SHOW NOTES: Sources: Film Reviews: American Gigolo, Variety, Jan 30, 1980 American Gigolo, Films in Review, March 1980, Vol 31 Iss 3 American Gigolo Review, by Arthur Knight, The Hollywood Reporter, 1980Schrader Deep In ‘Gigolo’, Variety; Vol. 298, Iss. 4, […]
JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP via Getty Images JUNIOR KANNAH/AFP via Getty Images It’s hot. A mother works outside, a baby strapped to her back. The two of them breathe in toxic dust, day after day. And they’re just two of thousands, cramped
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States, in 1862. “When the dogmas of a sectional party…threatened to destroy the sovereign rights of the States, six of those States, withdrawing from the Union, confederated together to exercise the right and perform
In a Faustian bargain, there’s little suspense about how things will end. The Devil doesn’t hand anything over—beauty, knowledge, power—without first laying down some heavy hints. And so it goes as the lights dim for the musical “Death Becomes Her,”
Sharks are some of Earth’s ultimate survivors. They are among the oldest creatures on the planet, predating dinosaurs and trees and surviving multiple mass extinctions. They’re also hugely diverse, with more than 500 modern species swimming the world’s oceans, from
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three
SHOW NOTES: Sources: Easy Riders Raging Bulls: How the Sex-Drugs-And Rock ‘N Roll Generation by Peter Biskind Send Yourself Roses: Thoughts on My Life, Love, and Leading Roles Kindle Edition by Kathleen Turner Lawrence Kasdan Knows How To Listen, Hear
Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images The Fourth Amendment is the part of the Bill of Rights that prohibits “unreasonable searches and seizures.” But — what’s unreasonable? That question has fueled a century’s worth of court rulings that have dramatically
Hiero of Syracuse calls Archimedes to fortify the city. By Sebastiano Ricci. The Context of the Siege By 213 BCE, the Second Punic War was raging, and Rome was embroiled in a life-or-death struggle with the Carthaginian general Hannibal, who
Since the publication of Part 1 of this article, some additional qualifications have been added to the job description of electable female candidate. The electable female candidate doesn’t throw her hat into the ring. She delicately places it into the
