September Archives
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Corn for Commies and "Roswell's Weapon"
This week in 1959, Iowa farmer Roswell Garst and Soviet leader Nikita Khruschev struck up a most unusual friendship. Learn about how corn helped thaw the cold war (for a time), and then shuck this drink: Read more...
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Episode 168: Tim Gunn, Rian Johnson, and Salman Rushdie
This week, "Looper" director Rian Johnson rolls the bones... "Project Runway's" Tim Gunn dresses down America for dressing down... Salman Rushdie talks fatwas and fake hair... famed author Sherman Alexie makes a Protest... A "Simpsons" writer's favorite odd adaptations... And NYTimes photographer Todd Selby turns his camera on cooks. Plus: How corn helped thaw the cold war, and the official "best word ever." Read more...
The Dinner Party Emmy Ballot
Our picks for tonight's Emmy winners in several categories, based as always on the only criteria that matters: Which of the nominees have appeared on our show. Read more...
My Mother the Car and "The Porter Flip"
This week back in 1965, NBC aired a show which for decades was considered the worst in TV history. Learn about "My Mother the Car" - and how it spawned more careers than it did ratings points -- then tune into this custom Motor City cocktail. Read more...
Episode 167: Martin Amis, Divine Comedies, and the Mother of Bad Ideas
This week, literary luminary Martin Amis lets the dogs out... Top Chef Susan Feniger celebrates the New Year... satirist Simon Rich lists divine comedies... San Fran band The Fresh and Onlys serve up a sweet soundtrack... The Posts return to explain the art of good goodbyes... and fashion editor Diana Vreeland gets her close-up. Plus, skimming stones, rolling cows, and the most naive narrator in the world. Read more...
Episode 166: Anjelica Huston, Doomsday Planes, and Things about Chicken Wings
This week: We revisit one of our favorite episodes....Actress Anjelica Huston reveals her secret good-luck charm ... Writer-provocateur Caitlin Flanagan blends etiquette, therapy, and cake... "The Artist's" James Cromwell talks quiet... Chickens with four wings... Greeks invade Britain... We toast the end of the world... A poem from imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo... Plus, nurture-over-nature, and a Major find from the Asteroids Galaxy Tour. Read more...
Natasha Pincus' One Shot Wonders (See 'em Here)
VMA Nominee Natasha Pincus (of Gotye's "Somebody that I Used to Know") offered up an impressive list of single-shot music videos. Watch them here, along with clips of Natasha's work... Read more...
Episode 165: Junot Diaz, One-Shot Wonders, and Orange Wine
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This week, Pulitzer-winning author Junot Diaz bares the soul of a cheater... Actress Emily Blunt explains dolphin romance... Music video director Natasha Pincus picks some one-shot wonders... We toast the peaceful fallout from the only wartime aerial bombing of mainland USA... Financial etiquette from Marketplace's Paddy Hirsch... Orange vintages add color to wine stores... And the unsung heroes of Fall TV. Plus: a new Grizzly Bear track, laffs from artist Wayne White, and lap dances in the high courts. Read more...
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