He went from being the east London boy who was expelled from school to becoming the Bafta award‑winning star of Alien: Romulus. Ahead of his prison drama Wasteman, David Jonsson discusses the pressure ...

In an interview on the YouTube series “Soft White Underbelly,” Malik Pointer shares his story of addiction and survival. As the son of R&B icon Ruth Pointer of the Pointer Sisters, Malik’s life seemed ...

The TLC reality series “My Strange Addiction” has been going for shock and awe since it premiered in 2010. The show originally ended in 2015, but it was resurrected this month. Season 7 premiered on ...

It's a big universe out there, and while we're all for exploring it, a specific subgenre of science fiction movies has hinted that it might be a bad idea. Alien invasion movies have come in droves ...

At the Ninilchik Community Clinic on Alaska's rural Kenai peninsula this summer, Dr. Sarah Spencer stood next to a patient lying on an exam table, and swiped her belly with alcohol. The patient was ...

Less than a day after the Trump administration slashed funding for addiction and mental health programs nationwide, the money was restored. Here's how this whiplash played out in Alabama. The Trump ...

Ridley Scott's inimitable 1979 sci-fi thriller, Alien, expertly ratchets up the tension by not having the titular alien show up on screen until roughly an hour into the film. Following in Scott's ...

Chris Ramsey, host of the popular YouTube podcast Area 52, joins Stephen Diener for his first new episode of 2026! Listen as they discuss a variety of topics, including new developments surrounding ...

One of the dominant ways of thinking about addiction is as a disease. While there is evidence for this approach, it often leads to a dismissal of addiction’s social causes, rooted in alienation and ...

Have you ever seen the “alien interview” before? Investigative producer, Jon Stewart, joins Stephen Diener to discuss the validity of this infamous tape that was ...