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- The Fraudulent Science of Success
The rot runs deeper than almost anyone has guessed.
By Daniel Engber
From the January 2025 issue.
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43 min - A Boxer on Death Row
Each day for 50 years, the Japanese boxer Iwao Hakamada woke up unsure whether it would be his last.
By Robert F. Worth
From the December 2024 issue.
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38 min - Nick Cave Wants to Be Good
On his new album, he searches out salvation in the face of insecurity and irrelevance.
By Spencer Kornhaber
From the December 2024 issue.
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15 min - One for the Road
Memories of the meals I ate growing up with the Grateful Dead
By Reya Hart
From the December 2024 issue.
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15 min - How Jimmy O. Yang Became a Main Character
The actor spent years stuck in small, clichéd roles. Now, starring in Interior Chinatown, he’s figuring out who he wants to be.
By Shirley Li
From the December 2024 issue.
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25 min - How the Ivy League Broke America
The meritocracy isn't working. We need something new.
By David Brooks
From the December 2024 issue.
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1 hr 2 min - Teaching Lucy
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name?
By Helen Lewis
From the December 2024 issue.
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39 min - Richard Price’s Radical, Retrograde Novel
In Lazarus Man, he rejects the tropes of contemporary literature.
By Tyler Austin Harper
From the December 2024 issue.
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15 min - The Dark Origins of Impressionism
The National Gallery’s “Paris 1874” explores the movement’s dark origins.
By Susan Tallman
From the December 2024 issue.
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26 min - The Magic Mountain Saved My Life
When I was young and adrift, Thomas Mann’s novel gave me a sense of purpose. Today, its vision is startlingly relevant.
By George Packer
From the December 2024 issue.
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