Brian Josephs
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I am as you see • Senior Staff Editor: @nytimes • Owner of an Emmy or two
There were a lot of pretty cool ideas for New York City's waterfronts. But it's pretty hard to build anything here. I helped write about the marinas and floating airports that never came to be. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
What New York’s Waterfront Could Have Looked Like
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November 18, 2025 at 2:05 PM
There were a lot of pretty cool ideas for New York City's waterfronts. But it's pretty hard to build anything here. I helped write about the marinas and floating airports that never came to be. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/18/n...
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After an assault incident in Salt Lake City, details unclear www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
Todd Snider, Folk Singer With a Wry Wit, Dies at 59
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November 15, 2025 at 11:31 PM
After an assault incident in Salt Lake City, details unclear www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
7 trains to Santa Monica, the Department of Urban Imagination, a crosstown roller coaster. All of that and more in the responses: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/n...
October 24, 2025 at 1:54 PM
7 trains to Santa Monica, the Department of Urban Imagination, a crosstown roller coaster. All of that and more in the responses: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/n...
Never saw Prince live, but I am
blessed to have seen D’Angelo.
blessed to have seen D’Angelo.
October 14, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Never saw Prince live, but I am
blessed to have seen D’Angelo.
blessed to have seen D’Angelo.
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“One Battle After Another” was filmed in VistaVision. What the heck that means? Well, let me tell ya - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/m...
‘One Battle After Another’ Is in VistaVision. Should You Care?
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September 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“One Battle After Another” was filmed in VistaVision. What the heck that means? Well, let me tell ya - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/m...
“One Battle After Another” was filmed in VistaVision. What the heck that means? Well, let me tell ya - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/m...
‘One Battle After Another’ Is in VistaVision. Should You Care?
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September 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
“One Battle After Another” was filmed in VistaVision. What the heck that means? Well, let me tell ya - www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/m...
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Are you an aspiring urban planning in your head? Come on over and tell us your plans to ripen the Big Apple.
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What Is the New York of Your Wildest Dreams?
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August 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Are you an aspiring urban planning in your head? Come on over and tell us your plans to ripen the Big Apple.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
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An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...
An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’
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August 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
An Ohio City Faces a Future Without Haitian Workers: ‘It’s Not Going to Be Good’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...
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New Yorkers! Let's day dream! Tell us your dreams for the city’s future. How would you like to see it transform and evolve? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
What Is the New York of Your Wildest Dreams?
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August 14, 2025 at 1:13 PM
New Yorkers! Let's day dream! Tell us your dreams for the city’s future. How would you like to see it transform and evolve? www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
Are you an aspiring urban planning in your head? Come on over and tell us your plans to ripen the Big Apple.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
What Is the New York of Your Wildest Dreams?
www.nytimes.com
August 14, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Are you an aspiring urban planning in your head? Come on over and tell us your plans to ripen the Big Apple.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...
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Men are reading fewer novels than ever.
Is this part of a gendered historical-social dialectic, an epiphenomenon of the male loneliness crisis, or a sign that corporate wokeness has ruined mass culture?
Depends whom you ask!
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
Is this part of a gendered historical-social dialectic, an epiphenomenon of the male loneliness crisis, or a sign that corporate wokeness has ruined mass culture?
Depends whom you ask!
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
Why Did the Novel-Reading Man Disappear?
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June 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Men are reading fewer novels than ever.
Is this part of a gendered historical-social dialectic, an epiphenomenon of the male loneliness crisis, or a sign that corporate wokeness has ruined mass culture?
Depends whom you ask!
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
Is this part of a gendered historical-social dialectic, an epiphenomenon of the male loneliness crisis, or a sign that corporate wokeness has ruined mass culture?
Depends whom you ask!
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/s...
New! Spoke with Wunmi Mosaku, or Annie from “Sinners,” for The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/m...
Wunmi Mosaku on Why ‘Sinners’ Is the ‘Greatest Love Story Ever Told’
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May 9, 2025 at 12:59 PM
New! Spoke with Wunmi Mosaku, or Annie from “Sinners,” for The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/m...
Is the chill guy still being chill? I hope so.
May 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Is the chill guy still being chill? I hope so.
Make your Christmas a Boondocks Christmas. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/s...
Move Over, Charlie Brown: Lessons From ‘The Boondocks’ Christmas Special
With “A Huey Freeman Christmas,” the show continued what “A Charlie Brown Christmas” began: acknowledging the weight of the holiday.
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December 13, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Make your Christmas a Boondocks Christmas. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/13/s...
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Scoop: Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong killed an editorial that was critical of Trump's Cabinet picks, weeks after he blocked a planned endorsement of Kamala Harris by the LAT editorial board www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Los Angeles Times Owner Wades Deeper Into Opinion Section
Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s public comments and actions, including recently blocking an editorial weighing in on President-elect Trump’s cabinet picks, have concerned many staff members.
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December 12, 2024 at 8:08 PM
Scoop: Los Angeles Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong killed an editorial that was critical of Trump's Cabinet picks, weeks after he blocked a planned endorsement of Kamala Harris by the LAT editorial board www.nytimes.com/2024/12/12/b...
Hello again. Going to try to post more of my nonsense here.
November 19, 2024 at 4:35 PM
Hello again. Going to try to post more of my nonsense here.