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I Sold The French Laundry. Then It Became ‘the Best Restaurant in the World’

By Ben Proudfoot When my father died, he held disappointment in his heart. He was 66 and had only just retired from a life of 80-hour workweeks as a successful lawyer, and this next chapter promised everything he had skimped…

Rocketland: A Hub for Dorks

SpaceX’s Starbase project has inspired fans from around the country to move to a small town in Texas just to live close to the facility. In April 2022, the Verge went down to Brownsville, Texas to meet some of Elon…

Kacey Musgraves Makes ‘Star-Crossed’ Album

Kacey Musgraves lets us into the creative process during the making of her latest album ‘star-crossed.’ It’s about heartbreak.

The Murder of Emmett Till

In August 1955, a 14-year-old Black boy allegedly flirted with a white woman in a grocery store in Money, Mississippi. Emmett Till, a teen from Chicago, didn’t understand that he had broken the unwritten laws of the Jim Crow South…

Ronald Reagan Lays Out Modern Conservative Template on The Tonight Show in 1975

Former Gov. Ronald Reagan lays out his political agenda as it would be for years to come on this episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, which aired in 1975.

Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary’s Podcast ‘Video Archives’ Talk ‘Star 80’
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0SAhPkXdm4RQgdoPl7MF8p?si=09b83c1800a74360 This week, Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary discuss one film and one film alone: Bob Fosse’s Star 80. In 1980, Playboy Playmate of the Year Dorothy Stratten was murdered by her boyfriend Paul Snider. Three years later, Star 80…
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