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Despite the implications of its subtitle, this is not a travel guide to Singapore, although readers run the risk of becoming tempted to venture there. Author Lim Tse Wei begins this collection of essays with the candid admission, “I am a somewhat unusual cook. My main qualificati ...  Show more

MacArthur Fellow and National Humanities Medalist Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, author of Plato at the Googleplex and The Mind-Body Problem, returns with a revelatory book about the primal drive that in our species alone has been transformed into one of our most persistent and uni ...  Show more

Hamamoto on YouTube: / @professorhamamoto Watch Lionel on Diddy verdict: https://youtube.com/live/KR85dKR3NaoWatch part 6 here: https://youtube.com/live/DViShfvP9yEWatch part 5 here: https://youtube.com/live/TaF8EMyS4V4Watch Prof Hamamoto Part 4 https://youtube.com/live/TkUr4CanA ...  Show more

In 1985, Greg Mack, a DJ working for Los Angeles radio station KDAY, played a song that sounded like nothing else on West Coast airwaves: Toddy Tee’s “The Batteram,” a hip hop track that reflected the experiences of a young man growing up in 1980s Compton. The song tells about th ...  Show more

On the latest episode of ALL THE SMOKE, one of the most revered figures in rap since his early-'90s debut, DJ Quik, sits down with Matt and Stak to reflect on his career. The legendary producer and rapper discusses how he broke onto the musical scene, and shares epic stories from ...  Show more

Hamamoto on YouTube: / @professorhamamoto Watch part 5 here: https://youtube.com/live/TaF8EMyS4V4Watch Prof Hamamoto Part 4 https://youtube.com/live/TkUr4CanA_kWatch Prof Hamamoto Part 3 https://youtube.com/live/qUHdKtabgNoProf. Darrell Hamamoto, who is an American writer, academ ...  Show more