De-sensitization Station
Songs you think you know, from Bruce Channel, Dion, the Staple Singers, and more
Suspect Protection Program
History’s largest-ever counterterrorism investigation enlisted efforts from the U.S., the U.K., and Pakistan. Why was its main suspect allowed to run free?
Goy Makes Good
Fifty years after he directed the movie adaptation of Fiddler on the Roof, Norman Jewison looks at his storied career
Flora Collins
The Brooklyn-based writer whose debut novel combines Freud, Jordan Peele’s Us, and her own upbringing
Miserly Musketeer
The co-creator of Tesla and founder of SpaceX shares his money-saving tips
Cloud Atlas
A new book explores the 10 regions, from Australia to Ethiopia to outer space, that tell us where the world is headed next
Opera Pick of the Week
Der Zwerg (The Dwarf), Alexander von Zemlinsky’s decadent exploration of the female gaze, in rival productions from the transgressive hot spots of Amsterdam and Berlin
Beatlemania
Get ready for Get Back with this collection of Fab Four covers, from Lonnie Mack, Santo & Johnny, Ella Fitzgerald, Doris Troy, and more
The Real Pulp Fiction
Hard Case Crime reissues the best in hard-boiled crime novels—and has turned Stephen King into a contributor
The Only Podcast You Need
Weekends are for tuning out the world … and tuning in to Morning Meeting
High Rollers
A new coffee-table book pays homage to the hottest roller disco of 1980s West Hollywood: Flipper’s Roller Boogie Palace
Full Frontal Louis
In his 1964 best-seller, The Rector of Justin, Louis Auchincloss shrank from taking on sexual predation in New England prep schools. Four decades later, he made up for it
World on a String
Tony Sarg transformed the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade with his fantastical designs
The Secret History
An exhibition at the Jewish Museum sheds light on the story of the famed Ephrussi family, told by Edmund de Waal in The Hare with Amber Eyes
