‘Wait Wait’ for August 1, 2026: Live in Sonoma Mary Roach!
This week, Wait Wait is live in Sonoma with host Peter Sagal, special guest Mary Roach and panelists Joyelle Nicole Johnson, Tom Papa, and Shane Torres
Wild Card: Shania Twain
On Wild Card, famous guests answer the kinds of questions we often think about but don’t talk about. Country legend Shania Twain reflects on what she looks forward to about getting older.
Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex’ is a love letter to Gen Z
NPR’s Sacha Pfeiffer speaks with filmmaker Gregg Araki and actor Cooper Hoffman on their explicit new comedy, ‘I Want Your Sex.’
This ‘Spider-Man’ is struggling with work-life balance
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ takes the character into darker territory, as Peter Parker struggles without his friends in the face of evolving Spidey powers and a mysterious new threat.
‘I Want Your Sex’ urges Gen Z to get a little more X-rated
Olivia Wilde plays an artist who initiates a wildly inappropriate sexual relationship with her younger employee. But between the sex scenes, there are thoughtful conversations about age and intimacy.
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ grounds Spidey — and much of the fun
His Spidey senses are evolving and he misses his friends.
Celebrating Tony Bennett on what would have been his 100th birthday
Bennett, who died in 2023, was known for a string of hits, including “I Left My Heart in San Francisco.” Kevin Whitehead offers an appreciation and remembers some of Bennett’s lesser-known songs.
Remembering Irish singer–songwriter Glen Hansard
Best-known for his band The Frames and his part in the 2007 film Once, Hansard got his start as a street busker in Dublin. He died July 29 in a motorcycle crash. Originally broadcast in 2008.
LA’s legendary Cinerama Dome will reopen, bouncing back from pandemic bankruptcy
“People think of this as the ultimate Hollywood experience,” says Escott Norton, former executive director of the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation.
In ‘Spider-Man,’ ‘The Odyssey’ or ‘The Bear,’ Jon Bernthal loves to ‘take it too far’
“Our grit and our dedication is the one thing that we have control of,” Bernthal says. He plays a Spartan king in The Odyssey, and reprises his role as the Punisher in the new Spider-Man film.
