Xiu Xiu explains their decision to leave the streaming platform following Daniel Ek's investments in defense tech.

Saying goodbye to Candice—and two of the internet’s biggest mysteries.

From the schoolroom to sophisti-pop, Sting’s genre-bending career is packed with hits.

How to make a city full of inflatable frog suits look like it needs the National Guard.

From vandalized subway ads to ChatGPT billboards, A.I. startups are flooding traditional marketing spaces and getting backlash for it.

On this week’s show, conversations about Channing Tatum as Roofman, Tim Robinson spinning out in The Chair Company, and historical reenactors doing their thing.

Trump’s peace deal pressed pause on a move to expel the country from UEFA.

Soraya Chemaly on the power of women’s rage.

The actor and author talks about playing an anti-gov extremist in his latest film Sovereign, the magic of teaching woodworking, and his less-than-perfect approach to making the world better.

And the comedian might be outgrowing it.

We break down the surprising reactions to Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl and what it says about her current relationship to the internet.

How one genre of hardcore pornography pushed a new insult into the mainstream.

On this week’s show, the panel steps into the octagon with The Smashing Machine, the Tulsa noir The Lowdown, and Hollywood’s A.I. freakout about Tilly Norwood.

Ashanti Branch on steering clear of the traps of toxic masculinity.

When Peter Van Agtmael started taking pictures, he believed he could end wars by exposing their brutality. Decades later, the biggest change has been within himself.

How prediction markets are turning everything from elections to football games into wagering opportunities.

What state investment in the video game company means for the industry.

A new EA Games deal has players worried about censorship of their beloved franchise.