Your Favorite Thanksgiving Side, Comedians Put Mental Health in Their Act (DOC NYC), New Doc Talks Yacht Rock, and Daniel Dae Kim on Starring in 'Yellow Face'

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"Anxiety Club" is screening at DOC NYC tonight at 9:15 p.m.

With Thanksgiving around the corner, New York Times Cooking and Food editor in chief Emily Weinstein joins to share her tips for making side dishes and for the next installment of our Small Stakes, Big Opinions series, we want to know from you: what's the best side dish and why?

Mental health is a serious matter, but sometimes it does help to laugh at it. A new documentary spotlights a group of comedians who have found ways to work mental health into their acts, even as they struggle with anxiety. Director Wendy Lobel joins us to discuss "Anxiety Club," screening this week as part of DOC NYC.

A new documentary traces the history of "yacht rock," the retroactive label associated with the smooth rock music of bands and musicians like Michael McDonald, Christopher Cross, Toto, and Steely Dan. The doc recently screened at DOC NYC and premieres on HBO on November 29. Garret Price, the director of "Yacht Rock: A Documentary," joins us along with JD Ryznar and Steve Huey, two of the creators of the webseries that coined the term.

[REBROADCAST FROM October 7, 2024] Daniel Dae Kim stars in David Henry Hwang's farcical play "Yellow Face," about an Asian American playwright who mistakenly casts a white actor in an Asian role in his own production. Kim and Hwang join us to discuss the production, which runs through November 24.