For Las Vegas, the touchdown of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars was a source of both national and community pride.

For Las Vegas, the touchdown of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars was a source of both national and community pride.

For Las Vegas, the touchdown of NASA’s Perseverance rover on Mars was a source of both national and community pride.

The biggest little city in the world is rebounding from the pandemic faster than Las Vegas.

The biggest little city in the world is rebounding from the pandemic faster than Las Vegas.

After seven years in the U.S. Air Force, Andrew Ho faced a new challenge in the civilian world: adapting to life as a college student at UNLV.

It’s the simple, casual interaction — the chats, the hugs, the certainty of seeing a friend — that Jane misses most.

A couple of months ago, I kept seeing the same burnt-orange avatar popping up on my TikTok feed, overlaid with black text that was almost too tiny to read. But if you squinted, you could see what it said: “Cancel P*rn.”

With the help of celebrity chef and entrepreneur Jet Tila, award-winning restaurateurs Saipin and Sabrina Chutima, and author Mark Padoongpatt, in this episode, we trace the history of Thai food in America, from pad thai’s surprisingly recent origins to the Thai government’s efforts at gastrodiplomacy.