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I go to a lot of shows alone. The short version as to why is that one, I no longer live near the people I would usually go to concerts with in the past; and two, I listen to more ...

How many times do we have to beat this drum?

Our 2024 Republican Vice Presidential Power Index is live, so Lars and Michael flip spots on the Politics Express podcast as Mike interviews Lars on the intricacies, strengths, shortfalls, and updates to the model from its 2020 Democrat-focused iteration. In ...

In “all-american bitch,” the dynamic opening track of twenty-year-old pop phenom Olivia Rodrigo’s sophomore album GUTS, the former Disney Channel sneers to the listener that “I know my age, and I act like it.” It’s a line that sums up ...

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If there is one particular niche we are known for here at The Postrider, it is our religious coverage of vice presidents, the vice presidential selection process, and what goes into a strong vice presidential pick. One of our notable ...

I am a fierce defender for and advocate of my home state of New Jersey. I’ve heard all the jokes and I have rebuttals for all of them. But take a ride on NJ Transit’s Morris and Essex line from ...

Though the presidential election will consume much of the attention, control of the Senate is very much at stake, and things don't look good for Democrats.

The Houston rapper's followup to Astroworld is ambitious, if a little inconsistent

Guns don’t kill people, people kill people – or so goes a common phrase trotted out by those of us who are skeptical of gun control measures. But even though it’s usually invoked to argue that we should focus on ...

The first Republican primary debate looms in August so Lars, Michael, and Chris hop back in to check on their primary draft and talk about where the race is going! Check out the lineup and trade record here and listen to the ...

I wonder, sometimes, if I ask a little too much from art. Granted, “thinking too much about art” is what I’ve done for fun since I was about 14 and what I’ve strived to do professionally since I was about ...

The Postrider is pleased to announce that Michael Bartoldus has been hired as our Director of Technology! A self-taught full stack web developer with a passion for linguistics, Michael regularly writes HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and PHP. In his free time, ...

In  “Cary & Brooke Go to an AIDS Play,” the fifth episode of the third and final season of Comedy Central/HBO Max/Max’s cult hit sitcom The Other Two, Cary Dubek (Drew Tarver) is desperate. A few episodes prior, he started ...

This week marks our fifth year at The Postrider, so it’s left us a bit nostalgic. Here are some reflections on why we cover politics the way we do and why we hope that makes us unique in the oversaturated world of content.

Matt Reeves, director of Cloverfield and The Batman, joins the Planet of the Apes franchise with this 2014 installment. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is without a doubt a new highpoint for the series. The amazing Andy Serkis ...

Rant: I purposefully waited to publish this article a week later to see the responses of the BET awards from cultural critics and how the audience responded.  One of the criticisms I saw again and again was that people were ...

Reboots are all the rage, or at least they were in 2011. Planet of the Apes gets another turn at the Reboot process with Rise of the Planet of the Apes. It’s a film that has aged remarkably well over ...

Despite what the Grammys and Twitter stan armies would have you believe, music is not a competition. Sure, it’s competitive in the sense that every industry is competitive, but there are no win/loss records, no championship titles, and no playoffs.  ...

If you’ve been visiting The Postrider for a while, you’ve probably noticed a slight change in the banner across the site. We used to list individual vertices for Politics, Music, Movies & TV, Culture, and occasionally a few other things. ...

Is there a more ethically fraught genre of television than true crime documentaries? Reality TV shows may be built on lies and instances of mental abuse but, for the most part, everyone who appears on The Bachelor or Love Island ...