Barbara Barnett

Drummer Will Calhoun’s new book, The Secret Life of Beats transports us from the streets of the Bronx to the New York music scene of the ’80s and across the globe.

A lifelong crocheter turns fiber art into social commentary—and proves that handmade gifts can carry more meaning than meets the eye

A 72-year-old woman shares her 14-month Mounjaro and metformin journey: 90 pounds lost, chronic kidney disease reversed, and knee pain gone — without surgery."

Turn on HBO’s newest Game of Thrones spinoff, Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and you might be forgiven for thinking you’ve stumbled not into Westeros, but into an old-fashioned television Western. Episode one begins with a burial. A very tall young man, the squire Dunk (Peter Claffey), lays his master, Ser Arlan of Pennytree, into …

Few characters in modern fantasy television have burned as brightly—or fallen as hard—as Once Upon a Time’s Rumplestiltskin. When the ABC fantasy series debuted in 2011, the show introduced a sorcerer so layered, so unpredictable, so alchemically compelling that he virtually redefined what a fairy-tale villain could be. Part of this was the writing (especially …

Robin Hood has returned to our screens With a brand-new series from the streaming service MGM+. Once again, the arrows rain down from Sherwood Forest. This one is a grounded, origin-tilted retelling set in the tense years after the Norman Conquest. So what is it about the legend of Sir Robin of Locksley, more than …

Labor Day weekend, Children’s Fantasy Weekend, a basket of sunscreen and hand wipes, four adults (one costumed as lovely wench–me) and three very excited small humans in costumes, crowns and elf ears. That was our merry crew bound for the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival in West Newton, Pennsylvania, but a forty-minute horsepowerd-coach read SUV) ride from …

Stephen Colbert is out. Jimmy Kimmel is off the air. And the FCC Chairman has offered the country a chilling choice: “We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”

A Labor Day Reflection for 2025

As the federal government is rapidly being hollowed out and restructured under his second term, the pot is on full boil.

It’s been a while since I last shared an update on my semaglutide journey. I first began writing about it back in January 2024, when I took my first steps into the unknown. With a starting weight of 250 pounds, I’ve updated a couple of times along the way, but nearly two years in, I …

Elon Musk’s controversial salute might seem like a distraction, but it's worth considering as a harbinger of larger issues at play.

Send us a textIs Kamala Harris's surge in the polls the sign of a new political era? Join Barbara Barnett and Jimmy Dailey on Let's Talk TV Live as we celebrate Kamala Harris officially becoming the vice presidential nominee alongside Tim Walz. We…

Send us a textHave you ever wondered how a simple Zoom meeting could turn the tide in a political campaign? Join us as Barbara Barnett and her semi-regular co-host Jimmy Dailey, aka Jerome Wetzel, take us through the whirlwind world of current…

Send us a textWhat happens when the Democratic Party pulls off a seamless transition with Biden stepping down and Harris stepping up? Prepare for an electrifying discussion as Jimmy Dailey and Barbara, unpack this bold move, which effectively took…

Send us a text(with apologies to Marshall McLuhan)We are back! Barbara and Jim are back to talk about TV and politics in the midst of the Republican National Convention and the Biden Electability crisis. We'll also talk about "The Boys" (no…

Send us a textOriginally part of the Original Let's Talk TV Live Brodcast on BlogTalk Radio. Enjoy this classic episode from a few years ago while you're waiting for new episodes to drop!Have you ever wondered how TV medical dramas have mirrored and…