Category: Arts & Entertainment

Keret, who lives in Tel Aviv, reflects on the protests in Israel and the U.S. over the hostages and Gaza. The son of Holocaust survivors, he has left- and right-wing political views in his own family.

Over a career that lasted more than 30 years, Grammy-winner Adam Abeshouse made hundreds of records with some of classical music’s biggest stars.

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The citation commended Han Kang’s “intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life.” She won the International Booker Prize for The Vegetarian in 2016.

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The greatest challenge of all: accommodating her nascent bunions.

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Ali Abbasi’s new film The Apprentice shows ex-President Donald Trump’s years as a real estate businessman under the tutelage of lawyer Roy Cohn. The film coincides with Trump seeking another term.

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The word “basic” often gets thrown around to describe anything that’s mainstream, popular, frictionless, or otherwise inoffensive. But sometimes basic stuff is just what we crave, whether it’s a binge-watch, a popular song, or a pumpkin spice latte. It’s fall, so today we’re talking about what we’re calling… Pop Culture Pumpkin Spice Lattes.

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At 84 years old, Margaret Atwood’s new book Paper Boat is a collection of her poems spanning over six decades. She talked about the skepticism she faced at the beginning of her career.

The Succession actor plays lawyer Roy Cohn in a new film. Strong says U.S. distributors were reluctant to pick up The Apprentice because of “repercussions from a possible Trump administration.”

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We’re in a pretty critical election year. And in times like these, a lot of us are turning to political comedy to help make sense of (and fun of) the bizarre, ongoing news cycle. Today on the show, we’re talking about how late night comedy shows like Saturday Night Live, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, and The Daily Show are speaking to the moment.

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Who will win today’s cage match?

For the past two months Brittany has been hosting debates in cities and regions across the United States to find out who and what are the most influential things from those places. Today, she ends her tour in her hometown. It’s a homecoming of sorts. Beyoncé style.

For the last episode in the series, Brittany lands in Detroit, Michigan, and debates with Tia Graham, co-host of WDET’s CultureShift and Cary Junior II, producer for WDET’s Created Equal. There will be winners. There will be losers. There will be surprises.