Jan 05 Austin's weekly vaudeville combines politics and magic By KLRU Step into the writer's room for Esther's Follies, and you'll likely find them singing around a table about the Supreme Court and 2016 presidential election. Continue reading
Jan 04 Watch 5:24 Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James on the voice of reggae By PBS News Hour Marlon James, author of "A Brief History of Seven Killings," is the first Jamaican writer to win the Man Booker Prize. James sat down with Jeffrey Brown at the Miami Book Fair to discuss his story, set in the 1970s… Continue watching
Jan 04 Poetry is protest for poet Sasha Banks By Corinne Segal When officer Darren Wilson killed unarmed teenager Michael Brown last August, Sasha Banks wanted to use poetry to hold the country accountable. Continue reading
Jan 04 Syrian filmmakers tell the stories you aren't hearing about the Syrian war By Corinne Segal A group of Syrian documentary filmmakers is working to put a human face to a conflict defined by numbers. Continue reading
Jan 03 Watch 2:25 Before they say farewell, 'Downton Abbey' cast dishes on their characters By PBS News Hour "Downton Abbey," the highly watched award-winning PBS drama, begins its sixth and final season Sunday. Before they say farewell, some of the cast members discuss the evolution of their characters over the years. Continue watching
Jan 01 Watch 5:21 Obsession starts the story for this National Book Award winner By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 01 'Unforgettable' singer Natalie Cole dies at 65 By Joshua Barajas Singer Natalie Cole, the daughter of jazz great Nat "King" Cole, died Thursday night, her family confirmed. Cole's family said in a statement that the singer died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles from complications from long-standing health… Continue reading
Dec 31 Watch 10:27 Critics share films you shouldn't miss from 2015 By PBS News Hour What was the best movie of the year? The best performance of the year? The most under appreciated film of the year? Jeffrey Brown talks to Ann Hornaday of The Washington Post and Mike Sargent of Pacifica Radio. Continue watching
Dec 31 What films were under-appreciated in 2015? By artsdesk Ann Hornaday and Mike Sargent join Jeffrey Brown to discuss which performances and films stood out this year. Continue reading
Dec 31 Obama sips coffee and talks about nothing with Seinfeld By Kevin Freking, Associated Press HONOLULU — President Barack Obama and comedian Jerry Seinfeld compare cars and trade one-liners in a 19-minute episode of "Comedians In Cars Getting Coffee."… Continue reading