Pop Culture

This dish features a scallop in its shell. Bivalves, like scallops are threatened by rising ocean acidification. Wist left it in the shell, so people would think of it "as an animal and not just a scallop on a plate."

Artist Sets Futuristic Dinner Party In World Reshaped By Rising Seas

12:50pm April 16, 2017

by Rhitu Chatterjee

How will our diets shift as climate change causes sea-level rise and coastal flooding? Photographer Allie Wist attempts to answer that with pictures of an imagined "post-sea-level-rise dinner party."

Melissa McCarthy as Sean Spicer on Saturday Night Live.

Politics & Government

On 'Saturday Night Live,' Melissa McCarthy's 'Spicey' Has An Easter Message

8:34am April 16, 2017

by James Doubek

On SNL, Alec Baldwin's President Trump had a reality-show elimination between Jared Kushner and Steve Bannon, while Melissa McCarthy's Sean Spicer had a brief — and inaccurate — history of Passover.

Marie-Victoire Carvalho Sow prepares ngalakh, a traditional Easter treat for friends and family of all faiths.

Senegal's Good Friday Dish Is A Treat For Both Christians And Muslims

7:57pm April 14, 2017

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Senegal is a Muslim majority country, with a Christian minority. Christians celebrate Good Friday with a sweet porridge called ngalakh. They share it with their Muslim family and friends, too.

Arts

Outgoing 'New Yorker' Cartoon Editor Says 'Being Funny Is Being Awake'

6:09pm April 14, 2017

by Ari Shapiro

After 20 years as the magazine's cartoon gatekeeper, Bob Mankoff is stepping down. He says humor helps us cope with hardship, get along with one another — and, in general, makes life more enjoyable.

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Arts

For Christopher Eccleston, Co-Starring On 'The Leftovers' Meant Rethinking His Faith

1:46pm April 14, 2017

by Terry Gross

The British actor plays a reverend in The Leftovers, the HBO series about what happens after 2 percent of the world's population vanishes in a mysterious event. Originally broadcast July 11, 2016.

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Detail of cover of America #2, by Gabby Rivera and Joe Quinones, starring America Chavez, Marvel's lesbian Latina superhero.

Books
Arts

Pop Culture Happy Hour: Diversity In Comics And 'RuPaul's Drag Race'

11:09am April 14, 2017

by Linda Holmes

This week, while we recover from our live show, we bring you a segment from Code Switch about diversity in comics and we revisit our segment on RuPaul's Drag Race.

Nathaniel Martello-White, Freida Pinto and Babou Ceesay star in John Ridley's new series Guerilla. The show explores the way humiliation and marginalization can lead to violence.

Arts

Set 40 Years In The Past, 'Guerrilla' Speaks Strongly To Today

6:08am April 14, 2017

by Steve Inskeep

Oscar-winning screenwriter John Ridley's new series is set in the U.K. during the 1970s, when immigrants of color from former colonies were coming there for work, but finding little opportunity.

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Arts

To Get To 'SNL,' Comic Sasheer Zamata 'Followed The Fun'

1:35pm April 13, 2017

by Ann Marie Baldonado

Zamata says her path from beginner to working comic happened in the best possible way: "I just followed the things I was really interested in, and it turned out to be what I needed to do."

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You can expect more Crow and Tom Servo, as well new faces like Jonah Ray, in the new Mystery Science Theater 3000.

Arts

New 'Mystery Science Theater' Coming To Netflix In The Not-Too-Distant Future

5:27pm April 12, 2017

by Tim Greiving

The show originally aired in the '90s and helped spawn the entire attitude of the Internet. Sure, it had a silly premise — but it also had a cult following. The reboot's first season drops on Friday.

John Clarke, a comedian and political satirist beloved in Australia and New Zealand, has died at age 68. He's seen here in an undated photo provided by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

John Clarke, Who Made Fake News Hilarious, Is Mourned In Australia And New Zealand

2:00pm April 10, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Satirist John Clarke's pitch-perfect portrayal of an Australian senator denying the impact of an oil spill once prompted a Snopes fact-check report.