Flex, Plague, Romance, Clown, Choir
Gatsby's bookshelf, Daniel Defoe's plague, romantic imprinting, Down's syndrome, and an escapade in Seoul
Abe Callard
Liszt, KKK, Kaiju, Happiness, Hare
Learnig from Liszt's manuscripts, a forgotten war, a kidnapped filmmaker, and the meaning of life
Movie, Gamework, Vase, Mask, Choir
Pre-coronavirus cinema, the metaphysics of games, Ozu's vase shot, and the science of N95 masks.
Chronos, Toy, Hades, Storm, Anchor
Time paradoxes, the making of Toy Story 3, a jazz musical, and the dangers of solar flares.
Antihero, Pirate, VHS, Cycling, Tel Aviv
On heroic aspirations, the economics of piracy, the glory days of VHS, and the benefits of cycling.
Cook, Freedom, Art, Microtones, Goldberg
Online food shows, Hong Kong protests, bad art restorations, microtonal music, and a quarantine contraption.
October, Adventure, Retrace, Blue, Gershwin
Russian subtitles, paper publication, Ahmaud Arbery's death, Picasso's Blue Period, and a Gershwin fantasia.
Skyjacker, Portfolio, Marvelman, Medieval, Rockets
Air pirates, a hidden fortune, Marvelman, the New Middle Ages, and transparent rockets.
Flea-Market, Tetris, Monobloc, Lolita, Nothing
Fine art detectives, the joys of Tetris, a ubiquitous chair, the philosophy of beauty, and the heat death of the universe.
Hangman, Robbers, Hasidic, Climate, Nowadays
The conundrums of Hangman, Bonnie and Clyde, a Hasidic comedian, and climate change policy options.
Castle, Economy, Memory, Mask, Train
Paradoxes of creativity, reopening the economy, the failures of memory, and the history of masks.
Puzzle, Iran, Fern, Letters, Fantasy
A musical paradox, turmoil (and heavy metal, and hipsters) in Iran, invasive ferns, and writing letters backwards.
3D, Views, Bananas, Contagion, Volcano
The death of 3D cinemas, coding failures, the price of bananas, and an addiction to Contagion.
Portraits, Swim, Macau, Simulation, Cosmos
Expressionists paint the Spanish flu, a dangerous night swim, China's golden child, and simulating epidemics.
Fandoms, Question, Superhero, Cancer, Bread
Artists and fandoms, how Bernie Sanders answers questions, superhero music, and whale tumors.
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