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Professor Frink Is Real, And Strong, And My Friend, With Matt Selman

December 7, 2023

What Puts A Smile On Ron DeSantis’s Face?

December 7, 2023

Enter Our Raffle To Win A Visit And Home-Cooked Meal From Drew Magary

In 2022, we sent Cardboard Roth and actual Roth to our raffle winner's home. This year, we're sending Drew over, and he's cooking up a feast. Anyone who makes a contribution of at least $20 into our tip jar by Nov. 24 will be entered into the raffle.

Great Irish Champions, With Dave McKenna

November 30, 2023

Scorn Illustrated

November 28, 2023

Gratitude, Triumph, And The Butt Fumble, With Jasper Wang

November 23, 2023

What Do The Kansas City Royals Know About Shoulders?

November 20, 2023

When Ska Was King, With Rob Harvilla

November 16, 2023

College Football

The Edmund Fitzgerald Is Inspiring Jim Harbaugh And Michigan Football To Achieve “Lake Mindset”

November 16, 2023

A Dad’s Guide To Joshua Dobbs Mindset

November 9, 2023

Arts And Culture

Dan And Dave Explore Another Mall

Dan McQuade and David Roth

November 1, 2023

Giving Home Plate The Business, With Emma Baccellieri

October 26, 2023

When You Avoid Rock Bottom, You Don’t Have As Far To Climb

October 25, 2023

All Anyone Could Ever Hope To Know Or Learn About The 2023–24 NBA Season, Or Indeed About Anything, And Well In Advance Too

Albert Burneko, Chris Thompson, David Roth, Giri Nathan, Justin Ellis, Luis Paez-Pumar, Maitreyi Anantharaman, Patrick Redford, Ray Ratto, and Tom Ley

October 24, 2023

Holiday In Onterrio

October 19, 2023

Defector Music Club

Defector Music Club Gets Lost In Sleater-Kinney’s ‘The Woods’

Israel Daramola, Giri Nathan, Patrick Redford, David Roth, and Lauren Theisen

October 19, 2023

Nothing Is Promised, Even For The Orioles

October 13, 2023

A Tote Bag Full Of Starting Lineups, Live With Rohan Nadkarni

October 12, 2023

Defector At The Movies

All This Bleeding

October 7, 2023

Wild Cards And Animal Spirits In October

October 5, 2023

This Is So Stupid

Caitlin Flanagan’s Wheels Are Spinning A Little Too Fast

October 2, 2023

Pinning Your Ears Back For Taylor Swift, With Giri Nathan And Samer Kalaf

September 28, 2023

Arts And Culture

Background Television Isn’t As Easy As It Looks

September 27, 2023

The Coach Prime Discourse Is Decadent And Depraved

September 21, 2023

This Is So Stupid

We Need To Talk About “Chunkus”

September 15, 2023

What Are The Padres Trying To Tell Us, With Justin Halpern

September 14, 2023