Should Your Avatar's Skin Match Yours?
In a video game, you can try on different identities. But the rules of the real world don't always translate to the fantasy world.
Arts
The Journey To '10,000 Balconies'
A Syrian playwright wanted to write a love story based on Romeo and Juliet. Set in Damascus. Performed in Arkansas. After a three-year ordeal, the production comes to stage this weekend.
Cookie Artist Teaches Edible Lessons In Asian-American History
Jasmine Cho makes cookie portraits of people like Takao Ozawa, who was denied U.S. citizenship on the basis of race in a landmark case. Her goal: to make social justice lessons more palatable.
'Palestine + 100' Explores Contested Territory, Past And Future
A new anthology invites Palestinian writers to imagine their homeland in 2048 — 100 years after the creation of Israel. The stories are inventive, dextrous, painful, and even sometimes playful.
Aparna Nancherla: 'I'm Still Shy,' Even As A Stand-Up Star
A comedian who has often found the laughs in anxiety, she reflects on her start in stand-up, being a shy kid and her experience in television writers' rooms in a public conversation.
High Point Takes Giant Steps Toward Honoring Coltrane Legacy
The city of High Point honored a legendary saxophonist on Friday. Following years of preparation, the official John Coltrane Historical Marker was finally unveiled.
Satirist Randy Rainbow Uses Show Tunes And Pop Songs To Lampoon Trump
The Emmy-nominated lyricist/performer used to consider song parody cheap humor: "But ... I've gotten [such a] response ... that I'm appreciating it as an art form." Originally broadcast July 17, 2019.
Billy Eichner Makes A Career Out Of Love/Hating Celebrity Culture
In his Emmy-nominated series Billy on the Street, Eichner roams the sidewalks of Manhattan, asking strangers open-ended questions about the entertainment industry. Originally broadcast Dec. 12, 2016.
Julio Torres: My Favorite Espooky
SNL writer Julio Torres reveals the inspiration behind his bilingual series, HBO's Los Espookys, his comedy special, My Favorite Shapes, and plays a game casting Greek gods as Bachelor contestants.
Animal Houses
Hosts Ophira Eisenberg and Johnathan Coulton read fictional real estate listings for animal habitats. When you're a lion, the only room you need is a den.