From apps to gadgets, 'Second Life' considers how tech is changing having a baby
When Amanda Hess learned her unborn child had a genetic condition, she turned to the internet — but didn't find reassurance. "My relationship with technology became so much more intense," she says.
This heavy-handed 'Fatal Attraction' reboot is weighed down by clunky detours
The chemistry feels forced in this 8-part Paramount+ remake of the 1987 classic film. But great performances by Joshua Jackson and Lizzy Caplan might just carry you through Fatal Attraction.
This 'full spectrum' doula helps with birth, miscarriage and abortion
Since 2010, Vicki Bloom has worked with the Doula Project, a New York City-based collective that partners with clinics to support pregnant people — whether the result is childbirth or termination.
How private equity firms are widening the income gap in the U.S.
Financial journalist Gretchen Morgenson explains how private equity firms buy out companies, then lay off employees and cut costs in order to expand profits. Her new book is These are the Plunderers.
Remembering pianist and NEA Jazz Master Ahmad Jamal
Jamal was born in Pittsburgh, broke through with his small group music in Chicago in the 1950s, and recorded scores of records through 2016 — a 65-year recording career. He died April 16.
Collection features almost all the music Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes danced to
In 1909, the Russian impresario came to Paris and created a sensation with a company he called the Ballets Russes. A new 22-disc set revisits the music of Diaghilev's legendary ballets.
Walter Smith III sounds right at home on 'return to casual'
Everything's in balance on the tenor saxophonist's new album: Smith's pliable expressive tone is neither too heavy nor too light as he exploits the tension between the composed and the improvised.
Remembering Michael Denneny, an editor who championed LGBTQ voices
One of the first openly gay editors working at a major publishing house, Denneny launched the Stonewall Inn Editions imprint. He died April 12. Originally broadcast in 1987 and 1994.
Remembering historical crime novelist Anne Perry
For decades, Perry, who died April 10, kept secret the fact that she was one of the teenage girls involved in the murder depicted in the 1994 film Heavenly Creatures. Originally broadcast in 1994.