June 26, 2025

Surprisingly personal and never obvious. “Cannonball” is a new weekly podcast from The New York Times, with the critic Wesley Morris. Every week, Wesley talks to writers and artists about culture — the good, the bad and whatever’s in between, starting with …

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‘CANNONBALL’ WITH WESLEY MORRIS

My Love Affair With Bruno Mars

Can Wesley untangle his crush from his discomfort with the pop star’s cozy relationship to Blackness?

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