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After the performance

2026-07-30 18:00:00

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For 19 years, the NBA superstar Carmelo Anthony mastered the version of himself the world demanded. Retired from basketball, he confronts a harder question: who is he now?

- by D Watkins

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Your deepest regrets help you see yourself more clearly

2026-07-29 18:00:00

A person with an umbrella walking down a wet brick alley between buildings, with stop signs in the distance.

Far from being a waste of time, the regrets that haunt you reveal more about who you are than your successes ever could

- by Joshua Halberstam

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We were there to be there

2026-07-28 18:01:00

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The chaotic and joyful musical moment in 1978 when two punk bands played a gig at a psychiatric hospital in California

- A film by Mike Plante and Jason Willis

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Why some men seek refuge in ever bigger muscles

2026-07-27 18:00:00

A muscular man’s back and shoulders in a gym setting with long hair tied back.

Diagnoses of muscle dysmorphia or ‘bigorexia’ are rising. A psychoanalytic lens offers an explanation – and a healthier path

- by Tom Wooldridge

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How to stop avoiding life

2026-07-24 18:01:00

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Your anxiety may never fully recede. Here’s five research-backed strategies to help you live a life bigger than your fear

- Video by Doctor Ali Mattu

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Make some noise

2026-07-24 18:00:00

Black and white photo of two women from the 1950s, one whispering to the other.

As a girl, I felt I should change my voice. Anne Carson’s writing on the ancient Greeks shows how old that pressure is

- by Hannah Seo

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