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George Saunders teaches the short story in public: the club reads one story together over a couple of weeks, he walks through how it is built and why it lands, and the author often turns up to answer members' questions. In between come his craft essays (what a character actually is, how to judge your own drafts), which are as useful to serious readers as to writers.
July 13, 2026
Scott Alexander's team publishes its plan for AI going well, Joel Mokyr defends his Nobel thesis, and Ted Gioia argues the Odyssey belongs in the music department.
January 12, 2026
Dan Carlin's Alexander the Great series reaches its third installment, Quanta reports on weakening dark energy, and a Philosophize This! episode on Dostoevsky's demons.
July 20, 2026
Dynomight on the coming end of pseudonymity, Brian Potter scores 239 laws against their promises, and a Sears-catalog rewrite of American growth.
