Pop Culture

Writer and commentator Dagoberto Gilb talks about his experience with trying to track down a psychic. While he never did get see her, a message telling his fortune did find its way to him.

A story for Valentine's Day from WBEZ's This American Life. Host Ira Glass talks about the drama of trying to be "just friends" with an ex-girlfriend.

Linguist Geoff Nunberg on the long history of the word "suburbs."

Steven Levy tells us why it's taken him to so long to use CD-ROMs and other multimedia.

Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg considers the rhetorical strategies of angry talk show hosts -- divorced from their politics.

Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg considers who was and is now considered a visionary.

Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg on Eurocentric culture.

Commentator Maureen Corrigan tells us about her trip to the auto show.

On the occasion of end of the Superman comic, language commentator Geoffrey Nunberg considers the origin of the word "Superman," and how "super" began to be used in other ways.

Commentator Maureen Corrigan tells us about her latest concession to the sedentary lifestyle...the purchase of a La-Z-Boy recliner.