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Man Up
Cynthia Miller-Idriss

The Life of Violet
Virginia Woolf Edited by Urmila Seshagiri

The Age of Choice
Sophia Rosenfeld

Free Gifts
Alyssa Battistoni

Hayek's Bastards
Quinn Slobodian

Doctors by Nature
Jaap de Roode

Intraterrestrials
Karen G. Lloyd

The First King of England
David Woodman

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Michael D. Gurven

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Harry G. Frankfurt

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Undammed
Tara Lohan

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Matthew Algeo

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Priyanka Kumar

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Ryan Mitchell

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Austin Frerick

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Essay Ideas in action: Island Press and PUP
April 01, 2026
Island Press began with a simple idea: knowledge is power—the power to imagine a better future and find ways to get us there. Together Island Press and ¿ìÉ«Ö±²¥ are determined to line the path to our resilient future with the books that contain the nutrients we need: ideas and expertise.
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Essay The night humans learned to sleep together
May 15, 2026
Humans became one of the most successful species on Earth while doing something especially odd: we appear to sleep less than we should. Like…a lot less.
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Interview Kira Ganga Kieffer on Unvaccinated Under God
May 28, 2026
Kira Ganga Kieffer shows that debates over vaccine safety and mandatory vaccination are about more than diseases or injections. They have been proxies for existential concerns about justice and morality. Kieffer argues that vaccine hesitancy in the U.S. should be understood as religious expression—not as the product of scientific misinformation.
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Essay When folk horror goes beautiful: You Won’t Be Alone (2022)
May 18, 2026
This is a folk horror witch film about severe, abject child abuse. And as we’ll also see, it’s about resistance to that kind of abuse, and the desire to find meaning and beauty in life, even with the knowledge that horrific, monstrous evil exists.
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Essay You can’t bowl with a chatbot
May 12, 2026
Vehement negative reactions to people befriending, dating, or even marrying AI chatbots are everywhere. Why is that?
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Podcast The Case Against Education
May 11, 2026
We’re continuing our series on philosopher Harry Frankfurt’s seminal work, On Bullshit. Our discussion with Bryan Caplan is on education and bullshit, with a special focus on his book, The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money.
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