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The Next Mayor Should Have a ‘Meh’ Apartment

2 days ago | substack.com | Emily Gould

Yesterday, I said there was no public school Thursday and Friday in part because of Eid Al-Adha. Turns out the DOE (and I) got the date of this major Muslim holiday wrong — it begins after sundown Thursday night and goes into Friday. “Well, they’re not the Department of Eid,” quipped a co-worker I mercifully shall not name. —Emily GouldEARLY AND OFTENI’m a single-issue voter, and my issue is: How broke/relatable is the candidate?
Pastors Are Performing Spiritual Euthanasia

2 days ago | substack.com | Virgil Walker

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. A few years ago, I sat in a church leadership team meeting where the lead pastor said something I’ll never forget: “Let’s make sure people leave feeling better than when they came.” Everyone nodded. I didn’t. I wasn’t trying to be contrarian. But I thought about the man living in unrepentant sin. I thought about the woman who needed confrontation more than comfort.
Talking About the Book You Just Can’t Talk About

3 days ago | substack.com | Emily Gould

It’s Tuesday and for NYC public-school parents, that means tomorrow is Friday! That’s right: No school Thursday and Friday because of an archaic holiday called “Anniversary Day” (also known as “Brooklyn-Queens Day”), as well as Eid al-Adha, an extremely legitimate holiday. But Friday is just because, whatever.
When the Soul Feels Heavy

3 days ago | substack.com | Virgil Walker

So many people talk about church hurt, but no one is talking about what plagues far too many: spiritual depression. We know how to name trauma. We know how to chase feelings. But we’ve lost the language for soul-weariness rooted in forgetfulness of God. Martyn Lloyd-Jones knew that Christians could be saved—yet stuck. Forgiven—yet joyless. Assured—yet spiritually exhausted. His remedy? Not retreat. Not therapy. But truth. There’s a kind of sadness that creeps in unannounced. It doesn't explode—it seeps.
Have You Checked on Your Local Marc Maron Fan Today?

4 days ago | substack.com | Emily Gould

They actually edited the hell out of Vincenzo Barney at Vanity Fair, it turns out. —Emily GouldA BEAUTIFUL PHOTOAnd also has substantive thoughts about his long career, Sinners, and directing.
The Therapeutic Gospel Can’t Save You

4 days ago | substack.com | Virgil Walker

Audio playback is not supported on your browser. Please upgrade. We’re drowning in podcasts, journaling tips, and feel-good sermons—yet anxiety, addiction, and despair are rising. Maybe the problem isn’t that we haven’t tried therapy. Maybe it’s that we’ve replaced truth with it. Jesus didn’t die to improve your vibe. He died to destroy your sin. He didn’t rise to boost your mood. He rose to crush death underfoot. He came to crucify your sin, not coddle your wounds.
Harmeet Shah Singh on Substack

5 days ago | substack.com | Harmeet Shah Singh

UK’s Viral Shame: When Hyper Image Hijacks SikhiBy Harmeet Shah SinghCommunications and Advocacy Director, UNITED SIKHS (UK)Videos from the UK showing young Sikh boys in baana (sacred robes) —some fighting violently inside a Gurdwara Sahib, others mocking the Mool Mantar (the opening lines of Sri Guru Granth Sahib), and threatening each other with a knife — have gone viral.
Everything, everywhere, all at once: the rise and rise of Wessel Pretorius

6 days ago | substack.com | Keith Bain

Actor, playwright, screenwriter and theatre director Wessel Pretorius has been strangely anxious about his trip to Europe to perform the role of Mephisto in Faustus in Africa!, an expensive revival and reworking of the 1995 production featuring live actors, charcoal animations and astonishing puppetry.
In a stage adaptation of the lauded novel, 'Kompoun' becomes a ritual of liberation

6 days ago | substack.com | Keith Bain

One problem with theatre-in-the-round: if the on-stage action doesn’t quite grip you, there’s a likelihood that, as your focus starts to wander, you’ll end up watching audience members on the other side of the performance space. Sometimes you catch people on that side staring back; it can be quite embarrassing, and easy to get caught out because the poor actors in the middle will likely be aware that they’ve lost you.
Introducing Emily Gould, Dinner Party’s New Host

1 week ago | substack.com | Jackson McHenry

Hi! I’m Emily Gould, the new host of New York Magazine’s almost award-winning daily newsletter, Dinner Party. I was handed the reins of this enterprise by the legendary Choire Sicha, after being given his blessing. “I told them it should be you,” he texted me, which is something that he only texted to a very select handful of people. Starting Monday, June 2, you and I will be together every day on this journey.