The Best TV of This Century?
The New York Times asked more than 500 TV insiders and experts to select their 10 favorite shows that premiered in the 21st century. That survey of the 100 best TV shows published this week.There’s lo...
25 Sep 56min
Cannonball Will Be Back Tomorrow!
This week’s episode will be about the New York Times list of the 100 Best TV Shows of the 21st Century (full list here). See you tomorrow! Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts,...
24 Sep 1min
Who Keeps On Choosin’ Texas?
Singer-songwriter Ella Langley’s country tune “Choosin’ Texas” entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart last November, and it hasn’t left. It’s just tied the record for the most nonconsecutive weeks at No....
17 Sep 45min
How 9/11 Changed Comedy
It has been 25 years since the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and Wesley has been reflecting on what has changed since then — particularly when it comes to comedy.The first film he saw in theaters after t...
10 Sep 50min
Caught Up in the Rapture of Anita Baker
Anita Baker’s second album, “Rapture,” was released in 1986 and became a breakout hit for the R & B singer from Detroit, winning two Grammys and selling eight million copies worldwide. The album’s eig...
20 Aug 51min
The Bicentennial Was Better!
What did we get for our country’s 250th birthday, a.k.a. the semi-quincentennial? An Ultimate Fighting Championship cage match on the White House lawn? A sparsely attended Great American State Fair? A...
13 Aug 46min
Madonna Returns as Queen of the Club
When Madonna’s new album, “Confessions II,” dropped in early July, it went straight to the top of the Billboard 200 (her 10th No. 1 album). Many of the 16 tracks plumb her own history for lessons lear...
6 Aug 49min
