Mike White on Money, Status, and Appearing on “Survivor”

Plus: a Springsteen mystery solved, the race to leave the planet, and the ethics of a deepfake Anthony Bourdain voice. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, July 18, 2021 The New Yorker Interview Mike White on Money, Status, and Appearing on “Survivor” The screenwriter and actor’s latest TV series, “The White Lotus,” scrutinizes the Faustian bargain of marrying into money. By Carrie Battan Cultural Comment A Springsteen Mystery Solved Jon Landau, a longtime close collaborator of the Boss’s, offers a definitive answer about what Mary’s dress is doing in “Thunder Road.” By David Remnick Comment The Race to Leave Planet Earth Not just billionaires but private companies and a growing number of nations are, somewhat abruptly, competing to get into space. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Annals of Gastronomy The Ethics of a Deepfake Anthony Bourdain Voice The new documentary “Roadrunner” uses A.I.-generated audio without disclosing it to viewers. How should we feel about that? By Helen Rosner Photo Booth A Woman’s Intimate Record of Wyoming in the Early Twentieth Century Lora Webb Nichols created and collected some twenty-four thousand negatives documenting life in her small town. By Sarah Blackwood Culture and More The Front Row Nicolas Cage Is the Only Reason to Watch “Pig” As a mournful, weary hermit in search of his kidnapped truffle pig, the actor bypasses the movie’s mediocre ideas to create some extraordinary moments. By Richard Brody Double Take Sunday Reading: The Mind of Shirley Jackson From the magazine’s archive: a selection of stories by and essays about the renowned author. By The New Yorker Poems “Plum Cake” “I’d make a plum cake when she died.” By Diane Mehta Poems “A Song Near the End of the World” “Such a hot midsummer, such a tired bear.” By Sharon Olds Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts The Mid-Thirties Fairy Kinda like the tooth fairy but a few years more cynical and without any of the marketing. By Rafael Alvarez Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle “Parasite” opens funnily, concealing shocking finale: six letters. By Paolo Pasco You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily 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.