The Eerie Familiarity of 'The Man in the High Castle'
“The Man in the High Castle,”the Emmy Award winning TV series, imagines a world in which the Nazis won WWII. Set in the 1960s, the show blends actual pop-cultural imagery and artifacts with fictional...
View ArticleDay Jobs: Lingerie Designer
Like most aspiring comedians trying to make it in New York City, Courtney Maginnis has a day job — but her daily 9-to-5 routine is just as offbeat as her stand-up routine: she’s a designer at a top...
View Article“La La Land” Director Damien Chazelle
Oscar favorite “La La Land” is director Damien Chazelle’s musical love letter to Hollywood. But the 32-year-old cinephile didn’t always love musicals — it wasn’t until he started studying avant garde...
View ArticleSinkane Live In-Studio
Brooklyn-based Afropop band Sinkane is here to remind us that “we’re all gonna be alright.” Blending a wide range of musical influences, their sound is a mix of 60s funk, Sudanese pop, and...
View ArticleJordan Peele’s “Get Out”
Jordan Peele’s new film “Get Out” is a genre-bending, groundbreaking thriller— it’s also a sharp critique of racism in America. Kurt speaks with Peele about his directorial debut, race in the film...
View ArticleComics Kate Berlant & John Early
Kate Berlant and John Early are bringing back the comedy duo. From their YouTube sketches to live performances, it’s clear the two are best friends. Both created and starred in their own episodes of...
View ArticlePhotography for Dogs 101
Elias Weiss Friedman, better known as The Dogist, is the Internet’s favorite dog photographer. He’s developed a daily practice of taking stunning portraits of other people’s pups and in the past three...
View ArticleGuilty Pleasure: Jesus Christ Superstar
The 1973 film, “Jesus Christ Superstar” is the cinematic adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Christian rock opera — and it’s as hokey as it sounds. Nick Capodice, a self-proclaimed atheist from New...
View ArticleGuilty Pleasure: “Do That to Me One More Time”
Husband and wife duo The Captain & Tennille are best known for their sappy love songs from the '70s. But Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash says they actually had some real musical...
View Article“Master of None” Co-Creator Alan Yang
Alan Yang is an Emmy award-winning TV writer and co-creator of the hit Netflix series “Master of None.” It stars Aziz Ansari who plays an actor living in New York City, trying to figure out his career...
View Article“Homecoming King” Hasan Minhaj
Hasan Minhaj is probably not getting an invitation to the White House anytime soon. The 31-year-old comedian recently delivered a legendary roast of the President and his administration at the White...
View ArticleAlgiers Live In-Studio
The four piece band Algiers fuse eclectic musical influences with radical politics to form their revolutionary sound. You can hear traces of punk rock, soul, and even Italian horror film soundtracks in...
View ArticleHoward Fridkin’s Guide to MPAA Ratings
The Motion Picture Association of America’s film ratings — G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17 — are used to determine which movies are or aren’t appropriate for younger moviegoers. But what makes, for example, a...
View ArticleTank and the Bangas Play Live
After winning NPR’s Tiny Desk Contest earlier this year, Tank and the Bangas went viral. The overnight success was well-deserved for the group that’s been performing together since 2011. In a unanimous...
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