Interview

Shadid holds forth

Interrogating the NY Times' Anthony Shadid

The two-time Pulitzer winner on sneaking into Syria, being kidnapped in Libya, and the high cost of getting the story in a war zone.

By Aaron Ross

 | Thu Jan. 26, 2012 3:00 AM PST
Paul van Dyk

The Evolution of EDM Pioneer Paul van Dyk

The superstar DJ on pissing off Hugo Chavez, laughing at Fox News, and his beef with Occupy Wall Street.

By Samantha Oltman

 | Mon Jan. 23, 2012 3:00 AM PST
Tim Gunn

Project Runway's Top Gunn

Tim Gunn on revolutionary fashion, the "It Gets Better" campaign, and why you're never too smart for style.

By Elizabeth Gettelman

 | January/February 2012 Issue
Fishbone

Interview: Fishbone on Stage and Screen

The black punk-funk-ska pioneers on the Fallon-Bachmann incident, bands they like, and the new film about their career.

By Alyssa Battistoni

 | Mon Jan. 16, 2012 3:00 AM PST

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Tamar Adler Cures Your Takeout Addiction

The writer and chef dishes on her new book, cooking in California vs. NYC, and the only five ingredients you really need in your pantry.

By Kiera Butler

 | Fri Jan. 13, 2012 3:00 AM PST
Elizabeth Warren illustration

Elizabeth Warren Raised $5.7 Million in 3 Months. But Can She Beat Brown?

The Harvard professor behind Obama's consumer protection bureau became a populist hero by taking on the banks. Now Wall Street wants revenge.

By Tim Murphy

 | January/February 2012 Issue

Huntsman on Obama: "A Pathology Emerges Here."

In an exclusive interview with me, the former Utah governor explains his charge that Obama is untrustworthy.

By David Corn

 | Tue Jan. 10, 2012 5:07 PM PST
Fred Armisen

Trading Faces: Portlandia's Fred Armisen

A comic sketch of the quick-drumming, hipster-lampooning, laugh-inducing SNL master impersonator.

By Jaeah Lee

 | Wed Jan. 4, 2012 3:00 AM PST

Film Review: El Sicario, Room 164

By Dave Gilson

 | Tue Dec. 27, 2011 3:00 AM PST
Maria Popova

Maria Popova's Beautiful Mind

The creator of Brain Pickings on how to think outside the corporate box.

By Hannah Levintova

 | January/February 2012 Issue
Questlove

Interview: How Questlove Stays Occupied

The Roots' drummer on signing with Jimmy Fallon, stumping for Obama, and cooking up Philly's neo-soul scene.

By Aaron Ross

 | November/December 2011 Issue

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Wed Nov. 16, 2011 5:47 PM PST

Meet Shpongle's Zany Ringleaders

Electronica luminaries Raja Ram and Simon Posford on sample-hunting, artistic soul, and how house music is like a cockroach.

By Samantha Oltman

 | Mon Nov. 14, 2011 3:00 AM PST

Interrogating the Creators of "Homeland," Showtime's Hot New Series

Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa on Claire Danes, illegal surveillance, and what they regret about "24."

By Hamed Aleaziz

 | Fri Nov. 4, 2011 2:00 AM PDT

Doing Wrong Right: The Devil Makes Three

Bluegrass? Roots? Old-time? What matters is that DM3 throws a rollicking good party.

By Lauren Ellis

 | Mon Oct. 31, 2011 2:00 AM PDT
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Michel Choquette's Astounding, Iconic 1960s Time Capsule

The curator of a new collection of long-shelved comic art on wooing Salvador Dalí, hiring a Hitler impersonator, and going bust for his dream.

By Tim J Luddy

 | November/December 2011 Issue
Shrigley cartoon

What the Hell Is David Shrigley Doing?

"Hey, I could've done that," you might say of the Scottish artist's dark, childlike drawings. Right, but you didn't.

By Tim McDonnell

 | Sat Oct. 22, 2011 2:00 AM PDT
Chuck Palahniuk

Chuck Palahniuk Goes to Hell

The bad-boy author of Fight Club and 11 other novels on his latest book, Damned.

By Adam Weinstein

 | November/December 2011 Issue

DJ Spooky's Icy Philharmonic

That "subliminal" über-conceptual mixmaster on Freud, his geeky college days, and his new Antarctica book.

By Hannah Levintova

 | Mon Oct. 17, 2011 2:00 AM PDT
Jeff Bridges

Jeff Bridges Abides

The Oscar-winning actor on becoming a real-life country singer, conquering stage fright, and keeping his "give-a-shitter in kick."

By Tim McDonnell

 | November/December 2011 Issue