Peter Sagal

1 week ago | theatlantic.com | Peter Sagal

This article contains spoilers through Season 1 of The Last of Us.In the final episode of Season 1 of The Last of Us, the most emotionally wrenching zombie-apocalypse TV show ever made, a loner named Joel stalks through a hospital, his face as emotionless as the Terminator’s, killing everyone in his way.

Oct 22, 2024 | chicagomag.com | Amy Cavanaugh |Peter Sagal |Titus Ruscitti |Grace Perry

In Chicago, the answer is everywhere. If you told me Mr. Beef was Chicago’s most popular tourist attraction of 2024, I’d believe you. Having never been to the River North stand (I’m a Johnnie’s or Al’s gal), I decided to join the line of folks who had flown into town and proceeded directly, suitcases in hand, to the restaurant on which the one in The Bear is based.

Nov 27, 2023 | chicagomag.com | Peter Sagal

On a cold, gray North Shore day, when the house is fast becoming a prison for you and your kids, with the siren song of the TV harder and harder to resist, there is a place you can go, a wonderland of delights for old and young alike, where all is warm and embracing. I speak, of course, of Abt Electronics. This family-owned company, founded in 1936, has never opened any other locations, instead continually expanding and improving its one super-showroom on Milwaukee Avenue in Glenview.

Sep 5, 2023 | vnexplorer.net | David Brooks |Charlie Warzel |Jennifer Senior |Peter Sagal

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Aug 30, 2023 | theatlantic.com | Peter Sagal

The next generation isn’t buying it. Updated at 12 p.m. ET on September 12, 2023This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a single must-read from The Atlantic, Monday through Friday. Sign up for it here.