7+ hour, 7+ min ago  (669+ words) On October 16, 2025, Stephen Spencer sent his mother a fifty-three-second video that he had made. It was her birthday. In the video, Spencer, a composer, plays keyboard and guitar and sings in a gorgeous tenor that reaches effortlessly to falsetto. The…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago  (112+ words) New episodes of The New Yorker Radio Hour drop every Tuesday and Friday. Follow the show wherever you get your podcasts. The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC Studios and The New Yorker. In the weeks before…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago  (38+ words) Behold, I have returned from a hike. Common Venmo charges, decoded. Ways the woke mob has affected me personally. Your personality, explained by your annoying household habits. The risks of living in this super-tall, ultra-thin skyscraper....

6+ mon, 4+ week ago  (241+ words) But I love it when you try to save me'Cause I'm just a ladyI love it when we play 1950So cold that your stare's bout to kill meI'm surprised when you kiss me But the primary reason for dividing her identity…...

9+ mon, 5+ day ago  (61+ words) A new book, "Antimemetics: Why Some Ideas Resist Spreading," argues that notions get taken up not because of their virtue but because of their catchiness. How Joe Biden handed the Presidency to Donald Trump. Why Lena Dunham broke up with…...