"If a Greek family starts a pizzeria, if a Chinese family straight from Beijing opens a hot dog shop, are they appropriating or are they just smart?" says the Food for Thought author and former Good Eats host.
A new book argues that late-20th-century lowbrow culture created the modern world.
In Colombia, a court claims the answer is yes. Could that happen here?
Conservatives are picking up the unconstitutional weapons that intolerant progressives have deployed against them.
Long before Wicked came along, America's homegrown fairyland was filled with politics.
The outrageous seizure at the center of Rebel Ridge resembles real-life cash grabs.
Plus: A listener asks the editors for short quotes from fictional works that are representative of libertarian ideas.
Even though only one very specific version of the character is free to use, it still represents a positive step for creative expression.
The union wants you to throw your Barbie costume in the trash, scab.
The Liberal Fascism author and co-founder of The Dispatch talks candidly about the weird state of the contemporary political right.
A listless, cynical wrap-up to a decade of chaotic superhero storytelling.
The HBO series features what Ayn Rand would call "second-handers."
His most popular book, The Enormous Room, was recently reprinted for its 100th anniversary.
Momfluenced bemoans unrealistic expectations set on American mothers but then establishes new ones.
Hating tech billionaires is The Current Thing.
The "interactive artist" inspired by Jack Kirby and Barry Goldwater challenges social media and intellectual conformity.
Why are educational institutions in real life more like the one in Carrie than the one in Harry Potter?
Social media, streaming, and a new era of digital self-censorship
Friday A/V Club: Sight and Sound revises the film canon again.
Found families may ultimately lead to new ones.
The South Korean government brings the country's greatest cultural export to heel.
"Spazzing on that ass" does nothing whatsoever to harm people with cerebral palsy.
The Joy of Trash author talks about how D.A.R.E., bad TV, Weird Al Yankovic, and 9/11 created a generation of ironic idealists.
Nathan Rabin celebrates The Joy of Trash—and Gen X irony and cynicism—one terrible movie, book, and TV show at a time.
Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg star in another timid, lifeless video game adaptation.
Princess Leia shows us why hope is crucial for a liberty-oriented way of life.
Forget Robin DiAngelo and White Fragility. Theory of Enchantment uses popular culture to make workplaces more inclusive and welcoming.
Chloe Valdary's Theory of Enchantment program uses Kendrick Lamar, Cheryl Strayed, and The Lion King to ease workplace racial tensions.
A dumb movie with a dumb name based on a dumb idea.
Jackie Collins was a pop culture force to be reckoned with in the 1980s.
The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie
How Axl Rose reflected a country desperate but unwilling to move on from a worn-out postwar consensus on national identity, gender roles, and global hegemony.
WarnerMedia, the Ad Council, and the CDC are infantilizing us and insulting our intelligence.
Gerry Reith's raw, paranoid, apocalyptic fables were shot through with distrust for just about every institution around.
It's a telling sign when a video game opens with a warning that the events it depicts might be a little too close to life.
The rock legend fought for free speech and self-expression in ways that appealed to dissidents in America and communist countries alike.
Meanwhile on CBS, B Positive offers laughs about...kidney transplants.
On missing the accessible fruits of giant corporate filmmaking
Portland's Northwest Film Center pulls film from summer drive-in schedule after critics say it promotes "school-to-prison pipeline."
Little Richard helped make the United States a little more black, a little more queer, and a little more free.
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