Dec
30
White Christmas, At The Turn of The Year
13 min read
Asher Elbein
Dec
03
Stone Texts
Dinosaurs, deep time, and a whistle-stop tour through the prehistory of Texas' largest park.
18 min read
Nov
18
Decline and Fall: History and Star Wars with Patrick Wyman
A lively interview on processes of empire, the violence of frontiers, and the role of history in invented worlds.
23 min read
Oct
29
The Internet Is The Real Monster
Horror artist Trevor Henderson talks context collapse, escaped creations, and keeping the mystery in horror.
17 min read
Oct
21
Decline and Fall: The Long (Star) War
An account of the Long Star War, how it began and how everybody, in the end, lost.
19 min read
Oct
14
Consuming Across Categories
Come for the Roman mines and Māori land practices. Stay for fruit eating crocodiles and macabre diets of tortoises.
15 min read
Oct
07
The Art of the Mashup
Ten song mashups, the joys of fusion, and the key to a perfect curry
20 min read
Sep
30
How (Not) To Domesticate A Cassowary
Domestication, archeology, and the world's most formidable bird.
12 min read
Sep
23
World's Finest, Forever and Ever
The real difference between Superman and Batman lies not in backstory or costume, but in how they're allowed to change.
15 min read
Sep
09
Decline and Fall: The Military Makes The State
Dispatches from the Armenian drone war, and an introduction to Decline and Fall.
19 min read
