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Yasss, kween! Werq. Slay. What do these words have in common? They come from the gay black community — specifically drag and the house ball scene — and have since been co-opted (often incorrectly) by mainstream culture, with little credit to their originators. Jefferey Spivey writes the blog Uptown Bourgeois, and recently wrote a piece…

Love. War. Guilt. Hatred. Fear. Vengeance. Technology. Since 2011, Black Mirror has been, in our humble opinion, the pinnacle of using technology, science fiction, and horror to delve deep into what makes humanity tick and how the human condition can be so easily twisted and manipulated. So obviously, we’re gonna gush all over it in…

We’re still recovering from the two-hour Twin Peaks finale on Sunday. Earlier this week, Dale Cooper himself checked in, as Kyle MacLachlan shared his thoughts on a special episode of EW’s A Twin Peaks Podcast: A Podcast About Twin Peaks. And today, the special episodes continue! Damon Lindelof – co-creator of Lost and The Leftovers – returns to the podcast to…

If you missed a story or two of ours this week, don’t sweat it. From ancient Babylonian trigonometry to a gelatinous colony of tiny creatures, this roundup of our best podcasts and articles will catch you up. Keep reading to learn something new! The Surprising The Caspian Sea is shrinking. It’s done so before, thanks…

Tom Burrell, ad man. Courtesy of Tom Burrell hide caption toggle caption Courtesy of Tom Burrell Tom Burrell, ad man. Courtesy of Tom Burrell Note: This show originally ran in 2015. In the early 1960s, the ad world had a one-size-fits-all philosophy. Black people, white people—they all saw the same ads. And while that sounds…

The podcast industry is about to take a bite out of a formerly forbidden fruit when Apple shares its podcast listener data with publishers this fall, and it’s sure to be a hot topic at the IAB’s annual podcast upfront in New York City on Thursday. In June, Apple said it would share aggregated online…

Michigan Wolverines head coach Jim Harbaugh made his weekly appearance on the Big Ten coaches conference call, answering various questions from media members. Harbaugh spoke about a few players in particular, his new podcast and the game against Florida. As announced earlier Tuesday, Harbaugh will have a new weekly podcast. “Attack Each Day: The Harbaugh’s Podcast”…

This weekend was all about the USMNT, so Jason, Adam, and Ben have to start with the two disastrous qualifiers. We start with the man on the sideline, Bruce Arena, and try to assess how much of the blame for these games is on him (hint: a lot). We talk about Bruce trying Darlington Nagbe…

My first exposure to football writing of any substance came when I started to leaf through my dad’s copy of The Oatcake on Stoke City match days. As a devoted Match Magazine and club programme reader, The Oatcake – then a no-frills, black and white effort – initially seemed to have little to offer me…

The Rev. Robert Wright Lee, a relative of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee, resigned on Monday as pastor from a North Carolina church. Above, Lee speaks at the MTV Video Music Awards in August. Matt Sayles/Invision/AP hide caption toggle caption Matt Sayles/Invision/AP The Rev. Robert Wright Lee, a relative of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee,…