Listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Joe Eszterhas’s tenure as the hottest screenwriter in town ended with two notorious 1995 flops: the NC-17 rated Showgirls (directed, like Basic Instinct, by Paul Verhoeven) and Jade (produced, like Sliver, […]
Climate change, political unrest, random violence – Western society can often feel like what the filmmaker Werner Herzog calls, “a thin layer of ice on top of an ocean of chaos and darkness.” In the United States, polls indicate that
Exclusive picture of President Jimmy Carter in Stuart E. Eizenstat’s biography, President Carter. Far more complex, both politically and technically, was a divisive debate over whether to build the B-1 bomber, which presents a good lesson in how difficult it
A teacher, Mary R. Hyde, and students at the Carlisle Indian Training School. Source: here and here. At least two years before 2016, large numbers of Central American families, nearly all from the Northern Triangle countries of Honduras, Guatemala, and
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Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our twice-weekly News & Politics newsletter. The New Yorker staff writers Dexter Filkins and Clare Malone join Tyler Foggatt to examine Donald Trump’s appointments
The creature lives in the “midnight zone,” an area of the ocean so deep that sunlight never reaches it. Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute In February 2000, scientists spotted an unusual, glowing creature swimming 8,576 feet beneath the surface of
As part of a special event to mark the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party, an exhibition of historic documents was held at the Grand Masonic Lodge in Boston. Many of these were provided by Seth Kaller, the leading
“A Summer Night” by Yiduo He Metzabok, Chiapas, Mexico This photo was taken at night on the shore of Lake Tzi’bana, located in the Naha-Metzabok Biosphere Reserve, home to the indigenous Lacandon Maya. Nature is considered a sacred realm in
Xiaomi knows a thing or two about budget-friendly fitness trackers, as we can readily attest. We previously reviewed the Xiaomi Mi Smart Band 7 and were thoroughly impressed by the sheer amount of value packed into this little watch. Priced
