The Middlebrow Canon

The shape of the show

• Film 159 works · 38%
• Television 78 works · 18%
• Books 67 works · 16%
• Music 42 works · 10%
• Miscellany 36 works · 9%
• Architecture 15 works · 4%
• Art 11 works · 3%
• Food 8 works · 2%
• Places 7 works · 2%

The recurring works

Each line is the show's run with the oldest episodes at the left and the newest at the right. Every tick represents one mention at the time it happened.

Mar 2026 → Sept 2026

1. Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller · 4
2. Marty Supreme Josh Safdie · 4
3. The Odyssey Homer · 4
4. Euphoria Sam Levinson · 3
5. Girls Lena Dunham · 3
6. Saturday Night Live Lorne Michaels · 3
7. Succession Jesse Armstrong · 3
8. The Odyssey Christopher Nolan · 3

The obsessions

Mar 2026 → Sept 2026

1. Christopher Nolan The Odyssey · Oppenheimer · The Dark Knight · … · 6
2. Homer The Odyssey · The Iliad · 6
3. Lena Dunham Tiny Furniture · Girls · Too Much · 5
4. Anthony Bourdain Kitchen Confidential · A Cook's Tour · Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations · … · 4
5. Ari Aster Hereditary · Midsommar · Eddington · 4
6. Arthur Miller Death of a Salesman · 4
7. Bong Joon-ho Memories of Murder · Parasite · 4
8. Charli XCX New Shapes · Brat · Vroom Vroom · … · 4

Firsts and superlatives

• The first work ever mentioned here: The Studio, 1 minute into Middlebrow The Podcast The Newsletter The Show.
• The longest board: Finnegans Take, 49 works in one sitting.
• The most books in one episode: 28, on Finnegans Take.