BACKSTAGE
“Eyeliner Is Butch”: Casey Jane Ellison Takes Us Inside Her New One-Woman Show
December 4, 2024
On the eve of her new one-woman show in Los Angeles, the comedian joined Steven Phillips-Horst to discuss nudity, sisterhood, and the perils of feeling too cool.
IN CONVERSATION
Lauren Oyler Wishes You’d Fact-Check Your Reviews
April 9, 2024
The critic and literary firebrand joined Steven Phillips-Horst to discuss her new book of essays, “No Judgment”—plus irony, elitism, and the beauty of English.
BOX OFFICE
Steven Phillips-Horst Reports from the Front Lines of Barbenheimer
July 28, 2023
“Barbie is a trans allegory in some ways,” writes Steven Phillips-Horst. “All gender, no sex.”
Talk Hole: The Hole Damn Year
December 22, 2021
“Caitlyn Jenner lost her governor’s race, Bennifer got back together, IKEA launched a bisexual couch, we freed Britney, and Kim Kardashian passed the bar.”
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Talk Hole: Supply Chain Me Daddy
November 16, 2021
“I’m pretty sure we are in a conservatorship with Interview.”
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Talk Hole: Kidney Girl Autumn
October 8, 2021
“I assumed Fran would have something grumpy to say about karaoke, and I was right.”
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Talk Hole: American Hole
September 17, 2021
Red, white, and hole.
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Talk Hole: Pride & Prejudice
June 22, 2021
“I can’t be the only one seeing dollar signs here.”
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Talk Hole: Virtue & Vice
May 20, 2021
Artisanal cocaine, natural wine, and locally-sourced infographics.
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Talk Hole: White Hole Summer
April 29, 2021
The masks are off, the mayoral race is on.
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Talk Hole: Of Dogs and Men
April 9, 2021
All talk, no bite.
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Talk Hole: The Princess and the Podcast
March 18, 2021
The Buckingham Palace to Dimes Square pipeline.
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Talk Hole: Can’t Get You Out of My Hole
February 25, 2021
On Adam Curtis, Scandinavian furniture, and the end of ideas.
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Talk Hole: GameStop the Presses!
February 5, 2021
The WOOFs of Wall Street are back for another column.
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Talk Hole: My Coup Runneth Over
January 14, 2021
“The sanctity of politics is gone. The sanctity of Nancy Pelosi’s gorgeous podium was just besmirched.”
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Talk Hole 2020: A Year of Guilt in Review
December 18, 2020
We did it, Joe!
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Talk Hole Says VOTE!
October 29, 2020
“If I see one more thirst trap telling me to vote (besides our own), I swear to god…”
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Live from Bushwick, It’s Two Gay Guys Splitting a Salad
October 6, 2020
As COVID returns to the White House, our columnists return to IRL column-ing. On the table: hard kombucha, hard work, and harder interruptions.
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Talk Hole: Cuties, Crypts, and Chris Evans
September 21, 2020
Live from the city of columns.
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Talk Hole: AOC’s Telfar, Tulsi Tattoos, and Trumptana
August 28, 2020
The only convention recap you’ve been waiting for.