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Thespian, O Thespian! Glenn Close and Jon Lovitz show us their undying devotion for their one true love — acting! And the make-believe continues with young Olivia and her imaginary friend Charlie Ravioli, who is always too busy working to actually play with her.
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Jimmy Rogers and the Carter Family take us on a tour of some of country music’s early pioneers. Plus, the Fanny Farmer Cookbook and a General Motors ad from the 2008 recession: Take this car…please.
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It’s not Thanksgiving without some of the best music from Eastern Europe: Corky Bucek’s “Bing Bong Bing Bong Did a Liddle Liddle.” Plus, the perils of sexual overstimulation, and a story about God’s girlfriend from Simon Rich.
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Ian Frazier explores human fallacy and the pivotal question: Does doing something stupid make you an idiot? Or are you merely someone who suffers from idiocy?
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A collection of early country classics from the lovesick and broken-hearted — Webb Pierce, George Jones, Hank Williams and many others.
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Letters of recommendation, job rejections and sales contests — an exploration of the ups and downs of the modern workplace.
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I guess the Grandmother was right — they should have gone to East Tennessee instead. Flannery O’Connor’s brilliant, gothic 1953 short story.
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“Let us cross over the river and rest under the shade of the trees.” These were Stonewall Jackson’s last words, and they provide a poignant and fitting framework around this week’s episode, which explores love, loss, joy and death, and the ways in which they are all interconnected. From the personal to the poetic to the hilarious, we aim to show that laughter and tears often go hand in hand.