Trey Kay

Mad for "Mad."

American Icons: ‘Mad Magazine’

American Icons

This is the magazine that made America snarky.

The cover of Nirvana’s 1991 album “Nevermind.”

American Icons: Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’

American Icons
I don’t wish I was in Dixie’s Land.

American Icons: ‘Dixie’

American Icons
President Obama

American Icons: ‘Amazing Grace’

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The World

BBC America’s The Office

Arts, Culture & Media
The World

Political Resonance

Arts, Culture & Media

In the dark fall of 2001, images from Moby-Dick surfaced in the press, as a strange literary footnote to the most shocking event of the last half century. Producer Trey Kay speaks with Professors Andrew Delbanco and Samuel Otter about a metaphor that is undeniably powerful and impossible to capture.

Bebe Bleue

Arts, Culture & Media

You’ve heard it in the mall this season — the 1981 song “Christmas Wrapping,” by the Waitresses. Bandleader Chris Butler wrote the song as a goof, and it never went away: the Waitresses had a New Wave classic on their hands. But after their surprise hit, Butler’s career took an unexpected turn, as Trey Kay […]

American Icons: “Mad Magazine”

Arts, Culture & Media

Along with serving up a generous helping of dirtyish jokes and goofy parodies, “Mad Magazine” changed the way we consume pop culture and how we talk about world affairs.

President Obama

The complicated story behind the famous hymn ‘Amazing Grace’

Culture

While the song has a universal message, its origins are much more complex.

The World

Alexis Rockman

He wants his paintings to help people visualize big scientific phenomena like genetic engineering and global warming. But Rockman, who has an exhibition at The Rose Art Museum through July 27th, sticks to real science when it comes to freaking his viewers out. Produced by Trey Kay.