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26:48
- Literature
- Music
Roads Less Traveled
Poet Tracy K. Smith, composer David Lang, and rapper Open Mike Eagle
Season 4, Episode
5
09:30
- Literature
Kory Stamper: Word By Word
Before Kory Stamper started writing dictionaries, she was just a kid in love with language
Season 4, Episode
4
07:26
- Art & Design
Robert J. Lang: Know How To Fold ‘Em
Former NASA physicist Robert Lang finds a natural fit for his mathematical mind in the ancient art of origami.
Season 4, Episode
4
09:35
- Music
Anthony Roth Costanzo: The Highs of Masculinity
When countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo sings, he confounds expectations of how a man should sound.
Season 4, Episode
4
26:48
- Music
- Art & Design
- Literature
Redefining “Possible”
Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, lexicographer Kory Stamper, and NASA physicist turned origami enthusiast Robert Lang
Season 4, Episode
4
12:35
- Architecture
- Literature
Gothic Truth & Fiction
Goth, in all its forms, appeals to the dark side of the human spirit; but, even in the shadows, there is light.
Season 4, Episode
3
05:58
- Art & Design
Our Greatest Fear
Humanity’s greatest fear is not the unknown; it is the certainty of our own mortality.
Season 4, Episode
3
08:12
- Literature
Fear of the Known
H.P. Lovecraft’s intergenerational legacy of horror.
Season 4, Episode
3
26:48
- Literature
- Architecture
- Art & Design
Goth, Death, and Lovecraft, Oh My! A Halloween Special
A dose of darkness can shed light on the human condition.
Season 4, Episode
3
10:00
- Music
tUnE-yArDs: Private Thoughts, Public Person
Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs has managed to quiet the destructive voices in her head.
Season 4, Episode
2
07:26
- Literature
Olivia Laing: Intimate Knowledge
Olivia Laing’s writing explores the aspects of life that are most difficult to put into words.
Season 4, Episode
2
08:40
- Art & Design
Bill Fontana: Hear, Now
Bill Fontana finds musical potential in everything.
Season 4, Episode
2
