May Culture Chat
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Notable Sandwiches #126: Num Pang
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The Poisoning of the American Mind
The winds at Cape Denison on the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, photographed by Frank Hurley, 1912 In the emptiness of Antarctica, on a desolate stretch...
Notable Sandwiches Special: 1909 Flashback Edition
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the series in which I, alongside my editor David Swanson, stumble through the strange and ever-shifting document that is...
A Golden Age of Conclaves
By David Swanson “Das Konklave” by Hans Makart, 1864 The term conclave dates back to the 1268 papal election in Viterbo, Italy, which lasted so long that the...
So You Want to Learn About Polar Exploration
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Notable Sandwiches #125: Naan
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the moveable feast my stalwart editor David Swanson and I lay out for you every Friday, where we chronicle Wikipedia’s...
How to Not Get Poisoned in America
The minute I saw that Robert Kennedy Jr., a notorious disease-loving health crank, was going to be responsible for the nation’s health—and the health of its...
Notable Sandwiches #124: The Muffuletta
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where David and I play host at the strange, overladen table that is Wikipedia’s List of Notable Sandwiches,...
April Culture Chat
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Disability, Eugenics, and the Value of Human Life
The eugenicists Your worth is not tied to what you can do. Your worth is not tied to your health. Your worth is not tied to all the things you can do...
Notable Sandwiches #123: The Mother-in-law
By David Swanson Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my intrepid editor David Swanson, go down to the crossroads that is...
Into the Arctic
If I had to come up with a metaphor for my mind over the last few months, a wooden ship bound in pack ice would be a good one: wracked by pressures that...
A Brief Leave-Taking
This newsletter is a two-man high-wire act, with David and I working in tandem as writer and editor—and sometimes switching roles. It needs both of us to be...
TLDS January Culture Klatsch
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Notable Sandwiches #121: Montreal Smoked Meat
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my intrepid editor David Swanson, move through the fragrant boughs of the variegated grove...
Counter-Programming with Food and Poetry
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Notable Sandwiches #121: Monte Cristo
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, the feature where I, alongside my noble editor David Swanson, plunge fearlessly into the mysteries of Wikipedia’s List of...
An Archival History of Los Angeles
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Notable Sandwiches #120: Montadito
Welcome back to Notable Sandwiches, where I, alongside my heroic editor David Swanson, tilt at the windmills that comprise Wikipedia’s List of Notable...