Sarah Larson
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New Yorker staff writer, podcast reviewer, New York Rangers enthusiast
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This summer, I went to Copenhagen to report on an international massage competition, which was even more amazing than you might imagine. The excellent photographs are by Tobias Nicolai.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Rivals Rub Shoulders in the World of Competitive Massage
Each year, massage therapists from around the globe gather to face off, collaborate, and make sure that no body gets left behind.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/15/rivals-rub-shoulders-in-the-world-of-competitive-massage
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Blood, bias and the Battle of Florida: how the NHL’s dirtiest rivalry exposed hockey’s old-boy rot
A meaningless preseason clash devolved into chaos and revealed how cronyism, politics and selective justice still shape the NHL
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/oct/09/nhl-florida-panthers-tampa-bay-lightning-brawl-trump-old-boy-rot
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In my new Talk of the Town, Debbie Gibson returns to a childhood haunt, the Metropolitan Opera House, which is vividly evoked in an early chapter of her new memoir.
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Debbie Gibson’s Pavarotti Period
The eighties pop princess returns to the Metropolitan Opera, where she sang in the Children’s Chorus, and shows off her new memoir, “Eternally Electric.”
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/22/debbie-gibsons-pavarotti-period
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This summer, I went to Copenhagen to report on an international massage competition, which was even more amazing than you might imagine. The excellent photographs are by Tobias Nicolai.
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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Rivals Rub Shoulders in the World of Competitive Massage
Each year, massage therapists from around the globe gather to face off, collaborate, and make sure that no body gets left behind.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/09/15/rivals-rub-shoulders-in-the-world-of-competitive-massage
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The Bulwark
9 months ago
"First, Democrats have the most powerful congressional opposition to a governing party in modern history. Speaker Mike Johnson can’t spare a single Republican vote in the House right now." Start acting like it? New from former congressman Tom Malinowski:
www.thebulwark.com/p/five-thing...
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Five Things Dems Must Do to Fight Trump Now
The party is not helpless. In fact, Democrats have some effective tools at their disposal.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/five-things-democrats-must-do-to-fight-donald-trump-now
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Melania’s wide-brimmed hat serves as an anti-husband shield
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On top of everything else, this whole display feels like an insult to marching band music
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As I reflect on the life and work of the great David Lynch, I’m also reminded that in the nineties my dad used to think it was funny to call me and say “This is Bobby Peru“
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I’m saying it: watching the Rangers is fun again! At least for right now!
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It’s one of those nights when I’m reminded that Sherlock Holmes once solved a mystery by observing scratches around a keyhole
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My interview with the great Mike Leigh.
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Mike Leigh’s Love Affair with Real Life
In his new film, “Hard Truths,” the director returns to his favorite mode: building intimate portraits of regular people, from the ground up.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-interview/mike-leighs-love-affair-with-real-life
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My dad just called with a pressing question, which was Did you write “HI!” in the dirt on the glass door, at cat height?
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The New Yorker
12 months ago
In podcasts, as everywhere else lately, volatility abounds—yet beauty and wonder abound, too. From Dan Taberski’s “Hysterical” to Benjamen Walker’s “Not All Propaganda Is Art,”
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shares her picks for the best podcasts of 2024.
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The Best Podcasts of 2024
Despite industry turmoil, old and new shows continue to innovate, whether investigating Elon Musk, high-school mysteries, or our relationship to death itself.
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/2024-in-review/the-best-podcasts-of-2024
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PHEW!
#NYR
12 months ago
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Anybody else peeling potatoes right now?
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Instead of “Goodbye,” my dad just yelled “Party on, Wayne!” to our polite but confused Gen Z waiter
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Well, well, well! IT’S RAINING! 🌨️
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The Onion should buy it
add a skeleton here at some point
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I just heard, from a nearby air shaft, the sound of a neighbor’s air conditioner being turned on
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9th St: guy greets friend with “WHO IS THAT SEXY MIDDLE-AGED MAN?”
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Just shared a chuckle with an idling young motorist blasting T’Pau out of his car windows
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Some of my neighbors scream with anger and some of my neighbors scream with glee. Sometimes at the same time.
12 months ago
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I don’t love this “getting scored on in the first minute” trend
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About to switch channels … I feel a bit guilty, but I think Leonardo da Vinci would’ve appreciated hockey
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Linda McMahon is the first pick I heard about and actually thought it was a joke.
12 months ago
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I love when the Rangers score in another city and you hear a huge cheer
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Schooley
about 1 year ago
Bluesky right now feels a little like all the Whos gathering to sing after the Grinch stole their floofloovers and jingtinglers.
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Andy Richter
12 months ago
Jake Paul fight RFK Jr. next
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NOW it feels like home here
add a skeleton here at some point
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Once again, my neighbors' fun is destroying my own fun
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Hey, this extension that changes MAGA pics into kitten pics still works!
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/make-...
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Tim Onion
about 1 year ago
Fox News: "The Onion has 4.3 trillion daily readers."
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Goodrow not scoring on that breakaway is another point in the good vibes column
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about 1 year ago
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Tim Onion
about 1 year ago
Subscribe to The Onion. Maybe we can buy Red Lobster next.
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Join The Onion
Don’t just read the news. Feel it. Be among the first to feel the news.
http://membership.theonion.com
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Sam says Chytil is OK! Hope so ❤️
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about 1 year ago
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MIKA!! Grateful for good vibes ❤️❤️❤️
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about 1 year ago
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Last week, a friend and I went to Washington, where we spent Election Night at Howard University and the next morning on a White House tour. I wrote about the tour, and a pep talk from a Secret Service agent, in this week's Talk of the Town.
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The Morning After at the White House
A teary voter tours the People’s House and tries to find perspective in the relics of the “Honest and Wise Men” who came before.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/11/18/the-morning-after-at-the-white-house
about 1 year ago
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A couple minutes in I thought Hey, we weren't scored on in the first minute! Then, immediately ...
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about 1 year ago
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Currently trying to enjoy the little things, like this week's Rangers games against the Jets and the Sharks
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West Side Story - Jet Song (1961) HD
YouTube video by John Long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9z33lasnkU
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Hey, everybody!
about 1 year ago
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