Culture

Our idols are plotting against us. Spotify, Apple Music, TIDAL and YouTube need us to pledge our pennies on the dollar toward their music because otherwise this thing we love cannot exist. To listen to our favorite artists, we often...

Mac Miller paused, contemplating the question. He seemed unsure. Not about his answer, but if he should admit it aloud. “What emotion do you want to explore next in your music?” a fan had asked at CRWN, rap journalist...

As the workplace inclines further into an online environment, as we rely further on tools like emails and Skype calls and social media, companies want to manifest central avenues to house all this digital chatter. That’s why companies use SaaS...

Everyone loves Katie Couric. Right? Okay, maybe not everyone, but you totally should. Hearing her this week on Marc Maron's podcast, WTF, reminded me that she is super smart, funny, self-deprecating, earnest about the right stuff, and joke-y when...

Yesterday was National Register to Vote Day, which means celebs and politicians of all types were encouraging people to check their registration. Keeping with the theme was The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert, who, with the help of some famous guests,...

If you've noticed more people than usual standing in your path with clip boards, begging you to lend a hand in this crazy little thing called democracy, that's because it's National Voter Registration Day. It's like Christmas or Hanukkah, except...

Last night, I slept the sleep of someone unburdened by the current state of American politics. Beginning at 7 p.m., I instilled a total Presidential Debate Blackout. No one was allowed to text or call me about the Hillary...

 

 

Neil deGrasse Tyson doesn’t seem like a very fun dinner guest to host. This is to say nothing of whether Tyson is an important or influential cultural totem; no doubt he’s both. But is his conversation threads the right...