The Notwist started out, as so many German bands do, by playing heavy metal. Nine albums and 24 years later, they've evolved into electronic pop musicians.
Zoe Kazan’s New Play Wrestles with the Muscular Side of Love
Zoe Kazan has recently premiered "Trudy and Max in Love," a play she wrote about a complicated affair between two writers.
‘Cavedigger’ Explores the Underground Life of Artist Ra Paulette
"Cave Digger" is a documentary by producer/director Jeffrey Karoff about a quixotic sculptor in New Mexico who creates elaborate, beautiful caves carved into the natural landscape.
Designing the World’s Best Pizza Box
Most of us would be more interested in what is inside a pizza box, but Scott Wiener is obsessed with innovation in the design of the box itself.
Sam Harris Will Not Be Upstaged by a Child
Singer, actor, all-around show-biz ham Sam Harris - now the author of "Ham: Slices of a Life, Essays, and Stories" - is forced to share the spotlight with a young ham-in-training.
Jackie Collins Knows What All Women Want
Nobody is prepared to answer our listeners' devious, steamy, and terribly glamorous etiquette questions quite like Jackie Collins.
Songs for a Quiet Night with Jeremy Jay
After working on his darkly dreamy new album in nigh-reclusion, we asked indie synth-pop musician Jeremy Jay for songs to play at a party.
Sumo-Sized History and a Trans-Pacific Cocktail
This week back in 1993, Chad Rowan became the first foreign-born athlete in 2000 years to reach yokozuna – the highest rank in sumo wrestling.
If You’re Happy and They Know It, Here’s an Ad
The latest innovation in consumer targeting: facial recognition software used by retailers to record a customer's psychological state while shopping.
“Actors on Lightbulbs” – Sam Harris
Sam Harris joins us this week to share stories from his own life in the spotlight – and he starts us off with an appropriate joke.