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Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are 100% in a PR relationship. Here's how we know.
Taylor Swift and her maybe boyfriend, Kansas Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, have been inescapable the past few weeks. The pop superstar has been showing up at Chiefs games, and the NFL has been playi…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
In defense of bad movie accents
We can all think of a bad movie accent. There's Lady Gaga in House of Gucci, Brad Pitt in Meet Joe Black, or Emma Watson in The Bling Ring. A bad accent takes you out of a movie, right? Well, Brittan…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
It's Fat Bear Week - but our fascination with bears is timeless
Every year, the Katmai National Park in Alaska puts on a March Madness-style bracket of all the fattest bears in their park. It's a celebration of fatness, because a fat bear ahead of hibernation mea…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Jordan Peele presents a 'new' Black horror
This week, host Brittany Luse kicks off spooky season by sitting down with the current champion of Black horror, Jordan Peele. In his most recent project, he's taken his talents from the screen to th…
Published on 2 years, 2 months ago
Hasan Minhaj and the limits of representation
A recent New Yorker piece on Hasan Minhaj found that some crucial bits of his stand-up act didn't stand up to fact-checking. Stretching the truth in comedy is par for the course, but how does that wo…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
How Bethann Hardison changed the face of fashion - and why that matters
Bethann Hardison is the fashion icon behind so many fashion icons: she worked as a modeling agent in the era of the supermodel – brokering the careers of stars like Kimora Lee Simmons and Tyson Beckf…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
The WNBA's coming out story; plus, the dangers of sports betting
This year, the WNBA had its most-watched regular season in 21 years, but what went into creating this new moment of visibility for the league? Host Brittany Luse is joined by Katie Barnes, author of …
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
The year concert etiquette went to trash and why
Every couple of weeks there's a new story of a fan at a concert misbehaving. One fan threw ashes at Pink, another hit Drake with a cellphone, Miranda Lambert stopped her show when fans took selfies w…
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Is capitalism in its flop era?
In 2017, Today, Explained co-host Noel King says she started getting a vibe: young people were discussing and dissecting capitalism. She began noticing the word in pop culture and cultural reporting …
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago
Rock and roll's pioneer is a queer, Southern Black man
When you think of rockstar royalty, a queer, Southern Black man normally doesn't come to mind. But director Lisa Cortés wants us all to reconsider that thought. Her documentary, Little Richard: I Am …
Published on 2 years, 3 months ago