The Podcast You Need to Hear
From scheming patriarchs to the world’s best pizza, we’ve got it all this week
In London, Love (and Much More) Is in the Air
Frieze returns to town and gets the city hopping
We’ll Always Have Fabio
How does a certain bronzed male model with free-flowing golden hair stay relevant? By remaining every bit himself … and sleeping in a hyperbaric chamber
Around the World with Oscar Wilde
Following in Wilde’s footsteps, from his birthplace of Dublin to the Peloponnese, the American Midwest, and the prison he spent the better part of two years in
Underneath the Velvet Underground
Todd Haynes turns to documentary to get at the heart of Lou Reed’s 1960s New York City band
Chic Korea
Squid Game, Parasite, BTS—there’s a “K-” revolution afoot, and for once that prefix isn’t followed by “ardashian”
Opera Pick of the Week
If you liked The Bride of Frankenstein, you’ll love Charles Gounod’s Gothic thriller La Nonne Sanglante
Amor Towles
The A Gentleman in Moscow author shares the American classics he read while preparing to write his latest novel, The Lincoln Highway
Petty Clash
The left-leaning Paul Samuelson and right-leaning Milton Friedman went to their graves disagreeing with each other over economics
Cosmic Yuri
A new biography details the life of Yuri Soloviev, the best ballet dancer you’ve never heard of
A Walk on the Wild Side
Eight questions with Susan Orlean, the writer portrayed by Meryl Streep in Adaptation, whose new book explores our interactions with animals
La Dolce Marina
A documentary on the Italian film producer Marina Cicogna, who worked with everyone from Sergio Leone to Franco Zeffirelli, premieres in Rome
Survival Instinct
The creator of the dystopian South Korean horror series Squid Game explains the origins of the most streamed show on Netflix
No Time to Di
The filmed Broadway show Diana: The Musical is now streaming on Netflix and it’s so bad … it’s worse than Cats
Country Comfort
Country songs for aficionados and newcomers alike, from Gary Stewart, Kacey Musgraves, Eric Church, Glen Campbell, and more
Swans Along Fifth Avenue
A new book feeds our continuing fascination with Truman Capote—and the society beauties he loved and hated
We’ll Always Have Paris
Photographs highlight the city’s boutiques, studios, and ateliers that have withstood the test of time
Honor Titus
Rather than go to art school, the musician turned painter apprenticed with his idols. Now he’s Frieze’s brightest star
A Classicist at Heart
Whatever it might mean for him to “play the race card,” the tenor Russell Thomas isn’t having any
