5 posts tagged ‘Podcast / Critics at Large’
Will Kids Online, In Fact, Be All Right?
The New Yorker,
A new documentary reveals social-media platforms’ iron grip on the lives of teen-agers, one that’s increasingly being linked to a slew of mental-health issues. How scared should we be?
The Case for Criticism
In the age of Goodreads and Letterboxd, with nearly every aspect of the cultural landscape up for review by professional writers and superfans alike, The New Yorker’s critics consider their vocation—and why it matters.
Can Slowness Save Us?
A growing body of literature champions the idea that rest is revolutionary. Is slowing down the answer to what ails us, or just the latest trend we’re being sold?
Samantha Irby Knows How to Be Funny
A conversation with the acclaimed comic and essayist about humor as a coping strategy, her work on the divisive “Sex and the City” reboot, and the future of comedy.
Is “The Golden Bachelor” Too Good to Be True?
The latest “Bachelor” spinoff, whose contestants are all in their sixties and seventies, has proved wildly successful and unexpectedly heartfelt—but is its vision of older love radical or regressive?