A “Veep” Star Finds His Inner Pirate
Ian Parker on Timothy Simons, who trades in Jonah, the terrible person he plays on TV, to get slingshot onto a flying ship for a kids’ podcast.
Ian Parker on Timothy Simons, who trades in Jonah, the terrible person he plays on TV, to get slingshot onto a flying ship for a kids’ podcast.
Shouts & Murmurs by John Kenney: Everyone was running, so I ran. I assumed it was a fire alarm. Also, there was a small man clinging to my back. I don’t know why.
Françoise Mouly talks to the artist Tom Gauld about his cover for this year’s Innovation Issue of The New Yorker.
Willing Davidson interviews Camille Bordas about “The Presentation on Egypt,” her short story from the May 20, 2019, issue of The New Yorker.
Poetry by Anna McDonald: “I have learned what my body is for.”
Poetry by Stanley Moss: “I’m sorry, exhausted, except for funds.”
Jill Lepore on how the political memoir evolved.
Laura Miller reviews Julia Phillips’s “Disappearing Earth,” in which a chorus of characters offer clashing perspectives on a local abduction.
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Kitty Kelley on a sixty-five-year-old student who is a descendant of slaves that the school once sold wants to make sure “the Jesuits atone for their sins.”
Fiction by Camille Bordas: “The word ‘relax’ made Danielle tense. Lately, everybody seemed to want her to make it a part of her life.”
Holly Herndon’s collaborator for her new album, “PROTO,” is an artificial neural network that she taught to sing, Hua Hsu writes.
Rebecca Mead on the filmmaker, who is known for her unflinching portrayals of well-to-do Britons and is now turning her lens on herself in “The Souvenir.”
With greater longevity, the quest to avoid the infirmities of aging is more urgent than ever, Adam Gopnik writes.
The roots musician is inspired by the evolving legacy of the black string band, John Jeremiah Sullivan writes.
Portfolio by Vasantha Yogananthan: At the edge of the Himalayas, an ancient tradition is reinvented for the era of climate change.
Robin Wright writes on the Trump Administration’s provocations toward Iran, and the history of American Presidents instigating foreign wars.
Osita Nwanevu writes on the activism and politics around climate change and species conservation, in the wake of an I.P.B.E.S. report stating that a million plant and animal species may be at risk of extinction.
Embattled energy supplier Centrica surprised the City on Monday by not cutting its dividend, saying a squeeze on costs helped it survive the ravages of the difficult UK energy market.
There's no other way to say it: toilets are gross.
Considering you really have no choice but to sit on the throne every day of your life, the least you can do is make it smell a bit better. And no, we're not talking about merely spraying your comfort station with a sickeningly sweet air freshener, or lighting up a ridiculously overpriced candle by the sink. You're better than that.
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David Axe
Security, Middle East
According to aviation journalist Babak Taghvaee, on April 13, 2019 Israeli air force warplanes fired, for the first time, at least one Rampage air-launched ballistic missile at a missile factory and weapons warehouses in Masyaf, Syria.
If Taghvaee’s reporting is accurate, it seems Rampage works as advertised.
Israel reportedly used in combat for the first time a new kind of fast, long-range missile.
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Aurora Cannabis Earnings Are Coming. Here’s What to Expect. Barron's
Aurora Cannabis is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings after the closing bell on Tuesday. Wall Street expects a loss of 3 cents per share on revenue of ...
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