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Welcome to Culture Crash, where we examine American culture – what’s new and old in entertainment… In September of last year, the band Twenty One Pilots released their album Breach, an alt pop rock offering from the hitmakers behind “Stressed Out,” “Ride,” and “Car Radio.” The album is a total force with an electricity and an urgency that’s potently felt in songs like “Drum Show” and “Center Mass.” One thing […]

This is Viewpoints Explained… President Donald Trump has been publicly clashing with the federal reserve and has made it clear he wants a different person in charge. The president has repeatedly criticized current fed chair Jerome Powell arguing that interest rates should be lower and that the fed’s apprehensive approach is holding back economic growth. That tension shines a light on topics that most people don’t think about very often: […]

Helping an adult child can feel like love in action until it quietly turns into dependence. We speak with financial psychologist Blad Klontz to understand how financial support – even when rooted in good intentions – can blur boundaries, strain relationships and create a long-term cycle that’s harder to break than most parents expect. Guests: Brad Klontz, financial psychologist, co-author of Start Thinking Rich. Living together in this day and […]

Camouflage wasn’t just engineered. It was designed. From World War I “dazzle ships” to today’s complex digital patterns, we trace how creative artists reshaped the look of warfare and changed the way the military thinks about perception, illusion and survival. Guests: Roy R. Behrens, artist, camouflage researcher. When the U.S. entered the war, it adopted dazzle camouflage too, and quickly expanded it. The navy turned to artists called camoufleurs to […]