SMOKE BREAK
“There’s Nothing to Look Forward to”: Fran Lebowitz on Crooks, Criticism, and the Mayor’s Race
March 31, 2025
Before being honored by Martin Scorsese at the annual Performance Space New York gala, the Interview alum joined us over a smoke to talk bullies, bad writing, and public funding for the arts.
COURTSIDE
“We’re Sweating Balls”: One Night in Miami With Model Francisco Lachowski
March 27, 2025
At On and Boiler Room’s Clubhouse Nights in Miami, the model and Tumblr dreamboat joined us to talk tennis, John Galliano, and getting hot in the 305.
SPILL
“Carcass Out!”: RHOBH’s Dorit Kemsley on a Messy Season of Breakups and Belvederes
March 19, 2025
Over cocktails at the Chelsea Hotel, the consensus star of RHOBH season 14 joined us to discuss her fraught relationships with her husband PK and ex-bestie Kyle Richards.
DIRECTOR
“I’d Trade All the Compliments For a Budget”: 30 Minutes at IFC With Todd Solondz
March 17, 2025
As a 4K restoration of “Palindromes” arrives at IFC Center and The Metrograph, the director joined us to talk about making movies in a market increasingly inhospitable to independent film.
SMOKE BREAK
“To Be Cringe Is to Be Free”: The Tinx Guide to New York Fashion Week
February 6, 2025
At the Saks NYFW kick-off party, we snuck into a corner with the podcaster and dating savant to discuss the three things on everyone’s mind: sex, politics, and bad fashion.
RORSCHACH TEST
“Bless His Heart, Girl”: Laverne Cox on TikTok, Trade, and Barron Trump
February 5, 2025
In this week’s Rorschach Test, the Emmy-winning “Clean Slate” stars joins us to share her hottest takes on awards season, “Emilia Perez,” and the scourge of DL men.
LOS ANGELES
“We Persist, and We Rebuild”: How One L.A. Synagogue Is Finding Strength in Community
January 24, 2025
“We lost our building, but we didn’t lose our congregation and we didn’t lose our community,” says Cantor Ruth Berman Harris. “Our synagogue is very much alive.”
RORSCHACH TEST
“We Need Some New Juice”: Abbi Jacobson on Marriage, Traffic, and Democrats
November 25, 2024
In this week’s Rorschach Test, the writer and actor sounds off on skinny jeans, women’s sports, and “In da clerb, we all fam,” the viral TikTok trend from “Broad City.”
OFF MENU
Salt Lake City Ice Queen Meredith Marks Feeds Us Spoonfuls of Caviar
November 21, 2024
In this month’s installment of OFF MENU, the RHOSLC star told us how she came to reconcile with Lisa Barlow—and why she won’t be gifting Whitney any of her caviar.
SMOKE BREAK
“That’s an Exclusive, Baby”: Backstage at the Cabaret With Countess Luann de Lesseps
November 19, 2024
In this week’s Smoke Break, the former Housewife dishes on her budding friendship with Tilda Swinton and an unsavory recent encounter with Bethenny Frankel.
TOSS UP
Got Election Anxiety? Nate Silver Can’t Save You.
October 31, 2024
As election day approaches, the founder of FiveThirtyEight talked to us about Americans’ fraught relationship to polling and Silicon Valley’s embrace of the 45th president.
RORSCHACH TEST
“Who Doesn’t Like a Clean Ass?”: Janelle James on Bidets, Diddy, and Teacher’s Pets
October 29, 2024
In this week’s Rorschach Test, we asked the Emmy-nominated star of “Abbott Elementary” to sound off on Trump, Diddy, and the City of Brotherly Love.
RORSCHACH TEST
“Patrick Bateman Vibes”: Tim Heidecker on Gavin Newsom, JD Vance, and the Dodgers
October 22, 2024
We asked the comedian and rabid L.A. Dodgers fan to sound off on everything from imposter syndrome and sports betting to California’s “comic book villain” governor, Gavin Newsom.
SMOKE(D) BREAK
“Hotness, Tyre, Grip”: Inside the US Grand Prix With Gabriella Karefa-Johnson
October 22, 2024
In this week’s installment of Smoke Break, we talked denim, barbecue, and logomania with stylist Gabriella Karefa-Johnson at the US Grand Prix in Austin, Texas.
OFF MENU
The Paige DeSorbo Guide to Being an Italian-American Princess
October 11, 2024
In this month’s installment of Off Menu, we took “Summer House” star Paige DeSorbo to New York’s hottest new Italian spot for a lesson in spaghetti and meatballs.
SEARCH HISTORY
Noah Rinsky Tells Us His @OldJewishMen Tips For Sitting Shiva and Sending Dick Pics
September 20, 2024
The creator of @OldJewishMen has written a book that expands the premise of his Instagram into a bible for aspiring OJMs. In this week’s Search History, we read between the lines.
memoir
In Health and Safety, Emily Witt Writes the First Draft of Recent History
September 19, 2024
The author joined us to talk about her new book, “Health and Safety,” a memoir of her time in Brooklyn’s vibrant, drug-fueled underground party scene.
RORSCHACH TEST
“Surveillance Is Not Intimacy”: Esther Perel on Cheating, Prenups, and Polyamory
September 13, 2024
In this week’s Rorschach Test, the celebrity psychotherapist and host of the podcast “Where Should We Begin?” joins us to talk vanity, Freud, and hypnotherapy.
US OPEN
“It’s Going to Be Shocking”: Sai de Silva Teases the New Season of RHONY
September 4, 2024
At the US Open, we spotted the @ScoutTheCity blogger and pulled her aside for a quick chat about tennis, toilet paper, and the upcoming season of RHONY.
US OPEN
The Paige Lorenze Guide to Being a Tennis WAG
August 30, 2024
The fashion influencer, business owner, and girlfriend of world number 14 Tommy Paul shows us how to navigate the US Open like a bona fide tennis WAG.