http://dir.salon.com/topics/salon_conversations/?source=rss&aim=salon_conversations en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/25/baghead/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/25/baghead/index.html?source=rss Filmmakers Jay and Mark Duplass and their cast talk about "Baghead," their delightful and totally unclassifiable indie-satire-horror breakout. Glenn Greenwald Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/10/aclu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/10/aclu/index.html?source=rss Jameel Jaffer, the Director of the ACLU National Security Project, explains why the new FISA law violates the 4th Amendment and is even broader than the President's illegal NSA program By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/07/05/white_people/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/07/05/white_people/index.html?source=rss The author of "Stuff White People Like" skewers the sacred cows of lefty Caucasian culture, from the Prius to David Sedaris. By Caitlin Shamberg Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/06/25/yauch/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/06/25/yauch/index.html?source=rss The Beastie Boys' Adam Yauch on his new documentary, "Gunnin' for That #1 Spot," and tomorrow's NBA superstars. By Sarah Hepola Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/int/2008/06/09/colicchio/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/int/2008/06/09/colicchio/index.html?source=rss In this interview and podcast, Tom Colicchio dishes on his favorite contestants, how our food obsession sprang from disco's demise, and why he's nothing like Gordon Ramsay. By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/07/bottlemania/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/06/07/bottlemania/index.html?source=rss "Bottlemania" author Elizabeth Royte explains how one of life's necessities became an extravagance, denounced by environmentalists and nuns alike. Glenn Greenwald Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/30/cohen/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/05/30/cohen/index.html?source=rss Cohen describes the multiple pressures exerted by NBC executives to amplify pro-government views and suppress antiwar commentary. By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/20/lolita_effect/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/20/lolita_effect/index.html?source=rss Now companies sell padded bras to 6-year-olds. Isn't it time to stop marketing grown-up sexuality to little kids? By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/14/mooney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/05/14/mooney/index.html?source=rss Author Nan Mooney argues that the middle class is slipping, and fixing it is going to take more than cutting out lattes. By Joy Press Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/05/02/cindy_sherman/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/05/02/cindy_sherman/index.html?source=rss And all I got was this documentary. Paul H-O on his film about the iconic photographer and the perils of being an art world sidekick. By Scott Lamb Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/04/07/moby/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/int/2008/04/07/moby/index.html?source=rss Moby talks about his annoying public persona, the presidential election, his sex life and his brand-new album. By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/04/04/mary_roach/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/04/04/mary_roach/index.html?source=rss Bonobo porn, MRI sex, female Viagra. "Bonk" author Mary Roach on the scientific quest to understand arousal -- and how little we still know. Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/03/wong/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/04/03/wong/index.html?source=rss In this video interview, the Chinese art-film demigod talks about directing Norah Jones in his first American movie (and her first movie, period). By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/29/parenting_inc/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/29/parenting_inc/index.html?source=rss As the market for infant products grows ever more absurd, author Pamela Paul takes on $800 strollers, Gymboree and the bamboozle that is Baby Einstein. Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/03/28/leto/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/03/28/leto/index.html?source=rss In this podcast and interview, Jared Leto talks about transforming himself into Mark David Chapman for the nightmarish "Chapter 27." Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/03/20/iraq_roundtable/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/03/20/iraq_roundtable/index.html?source=rss Just how bad was the looting of Iraq's museum and archaeological sites? According to Salon's experts, many ancient artifacts have come home, but the looting continues. By Charly Wilder Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/03/13/chris_hedges/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/int/2008/03/13/chris_hedges/index.html?source=rss Foreign correspondent and intellectual provocateur Chris Hedges explains why New Atheists like Christopher Hitchens are as dangerous as Christian fundamentalists. Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/03/12/haroldandkumar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/03/12/haroldandkumar/index.html?source=rss And how did they end up getting high with the Leader of the Free World? The makers of "Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" fill us in at a SXSW round-table interview. (A Salon podcast) By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/01/beautiful_boy/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/03/01/beautiful_boy/index.html?source=rss David Sheff recounts how he lost his son to meth and the long, agonizing struggle to get him back. Glenn Greenwald Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/02/28/donohue/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/02/28/donohue/index.html?source=rss "McCain's not going to get away with this with the Catholic community.. . . We're going to get this out to the Catholic community and Catholic press around the country." Glenn Greenwald Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/02/25/rossmiller/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/02/25/rossmiller/index.html?source=rss An intelligence officer with the DIA volunteers to go to Iraq, leaves the job after two years, and writes a superb new book detailing firsthand the wholesale corruption of the intelligence process. Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/01/29/mungiu/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/2008/01/29/mungiu/index.html?source=rss The Romanian director talks about the Palme d'Or-winning abortion thriller "4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," the year's most acclaimed foreign film By Katharine Mieszkowski Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/01/26/cure_within/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/01/26/cure_within/index.html?source=rss If chemo fails, there's always positive thinking, or so we'd like to believe. Medical historian Anne Harrington looks at our persistent faith in curing ourselves. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/01/18/conversations_gibney/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/01/18/conversations_gibney/index.html?source=rss In this interview and podcast, the director of the terrifying documentary "Taxi to the Dark Side" talks about torture and the tragic fate of an Afghan cabdriver. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/btm/2008/01/03/sayles/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/btm/2008/01/03/sayles/index.html?source=rss 12 films to watch for in 2008. Plus: An interview (and podcast) with John Sayles about his latest film, "Honeydripper," starring Danny Glover.