Interview

Tamar Adler Cures Your Takeout Addiction

The writer and chef dishes on her new book, cooking in California vs. NYC, and the only five ingredients you really need in your pantry.

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| Fri Jan. 13, 2012 4:00 AM PST
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Elizabeth Warren Sets Her Sights on Scott Brown

The Harvard professor became a populist hero by taking on Wall Street. Now she's aiming for the GOP incumbent's Senate seat.

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| Thu Jan. 12, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Huntsman on Obama: "A Pathology Emerges Here."

In an exclusive interview with me, the former Utah governor explains his charge that Obama is untrustworthy.

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| Tue Jan. 10, 2012 6:07 PM PST
Fred Armisen

Trading Faces: Portlandia's Fred Armisen

A comic sketch of the quick-drumming, hipster-lampooning, laugh-inducing SNL master impersonator.

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| Wed Jan. 4, 2012 4:00 AM PST

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Film Review: El Sicario, Room 164

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| Tue Dec. 27, 2011 4:00 AM PST
Maria Popova

Maria Popova's Beautiful Mind

The creator of Brain Pickings on how to think outside the corporate box.

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| Wed Dec. 21, 2011 4:00 AM PST
Questlove

Interview: How Questlove Stays Occupied

The Roots' drummer on signing with Jimmy Fallon, stumping for Obama, and cooking up Philly's neo-soul scene.

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| Fri Nov. 18, 2011 4:00 AM PST

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Wed Nov. 16, 2011 6:47 PM PST

Meet Shpongle's Zany Ringleaders

Electronica luminaries Raja Ram and Simon Posford on sample-hunting, artistic soul, and how house music is like a cockroach.

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| Mon Nov. 14, 2011 4:00 AM PST

Interrogating the Creators of "Homeland," Showtime's Hot New Series

Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa on Claire Danes, illegal surveillance, and what they regret about "24."

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| Fri Nov. 4, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Doing Wrong Right: The Devil Makes Three

Bluegrass? Roots? Old-time? What matters is that DM3 throws a rollicking good party.

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| Mon Oct. 31, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
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Michel Choquette's Astounding, Iconic 1960s Time Capsule

The curator of a new collection of long-shelved comic art on wooing Salvador Dalí, hiring a Hitler impersonator, and going bust for his dream.

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| Fri Oct. 28, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
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What the Hell Is David Shrigley Doing?

"Hey, I could've done that," you might say of the Scottish artist's dark, childlike drawings. Right, but you didn't.

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| Sat Oct. 22, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk Goes to Hell

The bad-boy author of Fight Club and 11 other novels on his latest book, Damned.

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| Mon Oct. 17, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

DJ Spooky's Icy Philharmonic

That "subliminal" über-conceptual mixmaster on Freud, his geeky college days, and his new Antarctica book.

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| Mon Oct. 17, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Abides

The Oscar-winning actor on becoming a real-life country singer, conquering stage fright, and keeping his "give-a-shitter in kick."

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| Sat Oct. 15, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Justin Torres' Hard-Knock Debut Novel

The author of "We The Animals" on the fuzzy line between fiction and memoir, and why he hates the word "dysfunctional."

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| Mon Oct. 3, 2011 4:10 PM PDT

President Bartlet on President Obama

The voice behind Twitter sensation @Pres_Bartlet weighs in on the real world of Washington politics.

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| Mon Oct. 3, 2011 2:05 PM PDT
Michael Ondaatje

Michael Ondaatje, Among Thieves

The literary master discusses his fear of vampires, love of mongrels, and penchant for writing about pickpockets.

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| Mon Oct. 3, 2011 3:00 AM PDT
Rick Perry

Rough Justice Under Rick Perry

Two Austin filmmakers examine how the Texas governor and bad science abetted the execution of Cameron Todd Willingham.

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| Fri Sep. 30, 2011 3:00 AM PDT