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Traces of Empire

Graydon Carter Discusses the Week That Was

On this week’s podcast, AIR MAIL’s co-editor shares his thoughts on Fox News, Trump’s legal woes, and Clarence Thomas’s finances

The Dark Side of Happiness

Pushing the Envelope

Boston Baroque stages Iphigénie en Tauride, Gluck’s ultimate “reform opera”

Dying to Get In!

A sneak preview of the Ultimate Memorial Service! It’s going to be amazing! People are already fighting for tickets!

Letters to Trump: the Outtakes

Signed, Bernie Madoff … Jeffrey Epstein … Harvey Weinstein … and more!

MAGA Mike’s Last Dance

Here’s a sequel guaranteed to bomb, coming up short in more ways than one!

Own the Libs—with Style!

Want to stand out in a crowded House? Dress as your favorite Biden-Harris-Soros catastrophe!

Presenting: MAGAzine, Volume Number II

The World Through Rose-Colored Glasses

Ahead of her show at the Queens Museum, the South African multimedia artist Tracey Rose discusses apartheid, psychedelics, and the inspiration behind some of her most radical works

Full Blume

In an interview, Judy Blume discusses everything from J. K. Rowling to the upcoming adaptation of Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret

Staff Picks

This week, don’t miss a veteran magazine editor’s homage to his mother, a survey of how germs have shaped history, and the story of a Bavarian village that embraced Nazism

Between Rome and Byzantium

A 40-year-old Milan Kundera essay holds the key to understanding the war in Ukraine

Now Boarding

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

No News Is Bad News

Can political documentaries effect change? Benjamin Netanyahu seems to think so

Murder, They Wrote

This month’s best mystery books are throwbacks to different periods in American history, from the 20s to the 90s

Sean Connery Knew How to Beat Putin

On this week’s episode, Alessandra Stanley discusses how The Untouchables holds the key to deterring Vlad

And the Oscar Goes
to …

In Good Night, Oscar, pianist and actor Oscar Levant’s startling appearance on Jack Paar’s Tonight show plays out onstage

Le Sirenuse’s Siren Call

Seventy years after John Steinbeck visited the spectacular Amalfi Coast hotel, Le Sirenuse maintains its literary roots in the form of a springtime writers’ retreat

Degrees of Separation

Mise-en-Scène

A new two-part French adaptation of The Three Musketeers, with Vincent Cassel, Eva Green, Romain Duris, François Civil, and Vicky Krieps, brings the classic tale to a fresh audience

Paul Davis Sketchbook

The Red Flag of Modern Drama