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How Love Island USA can learn from the UK franchise’s mistakes.

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Oliver Burkeman on making hard decisions about important things.

Storyteller Ray Christian, who joined the Army right after the Vietnam War, reflects on why he enlisted and why he didn’t leave for 20 years.

Slate’s parenting podcast on the early years.

Two recent rulings spell bad news for creatives.

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What a woman’s viral trip to Guadalajara and Kylie Jenner’s boob job reveal say about the current state of plastic surgery discourse online.

Maryanne Wolf on the science of the reading brain.

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We sit down with YouTuber Ingrid Nilsen to reflect on the 10-year anniversary of her most popular video to date.

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Slate’s parenting podcast on sisterly love.

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