What was served at the REAL first Thanksgiving?
Thanksgiving is a time when we pretty much know what's going to be on the dinner table. It's almost religion that we have turkey, stuffing, pumpkin pi...
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The man who predicted digital 'hell'
Twenty three years ago, John Eger, a presidential advisor to Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford, predicted a digital "hell," in which the internet will fue...
The human toll of migrant family separations
The migrant family separations that were undertaken by the Trump administration, in an effort to discourage immigration through the unequivocal prosec...
Nazis and fascism: The sobering rhetoric entering our cultural discourse
The forced family separations at the US-Mexico border that occurred under a get-tough immigration policy by the Trump administration have opened up th...
The baroness and her viral video
An unlikely video has gone viral online -- sparking debate over whether it is an example of the type of sexism women have had to battle for generation...
The Parkland school shooting: should we blame video games?
On this episode: mass shootings and the media. After the high school shooting in Parkland, Florida, one idea for change has gained ground -- restri...
"Ready Player One" and "Warcross": One a Spielberg movie, one not
(Photo by: Jaap Buttendijk / Copyright: © 2017 WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC.) On this week's episode, CultureCast book editor Loretta Williams focu...
Christmas foods from Christmas songs; How to make GOOD fruit cake
Christmas time brings us scores of familiar songs. Many of them include references to foods and drinks that we may not really know much about in our m...
Women finding their voice
Our culture - from the artistic to the political - has been rocked in the last couple of months. We’ve had many allegations of misconduct and sexual h...
Religion and the FBI
Until recently, James Comey's twitter handle was "Reinhold Niebuhr." Not exactly a household name, but a significant figure in American culture and po...