Month: June 2021

The Demon Dog of Crime Fiction is back, with more boocoo bad business, pervs, prowlers, and putzo politicians than ever in this story of a real-life cop who knew it all (and had the pictures, too).

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A lot has been said about the joy of cooking, but what about the fury? A host of new cookbooks right now aim to help cooks pound, grate and shred their feelings about the state of the world.

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Lincoln Center observes Juneteenth, now a federal holiday, with “I Dream a Dream That Dreams Back at Me,” an ambulatory experience conceived by Carl Hancock Rux.

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Lythcott-Haims’ new book, Your Turn, is a handbook on adulthood. Kevin Whitehead reviews Minor Swing, by Vincent Herring. Reporter Michael Moss says processed foods can be as alluring as cigarettes.

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NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to film critics Wesley Morris and Mark Harris about the movies that have shaped how Americans think of democracy for our series “We Hold These Truths.”

Q: “Why are you yelling?” A: “DAD is not yelling.”

Bracers for Self-Esteem, a Bag of Holding Conversation, a Helm of Human Expression, and more.

Set in the 1980s, a new dark comedy on Apple TV+ centers on a woman whose husband is running for public office in San Diego, but who has aspirations of her own to produce an aerobics exercise tape.

Fifty years ago, Daniel Ellsberg leaked classified information about U.S. policy in Vietnam to the press. We listen back to archival interviews with Ellsberg and Ben Bradlee of The Washington Post.

Beatty, who died June 13, made his film debut in Deliverance and then went on to appear in scores of movies, including Network, All the President’s Men and Superman. Originally broadcast in 1987.