Three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna were canceled recently for security reasons, and a bunch of the city's museums responded by waiving entry fees and welcoming Swifties from around the world. Thousands took them up on it. It's a great reminder of the fact that there is no hard line between pop music people and fine arts people; curiosity is always worth feeding when you get the opportunity. Normally, we stay mostly in the realm of pop culture, but the best thing I read this week was the story of a stray dog who really wanted to get on the bus to daycare with the other dogs — and eventually, he got his wish and got a home. There's a lot of stress in the world. We all deserve a story now and then about a gorgeous dog who ran alongside the bus until he was impossible to ignore. We'll be talking about it on the show soon, but Bad Monkey on Apple TV is a 10-episode series adaptation of the Carl Hiassen novel of the same name. Created by Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso, Scrubs) and starring Vince Vaughn as an oddball detective investigating an arm that was pulled in by a fishing boat off the Florida Keys, it has its ups and downs, but it might hit the spot if you like the kind of sunny, laid-back stuff the USA Network used to do a lot. The first two episodes are streaming now. An episode of Code Switch this week dives into race and reality dating shows like The Bachelor. Given the recurring nature of this issue, I can think of no team more equipped to dig in. | 
