If you’re a subscriber to Netflix, you probably consider it a convenient way to get movies sent to you home. But according to Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired magazine, your Netflix subscription is part of a pop culture revolution. Kurt Andersen talks with Chris ...

For his 22nd novel, John Updike could have stuck to one of his well-established fictional templates - perhaps another angst-ridden upper-middle-class marriage set in New England. Instead, his new novel Terrorist follows a half-Egyptian teenager in New Jersey who is mesmerized by radical Islam. Updike leads

Caffeine is about the last non-prescription drug you can use without social stigma, and a growing number of Americans are obsessed with the finer points of getting it. Corby Kummer, who writes about food for the Atlantic Monthly, tells us about a brewing device he thinks is ...

David Berman called his first band Silver Jews; they helped define a style of indie rock called "lo-fi" – deliberately rough songs that sounded like they were tossed off while recovering from a hangover. But Berman had never toured with his band; he preferred to make his ...