He's a legendary music producer who's crafted records by with KD Lang, Counting Crows, and Emmylou Harris; his first gig was playing guitar for Bob Dylan. But T-Bone Burnett's latest record, Tooth of Crime, is one of his own. He tells Kurt what went into ...

"Telepresence (Make the Metal Scream)" from T-Bone Burnett's Tooth of Crime (Nonesuch).

In the novel, Attachment, a wife assumes her husband’s identity and begins an email correspondence with his lover. Kurt asks Isabel Fonseca what it’s like to write about infidelity when she’s in a happy marriage -- and about her own experience as the “other woman” ...

Laurie Metcalf reads more from Isabel Fonseca's Attachment.

Hollywood likes to cast stars as pioneering scientists; it really happened in the 1940s. Hedy Lamarr was once billed as the most beautiful woman in the world, and she’s partly responsible for the telecom innovation behind cell phones, GPS, and WiFi. Produced by Eric ...

A few weeks ago, we asked if you would quit your job to become an artist. Your responses poured in, and we had the Opinion Research Corporation survey people across the country. Kurt unveils the results with ORC’s Joel Henkin, and we hear from listeners ...

Simon Doonan started out designing window displays at Barneys, a posh department store for the fashion-forward. In his new book, Eccentric Glamour, Doonan argues that oddballs have more fun. Doonan takes Kurt on a spin through Menswear to try on some new looks.