Khrista Rypl appears in the following:
Funny Ha Ha: B.J. Novak Wants Your Humor Writing
Thursday, June 11, 2015
We’re kicking off our latest listener challenge for high school students with comedian, actor, and author B.J. Novak — and he has advice for aspiring humorists.
New Year’s Resolution: Scaling Back
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Facing a few setbacks, Charis Stiles is reining in her ambition for her creative New Year’s resolution.
New Year’s Resolution: 12 Dioramas in 12 Months
Thursday, February 12, 2015
For her 2015 creative New Year’s resolution, a diorama artist challenges herself to make one per month.
How Hubble Brought Color to the Universe
Thursday, January 15, 2015
Stunning images of nebulae and galaxies from the Hubble Space Telescope have conditioned the way we think space should look.
Posing with Strangers: Jeanne Tullen's Photographs
Friday, December 19, 2014
Photographer Jeanne Tullen finds willing strangers to pull into her self-portraits.
DIY Mermaid
Monday, December 01, 2014
Jolene Oldham from Ringwood, New Jersey, resolved to "build a realistic mermaid tail out of silicone rubber and swim all the way around the island of Manhattan."
Sarah Jessica Parker's Documentary Series on New York City Ballet Returns
Tuesday, November 11, 2014
Sarah Jessica Parker's documentary series on New York's famed ballet company has new episodes just as good as the first season.
Tommy Wiseau, World's Worst Director, Has a New TV Show
Monday, October 27, 2014
The Neighbors is terrible — and not in a good way.
Writing Advice From David Sedaris
Thursday, October 09, 2014
The prolific essayist overcomes writer's block by answering the prompts in English textbooks, and he shared this and other life lessons in a Reddit AMA.
Layer Tennis Is a Graphic Design War – Watch the Latest Battle This Friday
Thursday, October 02, 2014
Layer Tennis combines the confusion and misinformation of the game Telephone with jaw-dropping feats of Photoshop skill.
A Digital Terarrium For Your Desktop
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
This graphic artist's self-contained animations are the digital equivalent of a snow globe.
Woven Portraits: Photos that Capture Two Moments in Time
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
David Samuel Stern weaves photographs together to create portraits with an eerie, holographic effect.
Shaun Tan's Magical Worlds
Friday, August 08, 2014
Bestselling author-illustrator Shaun Tan constructs eerie, vaguely sinister worlds in his gloriously detailed picture books. For a long time, he didn’t understand why bookstores put t...
David Mitchell's Creepy Short Story on Twitter
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Fans of David Mitchell rejoice: the Cloud Atlas author is publishing a short story inspired by his forthcoming novel The Bone Clocks right now. On Twitter.
Lydia Davis: Master of the Miniature
Friday, May 09, 2014
Lydia Davis writes ultra-short short stories that straddle the line between prose poem and absurd joke. A child of two writers, she accepted fiction as her work without enjoying it ve...
From Donald Trump to the Son of God
Friday, March 07, 2014
Mark Burnett pretty much invented reality TV as we know it: Survivor, The Apprentice, The Voice. But his latest hit was the 10-hour miniseries The Bible — out of which he's carved a f...
Inside The Room
Friday, November 15, 2013
In the annals of movies so bad their titles become punch lines — Showgirls, Ishtar, Plan 9 From Outer Space — The Room is destined to loom large. Since its release a decade ago, a cu...
Writers Club: Women In Music
Tuesday, November 12, 2013
What are your favorite books about women in music? Read a greatest-hits roundup of some great music books about women we've featured on Soundcheck.
Planning for the Next 10,000 Years
Friday, September 21, 2012
Stewart Brand is an ambitious septuagenarian. The writer and environmental activist’s most recent project sounds like something out of Jurassic Park: he wants to bring back the ext...
Vagina Monologues at the Michigan State Capitol
Friday, June 22, 2012
Thousands of people filled the lawn of the Michigan state capitol in Lansing this past Monday to watch female members of the state's house and senate perform The Vagina Monologues a...
