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Boring? Nobody Calls Our Public Radio Station Boring!

"Leading WPLN's mission to stamp out boring public radio is its midday news show This Is Nashville. 'We loosened it up to give it more of a personality and an edge,' (COO Robert) Sanchez says. '... And it’s paid off.'" - Inside Radio

At Newfields/Indianapolis Museum Of Art, CEO Is Out After Only 15 Months

Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette came to Newfields in August 2022, in the wake of an outcry over a racially fraught job description for director of the art museum. No reason was given for Burnette's abrupt departure, and this story includes a correction of an earlier version reporting that she resigned. - Indianapolis Star

SuperAgent Andrew Wylie And Defining The Elite

“I thought, Well, I wonder if you can build a business based exclusively on what you want to read,” he says, understatedly. “That led me to understand, I think correctly, that best sellers were overvalued and works that endured forever were undervalued.” - The New York Times

James Burrows On How TV Sitcoms Have Changed

“I think it is niche television now because you don't have to get the rating that you got when there were only three networks … and 30 great comedy writers. You had to do shows that appealed to a massive audience. Now, there are 300 networks and 30 great comedy writers. …”  - KCRW

A Tale Of Two Very Different Ancient Romes

In one, painted by the male elite, Rome under the emperor becomes a nightmare vision of a world turned topsy-turvy. In the other, articulated by the tombstones of cooks and tasters and wet-nurses, imperial structures provided opportunities for new hierarchies, and new avenues to distinction, to develop. - Washington Post

Why Are We Still Lonely When We Have Loving Friends And Family?

Loneliness, it seems, is an existential hazard, something to which human beings are always vulnerable – and not just when they are alone. - Aeon

Progress On Mapping The Brain Has Been Painstaking. AI Might Change That

Guided by connectomic and other data to optimize thousands or even billions of parameters, machine-learning models could be trained to produce neural-network behaviour that is consistent with the behaviour of real neural networks — measured using cellular-resolution functional recordings. - Nature

How Barbra Streisand Redefined Diva

As a diva, Streisand has consistently defied instructions not to do something by doubling up her efforts. For example, at the start of her career when she was auditioning for record labels, one of the executives said she had a nice voice but was “too ethnic”. - The Conversation

A Remarkable Life Of Service: DC Schools’ Music Man Lyn McLain, 95

He brought classical music into the lives of tens of thousands of young people and was credited with diversifying the ranks of symphony orchestras across the United States. - Washington Post

How Black Musicians Are Reclaiming Folk Genres

Today Black folk performers have reached a critical mass and level of exposure not seen since the early decades of the 20th century, when Black bands like Cannon’s Jug Stompers and the Memphis Jug Band were among the most commercially popular in the country. - The New York Times

When ‘Regeneration’ Architecture Goes Disastrously Wrong

Sure, you can blame Boris Johnson for this Hackney Walk - and you might not be entirely wrong - but there's more to the story. - The Guardian (UK)

The Internet Has Changed How Those In Gaza Tell Their Stories To The World

And that has likely changed how Millennials and Gen-Zers see and feel about what's happening now. - The New York Times

Hollywood Will Be Glad To Know That Movies Can Be Therapeutic Gold

People in cinematherapy "engage with carefully selected films that resonate with their personal experiences. They connect with characters and storylines, extract meaning, and reflect on how the narratives relate." - Wired

The Occult Is Rising In The Art World

Surrealism is back, amid "a new generation has been inspired by witchcraft, mysticism and spiritualism." - The Observer (UK)

How National Parks Tell The Story, And The Myth, Of The United States

It's a provocative discussion. There are many sites "where the story is being reframed at this very moment." - Hyperallergic

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