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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 show…
2 years, 11 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 acc…
2 years, 11 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 fa…
2 years, 11 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 pro…
3 years 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 …
3 years 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 career…
3 years 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 B…
3 years 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…
3 years 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 notici…
3 years 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 th…
3 years ago