This Week’s Issue: A New Essay by David Sedaris

Plus: an old Soviet mystery; Jiayang Fan on the world’s most disgusting foods; and Robinhood’s big gamble. View in browser | Update your preferences Personal History Pearls After thirty years together, sleeping is the new having sex. By David Sedaris Dept. of Exploration Has an Old Soviet Mystery at Last Been Solved? The strange fate of a group of skiers in the Ural Mountains has generated endless speculation. By Douglas Preston A Reporter at Large Robinhood’s Big Gamble In eliminating barriers to investing in the stock market, is the app democratizing finance or encouraging risky behavior? By Sheelah Kolhatkar Annals of Gastronomy The Gatekeepers Who Get to Decide What Food Is “Disgusting” At a food museum in Sweden, I felt both like a tourist and like one of the exhibits. By Jiayang Fan Comment The Politics Behind India’s COVID Crisis The virus thrives off of complacent leaders, such as Prime Minister Narendra Modi—and has exacerbated the contours of global inequality. By Steve Coll Books We’ve Had Great Success Extending Life. What About Ending It? Now that human beings are surviving longer than ever before, many have another goal: a good death. By Brooke Jarvis Books Asia’s Anti-Colonialist Journey After the Russian Revolution, a host of activists saw Communism as the way to end European imperialism. Their diverse fates provide an unexpected key to Asian politics. By Thomas Meaney On Television “The Circle” Falls Flat On Season 2 of the reality show, a middle-aged author posing as a young waiter, a volleyballer playing herself, and a personal assistant pretending to be ’NSync’s Lance Bass all sound the same. By Naomi Fry Pop Music The Clear-Eyed Songs of Girl in Red On her new album, “if i could make it go quiet,” the artist has transformed her intimate indie rock into something more electrified and ambitious. By Carrie Battan Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends Newsletter Discover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Emily Post’s Post-Pandemic Etiquette Business Meetings: Remember that, unlike on Zoom, there is no mute button for real life. By Nicky Guerreiro and Ethan Simon Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for This Week's Issue from The New Yorker. Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.