Hack Your Laundry; 'Pure Innocent Fun' With Ira Madison III; A Novelist's Memoir Of Paralysis; Nosferatu's Production And Costume Design Oscar Noms

Today on the show:

• As part of our 2025 "What the Hack" series, we speak with Patric Richardson, aka 'The Laundry Evangelist,' about the best way to wash clothes for fabric durability, environmental sustainability and for your own health.
  
  
• A new collection of essays from critic, writer, and host of the Keep It podcast, Ira Madison III, documents the key pop culture moments that kicked off his interest in the subject (and later his career), and shaped his coming-of-age as a Black gay man in Milwaukee. Ira joins us to discuss Pure Innocent Fun.
  
  
• One day in Rome, novelist Hanif Kureishi collapsed, and woke up in a hospital room paralyzed. He began to write about his difficult recovery through a series of dictated statements to family and friends. That experience is now compiled in a new memoir, Shattered. Kureishi joins us to discuss his story.
  
  
• Director Robert Eggers is known for his dedication to historical accuracy in his films. Production designer Craig Lathrop has been working with Eggers since his first film, "The Witch," and is now Oscar nominated for his work on the horror film "Nosferatu." He joins us to discuss bringing 19th century Germany to life as part of our series The Big Picture, conversations with Oscar nominees who worked behind the camera to create the best movies of the year.
  
  
• Costume designer Linda Muir had to dress 19th century German aristocrats, rural nuns, and one very thirsty vampire in "Nosferatu." She joins us to discuss her Oscar-nominated work bringing director Robert Eggers' vision to life as part of our series "The Big Picture," featuring conversations with Oscar nominees who worked behind the camera to create some of the best movies of the year.