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It is difficult to pin down its hallmarks, except to insist that it would find even the smallest dose of self-awareness fatal. Becca Rothfeld on the cinematic trash-master Neil Breen and what makes a movie so bad it’s sublime.      Listen        Dots         Today’s Mix  (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-floods-nepal-didnt-cause) The Floods Nepal Didn’t Cause    (People stand outdoors looking at mudcovered houses and a road.)       Flash floods, triggered by a glacial collapse in the Himalayas, have killed at least five hundred people in a nation that has contributed little to climate change but is disproportionately affected by it. By  Ishaan Tharoor     (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-lede/how-alex-eala-became-a-symbol-of-the-philippines) How Alex Eala Became a Symbol of the Philippines       Listen      (Alex Eala during practice.)       At only twenty-one, the tennis phenom is likely already the best-ever player from Southeast Asia. Now she is seeking her first Grand Slam title at this summer’s U.S. Open. By  Albert Samaha     (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/critics-notebook/going-through-the-motions-with-khloe-kardashians-the-girls) Going Through the Motions with Khloé Kardashian’s “The Girls”       Listen      (Women in dresses dancing together)       Yes, there are Botox parties and rollerblading dates, but the women in the family’s latest spinoff give the sense that they are just clocking in at the reality-show office. By  Naomi Fry     (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/07/where-to-get-fire-outfits-for-burning-man) Where to Get Fire Outfits for Burning Man       Listen      (Drawing of a mannequin in a clothing store)       Heading to the playa like Paris Hilton and Mark Zuckerberg once did? Need a faux-fur coat or a secret stash pouch? The Burning Man Bazaar has you covered. By  Henry Alford      Dots          (Figures walk up hill while a blurry figure wearing a guard uniform stands in front of them.)       A Reporter at Large   (https://www.newyorker.com/news/a-reporter-at-large/new-maps-show-how-israel-has-thwarted-hopes-for-a-palestinian-state) New Maps Show How Israel Has Thwarted Hopes for a Palestinian State  The breakneck expansion of settlements in the West Bank has rendered American talk of a two-state solution increasingly irrelevant. By  David D. Kirkpatrick         Listen        Dots        The Lede A daily column on what you need to know.   (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/how-the-meta-settlement-could-change-the-internet) How the Meta Settlement Could Change the Internet       Listen      (A woman holds a long sheet of paper with names of young people outside of a courthouse.)       Even while refusing to admit legal fault, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram has accepted, for the first time, that much of its business model is unacceptable for children. By  Nathaniel Lubin     (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/could-data-centers-swing-an-election-in-wisconsin) Could Data Centers Swing an Election in Wisconsin?       Listen      (Illustrated collage of data centers and politicians)       As A.I. becomes increasingly unpopular among voters, the politics of data centers are scrambling political lines across the country—including in a tight race for the Wisconsin governor’s mansion. By  Dan Kaufman     (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/adam-hamilton-and-taking-back-religion-from-the-right) Adam Hamilton and Taking Back Religion from the Right       Listen      (Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Adam Hamilton of Kansas.)       Democratic socialists are getting more of the attention, but Democratic Christians may prove more influential this November. By  Bill McKibben     (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/is-rfk-jr-winning-or-losing) Is R.F.K., Jr., Winning or Losing?       Listen      (Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. looks on as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office.)       A case for cautious optimism about the Trump Administration’s war on vaccines. By  Dhruv Khullar     (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/does-anybody-know-who-darline-graham-is) Does Anybody Know Who Darline Graham Is?       Listen      (A woman sits with a hand under her chin.)       Lindsey Graham’s younger sister, who was appointed to his South Carolina Senate seat upon his death, may soon be elected to a full term. Political insiders say she is a “black box.” By  Charles Bethea     (https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/sean-duffy-in-the-real-world) Sean Duffy in the Real World       Listen      (Sean Duffy speaking into a microphone.)       Donald Trump’s Transportation Secretary got his big break on reality TV, and is now out with a six-part YouTube show about a family road trip. How bad could it be? By  Jon Allsop      Dots          (Image may contain Art Graphics Modern Art and Person)       Essay   (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/essay/in-praise-of-my-group-chats) There’s No Place Like Group Chats  My old friends and I have ended up scattered across different states, in different time zones, but we’ve made our own neighborhood inside the black and blue bubbles of our phones. By  Hanif Abdurraqib         Listen        Dots        Remembering Dolly Parton  (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cover-story/cover-story-2026-09-07) Nicole Rifkin’s “Pure Gold”    (A tribute to Dolly Parton.)       We will always love you. By  Françoise Mouly   Art by  Nicole Rifkin     (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/essay/dolly-partons-quietly-inspiring-defense-of-marriage) Dolly Parton’s Quietly Inspiring Defense of Marriage       Listen      (Illustration of wedding cake with two figurines the figurine on the right has an enormous blonde bouffant)       The death of Parton’s husband, in March, 2025, called rare attention to a steadfast union that the fame-friendly country star had kept private for decades. By  Casey Cep     (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/postscript/dolly-parton-for-the-people) Dolly Parton for the People       Listen      (Figure looks towards camera in front of a dark backdrop)       She was commonly called the Queen of Country Music, but that is exactly wrong: she was democratic to her bones. By  Kathryn Schulz     (https://www.newyorker.com/newsletter/the-daily/what-dolly-parton-built) What Dolly Parton Built    (Dolly Parton plays the banjo)       Thinking about Parton’s music and beauty means thinking about what it means to be a visionary–inventing a whole world from nothing. By  Amanda Petrusich     (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-religion/dolly-parton-honky-tonk-angel) Honky-Tonk Angel       Listen      (Figure holds a rose and looks towards the camera smiling)       Dolly Parton belonged to a beloved category: the outlaw Christian, who loved Jesus and refused to hate anyone else. 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The photographer, who played bass for Hole and the Smashing Pumpkins, captured a moment in which one generation’s subculture became the next generation’s mainstream, Kelefa Sanneh writes.   Dots          (Illustration of a figure meditating)       Annals of Inquiry   (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-inquiry/the-quest-for-a-hangover-cure) The Quest for a Hangover Cure  When we drink, our bodies convert alcohol into a chemical called acetaldehyde. Some companies claim that it’s the cause of hangovers—and that a chemical called DHM can keep it in check. But the health effects of these substances are surprisingly complicated. By  Shayla Love         Listen        Dots            (https://se1.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/604/260601#?)   ()       Help shape the future of The New Yorker . (https://se1.decipherinc.com/survey/selfserve/604/260601#?) 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By  Justin Chang     Page-Turner   (https://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/get-a-tech-job-babies) Get a Tech Job, Babies!       Listen      (Illustration of two babies working holding laptops.)       The puzzling rise in high-level science books for infants and toddlers. By  Elise Broach     Under Review   (https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/he-gave-the-knicks-their-name-why-was-he-forgotten) He Gave the Knicks Their Name. Why Was He Forgotten?       Listen      (A headless horseman carries a basketball and a quill.)       In “A Washington Irving Sketch Book,” the essayist Phillip Lopate tries to rescue New York City’s original mythmaker from literary oblivion. By  Eric Lach     The Front Row   (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/shirley-clarke-lived-her-art-to-the-fullest) Shirley Clarke Lived Her Art to the Fullest       Listen      (Independent filmmaker Shirley Clarke along with staff members and attendees of the New York Film Festival visits Stan...)       A new biography of this crucial New York filmmaker, whose work confronts racial and economic divisions, reveals her furiously inventive activity away from public view. By  Richard Brody     On and Off the Menu   (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/24/your-friendly-neighborhood-hooters) Your Friendly Neighborhood Hooters       Listen      (Drawing of a boy in a propeller hat peering out from behind a pile of fried chicken.)       The chain is attempting a wholesome revival. Will it work? By  Hannah Goldfield      Dots          (Three books chatting with yellow speech bubbles)       (https://www.newyorker.com/best-books-2026) What We’re Reading  A wide-ranging history of the ideas and technology that have transformed political life; an unsparing novel that asks readers to reconsider what they owe their families, particularly in light of what they owe themselves; and more.     Dots        Our Columnists  (https://www.newyorker.com/news/global-notes/what-if-canada-joined-the-eu) What If Canada Joined the E.U.?       Listen      (Mark Carney.)       The Trump Administration’s trade war with Canada has pushed a fringe idea into mainstream conversation, on both sides of the Atlantic. By  Ishaan Tharoor     (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/a-sex-tape-wont-make-you-famous-anymore) A Sex Tape Won’t Make You Famous Anymore       Listen      (Multiple screens with various nude body parts displayed on them.)       Influencers inspired by the Kardashian origin story seem to have drawn the wrong lessons from it. By  Brady Brickner-Wood     (https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/how-the-job-market-will-shape-the-next-generation) How the Job Market Will Shape the Next Generation       Listen      (Illustration of a closed road under construction.)       Young people are already discontented. It’s not going to get better anytime soon. By  Jay Caspian Kang     (https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/why-israeli-authorities-are-encouraging-settler-violence-against-palestinians) Why Israeli Authorities Are Encouraging Settler Violence Against Palestinians    (Man sitting next to destroyed furniture and belongings.)       The retired I.D.F. colonel Doron Meiner, who was arrested while trying to protect a Palestinian community from settlers in the West Bank, discusses Israel’s strategy in the run-up to October’s election. By  Isaac Chotiner      Dots          (Image may contain Floor Chair Furniture Architecture Building Indoors Living Room Room and Flooring)       Flash Fiction   (https://www.newyorker.com/books/flash-fiction/wishes-and-fears-caleb-crain) “Wishes and Fears”  It was the end of the world, and a number of us had gathered in a large, abandoned house. By  Caleb Crain        Dots          (Piano falling from the sky)    Dept. of Hoopla From the mind of Susanna Wolff.     (engagement photo)       (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/02/the-perfect-engagement-photo-session) The Perfect Engagement Photo Session     (An illustration of a hand putting a wedding ring on a finger of another hand. In the background an assortment of people...)       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By  Casey Cep     (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/songs-of-summer/when-get-lucky-took-me-back-to-the-years-of-disco) “Get Lucky”       Listen      (Daft Punk NYC Disco)       The 2013 Daft Punk track was uncannily evocative of the late nineteen-seventies. By  Lucy Sante     (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/songs-of-summer/padam-padam-separates-the-party-people-from-the-homebodies) “Padam Padam”       Listen      (Kylie Minogue)       Kylie Minogue’s 2023 track belongs to a category of solid, danceable pop music that barely penetrates the eardrums of self-professed thirtysomething old folks. By  Lauren Michele Jackson      Dots          (Two men in a car trailing a man walking on the street)       Letter from the U.K.   (https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-the-uk/iran-is-using-foreign-criminals-to-attack-its-critics-overseas) Iran Is Using Foreign Criminals to Attack Its Critics Overseas  Pouria Zeraati, a dissident who was living in London, was stabbed by a group of Romanian thugs. His case is part of a widening campaign by the Iranian regime to silence its detractors. By  Cora Engelbrecht         Listen        Dots            (https://www.newyorker.com/tips)   ()       Have confidential information to share with our newsroom? (https://www.newyorker.com/tips) Send us a tip »      Ideas  (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/24/the-end-of-the-european-summer) The End of the European Summer       Listen      (An urban city populated by trees and green structures.)       As extreme heat overwhelms the Continent’s great cities, they are racing to transform themselves for a climate that they were never built to withstand. By  Eric Klinenberg     (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/17/are-you-a-human) Are You a Human?       Listen      (There are now more bots online than people. The challenge used to be telling who was a person from who was a bot today...)       From branding irons to iris scans, the ancient business of proving who you are has never been stranger—or more lucrative. By  Jill Lepore     (https://www.newyorker.com/news/essay/can-extreme-morning-sickness-be-cured) Can Extreme Morning Sickness Be Cured?       Listen      (Illustration of a woman on a mattress in the sea)       For decades, the condition was thought to be psychological, and women were shamed for their illness. Now a scientist has found a biological cause. By  Anna Russell     (https://www.newyorker.com/science/elements/the-mystery-of-dark-oxygen) The Mystery of Dark Oxygen       Listen      (Illustration of a dark cave with blue lines.)       Scientists used to think oxygen could only be found near Earth’s surface, where plants and algae grow. Then they found it deep underground—raising profound questions about what else could be down there. By  James Dinneen      Dots          (Collage of a mans face with orange green black and white images.)       Annals of Activism   (https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-activism/a-political-awakening-in-arab-america) A Political Awakening in Arab America  A Midwestern Muslim family’s story of immigration, assimilation, and how one year changed the life of its youngest son. By  Rozina Ali         Listen        Dots        Persons of Interest       Listen      (A portrait of a person.)       (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/24/how-far-will-the-trump-administration-go-to-deport-mahmoud-khalil) How Far Will the Trump Administration Go to Deport Mahmoud Khalil?  By  Andrew Marantz          Listen      (Image may contain Sam Smith Electrical Device Microphone Performer Person Solo Performance Accessories and Glasses)       (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/how-sam-smith-found-their-voice) How Sam Smith Found Their Voice  By  Jeffrey Masters          Listen      (Drawing of John Roberts)       (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/08/17/john-roberts-profile) The Delusions of John Roberts  By  Margaret Talbot       (A figure is lying down on a couch and looking toward the camera.)       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But his biggest experiment was on the children he took back to the U.S. By  Rachel Aviv          The Weekend Essay         Listen      (When Middle Age Comes Into Focus)        (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/when-middle-age-comes-into-focus) When Middle Age Comes Into Focus  A bevy of cultural sacraments marks our passage into adulthood, but the yawning decades beyond it unspool without ceremony. By  E. Tammy Kim            On Television         Listen      (The Improbable Longevity of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”)        (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/on-television/the-secret-to-the-longevity-of-its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia) The Improbable Longevity of “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”  The irreverent comedy is the longest-running sitcom in history, yet has won no major awards. What gives? 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