Year in Review
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The 33 Best Albums of 2022
From new entries into the indie rock and rap pantheons to blockbusters and bedroom-pop masterpieces, these are the records that defined the year in music
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The Best TV Shows of 2022
From strong debuts to long-anticipated endings, these are the series that rose to the top
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It’s Time to Accept That Millennials and Gen Z Are the Same Generation
Though discourse in 2021 tried to deepen the distinctions, it’s clear that young people today are forged from the same digital monoculture
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Best Celebrity Moments of 2021 and Predictions for 2022
The crew discusses Olivia Rodrigo’s rise following the release of "Drivers License," the Bennifer reunion, and the end of Britney Spears’s conservatorship
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How Atlanta’s Tyler Matzek Conquered the Yips to Become a World Series Champion
At the heart of Atlanta’s unlikely 2021 title run is an even more improbable story: the indispensable pitching of a reliever who years prior had lost the ability to throw and fallen completely out of the game
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Comedy’s Post-cinematic Universe
Hastened by the pandemic, a trend that’s been building for years fully arrived in 2021, as funny movies were almost entirely relegated to streaming platforms
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The Ringer’s 42 Favorite Sports Moments of 2021
From the Giannis breakthrough to the Ohtani experience to the greatest incomplete pass in NFL history, here are the sports moments that defined our year
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The Best Movie Shots of 2021
Adam Nayman reflects on what he considers the 10 best shots featured in film this year
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How 2021 Marked the End of “Unfilmable”
In less than two months, the notoriously unadaptable ‘Dune,’ ‘Foundation,’ and ‘The Wheel of Time’ changed Hollywood’s relationship to scaling the Everests of IP
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Embiid’s Window, Plus the Sports Repodders 2021 Review With Bryan Curtis and Jason Gay
Topics include the Manning-cast, Formula 1’s renaissance, and the future of traditional sports studio shows
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The Athletic and The New York Times. Plus: The Year in Media.
Bryan and David reflect on 2021, with awards ranging from Sports Media Story of the Year to Disgraceful Exit of the Year
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Jam Session’s 2021 Favorites of the Year
Juliet and Amanda discuss such faves as couple Bennifer to the Beatles docuseries ‘Get Back’ to Robert Kolker’s "The Bad Art Friend," and much more
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The Best Songs of 2021
Charles, Grace, Lani, and Justin discuss their favorite tracks of the year
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The Best TV Shows of 2021
Chris and Andy are joined by Sam Esmail to talk about ‘It’s a Sin,’ ‘The North Water,’ ‘Reservation Dogs,’ ‘Succession,’ ‘Dave,’ and ‘The White Lotus’
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Alternate End of Year Awards for 2021
The lads give out our very first Rugby Pod Alternate End of Year Awards for some of our favorite moments, including Top Lad Award, Most Outrageous Moment of the Year, Best Social Media Account, Skid Marks of the Year, Why You being ’Orrible, and a few more
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The Things We (Actually) Loved to Watch in 2021
Everyone has that one show, or one movie, or one video snippet, that they love more than anyone else does, hold close to their hearts, and keep a secret while people are having conversations about "the best"
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2021 Was the Year Binge-Watching Took a Back Seat to Weekly TV
Binge culture has reigned for nearly a decade, and last year’s quarantines only added to its popularity. But in 2021, weekly TV reminded us all of its appeal.
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The Best Shots of 2021
Movies mostly returned to the big screen this year, and filmmakers like Paul Thomas Anderson, Leos Carax, and Denis Villeneuve filled them with scenes of longing, mystery, and stunning scale
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The Best K-pop Songs of 2021
From Key to Sunmi, our resident K-pop expert breaks down the tracks, videos, and moments that ruled the year
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The Best Performances of 2021
From dramatic turns in cinema to sharp-witted television humor—plus a few unorthodox picks in between—these were the year’s best entertainers
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The Best Songs of 2021
Drake and Kanye are both here, but not for songs off their much-hyped releases. Who else made our list of the best songs of a strange year in music?
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The Ringer’s Best of 2021 Picks
From TV shows to movies to albums, The Ringer is celebrating the cream of the crop from 2021
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The Best Movies of 2021
It was a year of octogenarian high jinks, long yet revealing documentaries, and masters reasserting themselves
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The 2021 MLB Time Capsule
Jake and Jordan reminisce on the most important moments of the season
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Best Albums of 2021
Charles, Grace, Lani, and Justin discuss Tyler, the Creator, Hiatus Kaiyote, and more of their favorite projects from this year
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The Best Albums of 2021
As the music industry regained some normalcy, big-time releases returned. But how many made our list of projects worth celebrating?
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Top Five Movies of 2021. Plus: Denis Villeneuve on ‘Dune’!
Sean, Amanda, Chris, and Adam share their favorite films of the year
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The Best TV Shows of 2021
At the end of another long, strange, uncertain year, these are the television series worth celebrating
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How Dance Music Defined a Year When We Couldn’t Dance
Despite clubs being closed for much of the year, disco-influenced music ruled 2020. The artists and producers of some of the year’s biggest dance records talk about what the music meant to them.
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A Year of Loss and Music Discovery
In 2020, the idea of unearthing new music seemed difficult. But one internet radio station helped us ground ourselves.
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‘Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom’ and the Top 20 Performances of 2020
Plus: Sean and Amanda talk New York and L.A. Film Critics awards, and what they mean for the Oscars race
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How We (Actually) Watched TV in 2020
Great television often puts us in touch with the world, but this year called for television that allowed us to escape it