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[TV’s new rich family you’ll love to hate]( Meet the new Bluths: On “Succession,” the Roys are a cruel, rich family we’ll love to hate Melanie McFarland [Why goal-setting can cause distress]( As social media culture becomes normalized, setting goals becomes psychologically distressing Nicole Karlis --------------------------------------------------------------- [Get sugary drinks out of hospitals]( Get sugary drinks out of hospitals Mark Cucuzella --------------------------------------------------------------- [Building a post-carbon future]( Building a post-carbon future: California tries to lead — will the world follow? Paul Rosenberg --------------------------------------------------------------- [How to talk to kids about LGBTQ family]( Coming out to nieces and nephews: How to talk to kids about LGBTQ family members Sudi "Rick" Karatas --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Molly Crabapple turns war into art]( Award-winning artist and journalist Molly Crabapple is changing how the world views war and resistance movements. Through her ink and splatter style illustrations, Crabapple has covered the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, the anti-austerity movement in Greece, terrorist hearings on Guantanamo Bay, and worked with Jay-Z for a project around the war on drugs. On “Salon Talks,” Crabapple shared the inspiration behind her latest assignment, co-writing and illustrating “Brothers of the Gun: A Memoir of the Syrian War” with Syrian journalist Marwan Hisham. Drawings are more powerful than photographs in terms of showing humanity and conveying emotion, Crabapple attests. “I feel like the Syrian War is perhaps the most photographed, documented war in history with the possible exception of course of Palestine. But I feel that with these photos sometimes — all these photos of broken bodies and broken cities — can commove a sort of numbness,” she told Salon’s Rachel Leah. “We really wanted to show people with dignity, with humanity, with nuance, with depth, with interiority.” Crabapple traces Hisham’s story from pre-war Syria, through the early aughts of the people’s revolution, the ways in which the revolution was co-opted and betrayed, and today’s current state of chaos. Hisham co-authored the book from his hometown in ISIS-occupied Raqqa and collaborated with Crabapple by taking photos, which she then turned into illustrations. Watch the interview above to hear how Crabapple tackled writing about the region for an American audience. Tune in for SalonTV's live shows, ["Salon Talks"]( and ["Salon Stage"]( , daily at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT and 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT, streaming live on [Salon]( , [Facebook]( and [Periscope]( . [The value of electing veterans]( Amy McGrath served her country as one of the first female fighter pilots, flying 89 missions in Afghanistan and Iraq. Now she’s looking to serve a “second service” by running for office in Kentucky’s Sixth Congressional District as a Democrat. McGrath joined “Salon Talks” to discuss her campaign and what motivated her to jump into politics. She says the GOP is failing to think of constituents first. “Republicans that don’t take a stand against Trump when they know inside, they know what he’s doing and what he says and what he tweets is just wrong and un-American, it’s sad to me,” McGrath said. Having more lawmakers in office with military service would make a difference in Washington, according to McGrath, because of the values and training instilled in the job. “We know how to work on a mission to get things done, even if we’re from different areas or backgrounds.” To hear more about McGrath’s story and why she thinks she can beat Mitch McConnell’s handpicked nominee, watch the video above. And check out the [full interview.]( Tune into SalonTV's live shows, ["Salon Talks"]( and ["Salon Stage"]( , daily at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT and 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT, streaming live on [Salon]( , [Facebook]( and [Periscope]( . --------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------- [Why is Elon Musk so bad at Twitter?]( Why is Elon Musk so bad at Twitter? Keith A. 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Watkins to share her hilarious journey to Hollywood and stories from her new memoir “So Close to Being the Sh*t, Y'all Don't Even Know.” On “Salon Talks,” Retta talks about why she abandoned her medical school plans and chased her dream of starring in her own sitcom instead. Plus, she opens up about race and finding her own voice in the industry. “I used to fear the black audience early on in my stand-up career, then I did a show with Cheryl Underwood. This was a college gig and the audience was mostly white and I opened for Cheryl at the time,” Retta told Salon. “I remember watching Cheryl just be herself and killing in this room and I was like oh, you should just be yourself. I saw it, where I done black rooms where I didn’t feel urban enough for this room and I’d watch white comics get up and decimate a room and I was like ‘that person is just being themselves.’” Watch the video above to hear about Retta’s new project and how she was almost casted to play Effe in “Dreamgirls.” Tune in for SalonTV's live shows, "Salon Talks" and "Salon Stage", daily at noon ET / 9 a.m. PT and 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT, streaming live on Salon, Facebook and Periscope. [David Duchovny]( David Duchovny brings his new novel, “Miss Subways,” an eclectic New York City love story, to “Salon Talks.” The two-time Golden Globe award winner talks to Salon’s executive editor Andrew O’Hehir about the release of his third novel which is loosely based on the dark, comedic story around the Irish mythology-inspired Yeats play, “The Only Jealousy of Elmer.” Duchovny, who has a master’s in English literature from Yale and was destined for a writing career of some sort, revealed that it was actually his experiences on the award-winning show “The X-Files” where he learned how to write good stories. “Any kind of drama better be plot heavy, especially television. It has to be plot-heavy,” Duchovny said on “Salon Talks.” “It stripped away that pretension of art for art's sake or language for language’s sake or a novel is a language experiment or some kind of Wittgenstein conception of language. They were like ‘F’ you David, give us a f**king good story! I’m gonna write stories and I’m gonna bring my love of language into it for sure, but I’m gonna make sure that I’m telling a story that’s worthwhile.” Watch the full interview above to learn more about how Duchovny wrote from the female perspective in “Miss Subways” and what parts of the book he rewrote after the #MeToo movement came into the spotlight. 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