’ Peers into the Media’s Twisted Minds

Showbiz Drama ‘Primetime’ Peers into the Media’s Twisted Minds

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Ana Yorke / 17 September 2026

The Nazi Indoctrination of Otto Gebühr’s Frederick the Great

The Nazi Indoctrination of Otto Gebühr’s Frederick the Great

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Ilya Ganpantsura / 16 September 2026

Hirokazu Koreeda’s ‘Sheep in the Box’ Embraces AI Unquestioningly

Hirokazu Koreeda’s ‘Sheep in the Box’ Embraces AI Unquestioningly

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Guilherme Quireza / 15 September 2026

Laura La Plante’s and Marion Davies’ Gender-Defying Silent Comedies

Laura La Plante’s and Marion Davies’ Gender-Defying Silent Comedies

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Michael Barrett / 15 September 2026

‘Bouchra’ Explores How Artists Create New Forms for Familiar Questions

‘Bouchra’ Explores How Artists Create New Forms for Familiar Questions

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David Pike / 14 September 2026

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Stephen Greenblatt’s Distinctly Modern Sir Walter Raleigh

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John Alan Urquhart / 23 September 2026

Barbara Kingsolver’s ‘Partita’ Captures Dreams Deferred

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Chris Barsanti / 21 September 2026

Control Science: Your Subjugation Under Capitalism

Chuck Klosterman’s Rock* Makes Rock Music History Wobble

How to Read James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ Without Fears or Tears

Colson Whitehead’s ‘Cool Machine’ Is Powered by His Ruminating Prose

Television

For All Mankind’s #Resist Moment

For All Mankind’s #Resist Moment

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Victor Clemente / 26 August 2026

Love, Death and Caste in Gay Romances ‘Heated Rivalry’ and ‘Cactus Pears’

Love, Death and Caste in Gay Romances ‘Heated Rivalry’ and ‘Cactus Pears’

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Jayashree Kamblé / 6 August 2026

Lists

The 10 Best Pop Music Books of the 2000s So Far

The 10 Best Pop Music Books of the 2000s So Far

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Josh Friedberg / 21 September 2026

Dolly Parton’s Greatest Movie Role

Dolly Parton’s Greatest Movie Role

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Guilherme Quireza / 1 September 2026

MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of August 2026

MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of August 2026

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Spyros Stasis / 31 August 2026

The 10 Best Dolly Parton Songs (Plus One More)

The 10 Best Dolly Parton Songs (Plus One More)

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Jeff Koch / 25 August 2026

Interviews

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Colin Scanlon / 23 September 2026

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Andrew Sacher Discusses Reclaiming Emo for a New Generation

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Brian Stout / 17 September 2026

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Saul Williams Discusses Teaching the Next Generation of Activists

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Brian Stout / 15 September 2026

There’s Always Ways: Jesse Malin Discusses Writing His Memoir

Susannah Felts on ‘The Come Apart’ and Creating for Creatives

Americana’s Pieta Brown Is Dreamin’ in the Dark

Evil Island on Reunion Tours, I.C.E., and Best Album Yet

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