How to Explain My Fear of Scuba Divers Trying to Drown Me When I’m Wearing a Black Suit and Tie
I have this phobia. Where did it come from? An explanation, at last!
July 6, 2026
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On Stephen Foster’s Bicentennial, Listen to Randy VanWarmer’s Tribute Album
Randy VanWarmer’s final album, a haunting tribute to Stephen Foster, became all the more poignant when VanWarmer died on the anniversary of Foster’s death. Revisit a strange, beautiful, deeply personal recording by a musician who deserves to be remembered.
July 3, 2026
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200 years after his birth, controversial composer Stephen Foster still sings to America’s contradictions
The 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence happens to also coincide with the 200th birthday of composer Stephen Foster. You know his songs, even if you don’t know his name.
July 3, 2026
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Singer Ray Gibson at Fifty: “I’m Finding My Voice, Still”
Ray Gibson was a thirtysomething HR office worker in Prague when his father dared him to sing “Imagine” at karaoke night. Within a year, he had a recording contract, beginning the strange path that would lead to “Supersonic Morning,” one of the catchiest songs you may never have heard, but which you will never forget.
June 9, 2026
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As goes CBS Radio News, so goes the idea that news media should serve the public interest
The end of CBS Radio News marks more than the silencing of a venerable broadcaster; it signals the fading of an older American belief that media owed the public something beyond profit.
June 1, 2026
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Song of the week: “Hydrogen,” by Birmingham Electric
Birmingham Electric’s Terra Incognita wraps ’80s synth-pop echoes around new surprises, especially the hypnotic “Hydrogen.”
May 27, 2026
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Kevin Schreck: Three UPA Animated Short Films to Stream Right Now!
Kevin Schreck, director of the forthcoming documentary Animation Mavericks, picks three UPA animated short films that show why the studio’s films still feel radical, strange and alive more than seventy years after its heyday.
May 22, 2026
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And the Worst Headline of the Year Goes To … USA Today!
USA Today turned a story about a prehistoric bone into a misleading Nancy Guthrie clickbait scare, and AOL helped monetize the panic.
May 15, 2026
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Save Luanne and Lucky!
The Hulu revival of King of the Hill has so far left Luanne and Lucky conspicuously unmentioned. Fans who love them are quietly holding their breath. After losing Brittany Murphy and Tom Petty in real life, will their characters have to die, too?
February 22, 2026
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Googoosh, the ‘Voice of Iran,’ has gone quiet – and that’s her point
Once Iran’s most electrifying pop icon, Googoosh is withholding her voice as a deliberate act of solidarity amid renewed unrest. Her silence, forged by a lifetime of censorship and exile, has become a political statement that resonates as powerfully as her songs once did.
January 20, 2026
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