Episode 7: The Art of Blackness

Midway through its second season, Empire continues its reign, remaining one of the most-watched and talked about shows in recent memory. This week, the show's creator Danny Strong gives us a peek inside the royal Lyon family: revealing how he "discovered" the reason Lucious can't ...  Show more

The Sanfords. The Jeffersons. The Cosbys. The Winslows. The Banks's. And now the Lyons. In this special Thanksgiving episode, we talk about family: specifically, the evolution of the black family on television. NPR TV critic Eric Deggans tells us about his first encounter with th ...  Show more

Host Nakia Monet, Drew Jones, and LMarie C discuss episode 1 of season 7 of Black Ink Crew New York! Black Ink Crew is an American reality television series that airs on VH1 and debuted on January 7, 2013. It chronicles the daily operations and staff drama at an African American- ...  Show more

Betcha never realized how deeply color colored your world - and the world - until you found yourself dancing down the diagonal of this showstopping print. This episode was produced in partnership with the Harvard Art Museums. The exhibition "Prints from the Brandywine Workshop an ...  Show more

When you visit an art museum, you might be moved, inspired or, apparently, reunited with the “perfect” guy. Buckle up, as the gang analyzes what might be ANOTHER “Trapanga” for Cory in the form of fine art, as they try to figure out why so many storylines started when they were c ...  Show more

This episode delves into the fine line between cheesiness, kitsch, and high art. From the pastoral scenes of Gainsborough to the consumer culture critiques of Warhol and the polling experiments of Komar and Melamid, we examine how artists challenge and redefine our notions of tas ...  Show more