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Oct

Note: ‘Enthropist’

111 MHz: ‘Enthropist.’ How about seven minutes of drone jazz from Norway? Splashgirl is a three-piece—piano, double bass, and
16
Oct

Note: Race beneath the Earth

Race beneath the Earth. As Hurricane Milton threatened heavily populated areas of Florida in early October, U.S. President Joe
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15
Oct

Note: Friends like these

Friends like these. Russia’s President Vladimir Putin and Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, don’t usually issue
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15
Oct

Note: ‘The Soldier’

111 MHz: ‘The Soldier.’ Lara Rix-Martin, a British ambient and experimental keyboard ace, records as Meemo Comma. Last month, she
15
Oct
Legion of doom

Legion of doom

Why is collaboration intensifying among the world’s most powerful autocracies? Lucan Way on what unites and divides China, Iran, North Korea, and Russia.
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14
Oct

Note: ‘The Hollow Parties’

5 W Main: The Hollow Parties. As the U.S. presidential election on November 5 nears, Americans face a choice
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10
Oct

Note: Choir Waits in the Wings

111 MHz: ‘Choir Waits in the Wings.’ The Chicago post-rock deity David Grubbs is back with a record blending his
10
Oct
Entanglements

Entanglements

Who actually runs U.S. foreign policy? Daniel Bessner on why elections come and go without major changes in American grand strategy.
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09
Oct

Note: Night in Tunisia

Night in Tunisia. President Kais Saied was re-elected to a second five-year term in Tunisia on October 6. But the
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08
Oct

Note: Hamstrung and unpopular in Paris and Berlin

Hamstrung and unpopular in Paris and Berlin. France looks set to pull a new government together—but it’s a
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