Dana Stevens and Aisha Harris spoil Spike Lee’s film about Black Vietnam War veterans.
53 min
2703
Thirst Aid Kit: The Adventure Known As John Boy...
One of our Space Boyfriends has been biding his time — and we love the results
49 min
2704
Culture Gabfest: Toppling Teddy Roosevelt
57 min
2705
Working: The Vulnerability of Memoir Writing, W...
49 min
2706
Thirst Aid Kit: A Dog Called Rex (with Jason Ma...
Jason Matzoukas really knows how to make us blush.
59 min
2707
Working: Cole Escola Provides the Perfect Comed...
46 min
2708
Spoiler Specials: The Hunger Games Prequel: The...
President Snow’s origin story departs from the YA dystopian genre shaped by the Hunger Games trilogy.
61 min
2709
Decoder Ring: The Metrosexual
In 2003, the word "metrosexual", meaning a well-groomed heterosexual man, exploded all over the English lexicon. It invaded the news, TV, and even American politics.
34 min
2710
Culture Gabfest: Black Lives Matter
56 min
2711
Working: How YouTuber Adam Ragusea Learned to T...
45 min
2712
Working: Documentary Theater From Interviews to...
47 min
2713
Spoiler Specials: The Lovebirds
Issa Rae and Kumail Nanjiani’s murder mystery rom-com.
39 min
2714
Hit Parade: Shake It Like a Polaroid Picture Ed...
Outkast is inarguably one of the most important acts in hip hop and pop music history, but their impressive chart runs, and the brand of Atlanta hip hop they championed, was far from inevitable.
7 min
2715
Culture Gabfest: Never Will I Ever Beef with Ch...
60 min
2716
Working: How Curator Sheena Wagstaff Chooses Ar...
Working: Alison Wright Explains How Actors Get ...
39 min
2719
Spoiler Specials: Hollywood
Ryan Murphy’s revisionist Netflix series trades history for self-serving fantasy.
49 min
2720
Culture Gabfest: Normal People?
55 min
2721
Decoder Ring: Gotta Get Down on Friday
Rebecca Black's music video for Friday was Youtube's most watched video of 2011, thrusting the thirteen-year-old Rebecca into a very harsh spotlight.
40 min
2722
Working: Megan Abbott's Go-To Story Structure
45 min
2723
Working: How DeMane Davis Pivoted From Advertis...
46 min
2724
Hit Parade: Still Billy Joel to Me Edition
Billy Joel’s first Top 40 hit, way back in 1974, was “Piano Man,” and the nickname stuck. But for a guy who became famous sitting behind 88 keys, few of his biggest hits are really piano songs. In fact, on all three of his No. 1 hits on the Billboard Hot 100, keyboards are not the primary instrument.