Andrew Ti

The Podcasting Oracle Behind ‘Yo, Is This Racist?’

What is the most racist drink you can order? After mulling the question, Andrew Ti, creator of the blog and podcast “Yo, Is This Racist?,” deems the Negroni, the gin-Campari-vermouth concoction, the winner, followed by the Irish Car Bomb. Ti categorizes the latter as one of those “kind of insensitive drinks.” Luckily, we’ve both ordered racially neutral beverages: the house IPA for him and a Diet Coke for me.

“Yo, Is This Racist?,” created on a whim in 2011, is a fairly simple operation that is intended to be serious but …

by Emily Lombardo | August 22, 2013

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John Lehr

Hollywood’s Most Affable Caveman

by Fuzz Hogan | July 25, 2013

John Lehr’s most famous “role,” if you can call it that, masks a personality that is, at heart, a persistent smile. You’ve seen him—and heard him—over the years as the …

Neal Baer

The Crusading Wonk Behind SVU and Under the Dome

by Andrés Martinez | June 25, 2013

The novel may be Stephen King’s, but Under the Dome is the perfect conceit for Neal Baer. If you caught Monday night’s pilot episode of the new buzzy show on …

Arun Chaudhary

Careful, Mr. President, My Camera Is On

by Fuzz Hogan | April 30, 2013

Arun Chaudhary is already a few sips into his Rams Head IPA when I arrive at the Pug on H Street in Washington, D.C. H Street is what passes for …

Russell Shorto

The Man Who Put the Dutch Back on the U.S. Map

by Andrés Martinez | February 13, 2013

Russell Shorto, the American writer who has wound up becoming an unlikely cultural ambassador for the Netherlands, flinches uncomfortably when I say he must be a national hero, but then …

César Castro

Para Bailar ‘La Bamba,’ You Need Some Jarocho Music from Veracruz

by Ted B. Kissell | November 8, 2012

In his quest to bring the sound and spirit of son jarocho music to Los Angeles, César Castro has had to adapt. After all, as intimately connected as L.A. is …

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