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Finding Common Cultural Ground With Your Kids

Entertainment musts from Franklin Foer
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Updated at 1 p.m. ET on June 27, 2023

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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 staff writer Franklin Foer. Frank is currently at work on a about the first two years of the Biden presidency; he has recently written for about and . He’s currently reliving a transcendent music experience he shared—especially in the art of “sibling razzing”—and watching Bill Nighy any time he graces the screen.

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