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How ‘monoculture’ became a catchall for two opposing anxieties – that we no longer share enough, and that we all share too much

How ‘monoculture’ became a catchall for two opposing anxieties – that we no longer share enough, and that we all share too much

When “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” aired its final episode on May 21, 2026, critics lamented more than the end of a television program. It was a nightly ritual that millions of Americans participated in, with Bloomberg media reporter Lucas Shaw describing its cancellation as one more sign of
Maria A. Rodas, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign