2022 Tedium Highlight by Andrew Egan: The challenges with immigration facing elite athletes. 

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Andrew Egan’s 2022 Highlights

December 2022

Hallmark Card Sharks

How an early embrace of national advertising put Hallmark in the pole position of holiday memories.
November 2022

Blaming the Messenger

Who needs e-bikes when your legs can do all the hard work? Inspired by a recent competition in NYC, we’re talking bike messengers.
October 2022

Calling Your Shot

On the concept of self-referential fame, a tool some use even before they’ve actually become famous.
September 2022

Riding for Your Life

A slow-pedal into the fast takeover of the e-bike in New York City—particularly among food-delivery apps. It’s a wild ride out there.
August 2022

A Blank’s Blank

What does it mean to be an actor’s actor? Or a writer’s writer? Or … well, you get the idea. Let’s try to make sense of a phrase that shapes how we think about success.
July 2022

Class, Dismissed

Why class, a common topic in British comedy, too rarely gets discussed in American culture.
June 2022

Immigrating to Your Dreams

Considering the surprisingly complex mechanisms that face talented athletes attempting to immigrate to another country for a professional team.
May 2022

Inventing Daylight

On the evolution and growth of fluorescent colors in modern culture—especially in bright, neon, DayGlo form.
April 2022

Living Life in a Bubble

The lasting appeal of bubble hockey—and the unrelated patent lawsuit that’s keeping its inventor pretty busy these days.
March 2022

Meal Deal Economics

What a price hike for a U.K. supermarket chain’s popular meal deal tells us about the way we perceive food in a time of inflation.
February 2022

Punts, Pop, and Patriotism

The strange cultural climate (and impressive high notes, thanks to Whitney Houston) around one of the most iconic moments in the history of the Super Bowl.
January 2022

Prize Patrol Immortality

Why Publishers Clearing House, a famously low-odds way of becoming rich beyond your wildest dreams, suddenly wants to pass down your winnings … if you win.

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