Is Mulan racist? The live action film has been criticized for being offensive, Orientalist, essentialist, and more. As a former anthropologist, I have to wonder if it’s Disney we should be blaming.

We blindly grabbed names from a pot and reviewed some of the best shows on television.

Some of my latest illustrations for the holidays.

Why do so many men in Florida have pet birds? This is a very important question that I fail to answer.

Michael Rosen’s picture book explores grief in a way few books for adults seem to match.

What are “adult themes” and how soon is too soon to expose young readers to them? This is a question the literary world asked when David Small’s graphic memoir Stitches was nominated for the National Book Award in the Young People’s Literature category.

Check out the trailer for our first ever YouTube show!

This week I surprised Christoph with a Golden Girls game, but when we tried to play it, things didn’t quite work as planned.

Adrian Tomine’s work is reminiscent of 19th century Japanese woodblocks.

The movie Up was brutally hard for me to see, but it contained an especially meaningful lesson.

Today June 6th is officially Russian Language Day as established by the United Nations in 2010! We're celebrating the Russian language by testing each other's knowledge of Russia.

Is the Kraftgun a good massage gun? We think it’s the best.

We needed a box. We didn’t have a box. So we used a hurricane lamp and fun ensued.

We reviewed the dried mangoes from Costco. Take a look at the video to see what we think of them—and to hear Christoph’s idea for a good prank.

Join us as we read the funny headlines for the week.

Family expert Vito Corleone joined us in our studio for an intimate conversation about the global pandemic. He offered advice on keeping the family together, cooking Italian food, and repurposing household objects. We wish him and the entire Corleone family well during this harrowing time.

We were stuck in the middle of the Covid lockdown when St. Patrick’s day came along. But that didn’t stop our celebrating!

We bring you this week's weirdest news stories from around the world. Believe it or not, these stories are not the Onion.

Buying a butter bell was the best decision of our lives.