The Best Background-Noise TV

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Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained.

Today’s special guest is Atlantic contributing writer Ian Bogost, who is also the director of the film-and-media-studies program at Washington University in St. Louis. He’s recently written about how the first year of AI college ended in ruin, and whether Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are jocks or nerds.

Ian is currently struggling to get into a new video game his friends love, learning how to tattoo (sort of) with the help of a reality-TV show, and relishing the complexity of the kids’ show Bluey.

First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic:

• “Race neutral” is the new “separate but equal.”
• Stop firing your friends.
• The comic strip that explains the evolution of American parenting

The Culture Survey: Ian