David Schmader thinks "Showgirls" is the most brilliant bad movie ever made. He did a commentary for the new DVD edition and tells Steve Paulson why it's so hilarious.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Dave Barry went on the campaign trail with some of the lesser known presidential candidates and describes some of the humiliation they encounter.
What does it mean to be free? And what does it mean to live a personally authentic, honest life with ourselves and with others? These are the questions that Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their existential friends wrestled with in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Sarah Bakewell makes the case that their late-night conversations are especially relevant today. She's the author of "At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails."
Irish poet Dennis O'Driscoll has eight books of poetry. The latest one is "New and Selected Poems."
From one of Israel's leading novelists, a gorgeous and searing story about war and grief.
Chuck Klosterman talks about "Through a Glass, Blindly," the essay about voyeurism in his book, "Eating the Dinosaur."
NRBQ has been called the world’s greatest bar band, but prefer to say they play “omni-pop,” and explain that’s why they’ve lasted for over 35 years.
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