‘Don’t Think Twice’ Isn’t about Comedians. It’s about People.
“Don’t Think Twice” is a lovely little film from the creative mind (and comic’s heart) of Mike Birbligia, a comedian and actor who clearly drew on his own experience to write and direct.
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Paradox Podcast Episode 62: Twitter Is Crazy, Watch TV Instead (with Matthew Hockman)
Credit: BBC via Netflix Matthew Hockman, known on Twitter as @matthops82, joins us to talk about TV shows and what life outside of Twitter is like—as well as what Twitter looks like now to...
Andy Serkis’ War for the Souls of the Apes
Serkis is the most important actor in movies in the last 15 years.
Paradox Podcast Episode 61: They Sent a Millennial to Deal with the Middle East. What Happens Next? (with Grant Gambling)
Grant Gambling, writer and keen observer of foreign policy, joined Matthias and Jordan this week to talk about Israel, standup comedy, the millennial who is taking on the Middle East and the general “tomfoolery”...
10 Standup Comedy Specials You Need to Stream on Netflix Now
“This guy doesn’t know what a lime is.”
Paradox Podcast Episode 60: Let Political Tribes Go (with Mary Katharine Ham)
Mary Katharine Ham drops by to chat about political tribes, Disney princesses and more on this week’s episode of the Paradox Podcast. She explains why Twitter isn’t the best way to share your political...
Paradox Podcast Episode 59: Follow Your Calling When It Comes to Adoption (with Sarah Stevenson)
Adoption advocate, mom and blogger Sarah Stevenson joins us this week to talk about a calling to adoption, her experience bringing her son home from China and the best way to support families who...
The Tribes of Climate Change
By MATT SHAPIRO This last week, I had a small conversation with Jason Emory Parker about climate change. I would say Emory is on “the left” and I’m on “the right” on this issue, but we...
Thank God We Can Be ‘Lazy’ in 2017
By J.D. ECARMA A scene in season 2 of Netflix’s “Master of None” sums up the American dream: being able to buy travel-sized shampoo and Vaseline. In the second season of Aziz Ansari’s semi-autobiographical Netflix...
The Homeless Conservative
By MATT SHAPIRO Last week, I flew from Seattle to Washington, D.C., to teach a workshop on data visualization. I have done this a few times, back in 2015 in what now seems like...