Sep 14 Watch 3:34 The Terry Gross you don't see on the radio By PBS News Hour Terry Gross, host of NPR's Fresh Air, is famous for her interviews that probe into the lives, loves and work of notable people. What would she talk about if her interviews were more about her own life? Her love of… Continue watching
Sep 13 This viral song calls out Bollywood's sexism. Here are the English lyrics By Elizabeth Flock “I am tired after kissing their asses,” an actress tells her male director. “You only make me dance in underwear or small clothes.”… Continue reading
Sep 08 Watch Forging art and business in Dale Chihuly's workshop By PBS News Hour Artist Dale Chihuly has become synonymous with reimagining what glass can do. Having long ago stopped blowing glass himself, at 75, he heads an art world enterprise at his Seattle studio. But using a team of artists to create his… Continue watching
Sep 07 Watch 2:50 Want to feel connected? There's a book for that. By PBS News Hour Books “make people who are not like us more human,” says Lisa Lucas, executive director of the National Book Foundation. She grew up loving books and their ability to make readers more empathetic to unfamiliar ideas and characters, even when… Continue watching
Sep 07 Conservative book publisher eschews New York Times Best Seller rankings By Michael Boulter Regnery Publishing said this week that it will stop using the Times’ weekly rankings to to market its books, and its authors will no longer receive special bonuses for making the list. Continue reading
Sep 06 Here's every state's song of the summer (no, it's not all 'Despacito') By Elizabeth Flock America's song of the summer was the reggaeton hit "Despacito." But it wasn't the top song everywhere. Continue reading
Sep 06 Meet the Ace of Cups, the Haight's (almost) forgotten all-girl band By Kelly Whalen Despite their impact in San Francisco, the Ace of Cups were all but written out of history books. Now, decades later, four of the five original band members are recording their first album together. Continue reading
Sep 05 How death row inmates at San Quentin are using poetry to examine the prison system -- and themselves By Elizabeth Flock Prison literature has a long and rich history, stretching back to Jack London, Nelson Algren and Malcolm X. The genre includes powerful work from prisoners incarcerated on death row, which is often surfaced with the help of activists or artists… Continue reading
Sep 04 Watch 1:56 Walter Becker, introspective rocker of Steely Dan, dies at 67 By PBS News Hour Steely Dan co-founder and guitarist Walter Becker died Sunday at 67. He formed Steely Dan in 1971 and introduced a unique sound in rock, with hits such as “Do it Again” and “Reeling’ in the Years.” John Yang remembers the… Continue watching
Sep 04 Watch 5:10 Remembering John Ashbery, acclaimed writer who pulled poetry 'from the air' By PBS News Hour Considered one of the country’s most influential poets, John Ashbery died Sunday at the age of 90. He was a recipient of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Jeffrey Brown revisits his conversation with Ashbery from 2007, where… Continue watching