'Angie Tribeca,' Comedy Backscratcher, Returns For New Adventures
The TBS slapstick cop comedy is back for a second season, and it's just as ridiculous and fast-paced as it's been all along.
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'UnREAL' Returns With Three Little Words And No Apologies
Lifetime's UnREAL brings its fictional reality-show producers back for another season of take-no-prisoners television.
'Black Gods Of The Asphalt' Takes Basketball Beyond The Court
When you see a bunch of guys playing street basketball you might not just see a game. In his new book Black Gods of the Asphalt author Onaje Woodbine shows how it's also a spiritual experience.
Cat Videos And All, The Internet May Be Humankind's Greatest Masterpiece
In her new book Magic and Loss, Virginia Heffernan makes the case for the Internet as art. Just look at Twitter, she says. "It's hard to think of a time when poetry was more powerful."
Exploring The 'Quiet New York' With Emma Straub
Straub's new book, Modern Lovers, is a tale of old friendships, secrets and family entanglements set in a part of Brooklyn writers often ignore: leafy, largely residential Ditmas Park.
Syrian Teen's 9-Minute Doc Hits Cannes, Sundance, L.A. Film Fest
After her family fled to a refugee camp, she took a workshop in making videos. Her film about day-to-day life is now making the festival rounds.
'Roots': Here's What You Said About The Remake
This week, the History Channel aired its remake of the classic TV series. Listeners Pious Ali, Frank Bonet and Justin Rogers told us what they thought.
A Beer, A Plan, A Pipeline: Belgian Brewer Will Funnel Beer 2 Miles Away
When he launched his plan last spring, brewery CEO Xavier Vanneste said it was "no longer sustainable" to rely on trucks to cope with its growing production levels.
Slavery Scars A Transatlantic Family Tree In 'Homegoing'
Yaa Gyasi's debut novel follows the family lines of two separated half-sisters in 18th-century Ghana: One is married off to an Englishman, while the other is sent to America and sold into slavery.
Green Eggs, Ham And Metaphysics: Teaching Hard Ideas With Children's Books
Stories that are great for learning to read can teach all kinds off things — from philosophy to financial literacy.