David Krasnow appears in the following:
American Icons: I Love Lucy
Thursday, June 01, 2017
It set the model for the hit family sitcom. Lucy's weekly antics and humiliation entered the DNA of TV comedy: from “Desperate Housewives” to “30 Rock,” writers can’t live without Lucy.
American Icons: Superman
Thursday, April 06, 2017
Kurt Andersen goes up, up and away with Superman and finds out why "The Man of Steel" remains as popular and elusive as ever.
American Icons: Monticello
Thursday, March 09, 2017
This is the home of America’s aspirations and its deepest contradictions.
Gary Marcus: Enhancing Creativity
Thursday, October 13, 2016
Musicians are famous for their wild and often intoxicated lifestyles, but does a lack of inhibition in the brain actually make you a better musician?
The Flame Alphabet
Thursday, September 08, 2016
In his novel “The Flame Alphabet,” Ben Marcus imagines what would happen if children’s speech made their parents sick.
Our Computers, Our Viruses, Our Selves
Thursday, September 08, 2016
We’ve been living with computer viruses since the earliest networks. But how similar are they to biological ones?
Missed Connections for A-Holes
Friday, August 26, 2016
These are missed connections you’ll be glad you missed.
Lois Lowry: The End of 'The Giver'
Thursday, July 07, 2016
Lois Lowry’s “The Giver” was one of the first dystopian YA novels — and one of the most banned.
American Icons: The Disney Parks
Thursday, June 16, 2016
Stories from inside the oddly touching, sometimes creepy, deeply American utopia that Walt Disney created.
American Icons: 'Untitled Film Stills'
Thursday, May 05, 2016
Photographer Cindy Sherman’s pioneering series "Untitled Film Stills" transformed what self-portraits could be.
G.P.S. Directions for Getting Home Drunk
Friday, March 04, 2016
Siri navigates you home from the party after a few too many.
Missed Connections for A-Holes
Friday, February 26, 2016
These are missed connections you’ll be glad you missed.
Finding Music in the Political Circus
Friday, February 12, 2016
A songwriter and composer hits the campaign trail in search of musical theatre.
American Icons: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Thursday, December 31, 2015
Ken Kesey had worked in a mental hospital, but his first novel was really a parable of what happens when you stand up to the Man — a counterculture fable that doesn’t end well.
Let's Get Drinks
Friday, December 04, 2015
Why is it so hard to make a simple plan with a friend? Lena Dunham and Allison Williams, from the HBO series “Girls,” perform Kelly Stout’s “Let’s Get Drinks.”
The Computer As Artist
Thursday, November 12, 2015
Creative types tend to think computers will never take their jobs. They haven’t met Brutus.
Eve Sussman's Algorithmic Noir
Thursday, November 12, 2015
The movie “whiteonwhite” has human actors, director, and crew. But its editor is an algorithm that creates a different version of the film each time it plays.
The Privileged Few
Friday, October 23, 2015
Allison Williams of HBO's Girls reads "The Privileged Few," by George Meyer.
American Icons: The Lincoln Memorial
Thursday, September 10, 2015
The Lincoln Memorial is now one of the most treasured landmarks of Washington, D.C. But for decades people fought over every aspect of it — and even whether it should be built at all.
American Icons: Native Son
Thursday, July 30, 2015
The story of a young man in the ghetto who turns to murder was an overnight sensation. But some think "Native Son" exploited the worst stereotypes of black youth.
