Let’s do a quick recap of the past two weeks, which were fairly rich. (And if you like what we’re doing, please tell your friends to visit us at www.oculture.com).
On the literary front:
- The World Without Us: An with Interview Alan Weisman
- Philip Roth’s Exit Ghost: Free Chapters, Podcasts & More
- Stephen Colbert’s New Book Released Early as Audiobook
- Halberstam’s The Coldest Winter
- Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History
On the film & video front:
- Blade Runner: The Final, Final Cut of the Cult Classic
- Martin Scorsese on The Rolling Stones, Then George Harrison
- Vintage Woody Allen (From His Stand Up Days)
- The Grey Video: Mixing The Beatles with Jay-Z
- Animated New Yorker Cartoons: A Funny Twist on Einstein’s Relativity
- Classic Films on Google Video
On the politics front:
- Ahmadinejad Spoofed on Saturday Night Live
- What is Blackwater?
- Beyond Free Speech: Ahmadinejad at Columbia (on Video)
- Support Monks’ Protest in Burma on Facebook
- Kasparov, The Chess Master, Takes on Putin: A New Yorker Podcast
On the education front:
- YouTube Gets Smart: The Launch of New University Channels
- The Elegant Universe
- Hannibal on iTunes: From the Classical World to Archaeology Today
- Newly Minted Genius: 2007 MacArthur Fellows
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