• music What bands deserve musicals? By Caroline Siede, Noah Cruickshank, Jason Heller, Zack Handlen, Genevieve Valentine, Molly Eichel, Caroline Framke, Erik Adams, Emily St. James, Brandon Nowalk, Alasdair Wilkins, Dennis Perkins, Mike Vago June 20, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux Ice T’s Final Level joins the ’masses, talks Manslaughter and Maya Angelou By Dan Telfer, Caroline Siede, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Dan Jakes, Maggie Serota, Dennis DiClaudio, Joe White, Nowah Jacobs, Andrea Battleground, Tim Karan, Colin Griffith, Marah Eakin, D.X. Ferris June 16, 2014 | 5:00pm
• tv What are your favorite running gags? By Caroline Siede, Noah Cruickshank, Jason Heller, A.A. Dowd, Joshua Alston, Zack Handlen, Molly Eichel, Caroline Framke, Erik Adams, Brandon Nowalk, Sonia Saraiya, Alasdair Wilkins, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Dennis Perkins, Tasha Robinson June 13, 2014 | 5:00am
• music Bad dads: 19 songs about shitty fathers By Noah Cruickshank, Jason Heller, Josh Modell, Zack Handlen, David Anthony, Erik Adams, Sam Barsanti, Alasdair Wilkins, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Sonia Saraiya June 11, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux Kumail Nanjiani to take on every episode of The X-Files in new podcast By Matt Kodner, Dan Telfer, Caroline Siede, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Alex Heimbach, Dan Jakes, Maggie Serota, Dan Fitchette, Nowah Jacobs, Andrea Battleground, Tim Karan, Colin Griffith, Marah Eakin, D.X. Ferris June 9, 2014 | 5:00pm
• aux The Rise & Fall Of Great Powers finds the right balance of pathos and quirk By Noah Cruickshank June 9, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux Stuart Dybek on the art of the short story centered on a single object By Noah Cruickshank June 5, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux You Made It Weird offers the most personal glimpse of Bill Nye to date By Matt Kodner, Dan Telfer, Caroline Siede, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Dan Jakes, Maggie Serota, Dennis DiClaudio, Dan Fitchette, Becca James, Nowah Jacobs, Andrea Battleground, Colin Griffith, Marah Eakin, Paula Mejia, D.X. Ferris June 2, 2014 | 5:00pm
• tv What’s a piece of art you know you should like but just can’t? By Noah Cruickshank, Joshua Alston, Zack Handlen, Carrie Raisler, Molly Eichel, Caroline Framke, Erik Adams, Sonia Saraiya, Emily St. James, Sam Barsanti, Brandon Nowalk, Alasdair Wilkins, Mike Vago, Dennis Perkins, Tasha Robinson May 30, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux RuPaul nails it on WTF, and a podcasting documentary is on the horizon By Matt Kodner, Dan Telfer, Caroline Siede, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Alex Heimbach, Dan Jakes, Maggie Serota, Dennis DiClaudio, Becca James, Nowah Jacobs, Andrea Battleground, Colin Griffith, Marah Eakin, D.X. Ferris May 26, 2014 | 5:00pm
• aux Travel back to the ’90s this week with analysis of The Craft and Garbage By Matt Kodner, Dan Telfer, Caroline Siede, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Alex Heimbach, Dan Jakes, Maggie Serota, Dennis DiClaudio, Dan Fitchette, Nowah Jacobs, Andrea Battleground, Tim Karan, Marah Eakin, Paula Mejia, D.X. Ferris May 19, 2014 | 5:00pm
• tv What's your pop culture dealmaker? By Caroline Siede, Alasdair Wilkins, Noah Cruickshank, Josh Modell, Joshua Alston, Zack Handlen, David Anthony, Molly Eichel, Erik Adams, Caroline Framke, Becca James, Brandon Nowalk, Sam Barsanti, Sonia Saraiya, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Dennis Perkins, Emily St. James, Laura M. Browning May 16, 2014 | 5:00am
• film Same foot, different ball: 14 movies about athletes who switch sports By Noah Cruickshank, Josh Modell, David Anthony, Erik Adams, Les Chappell, Marah Eakin, Tasha Robinson May 14, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux Marc Maron meets Mad Men’s Jared Harris, and both are delighted By Matt Kodner, Dan Telfer, Caroline Siede, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Alex Heimbach, Dan Jakes, Maggie Serota, Dennis DiClaudio, Dan Fitchette, Nowah Jacobs, Andrea Battleground, Tim Karan, Marah Eakin, D.X. Ferris May 12, 2014 | 5:00pm
• tv What’s your cultural dealbreaker? By Caroline Siede, Noah Cruickshank, Joshua Alston, Zack Handlen, Genevieve Valentine, David Anthony, Molly Eichel, Erik Adams, Caroline Framke, Becca James, Emily St. James, Sonia Saraiya, Alasdair Wilkins, Mike Vago, Marah Eakin, Dennis Perkins, Laura M. Browning May 9, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux Eddie Izzard fascinates as unique comedic force and social activist By Matt Kodner, Dan Telfer, Caroline Siede, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Alex Heimbach, Dan Jakes, Maggie Serota, Dennis DiClaudio, Dan Fitchette, Nowah Jacobs, Andrea Battleground, Tim Karan, Colin Griffith, Marah Eakin, Paula Mejia, D.X. Ferris May 5, 2014 | 5:00pm
• aux Michael Cunningham’s The Snow Queen offers a slice of life about listless people By Noah Cruickshank May 5, 2014 | 5:00am
• tv 16 gimmicky real-time entertainments (that actually work) By Caroline Siede, Kevin McFarland, Noah Cruickshank, Josh Modell, Brandon Nowalk, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Andrea Battleground, Emily St. James, Drew Fortune, Marah Eakin, Laura M. Browning May 5, 2014 | 5:00am
• aux Mark-Paul Gosselaar manages to entertain by sharing “mom issues” By Matt Kodner, Dan Telfer, Caroline Siede, Kevin McFarland, Noah Cruickshank, Trip Cook, Alex Heimbach, Dan Jakes, Maggie Serota, Dennis DiClaudio, Nowah Jacobs, Andrea Battleground, Tim Karan, Colin Griffith, Marah Eakin, D.X. Ferris April 28, 2014 | 5:00pm
• aux Song Exploder joins the ’mass, explores the theme to Bob’s Burgers By Genevieve Koski, Dan Telfer, Caroline Siede, Kevin McFarland, Noah Cruickshank, Dan Jakes, Maggie Serota, Dennis DiClaudio, Dan Fitchette, Nowah Jacobs, Andrea Battleground, Tim Karan, Colin Griffith, Matt Kodner, D.X. Ferris April 21, 2014 | 5:00pm
• film Double threats: 15 movies featuring cameos from indie rockers By Annie Zaleski, Jason Heller, Noah Cruickshank, Leslie Simon, Josh Modell, Phil Dyess-Nugent, Ignatiy Vishnevetsky, Andrea Battleground, Mike Vago April 21, 2014 | 5:00am