Schedule for Friday June 20

Here's what we have on tap for you today. Please note all schedules are subject to last-minute changes. Check back for updates.
 

• Jian speaks with Slate music critic Carl Wilson about our culturally dismissive attitude when it comes to "tearjerker" films, and its connection to our shame around crying.
   
• The final Q media panel of the season, featuring regulars: rabble.ca's Judy Rebick, Jon Kay of the National Post and John Cruickshank of the Toronto Star.
   
• Kenyan writer and one of TIME Magazine's 'most influential' people of the year, Binyavanga Wainaina on publicly coming out in his essay "I am a Homosexual, Mum" and rocketing to the forefront of Africa's gay rights movement on the heels of the signing of Nigeria's infamous anti-homosexuality law.
   
• Friday Live performances throughout the show from Future Islands. The hardworking Baltimore synthpop band broke through with an arresting and intense performance on Letterman, and is now touring to promote their latest, Singles.
   
• Elvira Kurt's Cultural Hall of Shame + Friday Live performance and conversation