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The Health of the Music Industry

Discussions with artists about insurance, the Affordable Care Act, and the proposed Republican plan’s potential impact on their lives and work.

June 21, 2017

David Lynch’s Alternative Facts, or How Twin Peaks is the Only Response to Trumpian Surrealism

At a time when U.S. politics is beyond satire, Matthew Wilder finds a resonant parallel in the unbridled weirdness of Lynch's seminal TV show.

June 6, 2017

Yammer of Thor: Protect Sanctuary Cities

"America ain’t, nor has it ever been, white," and other reasons to fight.

May 26, 2017

Yammer of Thor: How to Be Kind

"In this bossy new column for Talkhouse, I will bestow many instructions for how to proceed in the face of crushing disappointment."

May 16, 2017

Victoria Ruiz (Downtown Boys) on Kendrick Lamar’s Necessary Power

In the face of white supremacy, DAMN. demands respect.

April 20, 2017

Escaping Escapism, Or How Political Movies Helped Me Find Hope Again

The Seattle-based writer-director fights her post-election malaise by watching everything from A Face in the Crowd to Falling Down.

April 20, 2017

Why Independent Filmmakers Make Great Activists

Andrew Matthews, a newly politicized filmmaker based in Austin, Texas, explains how his background prepped him for the new resistance movement.

April 18, 2017

John Waters for President!

Tommy O'Haver, director of The Most Hated Woman in America, makes his passionate pitch for who should be the next POTUS.

March 30, 2017

Kelly Reichardt and Humanism as a Political Statement

The Levelling writer-director Hope Dickson Leach on Certain Women and the compassionate approach of her former professor.

March 29, 2017

How I Learned the Importance and Value of Anger in Art

Oscar-nominated documentarian Guy Davidi reveals how his film about acting teacher Amir Orian shifted his views on how art and politics can intersect.

March 17, 2017

Why is the President So Afraid of the Arts?

Actress and writer Halley Feiffer tries to get to the bottom of why the new leader of the free world is taking aim at the creative community.

February 27, 2017

Comedian Neal Brennan Talks with Michael Kirk (Frontline) for The Talkhouse Film Podcast

The co-creator of Chappelle's Show sits down with one of the key figures behind Frontline, Brennan's favorite TV show of all time.