Adam Sternbergh

Adam Sternbergh appears in the following:

Pop Culture Moments That Define the Covid-19 Era

Thursday, May 11, 2023

We reflect on the pop culture moments that have defined the Covid era. 

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'When New York Was Ours Alone'

Monday, July 12, 2021

'New York Times' culture editor Adam Sternbergh on the end of a New York City free of tourists. 

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The War on Plastic Bags

Thursday, July 16, 2015

New York Magazine's Adam Sternbergh talks about why plastic bags are so loathed by environmentalists.

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Why We Love Stories About the End of the World

Friday, May 15, 2015

As we look at the current crop of dystopian books and films on the market, it's hard not to notice that these fictional futures bear a striking resemblance to our very real world.

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Even the Grown-Ups Don’t Feel Like Grown-Ups

Thursday, September 18, 2014

Each generation laments that young people don’t have a clue, but three cultural critics point to why everyone’s confused about what adulthood means, and how our T.V.s reflect that.

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A Half-Century Later, Fearing's 'Big Clock' Still Ticks On

Sunday, January 19, 2014

Even if you've never read Kenneth Fearing's noir novel The Big Clock, it's likely you already know its basic story and its biggest twist: the book was (very) loosely adapted as the popular (and pretty excellent) 1987 thriller No Way Out, starring Kevin Costner, Gene Hackman and Sean Young.

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Rethinking 'What It Means To Be Popular'

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Adam Sternbergh's recent New York Times Magazine cover story explored how we determine what is popular — and the new and slippery definitions of what popularity means.

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Edwidge Danticat Picks Three; Laura Mvula In Studio; What It Means To Be 'Popular'

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

In this episode: The award-winning Haitian-American novelist Edwidge Danticat discusses her new book, Claire Of The Sea Light — and she tells us about some of her favorite music in a Pick Three.

Plus: Laura Mvula, the British soul singer from Birmingham, performs in our studio.

And: Adam Sternbergh's recent New York Times Magazine cover story explores how we determine what is popular — and the new and slippery definitions of what popularity means.

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Up and Dow

Wednesday, December 03, 2008

Adam Sternbergh, New York magazine's editor-at-large, warns against compulsive watching of the Dow Jones average.

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