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July 4, 2022

Cover Story

Nathan Fielder Is Out of His Mind (and Inside Yours)

In his new show, the comedian is finally learning how to behave — by teaching others how to. By Lila Shapiro

On the Cover: Nathan Fielder. Photograph by Zachary Scott for New York Magazine. Production by Megan Sluiter; Set Design by Laura Sian Morris; Styling by Megan Parsons for The Rex Agency; Grooming by Gabrielle Alvarez.

features

Awaiting the Adams Doctrine

The mayor has all the attention and none of the traction.

By David Freedlander
In Conversation: Larry Wilmore

The king of Black sitcoms looks back on three decades of hard-fought laughs.

By Zak Cheney-Rice

Intelligencer

The Body Politic

The importance of abortion storytelling in a post-Roe world.
The Group Portrait

A team of lawyers staving off Louisiana’s trigger bans.
Encounter

The inventor of indie sleaze, the Cobrasnake.
The Money Game

If you can’t find a home, maybe you’re not manifesting hard enough.

Departments

‘New York’ Crossword

Matt Gaffney’s latest puzzle.
Comments: Week of July 4, 2022

Readers sound off on the story of a ‘canceled’ high-schooler.
The Approval Matrix: Week of July 4, 2022

Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.
On the Cover: Nathan Fielder Bares All

Fielder’s new show, The Rehearsal, stages his grandest experiment yet.

Strategist

Best in Class

Bar carts that fuse function and form.
Best of New York

Pools both hidden in plain sight and a little farther afield.
Look Book

Wears all white to a Manhattan yacht party.
Design Hunting

Mr. Mickey’s collection of Phyllis Diller portraits and royal busts.
The Old-Timer

He became a chef at 13. Ten years later, Flynn McGarry is done being a prodigy.
Speakeasies? Again?

Surveying the newest disguised doors of New York.

The Television Issue

The Hottest Streamer (Right Now)

Our annual power ranking has a new heavyweight.
Myha’la Herrold Knows She’s Good

Industry’s star shares more in common with her onscreen character than you might think.
Netflix to Its Techies: Shut Up

The growing discontent among the company’s rank and file.
‘I Don’t Know How My Show Is Doing’

How platforms keep creators in the dark.
The Working-Class Sitcom Strikes Back

Comedy’s renewed skepticism of the American Dream.
The Album Review

Drake experiments with tradition in Honestly, Nevermind.
The TV Review

The Bear never stops moving.
The Movie Review

The gentle gut punch of Marcel the Shell With Shoes On.
To Do: July 6–20

Twenty-five picks for the next two weeks.

Issue Contents

Table of Contents

July 4, 2022

Nathan Fielder Is Out of His Mind (and Inside Yours)

features

Awaiting the Adams Doctrine

In Conversation: Larry Wilmore

Intelligencer

The Body Politic

The Group Portrait

Encounter

The Money Game

Departments

‘New York’ Crossword

Comments: Week of July 4, 2022

The Approval Matrix: Week of July 4, 2022

On the Cover: Nathan Fielder Bares All

Strategist

Best in Class

Best of New York

Look Book

Design Hunting

The Old-Timer

Speakeasies? Again?

The Television Issue

The Hottest Streamer (Right Now)

Myha’la Herrold Knows She’s Good

Netflix to Its Techies: Shut Up

‘I Don’t Know How My Show Is Doing’

The Working-Class Sitcom Strikes Back

The Album Review

The TV Review

The Movie Review

To Do: July 6–20

Issue Contents

Table of Contents

July 4, 2022

Nathan Fielder Is Out of His Mind (and Inside Yours)

features

Awaiting the Adams Doctrine

In Conversation: Larry Wilmore

Intelligencer

The Body Politic

The Group Portrait

Encounter

The Money Game

Departments

‘New York’ Crossword

Comments: Week of July 4, 2022

The Approval Matrix: Week of July 4, 2022

On the Cover: Nathan Fielder Bares All

Strategist

Best in Class

Best of New York

Look Book

Design Hunting

The Old-Timer

Speakeasies? Again?

The Television Issue

The Hottest Streamer (Right Now)

Myha’la Herrold Knows She’s Good

Netflix to Its Techies: Shut Up

‘I Don’t Know How My Show Is Doing’

The Working-Class Sitcom Strikes Back

The Album Review

The TV Review

The Movie Review

To Do: July 6–20

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