Kousha Navidar appears in the following:
'This Country' Explores Moving to Rural America
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
A new graphic memoir tells the story of a New Yorker cartoonist's decision to move with his wife from San Francisco to rural Idaho.
'Landscape with Invisible Hand' Director Cory Finley
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
'Landscape with Invisible Hand' is a new sci-fi comedy-drama of an alien invasion that changes the U.S economy.
Charlotte Cardin is Canada's Rising Pop Star (Listening Party)
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
Canadian pop star Charlotte Cardin joins us in studio to preview her new album, out this Friday.
Examining the Role of Race in Shakespeare
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
A new book from author and scholar Farah Karim Cooper examines the role of race in Shakespeare's work.
How to Find (And Vet) A Potential Roommate (Summer in the City)
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
Evelyn Battaglia, contributing writer for Brick Underground, has written a few pieces this summer about the roommate search, and she joins to give some tips on the search process.
Steven Soderbergh and Kurt Andersen on ‘Command Z’
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
“Command Z” is a new series from writer Kurt Andersen and director Stephen Soderbergh, released as a surprise last month and available to stream only on Soderbergh’s website.
How to Plan to Pay Your Student Loans
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
On September 1, the pandemic student loan relief will expire, meaning millions will need to begin paying their student loans again so we talk about how to plan repayments.
An Inside Look Into the World of Telemarketing
Monday, August 21, 2023
A new documentary looks at the history and culture of telemarketing.
Mr. Greg & Cass McCombs’s Folk Songs for Children (Listening Party)
Monday, August 21, 2023
Cass McCombs and his friend Mr. Greg have teamed up to make a new children's album.
'The Inventor' is the Story of da Vinci, In Puppetry and Stop Motion
Monday, August 21, 2023
'The Inventor' is a new animated feature about the inventive life of Leonardo da Vinci
The Radical Roots of Plant-Based Eating
Monday, August 14, 2023
What hippies, civil rights activists and anarchist punks put on their plates and how it might be the key to imagining a different climate future.
When Barbie Stopped Being White
Thursday, August 03, 2023
The story of the first Black doll to have the name Barbie.
The Misunderstood Era of Crack Cocaine
Monday, July 31, 2023
A disastrous period in the 1980’s. Where we went wrong and what we keep doing wrong today.
A Punk Rock Guide to Making a Scene
Thursday, July 27, 2023
All great punk is a reaction to something. For artist James Spooner, he created Afro-Punk when he saw a room filled with nazis, and decided to make his own.
A Song to “Define the Most African Moment of My Life”
Monday, July 24, 2023
Which music speaks to your life in the U.S. when you’re part of a diaspora? Listeners tell us.
Lessons from Mom at a Magic Mike Show in Vegas
Monday, July 17, 2023
How immigrant stories can be happy stories too.
Affirmative Action is About More Than Acceptance Letters
Thursday, July 13, 2023
Everyone’s talking about affirmative action at elite universities. But they educate fewer than 5 percent of students seeking advanced degrees. So why should the other 95 percent care?
What Does “Color-Blind” Really Mean?
Monday, July 10, 2023
Affirmative action is gone. Ibram X. Kendi tells us the history leading up to this moment and what could be next.
Why It’s So Hard to Sound “American”
Monday, July 03, 2023
A culture war from our past: Before he could define America’s sound for the next century, Aaron Copland had to overcome conflict over what “America” meant.
