Television

Goop and the Nefarious Glamour of Capitalist Pseudoscience

How Joe Pera Subverts Adult Swim’s Cynicism

When Joe Pera talks, we all should listen.

How Larry David Makes You Cringe

On the strange appeal of social awkwardness

Rick Sanchez and the Tragedy of Shy Poopers

What’s the source of our scatological anxiety?

Animation Has Always Been for Adults

The rise, fall, and rise again of mature cartoons

How ‘BoJack Horseman’ Turns Comfort Television Into Existential Crisis

Is Terrace House the Realest Reality Show?

How the Japanese reality show breaks technology convention.

How Succession Avoids the Wealth Porn Trap

When being extremely rich seems extremely pathetic.

What South Park Missed About Censorship

America’s evolving relationship with censorship

Your Life is Not A Story

Chopped and the narrativization of reality.