Greatest Hits

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  profile In Their New Show, PEN15, Maya Erskine and Anna Konkle Are Middle-School Rejects But in real life, they’re on the verge of being popular. By Jessica Pressler
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  movies The Matrix Built Our Reality-Denying World It gave all of us — including Alex Jones, flat-earthers, lizard-people conspiracists, even Rachel Maddow — a new way to see (or not see) everything. By Mark Harris
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  profiles Padma Lakshmi, Scars and All The Top Chef host gives a very personal food tour of New York City. By E. Alex Jung
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  stand-up Comedians Share the Jokes They Most Regret “We all make mistakes, and sometimes I did things I shouldn’t have done. And sometimes you have to call yourself out on it.” By Erik Abriss
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  profile The Perfectionist Mac Miller is finally making the music he’s always wanted to make. By Craig Jenkins
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  cover story Inside Netflix’s TV-Swallowing, Market-Dominating Binge Factory The streaming service is hiring everybody in Hollywood to make more shows than any network ever has, and it already knows which ones you’ll like. By Josef Adalian