Watch Your Mouth
This week on the Hidden Brain radio show, we explore how the constantly evolving nature of languages can give us different ways of understanding ourselves as well as the world we live in.
Arts
'The Last Cruise' Is A Bit More Than A 3-Hour Tour
Kate Christensen's new novel follows a group of people on a vintage-themed cruise — think cabaret, cocktails and no Internet — who are thrown together unexpectedly when things go wrong on board.
Get Pumped: 100+ Fabulous Pairs Of Shoes Are On View In New York
The Walk This Way exhibition features centuries of notable footwear from the personal collection of Stuart Weitzman — suffragists' boots, a lawyer's loafers, Cinderella's sandals and more.
Building-Sized Giant Fights Giant-Sized Building In 'Skyscraper'
Skyscraper is a summer confection where Dwayne Johnson plays a man who wants to get into a burning building to save his family from a bunch of bad guys and a fire. Happy dog days of summer.
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Once Militantly Anti-Abortion, Evangelical Minister Now Lives 'With Regret'
After decades working to block access to clinics, the Rev. Rob Schenck says he had a change of heart and sees abortion as an issue that should be resolved by "an individual and his or her conscience."
Meet The NEA's 2019 Jazz Masters: Dorough, Ibrahim, Schneider And Crouch
The award, bestowed annually since 1982, amounts to a lifetime achievement for luminaries of the form — this year's class includes the creator of Schoolhouse Rock! and a South African legend.
Pop Culture Happy Hour: 'Jeopardy!'
We're as excited as a college student with a double major and a school sweatshirt to be talking about one of the most successful game shows of all time: Jeopardy!
Floating Prison Drones Equal Menace In 'The Furnace'
Prentis Rollins' new graphic novel is set in a near future where the government uses drone-powered mobile invisibility fields to control its prisoners, keeping them out of sight and incommunicado.
The Truck, The Choice And The 'Handmaid's Tale' Finale
The second season finale of The Handmaid's Tale was released on Wednesday, and it brought some truths about the series into sharp focus.
Behind Bars, Mentally Ill Inmates Are Often Punished For Their Symptoms
While visiting jails and prisons across the country, author Alisa Roth witnessed mentally ill inmates in solitary confinement, wearing restrictive jumpsuits and receiving very limited therapy.