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Nicholas Quah

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Nicholas Quah has been a critic for Vulture and New York Magazine since 2021. Prior to joining Vulture, he wrote the Hot Pod newsletter. He is a juror for the Peabody Awards.

  1. podcasts
    Who Wants Slop for Your Ears?A former Wondery exec thinks you do, and that AI-generated podcasters are people, too.
  2. 1.5x speed
    What Kyla Scanlon Is Listening ToThe popular economist and pundit lets us in on her personal podcast habits.
  3. tv review
    Only Murders in the Building Can’t Live ForeverBut it feels like it could.
  4. 1.5x speed
    What Tony Hawk Does OnlineThe legendary skateboarder’s internet habits include rock-history podcasts, meme accounts, and Mario Kart.
  5. best of 2025
    The Best Podcasts of 2025 (So Far)If you really want to absorb something, immerse yourself in the wonkiest podcasts imaginable.
  6. best of 2025
    The Best TV Shows of 2025 (So Far)Great television will not be confined nor defined by genre.
  7. 1.5x speed
    Can There Ever Be a Podcast Canon?What a list of “the best podcasts of all time” means in 2025.
  8. a bad idea worth considering
    Cities Should Compete for the Swift-Kelce WeddingAnd it should be televised.
  9. attn tv academy
    Severance Doesn’t Work Without MilchickTramell Tillman’s performance embodies the show’s guiding metaphor.
  10. gold rush
    How The Studio Scored ScorseseAnd all those other A-list cameos: “People fall out at the last minute all the time, so you have to be ready.”
  11. tv review
    Alien: Earth Is a Faulty HybridAs much a Blade Runner adaptation as an Alien one, Noah Hawley’s series struggles to become more than the sum of its parts.
  12. politics
    South Park Speaks Only for ItselfThe show’s tackling of Trump 2.0 has sparked liberal catharsis. But Trey Parker and Matt Stone are no one’s saviors.
  13. explainer
    The Future of Public Media Looks RockyHere’s what shutting down the Corporation for Public Broadcasting will do to PBS, NPR, and the stations you love.
  14. 1.5x speed
    What Emily Oster Is Listening ToThe data-loving parenting guru enjoys running podcasts, Honestly With Bari Weiss, and The Gilded Age.
  15. tv review
    Don’t Sleep on PlatonicThe Rose Byrne–Seth Rogen buddy comedy isn’t just a good hang; it’s also a great portrayal of complicated adult friendships.
  16. tv review
    Yep.King of the Hill’s belated 14th season is the best possible outcome for a nostalgia revival.
  17. critic’s notebook
    The Nelk Boys Step Into ItThe right has only accelerated since the so-called “podcast election.” The left is still figuring it out.
  18. emmys 2025
    Casey Bloys Won’t Fly in Nathan Fielder’s Plane“I’m more cautious.”
  19. the last of us
    Catherine O’Hara Cried So Hard She Made Pedro Pascal Lose It“Mocking me!” The actress tells us her side of making The Last of Us — a grim show but a fun set.
  20. awards szn
    The Biggest Snubs and Surprises From the 2025 Emmy NominationsGood for Meghann Fahy!
  21. backstories
    Adolescence Almost Died in InfancyDays after another streamer rejected them, the creators got an emergency meeting with Netflix — and a green-light.
  22. ‘reality’ tv
    Back to the Frontier Will Remind You of SomethingBut it will not remind you of being on the frontier.
  23. podcast review
    The Retrievals’ Second Season Will Upset YouAfter an excellent first run, the podcast returns to continue its exploration of how medical institutions routinely let women down.
  24. the industry
    Can the New York Times Turn Its Writers Into Video Stars?Wesley Morris is only the latest of the newspaper’s scribes to get put in front of a camera.
  25. this is ‘goodbye’
    It’s Closing Time for The BearWe don’t yet know whether season four’s ending is also a series finale, but it should be.
  26. 1.5x speed
    What Zohran Mamdani Is Listening To“I’m on a perpetual digital tape delay,” the New York mayoral candidate says. “That’s just my life.”
  27. a long talk
    Mark Duplass in Los Angeles on Nov. 19, 2024. (Elizabeth Weinberg/The New York Times)
    Mark Duplass Has a Plan to Save TelevisionThe indie film market collapsed. Then the TV business. His model fuses both at a fraction of the cost.
  28. 1.5x speed
    What Keith McNally Is Listening To“Because this is a dangerous time in America, I gravitate to podcasts which concentrate on the lunacy of the Trump administration.”
  29. anonymous in hollywood
    Fame and Frustration on the New Media CircuitPublicity used to be so straightforward. Now, for stars and their teams, “no one’s sure what works anymore.”
  30. encounter
    Wing ManHot Ones’s Sean Evans lacks the scene-stealing impulse of other celebrity-interview hosts. That may be the key to his success.
  31. endings
    The Last of Us Enters Perilous TerritorySeason two’s cliffhanger, lifted directly from the game, will be trickier for the TV adaptation to pull off.
  32. gold rush
    The Emmys Can’t Ignore TV’s Spy Obsession Much LongerWigs, guns going pew-pew, the total destruction of the self: What more could you ask of an Outstanding Drama Series?
  33. buffering
    Zaslav’s RetreatMax is HBO Max — again. We discuss.
  34. non-jedi order
    Andor Unlocks a New Way to Watch Star WarsCall it the “Rebel Spies Trilogy.”
  35. chat room
    The Galaxy May Not Remember Andor’s Syril Karn, But Kyle Soller Will“It’s so fitting for someone who has delusions of grandeur, who is a fantasist and an utter romantic about his standing in the Empire.”
  36. wake me up
    Evanescence’s Amy Lee Thinks Nathan Fielder Is ‘Some Kind of Genius’The musician reacts to her big moment on The Rehearsal season two.
  37. endings
    You Should’ve Aimed HigherIt wasn’t just the sexual predation that made Joe Goldberg so evil.
  38. spicy runners
    The Hottest Star Wars Characters Are SmugglersThese 16 irresistible rogues and scoundrels make the galaxy a much more interesting and sexy place.
  39. tv review
    Star Wars Needed ThisAndor’s second season doesn’t just cement the series as the best of the franchise, it also deepens the saga surrounding it.
  40. game changers
    The Last of Us’s New BeginningRight on cue, HBO’s adaptation arrives at the source material’s definitive spoiler — and its most controversial.
  41. buffering
    Are You Happy With How You Watch TV?We asked 2,000 people about their streaming habits. Here’s what we make of the findings.
  42. chicken jockey!!!
    Let the Children ScreamWhy not harness the Minecraft-fueled, meme-addled energy bringing real live young people into theaters?
  43. fact check
    An ER Psychiatrist Analyzes The Pitt’s Mental-Health Struggles“These are realistically flawed characters, and some of the ways their flaws come out are in how they manage these mental-health patients.”
  44. finale thoughts
    ‘She Just Needs Therapy and a Hug’The Pitt’s Isa Briones doesn’t need you to like Dr. Santos, but hopes you can empathize with her.
  45. fact check
    A Real-Life ER Doctor Examines The Pitt“If things were like this every day, the burnout would be hard to overcome.”
  46. a long talk
    There’s Always Enough Nightmare Fuel to Power the Black Mirror UniverseCreator Charlie Brooker explains season 7’s unsettling inspirations and endings, including the show’s first sequel ‘USS Callister: Into Infinity.’
  47. trailer mix
    Tom Cruise Is Still Willing to Die for Mission Impossible Despite the subtitle Final Reckoning, though, it’s not actually entirely clear if this is Ethan Hunt’s swan song.
  48. rich texts
    Let’s Read Into That White Lotus FinaleMike White’s go-to themes and imagery flow through the season-three finale like so many symbolic waves.
  49. tv review
    The Studio Laughs to Keep From CryingBeneath the broad farce of this Hollywood satire lies wistful nostalgia for an industry in decline.
  50. gotta hand it to him
    Look, It Had to HappenAnything less would’ve been malpractice.
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