The Future Is Funny
Forget agents and grueling late-night-tour schedules, a new generation of comedians are reaching millions on TikTok
Spinning Mushrooms into Gold
As psychedelics start to be taken seriously as a treatment for mental-health conditions, the worlds of loony mushroom-lovers and money-hungry investors collide
Spring Breakers, Italian–Style
The young European upper class’s version of spring break in Florida? Panarea in August
It’s Time to BeReal
Everyone under 22 is on it. Most people over 22 have never heard of it. Is the app billing itself as the “anti-Instagram” really any different from the rest of social media?
House and Gargoyle
With busts of Greek gods and gold-inlaid light switches, interior design for the modern autocrat is all about excess and intimidation
Ticktock, the Clock Is Dead
She’s a former Abercrombie & Fitch model with a Ph.D. from Harvard on a mission to stop women from aging
All the Write Moves
In the 19th century, a man living in present-day Liberia dreamed up the first script for his native language, changing how we think about the written word
Don’t Sweat It
Naomi Watts, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Mariella Frostrup are among the entrepreneurs who are making menopause look rather … sexy
Netflix and Bai Lan
In China, Instagram influencers and office over-achievers are out, and slackers are in
Are We There Yet?
After two years of limbo, the gap year is back. One hardened traveler offers up all the overly detailed, tried-and-tested advice your teen should know but will inevitably ignore
Spite the Power
When Larry David invented “the spite store,” he meant it as a joke. But today the concept seems to animate most of American politics
Cult of Personality
How did a dancing social-media star with 1.3 million followers get “brainwashed” by a Christian fundamentalist and self-styled “Man of God” who once made a film starring Meghan Markle?
Gen X-Cash
Who carries actual money these days? Almost nobody young
A Party of One
She’s promoting a new business that sells the introverted lifestyle because, like Greta Garbo, this “lady hermit” just wants to be alone
Tricky Dicks
Influencers on the receiving end of explicit photographs are fighting back
Flier’s Remorse
Gulfstream’s new G500 and G600 private planes offer every luxury—marble counters, living rooms, multiple sleeping areas—except the ability to land in wind
Kat Norton
The spreadsheet influencer has earned nearly 2 million likes on TikTok for her Microsoft Excel tutorials
Meltdown in Millbrook
After leaving Eleven Madison Park, restaurateur Will Guidara set out to open a five-star hotel in New York’s Hudson Valley. The town has other plans …
Hush Money
Are reparations for slavery the cure for America’s racial ills—or just a state-sanctioned NDA?
Guns ‘n’ Babies
Inside the spine-chilling world of Instagram-influencing mothers with guns
Lady Macboris
Booed by crowds of onlookers at the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, is Carrie Johnson the master puppeteer, or just a shallow social climber with expensive taste in wallpaper?
Charlie Rose Tries to Bloom
A #MeToo culprit, he’s trying to return to polite society, posting new interviews with Warren Buffett and others, and looking to sell his backlog of shows
Kazakhstan or Bust!
For the Putin set, European holidays are verboten. But work-arounds abound …
A Bitter Pill to Swallow
A severe case of birth-control fatigue has many young women foregoing traditional methods for alternative, often higher-risk options
