I Think You're Interesting

Mahershala Ali, from Moonlight to True Detective

What do The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and Parks and Rec have in common? Michael Schur.

Christmas music you won't get sick of, with R&B star PJ Morton

Losing is hard. But comedian Chris Gethard says it’s necessary.

How to not screw up Thanksgiving dinner, with Salt Fat Acid Heat's Samin Nosrat

Hollywood’s past can help us understand its present. Karina Longworth shows us how.

Writer Diablo Cody, on Jennifer's Body, Juno, and Jagged Little Pill (the musical)

How to build a civilization from scratch

What great horror looks and sounds like, with the makers of The Terror and A Quiet Place

Why Yeardley Smith, the voice of Lisa Simpson, launched a true crime podcast

Better Call Saul's showrunner tells us everything about the show's amazing finale

The history of the American circus, with the people who worked there

BoJack Horseman's sly, funny brilliance, explained by the people who make it

Jon Batiste, Stephen Colbert’s bandleader, on making music in New Orleans, on the subway, and on late night TV

Janet from The Good Place and Kelli from Insecure on making TV's funniest shows even funnier

TV ratings, explained

One of the best TV shows of the year is a documentary about racial inequities in education

How to make a movie starring the internet, with Eighth Grade director Bo Burnham

The incredible true story behind Spike Lee's new movie BlacKkKlansman

Why the binge model doesn’t always make the best TV

Sharp Objects’ Patricia Clarkson on finding the mom roles worth playing

Sorry to Bother You director Boots Riley on labor unions, capitalism, and his hit movie

How Neko Case writes her beautiful, brilliant songs

The Handmaid’s Tale season 2 and the summer’s biggest movies, discussed and explained

Inside the world’s best true-crime podcast

You may not immediately recognize Bob Balaban’s name. But you know his voice

Stand-up Hari Kondabolu is so much more than The Problem with Apu

Aisha Tyler on Archer, standup comedy, and being Aisha Tyler

How to make great TV, according to the showrunners of Black Lightning, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, and Vida

The Americans' showrunners and star bid farewell to TV's best show

What great horror looks and sounds like, with the makers of The Terror and A Quiet Place

Veteran comedy writer Nell Scovell on 30 years of being "the only woman in the room"

The Magicians' Sera Gamble on making great fantasy TV without Game of Thrones money

Thanos and Roseanne: how two mad titans took over pop culture

Why 2001: A Space Odyssey is still one of the greatest films ever made, 50 years later

How Jean Smart beat Hollywood's age biases to build a nearly 40-year career

Wonderful Midwestern moms, explained by comedian Louie Anderson (who plays his own mom on TV)

The 5 best coming-of-age movies about teen girls

Jason Katims, showrunner of Friday Night Lights and Rise, on why teens make great TV

How to write a joke for President Obama

Bill Nye, on becoming the Science Guy and Saving the World

Designing the worst workplace in the world. (Only for a TV show. Don’t worry.)

The "I Think You’re Interesting" Oscars Spectacular

Love the look of Black Panther's Wakanda? Meet the woman who designed its costumes.

Finding work — or just creating your own — as a deaf actor in Hollywood

"Narnia was not up to code": The Magicians' Lev Grossman on building fantastical worlds

Justina Machado is giving one of TV's best performances. Here's her acting advice.

How Hans Zimmer found the music of the ocean

The best film and TV performances of 2017, according to our critics panel

Phil Rosenthal created Everybody Loves Raymond. Now he hosts a food and travel show. Can we have his life?