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Culture Archive

Archives for December 2024

Today, Explained podcast
Sports gambling should have stayed in Las VegasSports gambling should have stayed in Las Vegas
Podcast
Today, Explained podcast

Online sports betting is bad for sports — and for gamblers.

By Hady Mawajdeh and Sean Rameswaram
Culture
Sea witches? Castlecore? Our trend predictions for 2025.Sea witches? Castlecore? Our trend predictions for 2025.
Culture

Plus, what Pantone’s color of the year says about taste and class.

By Rebecca Jennings and Alex Abad-Santos
Future Perfect
9 actually good things that happened in 20249 actually good things that happened in 2024
Future Perfect

It wasn’t the easiest year, but 2024 was not without its bright spots.

By Bryan Walsh
Culture
A Bob Dylan mega-fan detangles the Timothée Chalamet biopic for usA Bob Dylan mega-fan detangles the Timothée Chalamet biopic for us
Culture

Veteran Minneapolis DJ Bill DeVille explains A Complete Unknown for fans and newbs alike.

By Aja Romano
The adorable reason why all of Amy Sedaris’s stuff has holes in it
Down to Earth

She’s an expert in funny, but her relationship with rabbits is very serious.

By Benji Jones
Culture
Christmas With the Kranks explains everything wrong with pop culture nowChristmas With the Kranks explains everything wrong with pop culture now
Culture

In 2004, critics demanded better than mediocre Christmas movies. Why are we so reluctant to do so now?

By Rebecca Jennings
Culture
The movies, shows, books, and music we couldn’t stop thinking about this year The movies, shows, books, and music we couldn’t stop thinking about this year 
Culture

Vox’s cultural obsessions of 2024.

By Vox Staff
Life
A sneaky way to boost kids’ literacyA sneaky way to boost kids’ literacy
Life

The surprising power of podcasts.

By Anna North
Video
Why your favorite movies fake their locationsWhy your favorite movies fake their locations
Play
Video

And why so many of them are shot in Vancouver.

By Edward Vega
What it means when someone says “he went to Turkey”
Culture

Welcome to the hair transplant capital of the world

By Alex Abad-Santos
How China could try to strangle Taiwan without firing a shot
World Politics

The Taiwan invasion everyone fears might never happen. Here’s what could take place instead.

By Joshua Keating
Culture
Love Is Blind just got hit with a federal labor complaint. Will it change anything?Love Is Blind just got hit with a federal labor complaint. Will it change anything?
Culture

It sends an important message, but may not translate to an immediate fix.

By Li Zhou
Culture
Luigi Mangione and the blackpilling of AmericaLuigi Mangione and the blackpilling of America
Culture

What does it mean that the health care CEO shooter didn’t seem to have “extreme” politics?

By Rebecca Jennings
Culture
Hannah Kobayashi’s mysterious non-disappearance, explainedHannah Kobayashi’s mysterious non-disappearance, explained
Culture

The Hawaii resident’s disappearance became a viral internet mystery. That may have made things worse.

By Aja Romano
The slippery appeal of RFK Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again movement
Policy

Everybody loves MAHA — because nobody knows what it really is.

By Keren Landman, MD