The Keeper
The Keeper
On this season of Nice Try, we’ve asked why we bring certain goods into our homes. What kinds of utopia they promise, an... Read more
2 Dec 2021
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39mins
The Bidet
The Bidet
The bathroom is our most private room in our private homes, devoted to our most private business. And the American bathr... Read more
18 Nov 2021
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35mins
The Mattress
The Mattress
Since industrialization, we have developed a convoluted set of cultural rules and etiquette around sleep—which often run... Read more
11 Nov 2021
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38mins
The Weight
The Weight
Fitness trends come and go. But the weight, about as low-tech and simple as it gets, is an anchor in the shifting tides ... Read more
4 Nov 2021
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45mins
The Crock-Pot
The Crock-Pot
Countertop kitchen appliances—cookers that range from slow to fast—promise healthier, easier, better ways to feed the bo... Read more
28 Oct 2021
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39mins
The Vacuum
The Vacuum
One of the most intimate, necessary, and perhaps loathed activities of the home is cleaning. Who does this work, and how... Read more
21 Oct 2021
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30mins
The Doorbell
The Doorbell
The American dream of a suburban house with a white picket fence cordons off the home as a haven, separate from the outs... Read more
14 Oct 2021
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43mins
Season 2: Interior
Season 2: Interior
Nice Try's second season, Interior, interrogates the lifestyle technologies and products that determine the ways we clea... Read more
7 Oct 2021
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2mins
Disney World: Celebrating Utopia
Disney World: Celebrating Utopia
Before she began writing for the New York Times, or visiting glitter factories and the Royal Wedding, Caity Weaver grew ... Read more
15 Aug 2019
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46mins
Herland: Reimagine Utopia
Herland: Reimagine Utopia
What have all of the utopias we've covered so far had in common? They were all largely driven by the will and power of a... Read more
18 Jul 2019
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36mins