4+ hour, 53+ min ago   (350+ words) Welcome back to The Daily's Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer or editor reveals what's keeping them entertained. Today's special guest is our Daily writer Will Gottsegen, who has written about the last device you'll ever need, a…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (888+ words) There, a listless, middle-aged salaryman named Alex (played by Will Arnett) rediscovers himself as a stand-up comic. Based ever so loosely on the true story of a British performer who stumbled into a ... For someone best known as an actor,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1598+ words) The Atlantic's Helen Lewis on the Riyadh Comedy Festival, why comedians are attracted to conspiracy theories, and the rise of the right-wing comedy-podcast industrial complex. Plus: the importance of NATO and David's reflections on Edith Wharton's Autres Temps. Subscribe here:…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (505+ words) The show mocked prettily packaged year-end features such as Spotify "Wrapped" that spit data collected about consumers back at them....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (129+ words) In last night's episode, Andrew Dismukes played a normal guy who just wanted to hang out. Listen to more stories on the Noa app. In a sketch from last night's Saturday Night Live, the cast member Andrew Dismukes played a…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (158+ words) Writing a play," Tom Stoppard told an interviewer in 1977, "is like smashing that ashtray, filming it in slow motion, and then running the film in reverse, so that the fragments of rubble appear to ... His plays hold us in the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (69+ words) In a career of magnificent plays, The Coast of Utopia stands out for its humor, its characters, and its warnings about ideological fervor. In a career of magnificent plays, The Coast of Utopia stands out for its humor, its characters,…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (860+ words) Keeping up with national politics this year hasn't been easy. Even amid a government shutdown, so much is happening in Washington, at such a rapid clip and such a high pitch, that a browser of The New ... Keeping up with…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (517+ words) What it's like to watch Louis C.K. do stand-up in Saudi Arabia Sometimes you have to ask yourself: How did I get here'sitting in Saudi Arabia, listening to Louis C.K. do jokes about Barely Legal magazine? Listen: Saudi Arabia gets the last…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (28+ words) Roofman stays grounded by highlighting life's mundane thrills. Roofman stays grounded by highlighting life's mundane thrills. Read: The 14 movies to watch out for this fall...