How a Former Polygamist “Sister Wife” Learned to Love Monogamy
Christine Brown Woolley grew up in Utah with a dad and two moms, in a polygamist community called the Apostolic United Brethren. When she became an adult, she joined a polygamist marriage as a third w...
21 Loka 202557min
Nick Offerman's Principled Hypocrisy
In the new movie Sovereign, actor Nick Offerman plays an extremist who doesn’t believe in the legitimacy of the Federal government. In real life, Nick comes from a small-town political family. His fat...
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A War Photographer on the Limits of Bearing Witness
When Peter van Agtmael went to Iraq in 2006 to embed with the U.S. military, he was 24 years old and confident that his pictures could help end an unjust war. Two decades later, after documenting comb...
7 Loka 202552min
Why Job Hunting Feels So Grim Lately, Especially for Gen Z
This week, Anna learns about how frustrating it is to apply for jobs these days, especially for early-career folks, even those with college degrees. First, Jeopardy champion Brendan Liaw talks about w...
30 Syys 202546min
From Brazilian Butt Lifts to Botox: Your Beauty Confessions
Over the past few months, we've been asking you to tell us stories about your beauty interventions. You told us about feeling caught between viewing appearance improvements as vanity and recognizing h...
23 Syys 20251h
Private Equity Blew Up My Life
When Megan Greenwell was 34 she landed a coveted job in journalism as the editor-in-chief of the sports and culture blog, Deadspin. Just over a year later a post about why she was resigning went viral...
16 Syys 202552min
Why Filmmaker Jay Duplass Had to (Kind of) Break Up With His Brother
After two decades of making movies with his younger brother Mark, Jay Duplass has gone solo. This week, he tells Anna about all the factors that led to that decision: tricky union rules, his brother’s...
9 Syys 202559min
Sex-Positive Parents, Crass Grandparents, and a Weird and Wonderful Childhood
When comedy writer Tamara Yajia talks about her childhood, she’s sometimes unsure what tone to strike. Her new memoir Cry for Me Argentina: My Life as a Failed Child Star depicts a very fun nuclear fa...
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