Media

Beth McCarthy-Miller on directing ‘SNL,’ sitcoms and the most notorious Super Bowl halftime show ever

Studio 360

May 16, 2019

A surprise lesson in directing Donald Trump.

Immigration Rewind

60 years before BTS, the Kim Sisters were America's original K-pop stars

PRI's The World

May 09, 2019

Sixty years before today's “K-pop invasion,” the Kim Sisters, a Korean girl group, landed on US shores and rocketed to stardom — singing American hits before they even learned English.

Media

HBO’s ‘Chernobyl’ revisits nuclear catastrophe with a nod to climate change

PRI's The World

May 07, 2019

A new look into HBO's upcoming miniseries "Chernobyl" gives us a deep look into the nuclear power plant disaster that rocked the then Soviet Union and continues to impact Ukraine to this day. Director Johan Renck spoke with Carol Hills about why he feels this story needs to be told.

Women & Girls

Ethiopian women abroad give abuse survivors a new platform — and a new voice

PRI's The World

May 07, 2019

The documentary "Surviving R. Kelly" brought attention to African American girls who were victims of sexual abuse by an older man. For those in the Ethiopian community, the film opened up the floodgates.

Arts, Culture & Media

'Eva's Stories:' The Holocaust seen through Instagram

Reuters

April 30, 2019

Hoping to enliven fading Holocaust memories, Israeli entrepreneurs have dramatized the plight of a Jewish teenager murdered by the Nazis by imagining her documenting her final months over social media.

Arts, Culture & Media

How to avoid accidentally becoming a Russian agent

The Conversation

April 26, 2019

The Mueller report reveals that some US citizens helped Russian government agents organize real-life events, aiding Russia's propaganda campaign. Don't be like them.

Arts, Culture & Media

YouTube impersonator to fill in for Trudeau on 'The Simpsons'

PRI's The World

April 23, 2019

A Canadian journalist who does impressions on YouTube will voice Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday's episode of "The Simpsons."

Arts, Culture & Media

Ready for her close-up, Guy-Blaché was a film pioneer lost to history

PRI's The World

April 22, 2019

Pamela Green is the director of a new film about Guy-Blaché called “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache.” She says Guy-Blaché changed the course of cinema.

Arts, Culture & Media

Competition for readers among Peru's tabloids leads to more fake news

PRI's The World

April 19, 2019

Since fomer President Alan García's death, there has been a flood of unverified death-bed photos, doctored audio and rumors published on social media and in tabloids.

Media

South African lawyer is first woman with albinism on Vogue cover: ‘The way I look is enough’

PRI's The World

April 18, 2019

Vogue Portugal's most recent cover features a black woman with albinism, Thando Hopa. A lawyer and activist from South Africa, she's the first model with albinism to appear on the cover of the global fashion magazine.

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