See No Evil
When Hollywood optioned Albert Speer’s self-serving memoir, the Nazi architect found willing collaborators
The Podcast Everyone’s Talking About
Smart takes, a new issue, and the inside story on the making of the U.S. version of The Office. Morning Meeting has it all
Welcome to Dunder Mifflin
Ricky Gervais, Greg Daniels, Jenna Fischer, Steve Carell, John Krasinski, and others tell the unlikely story of how the U.S. Office came to be
Into the Blue
Feeling internally defoliated, beset with bleakness, and sorrowful to a Scandinavian degree? It’s just fall. Herewith, tracks to set the tone
All Hail the King
A new book looks back at the singular life and illustrious career of American singer and jazz pianist Nat King Cole
The Trumper’s Dilemma
What’s a Trump aide to do after a lost election? A new book reveals the roads taken by Jared Kushner and Rudy Giuliani—and their disastrous effects
Not Your Classic Hollywood Ending
The Game of Thrones finale is as controversial today as it was the night it first aired, in 2019. Now we know why
Opera Pick of the Week
With the recital album Baritenor, the singer-scholar Michael Spyres mines music history for sheer delight
Blurred Lines
Kurt Vonnegut’s notes and early drafts provide the missing link between his fictional characters and his own personal life
The Lost Boys of Fiction
Oh where, oh where have the young male novelists gone?
Highsmith Confidential
Newly released diaries reveal Patricia Highsmith’s affair with a married woman—and an uncharacteristically tender side to the infamous author
The Boss of Ted Lasso
Hannah Waddingham has found stardom and an Emmy as the accidental owner of A.F.C. Richmond
The Last Picture Show
The illustrious illustrator recalls the humble 1950s graphic publication with big dreams he founded on a whim with Seymour Chwast and Milton Glaser
The Squid Game Secret
People have chalked up the South Korean TV show’s unprecedented popularity to word of mouth. Here’s the real source of its success
Shows and Tales
A new oral history brings back the glory days of the rock concert, starting with rock’s post–World War II R&B roots and going all the way through 1985’s Live Aid
Victimhood Goes Mad
The tribulations of the brainy and beautiful. Tiny violins, please!
