Month: November 2019

Dear Polly, I am writing to you because I need your help and I know you’re the only one who can give it to me straight. I’m only 28, but somehow I’ve developed the jadedness of someone much older. Maybe this is because I’ve lived in New York City for most of my 20s, where […]

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Lynn Novick has been making Emmy Award–winning documentaries about American history for more than two decades. With her producing partners, Sarah Botstein and filmmaker Ken Burns, she’s tackled Prohibition, the Vietnam War, baseball, the Civil War, jazz music, and more. Now, she’s having her solo directorial debut with College Behind Bars, a film about the […]

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I would argue that every year since 1947 — when an alien spacecraft allegedly crashed in Roswell, New Mexico — has been a big year for aliens, but 2019 was one of the biggest, at least in our modern era. The last time I remember aliens being in the news this much was 2006, the […]

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At the 2019 American Music Awards this weekend, Lizzo was nominated in three different categories: Favorite Female Artist (soul/R&B), New Artist of the Year, and Favorite Song (soul/R&B) for “Juice.” Alas, she did not end up taking home a trophy, but she did win the red carpet. Yes, all anyone could talk about before, during, […]

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