Ben Adair appears in the following:
Samantha Irby Gets High on Light
Wednesday, July 19, 2017
Abbi and writer Samantha Irby have a trippy experience inside an artwork made entirely of light. They’ll never look at a sunset the same way again.
Tavi Gevinson Wonders When It’s Done
Wednesday, July 12, 2017
Abstract art can be hard to make sense of. What’s it all about? Am I getting it? With the help of choreographer Mark Morris and Rookie founder Tavi Gevinson, Abbi overcomes her doubts.
Hannibal Buress Really Wants to Touch the Art
Monday, July 10, 2017
Abbi Jacobson brings comedian Hannibal Buress to look at art that takes everyday objects — like a bicycle wheel or a teacup — and puts them on a pedestal. Literally.
Just Put Some Vicks On It
Wednesday, March 08, 2017
A granddaughter sets out to find the roots of her grandmother’s obsession with Vicks Vaporub. The little blue jar ends up changing their relationship.
The Woman Behind a Secret Grey's Anatomy Experiment
Wednesday, February 08, 2017
Jennifer Jako spent a lifetime trying to explain a single mistake she made. Ultimately, it took a secret experiment in one of America’s favorite TV shows to correct the record.
The Crowd Made You Do It
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
After many people gathered in Washington for inauguration and the Women’s March, Only Human looks at what happens to us as individuals when we become part of a crowd.
Group Think at the Inauguration?
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
We surveyed a bunch of people to try to measure how political affiliations might influence how they see things.
The Story of the World’s Sexiest Song
Thursday, April 21, 2016
Give Marvin Gaye some advice, he’ll turn it into R&B gold.
Beyond Time
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Fighting the inevitable march of time—or at least the common sense view of it.
Mojave Road
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Producer Ben Adair takes us on a tour of the Mojave desert and, in the process, confronts his own brevity in the face of geological time.
Mr. Clean
Saturday, July 30, 2005
Hollywood movies with any profanity must be cleaned up before they run on TV and on airplanes. We talked to an actor named Mark Sussman who specializes in dubbing over the smutty lines of Brad Pitt. Produced by Ben Adair and Ayala Ben-Yehuda of KPCC's Pacific Drift in ...
