Alex Barron

About forty percent of avocado openings result in fatality. Be careful out there.    

The author of “Fear of Flying” on the importance of grandparents.

Adam Davidson ate a sandwich thirteen years ago that he never forgot; the food expert Dan Pashman set out to re-create it.

Chelsea Manning on the quick decision she made to send seven hundred and fifty thousand government documents to WikiLeaks.

Ellie Kemper, the star of “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt,” plays a total nobody with delusions of ballet grandeur.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus says that the Trump campaign made “Veep,” a satire of Washington, look like “a somber documentary” on the political process.    

Vinson Cunningham talks with teen-age activists about the value of an old-fashioned protest.

Jenny Slate reads a story about a magical time of unfettered creativity, and zero productivity.

Sherman Alexie reads his new story about a motel maid confronting some of the ugly sides of human nature.    

In a classic children’s book, two siblings run away to the Metropolitan Museum, in New York. A fan followed in their footsteps.

Todd Niesle is away skiing with his brother, so turn on your audio guide and take this tour of his apartment. Stephanie Janssen performs Patricia Marx’s piece “Audio Tour.”  

David Remnick and Ryan Lizza listen back to the phone call from Anthony Scaramucci that ended his brief term as White House communications director.    

Taran Killam performs the part of a museum audio guide, who holds nothing back.

Bob Odenkirk has some remarkable tips that will deliver abs you’ve never even dreamed of.  

A country doctor has filed papers with the United Nations asserting his right to own Mars. What if the claim holds up?   

Maybe I’m just a crazy dreamer who also gets a monthly, no-strings-attached 60k deposited into my bank account. 

Whether it’s this weather or that weather, we’ll weather it together.

“Those balcony seats are probably pretty plush. I guess if you’re about to be assassinated, you deserve to be comfortable.” A few random thoughts from the cheap seats.  

Kristen Wiig plays a bride with a very, very specific idea of how she wants her hair to look.

In a story by Demetri Martin, Parker Posey plays a mother with a few words of advice for the unlucky camp counselor in charge of her hellspawn.