The Energy Challenge: Questlove Made You an Energy Playlist

Ahmir K. Thompson, also known as Questlove, seems to have boundless energy. Just look at his résumé: He’s a producer, podcast host, Academy Award-winning director, author, D.J. and drummer for the hip-hop band the Roots. He’s also known for his inventive playlists. “I started making playlists for a certain world leader,” he told us in […]

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How to Deal With Regret

Years ago, when I was a music reporter, I visited Stevie Nicks at her home in Los Angeles. It was a dream assignment: We spent hours in her closet, trying on outfits. We paged through her diary together. As dusk approached, she offered to have me stay in her guest room. I said no, but […]

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Cómo hacer que caminar sea tu rutina de ejercicios

Caminar, a cualquier nivel de intensidad, es bueno para ti. Se ha demostrado que andar a un ritmo lento y constante puede disminuir el riesgo de padecer una cardiopatía y diabetes. Pero hay investigaciones que sugieren que aumentar la distancia de tu caminata puede reducir el riesgo de una muerte prematura y de enfermedades como […]

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U2’s Music Shaped My Life. Then It Helped Save It.

The radiation oncology department in the basement of Mount Sinai Hospital in New York does not seem like a regular home for rock ’n’ roll. But every business day for almost seven weeks this year, U2 blared over the speakers at my request. I became a fan in the late 1980s and have attended nine […]

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At a Heavy Metal Concert, Balancing Independence With Boundaries

When my period finally came, I was 13, but by then Mama no longer needed my friendship and confidences; she’d met the man who would become my stepfather. I became part of the wallpaper. Mama moved miles away to their new house. And I moved in with my grandmother and started drinking. When Mama was […]

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