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Beginning in Gladness, Ending in Madness

1900–1950 was a golden age of literary eccentricity.

Stephen Akey

21 Feb 2024 · 14 min read

Wallace Stevens, Simone de Beauvoir, Vladmir Nabokov.

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Ignorance and Indignation

Brian Stewart 7 Dec 2025 · 16 min read

Ben Rhodes is a middle-aged white man. He is sitting a microphone labelled Pod Save the Worl

Sociobiology on Trial

Peggy Sastre 6 Dec 2025 · 13 min read

Stephen Jay Gould, Edward O. Wilson, Richard Lewontin. Three older men in formal and casual attire against a green DNA-themed background.

Island of Spies

Aaron Sarin 5 Dec 2025 · 9 min read

Two suited men in separate outdoor close-ups, both looking ahead against blurred urban backgrounds.

The Conned Artist

Graham Daseler 4 Dec 2025 · 10 min read

David Mamet is a white man in late middle age. He is talking and gesticulating. He wears glasses, a T-shirt, and a jacket.

Podcast #315: Marriage and Divorce in America

Quillette, Nicholas Wolfinger 4 Dec 2025 · 27 min read

Podcast #315: Marriage and Divorce in America

Russian Lies Won’t Bring Peace

Stephan Jensen 4 Dec 2025 · 6 min read

Ruined blue Orthodox church with damaged domes and collapsed masonry against an overcast sky.