Faulty-Hearts Club
How Baby Fae, the 1980s infant who survived for several days with a baboon heart, paved the way for innovative new approaches to organ donation
Space Cadet
William Shatner goes where no actor has gone before
Susan Soon He Stanton
The playwright and screenwriter takes us into the Succession writers’ room
Guilty Treasures
Allow yourself to indulge in these songs from Carly Rae Jepsen, the Guess Who, Stephen Bishop, Cher, and more
He’s More than Logan Roy
In his new memoir, Brian Cox recounts his journey from growing up poor in Scotland to ruling Succession
The Podcast You Need to Hear
From scheming patriarchs to the world’s best pizza, we’ve got it all this week
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
In London, Love (and Much More) Is in the Air
Frieze returns to town and gets the city hopping
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
Country Comfort
Country songs for aficionados and newcomers alike, from Gary Stewart, Kacey Musgraves, Eric Church, Glen Campbell, and more