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The Saturday Selection, Vol. 91

2026-02-07 · 14:01 UTC ·Why is this interesting? ·3 min read

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The Saturday Selection, Vol. 91 (Feb 7, 2026) is an 11-link weekend roundup from WITI that mixes archival and contemporary longreads: a newly surfaced 1988 Martha Nussbaum conversation, Bruce Boyer on building a wardrobe (including a 42-year-old Anderson & Sheppard jacket), The Ringer’s oral history of Prince’s Super Bowl XLI halftime (rain-soaked set), a NYT Holocaust recollection, and reporting on Japan canceling a cherry blossom festival due to tourist misconduct.

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A 1988 philosopher's chat, finding your wardrobe, some half-time show history, and much more.

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The Saturday Selection, Vol. 91

Louis Cheslaw

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Every day, WITI ’s group chats buzz with fresh links. As part of our Saturday send for paid readers, we round up 11 of the best.

It ’s WITI, on the weekend.

The Anderson & Sheppard jacket Bruce Boyer’s worn for 42 years, via Put This On.

Why are these interesting?

Martha Nussbaum: Applying the Lessons of Ancient Greece (_YouTube_)

This is a wonderful, half hour conversation from 1988 which only recently surfaced for me.

Bruce Boyer on Finding Your Wardrobe (_Put This On_)

Another worthwhile use of your Saturday mind, from a few years ago.

Quitting (_The Point_)

Okay, now for some fresher stories: “Every smoker keeps in the front of their mind a worse-off, more seriously addicted, probably sooner-dying smoker who they use to legitimate their own habit. For everyone I knew, I was that smoker.”

Pure Magic: The Oral History of Prince’s Super Bowl XLI Halftime Show (_The Ringer, viaThe Material Review_)

As the heavens opened up and rain poured down, the Purple One delivered an iconic set on the biggest stage possible.

This Is the Holocaust Story I Said I Wouldn’t Write (_NYT_)

For years, my friend’s father asked me to recount his childhood escape from the Nazis. Why did it take me this long?

Japan Cherry Blossom Festival cancelled because of Unruly Tourist ‘Crisis’ (_The Guardian_)

Authorities cited repeated incidents of disruptive behaviour, including “opening private home doors without permission to use the restroom.”...

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