B.J. Novak (live!), The Dukes of Hazzard, and Miriam Toews

B.J. Novak (live!), The Dukes of Hazzard, and Miriam Toews

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A special fireside chat with writer-actor B.J. Novak, from our “Holiday Frolic” road show … Also: Canadian author Miriam Toews’ tale of two sisters… We tag along on “The Search for General Tso” … The stars of classic 1970’s “The Dukes of Hazzard” play holiday DJ for us … Actor Joel Edgerton swims right into a punchline … A reality show in the UAE crowns the “Prince of Poets” … King C. Gillette’s 1895 invention of the disposable razor and his against-the-grain politics … Lizzie Post and Dan Post-Senning pop in bearing a sack full of etiquette tips for the nice and naughty … And D’Angelo returns with “Black Messiah,” his first release in fourteen years.