In the early hours of a September morning last year, Nicolas Morales Besanilla, a 37-year-old farmworker, woke his 12-year-old son and namesake, Nicolas Jr., from sleep in their home in Immokalee, Florida. He told his son he was seeing “spirits and creatures,” and shortly thereafter climbed through a back window …
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T he YouTuber David Dobrik is driving his white Tesla through the verdant hills of suburban Los Angeles, explaining the challenges of selling thin-crust-style pizza in L.A., his assistant Natalie texting in the back seat and Billy Joel on pause on the stereo, when he abruptly stops talking. “I got …
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PattonOswaltand Meredith Salenger have announced a new podcast called Did You Get My Text? where the “bubbly, happy married couple go over their texts and stuff.” “We live in the same house and we rarely see each other for some reason,” Oswalt says in the trailer of their busy schedules. …
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After exploring the Watergate scandal, the impeachment of Bill Clinton, and more, the podcast Slow Burn will offer a beat-by-beat accounting of the years leading up to the Iraq War when it returns for its fifth season, April 21st. Reporter Noreen Malone helmed this investigation, which will examine how the …
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British actress Nathalie Emmanuel kicked off this latest episode of “The First Time” by sharing how she first got involved with her latest project, Audible‘s The Coldest Case. Her agency first reached out to her about the opportunity at the beginning of the first Covid-19 lockdown in London. “Everyone was …
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This column is a collaboration with DoubleBlind, a print magazine and media company at the forefront of the psychedelic movement. Psychedelic reform isn’t exactly President Joe Biden’s top priority. But as his administration and the new congress gets underway, advocates are hopeful that the next four years will continue to …
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The first recorded reading of Allen Ginsberg‘s poem “Howl,” which was lost for decades, will be finally be released on April 2nd, 2021. Ginsberg’s debut public reading of one of the greatest works of American literature occurred at San Francisco’s Six Gallery in October 1955, with Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, …
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Governor Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that he will introduce a proposal that would finally legalize marijuana in New York state. “I’m announcing a proposal to legalize cannabis and create an equitable adult-use cannabis program in NYS,” Cuomo tweeted Wednesday. “This program will generate much-needed revenue, while allowing us to support …
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“Can we sort of do a video version of an AIDS quilt?” That was the idea playwright Matthew López had when he reached out to actor friends and acquaintances to see if they would read passages from a pivotal monologue from his epic, two-part play The Inheritance, about gay life …
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“Black Pill” is internet slang that has gained prominence in 2020. It’s an alternative to the Matrix’s red/blue pill binary, and, as opposed to “opening your mind,” it refers to something that makes you look to the future with harsh and utter pessimism. Last night’s debate was a bulky and …
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