Ryan Benk
[Copyright 2024 NPR]
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For more than 60 years, this maestro of magic has collaborated with towering figures. Now on a new record, he turns to family. -
In Salzburg, Austria, Christmas involves both St. Nick and Krampus, a mythological punisher with roots stretching back to late antiquity and many fans in the present-day Central Alps. -
Decades of metamorphosis and drag performer Joey Arias is far from his final form. -
Ten years after their last new music release, Motion City Soundtrack is still as anxious as ever, but for different reasons. -
Dylan O'Brien and James Sweeney craft a kind of chemistry that is equal parts funny and heart-wrenching. -
Macon Blair's take on 1984's gore-core classic is as much a movie about love of family as it is a violent shock comedy. -
Logan Lerman and Molly Gordon say the line between love and horror is a thin one. -
The album's namesake, Polari, is a set of a few hundred words and phrases that was adopted by gay men as a way of speaking in secret during periods of criminalization. -
The Great Circle is all Indy, no Harrison. Iconic video game actor Troy Baker discusses how he reinterpreted the role. -
Gay rights pioneer Arnie Kantrowitz shelved dreams of publishing his novel. Three years after his death, his partner fulfils his wish.
