The Culture Show Podcast

Jared Bowen is joined by Culture Show Contributors Maurice Emmanuel Parent and Joyce Kulhawik. Maurice Parent is an  award-winning actor, Professor of the Practice, Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies  at Tufts University, and Producing Artistic Director at Front Porch Arts Collective.  Joyce Kulhawik is an Emmy-award winning arts and entertainment reporter and President of the Boston Theatre Critics Association. You can find her reviews on Joyce’s Choices.They go over some of the week’s biggest arts and culture stories, which include:

• Macklemore’s pro-Palestinian remarks at MetLife Stadium ignited a larger fight over political speech, commercial pressure and Sheeran’s Loop Tour.
•  Sweeney’s nearly nude Novig campaign is drawing criticism from female athletes who say it relies on the sexualization of women in sports.
• Bernie Sanders and Steve Bannon found common ground at the Pro-Human Assembly as concern grows over the speed and consequences of AI.
• The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens in Los Angeles, bringing everything from Norman Rockwell and Frida Kahlo to comics, manga and Star Wars under one roof.
• We remember the legendary designer who dressed Cher, Carol Burnett and generations of stars in feathers, fringe, sequins and spectacle.