Sarah Larson

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• Culture Desk

  “Game of Thrones” Season 7, Episode 2 Recap: Flaming Ships and Demented Laughter

  

  This season’s episodes are moving along briskly, as are the mails.

  By Sarah Larson

  July 24, 2017

• Culture Desk

  “Game of Thrones” Season 7, Episode 1 Recap: Dragonstone, Sweet Dragonstone

  

  Oh, it’s good to be back, spinning madly across those ancient-style maps and gleaming armillary spheres.

  By Sarah Larson

  July 17, 2017

• Cultural Comment

  “Game of Thrones” Season 7: Where Were We?

  Bring on the imploding Lannisters, the avenging Starks, the scheming Littlefinger, and the randy Tormund Giantsbane.

  By Sarah Larson

  July 16, 2017

• Cultural Comment

  U2 Plays “The Joshua Tree”: Outside, It’s America

  Rarely do you love a band with your whole heart for a decade and then turn away sharply, but that’s what happened to me with U2.

  By Sarah Larson

  July 11, 2017

• Sarah Larson

  In Heidi Schreck’s New Play, Teen Girls Talk About the Constitution

  The writer and actor’s latest work draws on the time she spent as a high schooler travelling the country giving speeches about the founding document.

  By Sarah Larson

  June 26, 2017

• Bar Tab

  July 3, 2017 Issue

  At Coup, Drinking Is Dissent

  All profits at this bustling Astor Place bar support institutions threatened by the Trump Administration.

  By Sarah Larson

• Culture Desk

  Before the Netflix Series, Whet Your Whistle with “G.L.O.W.,” the Documentary

  “G.L.O.W.” created a bizarre new realm in which women could be strong and aggressive and reveal a raw id.

  By Sarah Larson

  June 20, 2017

• Culture Desk

  Weekly Culture Review: Bill Maher, the Tonys, and a Trumpian “Julius Caesar”

  The week in culture, from the Tony Awards to Bill Cosby.

  By Sarah Larson

  June 17, 2017

• Podcast Department

  “Mogul” and the Rise of the Biographical Podcast

  “Mogul” tells the story of hip-hop and the American Dream through the life of the late Chris Lighty, who managed artists like Busta Rhymes and Missy Elliott.

  By Sarah Larson

  June 17, 2017

• Sarah Larson

  “Invisibilia” Returns—with Timely Concepts

  The NPR podcast’s hosts faced a predicament for Season 3: How do you make a show about norms when normal goes out the window?

  By Sarah Larson

  June 1, 2017