Welcome back to The Daily's Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer or editor reveals what's keeping them entertained. Today's special guest is Boris Kachka, a senior editor who has written about why copyright-expiration dates are an occasion worth celebrating, what the internet age is taking away from writers, and the emergence of an unbearably honest kind of writing. Boris is a new fan of The Amazing Race and a longtime reader of Thomas Pynchon. He enjoys watching Severance as it grows 'ever stranger' and recently attended his second Pulp reunion concert, where he 'wore a Pulp T-shirt ' without a trace of shame.' The television show I'm most enjoying right now: It might be basic to name Severance, but the show does push some specific buttons for me. I've been annoyed to see it compared to Lost, a series that eventually betrayed its viewers' trust. The Lost showrunner Damon Lindelof's next series, The Leftovers, is a better comparison: a show built on a wild premise...
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