Scott Porch

Scott Porch is an attorney and contributor to The Daily Beast, Kirkus Reviews, and Salon. He writes about American history, politics, and culture and is writing a book about social upheaval in the 1960s and '70s. Twitter: @scottporch

Peter Cambor as Milo in "Roadies" (Showtime/Mark Seliger)

Cameron Crowe’s living soundtrack: “For my scenes, he would do a Bob Dylan song or an Elvis Costello song”

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Tony Shalhoub in "BrainDead" (CBS/Jeff Neumann)

Tony Shalhoub gets into the “BrainDead” politician’s mind: “Everyone is digging in their heels”

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“Straight-up ‘Lord of the Flies’”: New series “Wrecked” is a funnier, darker “Lost”

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Donald Trump, Richard Nixon (AP/Carlos Osorio/Photo montage by Salon)

Richard Nixon would be “drummed out” of GOP today as a liberal: “He passed as much social welfare legislation as Lyndon Johnson”

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“My friends and I are indoor kids”: Paul Rust on “Love’s” dorky movie themes, working with Judd Apatow and subverting rom-com clichés

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From YouTube to reality: “The Amazing Race” stacks new “social media” season with YouTube’s most likable guys

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“Trump has ‘f**k-you’ money”: Mark McKinnon on the appeal of outsider candidates, Clinton’s primary strategy and potential Iowa surprises

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Rachel Bloom in "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" (The CW)

“This is a dark, feminist, f*cked-up, romantic comedy”: Rachel Bloom celebrates her first Golden Globe nod for “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”

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Nancy Wilson on leading Heart with her sister: “The guys in the band sometimes had a hard time with that”

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Kit Harington and Andy Samberg in "7 Days in Hell" (HBO)

The Wimbledon we wish we could see: “SNL” directing alum brings Kit Harington and Andy Samberg together for epic tennis mockumentary

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Bob Newhart on his groundbreaking sitcom: “We were taking the stigma off psychiatrists and psychologists”

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“We look like our livestock now”: The author of “The Dorito Effect” on the chemically-enhanced junk food we can’t put down

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Finn Wittrock as Dandy Mott in "American Horror Story: Freak Show" (FX/Michael Becker)

“He wants to be God”: “American Horror Story’s” Finn Wittrock on playing a psychopath

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Chuck Todd: “I wish we didn’t focus on the individual personalities of journalists”

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“I wasn’t left alone to run amok”: Stephen Falk on writing for “OITNB” — and becoming a showrunner

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Pat Buchanan: I don’t see a single GOP candidate who could beat Hillary

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George W. Bush, Rand Paul (AP/J. Scott Applewhite/Reed Saxon/Photo collage by Salon)

Would Rand Paul be another George Bush?

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Why readers love big biographies

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