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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Maurice Edu, analyst with Major League Soccer on Apple TV. It has been edited for length and clarity.When I was growing up in California’s inland empire, I was constantly playing soccer with my four siblings. I’d narrate the games: “Mo shoots,…
I’ve always felt most at home in or around the water. Sometimes that meant swimming laps in a gym pool with waterproof headphones on and music in my ears. Other times, it looked like floating on a raft in my suburban New Jersey backyard pool on a summer afternoon, or…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jacqueline Matwick, 38, who moved from Arizona to Turin, Italy, with her family in 2024. Matwick was anticipating receiving citizenship by descent through her husband, but the Italian government changed the requirements after they moved, and the Matwicks no longer qualified.…
Elon Musk’s attempts to win over advertisers have yet to spark a major recovery in ad revenue for X. Loading audio narration… In 2025, ad revenue for X (formerly Twitter) reached $1.8 billion, up around 7% from 2024. That said, revenue was down 21% from 2023 and about 59% from…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jay Hinson, the senior vice president of restaurant kitchen operations at The Cheesecake Factory. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… People sometimes ask how I stayed at one company for nearly three decades and continued moving…
This interview is based on an interview with Natalie Tucker, 54, director of communications and development at a church, who splits her time between New Jersey and Maryland. She also works as an actor and voiceover artist. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… In the…
Victoria Beckham said she started thinking differently about mom guilt after a conversation with fellow fashion designer Diane von Furstenberg. Loading audio narration… Speaking on Tuesday’s episode of the “Aspire with Emma Grede” podcast, Beckham said there are always tradeoffs she has to make as a working mom.”But I think…
After my divorce, I braced for loneliness on holidays, but it hit hardest on Mother’s Day. Loading audio narration… My first one alone, my best friend from college texted me a photo of her proudly wearing the necklace her son, the same age as my daughter, had cobbled together. Its…
My parents are so anti-cruise that when we visited Alaska for my 21st birthday, we took a series of planes, trains, automobiles, and ferries to experience what a cruise would have made possible with a lot less planning and logistics on our part. Loading audio narration… Now that I’m older,…
OpenAI just shared an update to its principles, and three differences stand out from the 2018 version. Loading audio narration… In a blog on Sunday, CEO Sam Altman posted a list of five “principles” for the frontier model lab. While the company has shared smaller safety policy shifts and model…
