Arts

Books
Arts

'The Blade Between' Walks The Boundary Of Horror And Noir

7:00am December 06, 2020

by Gabino Iglesias

Sam J. Miller's latest is set in an upstate New York town built on the bones of butchered whales. It's full of broken people, violent ghosts and flying whales, but the real monster is gentrification.

Lindsey Vonn of USA competes during the Audi FIS Alpine Ski World Cup Finals Men's and Women's Super G on March 15, 2018 in Are, Sweden.

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Not My Job: We Quiz Olympic Skier Lindsey Vonn On Vincent Van Gogh

1:08pm December 05, 2020

Since Vonn is probably used to hearing people yell, "Go, Vonn! Go!" We've invited her to answer three questions about Van Gogh, the Dutch impressionist.

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Bryan Cranston Discusses Legal Twists And Turns On Showtime's 'Your Honor'

10:50am December 05, 2020

Bryan Cranston stars as a judge whose son is involved in a hit-and-run in New Orleans in the new Showtime series, Your Honor. He speaks with NPR's Scott Simon.

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D (A Tale of Two Worlds), by Michel Faber

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In Michel Faber's Latest, The Disappearance (Isappearance?) Of The Letter 'D'

7:53am December 05, 2020

by Scott Simon

Faber has created a world in which the letter d is starting to fade, imperiling things like dogs, doctors, dentists — and a girl named Dhikilo, who travels to a different world to solve the mystery.

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Retired U.S Naval Academy Cobbler Reflects On 53 Years Of Shoemaking

7:53am December 05, 2020

Scott Simon speaks with longtime U.S. Naval Academy cobbler Ronald Smith, who has retired after a 53-year career.

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'Ordesa' Is A Difficult Read — But Stick With It

7:00am December 05, 2020

by Michael Schaub

Manuel Vilas' quiet, intensely sad new, about a middle-aged man trying to connect with his estranged family while thinking a lot of deep thoughts about death, requires patience, but it's worth it.

Arts

'Your Honor' Captures A Horrifying Spiral Of Accidents — And Consequences

1:38pm December 04, 2020

by David Bianculli

Bryan Cranston is a judge whose life is torn apart when his teen son is involved in a car accident with a mobster's son. The legal twists and dramatic turns are nonstop in this Showtime miniseries.

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Check-In: Milestone Birthdays

12:18pm December 04, 2020

Jonathan Coulton talks about celebrating a milestone birthday during the pandemic.

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Arts

Bad To The Future II

12:18pm December 04, 2020

Comedians and actors Fortune Feimster and Jillian Bell guess what people in the past thought the future would be like.

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Arts

Musical Food Pyramid

12:18pm December 04, 2020

Jonathan Coulton plays songs by bands named after food rewritten to be about those foods. Fortune Feimster (Chick Fight) and Jillian Bell (Brittany Runs A Marathon) absolutely crush it.

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