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How we die in America (and why it’s important to talk about it)
“What we have found is that technologies are not prolonging human life. They are really just prolonging human death.” – Ann Neumann Ann Neumann...
Deviate Live in New York City: Travel Stories and Souvenirs
“That’s the lovely thing about a souvenir: It’s a touchstone that reminds you of what you can do, and what you have done, and...
How romance novels reveal the secret history of life in America
“Essentially, a romance is a courtship story. And if you think about it, courtship stories are part of the foundation of human storytelling” –Sarah...
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Ari Shaffir on travel, memory, and the odd psychology of souvenirs
“My tattoo reminds me of who I was at that age. I was so fraught with the existential stakes—I wanted to have lived. I...
Unsane writer James Greer on the death of Cobain and birth of Gen X
“This is a thing that journalists do—they take a ‘two is a coincidence, three is a trend’ sort of thing and try to manufacture...
The Epic One-Against-Five Foul-Out Basketball Game of 1964
In the spirit of March Madness, Rolf brings us special episode of Deviate from the American heartland, where he tells us a basketball story...