Guilty Pleasures
Guilty Pleasure: ‘Sweet Valley High’
How “Sweet Valley High,” a series of YA novels about blonde twins in California, made an impact on a schoolgirl in Nigeria.
Guilty Pleasure: Tig Notaro defends ‘Photograph’ by Nickelback
Guilty Pleasure: Lynda Barry steps into ‘The Family Circus’
Guilty Pleasure: Hari Kondabolu loves ‘Untamed Heart’
The stand-up comedian reveals his gateway guilty pleasure.
Guilty Pleasure: ‘Sweet Valley High’
How “Sweet Valley High,” a series of YA novels about blonde twins in California, made an impact on a schoolgirl in Nigeria.
Werner Herzog on the art of narration, Gorbachev and cat videos
The craft behind Herzog’s unmistakable voice-over.
Guilty Pleasure: ‘The Godfather: Part III’
One brave critic not only defends, but praises Francis Ford Coppola’s much maligned sequel.
Guilty Pleasure: The anthropological whiteness of Hallmark Channel Christmas movies
Why a black Muslim prison reform activist became an aficionado of the all-white world of Hallmark Christmas movies.
Guilty Pleasure: Learning to love Lawrence Welk
How someone who grew up thinking Lawrence Welk was square grew to find him oddly progressive ... and even subversive.
Guilty Pleasure: Defending Styx’s ‘Babe’
A writer comes clean about his secret favorite song.
Guilty Pleasure: Christian rock, for a nonbeliever
Listener Sam Cook left the church — but he can’t leave Christian rock behind.
Guilty Pleasure: Comic Sans, the world's most hated typeface
The widely loathed font serves a noble purpose.
Guilty Pleasure: ‘Do That to Me One More Time’
Singer-songwriter Rosanne Cash makes the case for why this pop song from 1980 is worth a deeper listen.