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Cannonball with Wesley Morris
Conversations about the culture that moves us – the good, the bad and whatever’s in between. Every week, critic Wesley Morris talks with writers and artists about the moment we’re in. Surprisingly personal and never obvious, new episodes drop Thursdays. Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on...
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Dark Pop Is In. But Gaga Is Mother.
Wesley Morris didn’t love Lady Gaga’s new album “Mayhem.” Then Caryn Ganz, The Times’s pop music editor, took him to see Mayhem — the tour — on its fi...
Robert Redford Was a True Movie Star. Are There Any Left?
Wesley Morris has been talking about movie stardom with Bill Simmons of The Ringer for as long as they’ve known each other. The actor and director Rob...
Is 'One Battle After Another' the Best Movie of the Year?
Paul Thomas Anderson is a very rare figure in Hollywood — he’s widely considered to be one of the very best directors of his generation, but he’s neve...
Is 'South Park' Trump-Proof?
This season, “South Park” is taking on the Trump administration the only way it knows how: with stop-motion, expletives and jokes about the size of th...
Nikole Hannah-Jones Knows Why History Feels Dangerous
Six years ago, with the publication of The 1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones argued that slavery was a foundational institution upon which the United...
Cannonball Will Be Back Next Week!
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The V.M.A.s Are This Weekend. Does Anybody Care?
It’s been a long time since MTV was appointment viewing. And yet, billions of people are still watching music videos on the regular — on YouTube. Wher...
The Summer Movies That Made Us
Wesley was formed in the glory days of the summer movie: “Total Recall.” “Ghost.” “Pretty Woman.” All from the same epic summer of 1990. He found this...
Is the New Spike Lee Joint Serving Pound Cake?
“Highest 2 Lowest” is an over-the-top, bougie and unapologetically New York movie. It might also be Spike Lee’s most conservative offering to date. We...
‘And Just Like That …’ Is Over Too Soon
Wesley is joined by another unapologetic fan of the “Sex and the City” reboot, Taffy Brodesser-Akner. Together, they celebrate a show about old friend...
Beyoncé Isn’t Giving Up on America
Wesley went to the final stop of the Cowboy Carter Tour. He talks through what he saw — the genre of it all, and the quietly powerful politics — with...
Don't Let the Vampires In
What does Ryan Coogler’s vampire movie “Sinners” have in common with the Drake-Kendrick beef? Wesley has a theory that he’s been sitting with for week...
What NYT’s Top 100 Movies Missed: 2 Former Video Store Clerks Get Real
Twenty-four years ago, Wesley Morris and the film curator Eric Hynes were just a couple of “cooler-than-you” cinephiles working at Kim’s Video, the be...
Has Dining Gotten Too Fine on ‘The Bear’?
Wesley Morris talks with Samin Nosrat, a chef and food writer, about her love-hate relationship with “The Bear,” a show that’s always racing against t...
The Closet in Pee-wee’s Playhouse
In the new HBO documentary “Pee-wee as Himself,” Paul Reubens, the creator of the iconic character Pee-wee Herman, comes out as gay. Reubens, who spen...
The Diddy Trial Is Over, but My Mind Is Still Racing
The trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs ended on Wednesday when he was convicted of two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution but was acquitted o...
Me and Bruno Mars — a Love Story
Host Wesley Morris has a confession to make: He loves Bruno Mars. Nothing wrong with that, right? With the help of the culture writer Niela Orr, Wesle...
Introducing: ‘Cannonball’ With Wesley Morris
A new weekly podcast, hosted by the critic Wesley Morris. Come on in, the culture’s fine.
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