A weekly series surfacing books, albums, and films worth a second look—or a first.
Three things to spend time with, chosen for their ideas as much as their reputation.
A brisk, darkly funny collision of science, invented religion, and humanity’s appetite for tidy explanations. It is perfect fuel for thinking about opinions hardening into identities—and then masquerading as universal truth.
Read more →Sharp power pop powered by the chemistry of four people still creating together after three decades, despite living far apart. The deeper pleasure is hearing friendship sustained without freezing the work in its original era.
Listen →Bill Murray’s emotionally sealed-off bachelor follows an anonymous letter into an awkward road trip through his romantic past. Its refusal to provide neat closure respects the limits of retrospection: looking backward may deepen the mystery rather than explain the life.
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