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How should a man be? Bill Burr, of all people, has thoughts.

What does a contrarian, grievance-happy comedian do when contrarianism and grievance become the norm? Bill Burr, long the poster child for a type of...

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Natalia Grace, the orphan whose bizarre abandonment made her a reality star, explained

Late in Hulu’s new series Good American Family comes a moment of irony that’s become all too familiar in true crime docudramas. The fictionalized...

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The not-so-patriotic thing so much true crime has in common

What makes something an “American” crime? It’s a question that’s inadvertently surfaced in true crime entertainment lately.  The trend...

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How Crime Junkie built its true crime empire atop an ethical minefield

By 2017, the true crime podcasting space might have already seemed crowded — but perhaps what it was missing was full body chills.  That was the...

07.03.2025 4

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The controversy over Disney’s new Christian character, briefly explained

Disney has added an explicitly Christian character to Pixar’s new series Win or Lose. That might not be head-turning in isolation, but it comes just...

05.03.2025 6

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Why the Casey Anthony case will never really go away

There’s one group you won’t find joining in the push to redeem alleged child-killer Casey Anthony, following her attempted image rehabilitation in...

04.03.2025 5

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They were Silicon Valley overachievers. Then they started killing.

Silicon Valley breeds visionary ideas, and with them, communities of dreamers. But not all those ideas and communities are benevolent. It can be hard...

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Kanye West’s antisemitic spiral, explained

Editor’s note, February 7, 2025, 12:30 pm ET: On February 7, Kanye referred to himself openly as a Nazi in a post on X, along with a number of...

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Since when does everyone hate the Chiefs?

Are the Chiefs in their villain era?  It’s a label that’s been applied ad nauseam heading into the Super Bowl, by both fans and anti-fans of the...

03.02.2025 4

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The public’s fixation on celebrity wildfire victims has an unexpected benefit

In the coverage of the wildfires that have torn through the Los Angeles area this month, you may have seen some  familiar faces among  the...

16.01.2025 6

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What we learned from Apple’s $95 million eavesdropping lawsuit

$95 million is a headline-making number, especially when it comes as a result of a proposed class action lawsuit settlement in which claimants...

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A Bob Dylan mega-fan detangles the Timothée Chalamet biopic for us

While he may be known for being an iconoclast, Bob Dylan has a public persona — aloof, remote, borderline misanthropic — that doesn’t exactly lend...

25.12.2024 5

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Hannah Kobayashi’s mysterious non-disappearance, explained

Support independent journalism that matters — become a Vox Member today. [Editor’s note, December 11, 3:15 pm ET: On December 11, Hannah...

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How to think about the public backlash to the killing of a health care CEO

A man was killed. That’s the kind of thing people normally get upset about. But not this week. This week, when UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson...

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Hannah Kobayashi’s mysterious non-disappearance, explained

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Who killed JonBenét Ramsey? Everything we know about the main suspects.

03.12.2024 4

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A new JonBenét doc posits the Ramseys didn’t do it. But what about the ransom note?

28.11.2024 10

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Celebrity look-alike contests are part of a glorious tradition

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The Delphi murders were a local tragedy. Then they became “true crime.”

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The new Jeffrey Epstein tapes and his friendship with Trump, explained

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Were Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin really shadow banned by Instagram and X? 

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The cruel truth behind Trump’s new attacks on trans people

30.10.2024 3

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How dudes with podcasts became the kings of the election

25.10.2024 5

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The one horrifying story from the new Menendez brothers doc that explains their whole case

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Megalopolis, explained as best we can

03.10.2024 3

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The egregious missteps of Ryan Murphy’s new Menendez brothers drama

30.09.2024 2

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Chappell Roan and the problem with fandom

24.09.2024 6

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Linkin Park is back. Its new frontwoman has ties to Scientology.

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The sprawling ecosystem of Reddit’s Am I the Asshole

10.09.2024 3

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Beyoncé’s shocking, predictable CMA snub, explained

09.09.2024 2

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The precedent-setting push to hold parents responsible for school shootings

06.09.2024 3

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How Russia secretly paid millions to a bunch of big right-wing podcasters

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The storm of controversy around Black Myth: Wukong, explained

04.09.2024 3

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Serial’s Adnan Syed has once again had his conviction reinstated. Here’s what that really means.

30.08.2024 3

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Theo Von’s interview with Donald Trump makes more sense than you think

23.08.2024 3

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Scott Peterson’s guilt, explained

19.08.2024 10

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How Raygun earned her spot — fair and square — as an Olympics breaker

14.08.2024 3

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Everything you need to know for breaking’s Olympic debut

08.08.2024 2

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Revisiting Hillbilly Elegy, the book that made JD Vance

17.07.2024 2

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