The Tiny Desk winners share their music influences and their big New Orleans sound.

Former MPAA rater Howard Fridkin walks Kurt through the f-bombs, thrust counts, and gun shots that determine if a movie is G, PG, PG-13, or R. 

Guitarist and movie producer Stevie Salas shares the untold history of Native Americans in rock and roll. 

“Veep” co-star and Upright Citizens Brigade co-founder Matt Walsh gives a crash course on ad-libbing for movies and television. 

Slate senior editor and podcast host Sam Adams shares some of his favorite conspiracy thriller movies and explains what these films say about the American psyche.

Music industry guru Jimmy Iovine walks us through how he’s sold us music for the past 40 years, from Patti Smith to Dr. Dre to Apple Music.

Arts critic Philip Kennicott: “Anxiety about the climate is not an issue that is miles and miles and miles away from what happens inside museums and opera houses.”

Errol Morris talks about “The B-Side” and Donald Trump’s favorite movie.  

Bestselling Young Adult author Angie Thomas on how the late TLC performer Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes spoke to her at a very troubling point in her life.