Everyone's a Critic

People squirming in a world where everything is rated and reviewed. Prologue: Host Ira Glass talks with writer Michael Schulman about a book he wrote. Not about the book itself—about the reviews it gets on Amazon. (9 minutes) Their Eyes Weren’t Watching God: On a friend’s recommendation, B.A. Parker decides to try attending First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem. Parker is black, much like the majority of the church’s congregation. But when she gets to FCBC, she notices a long line of white tourists waiting to get inside. (13 minutes) Mr. Chen Goes to Wuhan: What happens when a Chinese man—just a guy, not a journalist or dissident—decides to go to Wuhan and investigate the country’s response to coronavirus? Reporter Jiayang Fan brings us the story of Chen Qiushi. (23 minutes) Must Love Cats: Lina Misitzis talks to the one person in America who loves the movie everyone else in America loves to hate. (11 minutes)