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November 25, 2023 Issue N⁰ 228 Black Friday is here! Unlock our biggest savings of the year, and get 55% off your first year of AIR MAIL. Subscribe now. Good Morning! It's the weekend, and we have delights from all over You Can Jump in Now Here's Just Some of What We Have in This Issue From the Nursery The scandalous, disturbing story of Gary and Anne Marie Ezzo, whose cultish organization turned out brutal and unscientific—yet wildly successful—parenting programs in the name of God From Our AIR SUPPLY Shop Our Holiday Men's Gift Guide is here for the holidays! Explore our painstakingly curated selection for the adventurer, drinker, shaver, rocker, or hypochondriacal man in your life From Hollywood In an excerpt from Sam Wasson's new book, on the making of Apocalypse Now: how Francis Ford Coppola inspired Martin Scorsese, encouraged Steven Spielberg, and hired George Lucas From New York How P.S. 64, a former East Village school building, spent 25 years in real-estate limbo due to an alleged racketeering conspiracy involving former mayor Bill de Blasio From New England A new book on the decline and fall of the WASP sheds fresh light on why America's old ruling class produced so many basket cases From the Writers' Room Can A.I. replace the Hollywood screenwriter? Not according to Scott Z. Burns, the man behind Contagion and The Informant! From the Open Road With young people abandoning their traditional lives in favor of a nomadic existence, #vanlife has never been more popular. We eye the top-of-the-range vehicles with which to plot your escape From the 1980s It turns out millennials want to buy the watches they saw in their youth—and, as our expert Nicholas Foulkes writes, watch companies are more than happy to oblige From Baggage Claim They're handmade and essentially indestructible. It's high time to upgrade to a Globe-Trotter suitcase, the luggage of choice for adventurers rather than tourists, says Rachel Johnson From 40,000 Feet The queen of the California sourdough loaf won't touch airplane food with a baker's peel. Nancy Silverton breaks down her travel routine Happy Saturday! Dig In!

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