
ONWARDS
“Hope Is Our Greatest Weapon”: New Yorkers React to the Presidential Election
November 6, 2024
At election watch parties in Brooklyn and Manhattan, we asked New Yorkers to share their immediate reactions to Donald Trump’s win over Vice President Kamala Harris.

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“Wisconsin Gives Me Gut-Level Heartburn”: Milan Singh, in Conversation With Josh Barro
November 4, 2024
In the final installment of Substack’s Election Dialogues, journalist Josh Barro joins Yale’s Milan Singh to talk swing state forecasts and Trump’s down-ballot acolytes.

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.

POLITICS
Geraldo Rivera Tells Us Why He Finally Turned On His Old Friend Donald Trump
October 18, 2024
Journalist Molly Jong-Fast called up the veteran newscaster earlier this week to discuss his decades-long friendship with Donald Trump and to find out why he’s formally endorsed Kamala Harris for president.

SEARCH HISTORY
Meet Naima Troutt, the College Student Who Owned Charlie Kirk
October 2, 2024
In this week’s installment of Search History, we DM’d the newly famous USC senior to find out how life has changed since she went head-to-head with Charlie Kirk about abortion rights.

ELECTION
“Diva With the Fake Tan”: New Yorkers Sound Off on the Presidential Debate
September 11, 2024
As Kamala Harris took on Donald Trump in the Presidential Debate, we bar-hopped around Williamsburg to find out what matters most to New Yorkers: drama, inflation, and affordable housing.

POLITICS
“You Cannot Delete a People”: Rep. Jasmine Crockett, by Whoopi Goldberg
August 21, 2024
After a viral clapback minted her as a rising star in the Democratic party, the Texas congresswoman talked to Whoopi about the weaponization of wokeness, surviving political attacks, and how to keep your cool in the chaos that is D.C.

RORSCHACH TEST
Van Jones on Think Tanks, Sex Scandals, and Third-Party Candidates
August 15, 2024
In this week’s Rorschach Test, we called on the CNN political analyst to sound off on a mixed bag of subjects, from Cybertrucks to coconut memes and childless cat ladies.

RORSCHACH TEST
Ego Nwodim on Brat, BBLs, and Her “Daddy” Lorne Michaels
August 5, 2024
In this week’s Rorschach Test, the SNL star best known for playing Lisa from Temecula appears as a different character—herself—to sound off on a number of hot-button topics.

NYFW
Ella Emhoff Thinks Democracy Needs Knitwear
February 13, 2023
“Let’s just say I bought 85 pounds of yarn for this collection.”

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Talk Hole: Supply Chain Me Daddy
November 16, 2021
“I’m pretty sure we are in a conservatorship with Interview.”

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Talk Hole: Pride & Prejudice
June 22, 2021
“I can’t be the only one seeing dollar signs here.”

the moment
The Rise of Ella Emhoff, Newly Minted Style Star
April 16, 2021
An IMG modeling contract. A Proenza Schouler runway debut. A knitwear collaboration with Batsheva? Not since, well, ever has America’s Second Daughter made this much fashion noise.

WWW Bulletin
Lana Del Rey at the Country Club, Kamala Harris in Miami, and the Real Housewives Tearing Up New York City
March 23, 2021
This is the World Wide Web. Let’s talk about it.

snack time
Chef Carla Hall on Embracing Kindness in the Kitchen
January 22, 2021
The “Top Chef” all-star and beloved ‘nice chef’ discusses her new podcast, Black representation in food, and the perfect Super Bowl snack.

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Talk Hole: My Coup Runneth Over
January 14, 2021
“The sanctity of politics is gone. The sanctity of Nancy Pelosi’s gorgeous podium was just besmirched.”

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Talk Hole 2020: A Year of Guilt in Review
December 18, 2020
We did it, Joe!

we the people
New York Gets Ready for Election Day
November 2, 2020
The people and polling places of Election Week 2020, as documented by photographer Akil Grubb.

ASK A SANE PERSON
David Rothkopf Finds Hope in the History of Progress
October 27, 2020
“I’m more concerned about the root causes of our political problems than I am about the virus. We will manage that.”

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TALK HOLE: WET ASS AMERICAN SUMMER
August 14, 2020
WAP, PUA, and COVID.