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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 2d

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 2d

In this week's Monday Rundown: Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan in concert, and one of the year's best films.

Episodes Monday Rundown September 29 - October 5 2025

This week: Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan in concert, and one of the year's best films.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 5d

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 5d

In this week's Friday newsletter: on One Battle After Another, Superman, and the possibility of change in a world where cycles feel eternal

One Battle After Another is about this moment in history. And every other time too.

All of the things that make the film timely really mark its timelessness, writes Emily St. James.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 6d

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In this week's free newsletter, @emilystjams.bsky.social argues that the appeal reactionaries find in AI slop nostalgia isn't about what's present in these videos, but what's missing from them

You don't miss your childhood. You miss not being angry.

Emily St. James on AI nostalgia, fascism, and our longing for less technology.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 9d

In this week's Monday Rundown: Freaky Tales doesn't entirely work, but it's fun, and a lot of Nazis die in it. So that's something!

Episodes Monday Rundown September 22 - 28 2025

This week: Freaky Tales doesn't entirely work, but it's fun, and a lot of Nazis die in it. So that's something!

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 12d

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 12d

In this week's Friday newsletter: @lilywrites.bsky.social on how Silksong's beauty and difficulty are inextricably connected. episodes.ghost.io/silksong-rev...

Silksong hates you because it wants to teach you to dance

A game already notorious for its difficulty finds art and beauty amid destruction, Lily Osler writes.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 14d

In this week's free Wednesday newsletter: a new staffer at Episodes, and an invitation to help us write the next chapter of the newsletter!

Meet Episodes' new managing editor

Plus: Tell us what sorts of things you'd love to see in the newsletter.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 16d

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 16d

In this week's Monday Rundown: The Long Walk, The Craft, and an alien with a mechanical penis.

Episodes Monday Rundown September 15 - 22 2025

This week: The Long Walk, The Craft, and an alien with a mechanical penis.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 19d

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 19d

In this week's Friday newsletter: on The Yogurt Shop Murders, true crime, and memory.

This HBO documentary is one of the best true-crime series ever made

The Yogurt Shop Murders focuses less on the case and more on the people involved, writes Emily St. James.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 21d

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In this week's free Wednesday newsletter: @lilywrites.bsky.social on seed art, Fargo, Drop Dead Gorgeous, and the state of Minnesota episodes.ghost.io/minnesota-st...

Need for seed: a quest for the real Minnesota at the state fair

The pop-culture depiction of the state is only sort of right, writes Lily Osler.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 23d

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 23d

In this week's Monday Rundown: two classic visions of the Midwest, a true-crime doc, and the Strange New Worlds finale.

Episodes Monday Rundown September 8 - 14 2025

This week: Two classic visions of the Midwest, a true-crime doc, and the Strange New Worlds finale.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 26d

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · 26d

In this week's Friday newsletter: the September mailbag! episodes.ghost.io/september-ma...

September mailbag

This month: Why doesn't Emily have Netflix? And what IS psychological horror anyway?

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · Sep 8

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · Sep 8

In this week's Monday Rundown: Akira Kurosawa, John Wayne, and Sabrina Carpenter. Legends all!

Episodes Monday Rundown September 1 - 7 2025

This week: Akira Kurosawa, John Wayne, and Sabrina Carpenter. Legends all!

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · Sep 5

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · Sep 5

In this week's Friday newsletter: @lilywrites.bsky.social 's argument for why Sabrina Carpenter might kinda think guys are stupid, but that doesn't make her a heteropessimist.

In Sabrina Carpenter’s world, camp is the opposite of heteropessimism

Somehow, heartbreak feels good in a place like Sabrina Carpenter's discography.

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Episodes @episodesnewsletter.bsky.social · Sep 3

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