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What Happened When I Rang the Random Contacts on My Phone ‘for a Chat’

02.18.20

By Daisy Jones
Entertainment

How Hollywood Relentlessly Fails Women Directors

02.12.20

By Ashley Spencer
Music

Here’s the Story of the Bizarre 80s Rowboat Song That’s Blowing Up TikTok

02.10.20

By Rob Arcand
Music

The Walkmen’s Walter Martin Couldn’t Care Less About Being Cool

01.31.20

By Drew Schwartz
Tech

We Asked a Bunch of Strangers to Explain Their iPhone Notes

01.30.20

By Rosie Hewitson
Entertainment

Why Celebs on Cameo Are Willing to Do Your Dirty Work

01.16.20

By Casey Taylor
Music

Facebook Shitposting Groups Are the New Fan Clubs for Indie Bands

01.08.20

By Eli Enis
Tech

The Website Where Kids Publicly Shame Their ‘Insane Parents’

01.08.20

By Amelia Tait
Drugs

What We Can Learn From a Tiny Baltic Country’s Two-Decade Fentanyl Crisis

01.06.20

By Aliide Naylor
Jakarta’s Floods Are Yet Another Wake-Up Call on Climate Change

01.06.20

By Adi Renaldi
Environment

‘Sentenced to Death’: What It’s Like Living in a Cancer-Plagued Oil Town

01.02.20

By Trevor Bach
Music

Chad Focus Wanted to Be a Rap Mogul. How Much Fraud Would It Take?

12.20.19

By Will Caiger-Smith

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