Opinion

An art exhibit at the de Young Museum in San Francisco celebrates 50 years since the famed Summer of Love.

50 Years After The Summer Of Love, Hippie Counterculture Is Relegated To Kitsch

2:29pm October 04, 2017

by Geoff Nunberg

Looking back on the vanished styles and language of the hippie movement, linguist Geoff Nunberg says, "The most persistent single pejorative term to come out of the era is 'hippie' itself."

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Telling Time: Ta-Nehisi Coates On The History That Continues To Haunt America

1:12pm October 03, 2017

The writer discusses his journalism, comics, the transition from Presidents Obama to Trump and more.

Hugh Hefner poses at the Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in 2010.

Arts

Hugh Hefner: Looking Back At A Controversial Life

7:02am September 30, 2017

by Scott Simon

Hugh Hefner died this week at the age of 91. NPR's Scott Simon says Hefner "made history, and then tripped over it."

Flooded houses near Lake Houston on Aug. 30, after the storm called Harvey swept through. Sociologist Clare Cooper Marcus says our homes hold our emotional history — our memories, our hopes, our dreams and pain. In some ways our homes are who we are.

Flee A Cataclysm, Or Cling To A Doomed Home? Why People Stay May Surprise You

7:00am September 30, 2017

by Rebecca Davis

"You must leave now," thousands of Americans from Puerto Rico to Oregon to Florida, Montana, Texas and beyond were told, as floods, fire and wind threatened their lives. Some said no.

Can Consciousness In Brain-Injured Patients Be Restored?

5:01pm September 29, 2017

by Alva Noë

Facing unresponsive brain-injury victims is a real-world example of the fact that we are locked out of the minds of others — but new research shows promise in restoring consciousness, says Alva Noë.

Larry David's Curb Your Enthusiasm character is an exaggerated version of himself.

Arts

'Curb Your Enthusiasm' Returns, And Larry David Is Back To Playing Himself

2:07pm September 29, 2017

by David Bianculli

David's comically exaggerated TV version of himself first appeared 18 years ago. TV critic David Bianculli welcomes the character's return to HBO.

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When The Parents Are White, The Child Is Black, And The Churches Are Segregated

12:01pm September 28, 2017

by Leah Donnella

Its a familiar American trope: The most segregated time for Christians is 11 a.m. on Sunday. This week, on Ask Code Switch, where does an interracial family find a pew?

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Sean Hayes and Megan Mullally once again play Jack McFarland and Karen Walker in NBC's Will & Grace.

Arts

'Will & Grace' Is Back, But Will Its Viewers Be?

9:54am September 28, 2017

by Linda Holmes

NBC is bringing back Will & Grace for at least two revival seasons, more than 10 years after it went off the air the first time. But the show has some work to do to get its viewers back.

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"I'd lost 60 pounds in the years since my passport picture had been taken and I hardly looked like myself," writes author Haroon Moghul. "Each time I approached a border, I feared I'd be denied a visa or, worse, deported."

An Encounter At A Passport Checkpoint Offers Respite From Depression's Grip

10:20am September 27, 2017

by Haroon Moghul

Newly divorced and suffering from depression, author Haroon Moghul moved to Dubai for a while, hoping to find a reason to live. Strangely enough, sharing a laugh over his "fat" passport photo helped.

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National

Muscadines May Be The Best Grapes You've Never Tasted

1:27pm September 26, 2017

by Tanya Ballard Brown

It's muscadine season, and for writer Tanya Ballard Brown, the smell and taste are a throwback to childhood. But for others who grew up outside the South, these thick-skinned grapes are a mystery.