Arts

Sasha Velour appears on Ask Me Another at the Bell House in Brooklyn, New York

Arts

Sasha Velour: 'Anyone Can, And Must, Do Drag'

12:20pm August 17, 2018

Sasha Velour, a winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, evangelizes for the art form, and competes against rapper and actor Awkwafina in "This, That or The Other": Drag name, rap name or off-brand soda?

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Tyler Cowen: Do The Numbers Give Us The Full Picture?

10:04am August 17, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

When it comes to global progress, Tyler Cowen says there's much more to the story than numbers can tell. And it's important, he says, to pay attention to the inherent "messiness" of the data.

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Hanna Rosin: Data Shows Women Have Progressed. But What's Next?

10:04am August 17, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Post-recession, journalist Hanna Rosin noticed an economic shift: jobs dominated by men were on the decline, jobs dominated by women were on the rise. But does that data signify meaningful progress?

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Economy

Michael Green: What Does GDP Not Tell Us?

10:04am August 17, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

To fully understand progress, economist Michael Green says we must weigh social well-being and wealth. But by using this new measurement, he noticed something striking — the U.S. falls far behind.

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Paul Gilding: How Do We Continue To Grow If The Earth Has Reached Its Limit?

10:04am August 17, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

Environmental activist Paul Gilding says the world has been growing too fast for too long. And now...the Earth is full. The only solution, he says, is to radically change the way we consume.

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Steven Pinker: Can Numbers Show Us That Progress Is Inevitable?

10:04am August 17, 2018

by NPR/TED Staff

It might seem like the world is getting worse and worse. But psychologist Steven Pinker says that across the board, data suggests we've made a lot of progress. The question is — will it continue?

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L to R: Anna Cathcart, Janel Parrish, and Lana Condor play Kitty, Margot, and Lara Jean Covey in To All the Boys I've Loved Before.

Arts

Here's To The Romantic Comedy Pleasures Of 'To All The Boys I've Loved Before'

5:00am August 17, 2018

by Linda Holmes

The Netflix adaptation of Jenny Han's YA romance is sparkly, sweet and very well-acted by its young leads.

Books
Arts

Click If You Dare: 100 Favorite Horror Stories

8:21pm August 16, 2018

by Petra Mayer

In honor of Frankenstein's 200th birthday, this year's summer reader poll is all about horror — from classics like Mary Shelley's monster to new favorites, we've got something to scare everyone.

Mélanie Thierry is writer Marguerite Duras in Memoir of War.

Arts

Life — Or Something Like It — During Wartime: The Wrenching 'Memoir Of War'

5:18pm August 16, 2018

by Andrew Lapin

Mélanie Thierry's quietly devastating performance anchors this adaptation of Marguerite Duras' wartime memoir chronicling her life in a perpetual state of uncertainty over her husband's fate.

She's With The Headband: Annie (Rose Byrne) and reclusive singer-songwriter Tucker (Ethan Hawke) share a moment in Juliet, Naked.

Arts

An Aging Rocker, A Fawning Fanboy — And Thou: 'Juliet, Naked'

5:01pm August 16, 2018

by Mark Jenkins

In this beguiling, decidedly un-frothy adaptation of Nick Hornby's novel, Annie (Rose Byrne) exchanges emails with a singer-songwriter (Ethan Hawke) her inattentive boyfriend (Chris O'Dowd) reveres.