The Culture Show Podcast

On this edition of The Culture Show, Jared Bowen, Callie Crossley, and Joyce Kulhawik, go over the week’s top arts and culture headlines, which include:

• CBS is handing Stephen Colbert’s late-night slot to Byron Allen, marking a sharp change in tone. Colbert made the show a home for biting political comedy; Allen brings a broader, more mainstream style.
• “The Drama,”  starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, is generating controversy offscreen as well as on. A24 is facing backlash for marketing the film like a white wedding while delivering something much darker.
• “The Rocky Horror Show” is back on Broadway, along with the chaos that has always surrounded it. Producers are trying to honor the fishnet-clad fervor and audience call-backs that made it legendary without letting them take over the night.
• Governor Maura Healey is pushing to keep children under 14 off social media, arguing the platforms are designed to hook young users and expose them to harmful content. The Massachusetts House has already passed a bill that would do that.
• Kanye West has spent years testing how far his antisemitism and extremism can go. In Britain, he hit a wall: the U.K. barred him from entering the country, helping bring down London’s Wireless Festival.