The Supreme Court and Mississippi's Abortion Rights; the Cuomo Brothers; THE POWER OF THE DOG on Netflix and KING LEAR on Amazon Prime

The verdict in the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial; the Omicron variant arrives; Stephen Sondheim, R.I.P.; LICORICE PIZZA in theaters

Discussion of: The Autocrats are Winning in the Atlantic Monthly; the decline of democracies; KING RICHARD on HBOMAx; PASSING on Netflix

Results of the Glasgow summit; Biden's vaccine mandates blocked by courts; Republicans' evolving relationship to violence; SPENCER in theaters.

Fallout from the Virginia and New Jersey elections; the Glasgow Climate summit continues; BECOMING HELEN KELLER on PBS; SUCCESSION on HBO MAX

The meaning of the Glasgow summit; the Kyle Rittenhouse and Ahmud Aurbry trials; PAN'S LABYRINTH 

Tragedy on the RUST set; more on Dave Chappelle; THE SILENCE OF OTHERS on Netflix; THE OTHER TWO on HboMax

Journalistic "bothsiderism"; Tucker Carlson vs. Pete Buttegeige; Dave Chappelle's THE CLOSER on Netflix; Multiple personalities in new Netflix documentary.

Facebook floundering; Indigenous People's Day is made official; Homelessness in Los Angeles.  Plus, SQUID GAME and LAMB reviewed.

The Supreme Court's Shadow Docket; the Academy Museum opening; THE CHESTNUT MAN on Netflix; LA BREA on Peacock