Robert Downey Sr., Director of Experimental American Movies, Dies At Age 85
Downey Sr., who wrote and directed the 1969 film Putney Swope, died Wednesday in his home from complications due to Parkinson's disease.
Arts & Life
What's Making Us Happy: A Guide For Your Weekend Watching, Listening And Reading
A top-secret cache of sperm is stored under the Space Needle in Hot White Heist. Bob Odenkirk stars as a suburban dad with a secret identity in Nobody. And it's Criterion Collection's neonoir month.
Elemental Nightlife
Quinta Brunson (A Black Lady Sketch Show) and Taylor Garron (Look I Bought Plants: And Other Poems About Life and Stuff) navigate some new clubs themed after elements on the periodic table.
Uzo Aduba: In Treatment
In Treatment and Orange Is the New Black actor Uzo Aduba talks about seeing therapy from the other side after playing a therapist. Then, she tees off for a round of Trivia Golf with Jonathan Coulton.
Check-In: Ask Me Another Ends In September
Host Ophira Eisenberg and Jonathan Coulton announce some sad news: NPR is ending production of Ask Me Another. There are still new shows to come through September, so stay tuned.
Category Is!
Good on Paper comedians Iliza Shlesinger and Margaret Cho are tested on all of their interests all at once! Can they tell their candy from their country music? Their cats from their pop culture?
Other 70s
In this music parody game, Good on Paper comedians Iliza Shlesinger and Margaret Cho take on popular songs from the 1970s rewritten to be about things from the 70s of ANY century.
The Sounds of TikTok
Actor/writer Quinta Brunson (A Black Lady Sketch Show) and writer/director Taylor Garron (As of Yet) identify the TV clips that have been haunting everyone's For You Pages. Woah oh ohhh yeah-eh-ayy!
Paris Fashion Week Returns, Making The Case For In-Person Haute Couture
Paris Fashion Week returned with 33 in-person shows and 24 digital presentations. As audiences gathered along runways in the French capital, the haute couture industry faces an fragile future.
Zaila Avant-Garde Makes History With Scripps Spelling Bee Win
14-year-old Zaila Avant-garde breezed to the championship on Thursday night. The only previous Black winner was Jody-Anne Maxwell of Jamaica, the only champ from outside the United States.