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• Apple’s Guided Tour to Using the First Macintosh (1984), 01 Jan 2015 in Technology
• John Cleese on How “Stupid People Have No Idea How Stupid They Are” (a.k.a. the Dunning-Kruger Effect), 31 Dec 2014 in Psychology
• Hear Elementary-School Musicians Perform 43 Songs by Sun Ra (1994), 30 Dec 2014 in Music
• The City in Cinema Mini-Documentaries Reveal the Los Angeles of Blade Runner, Her, Drive, Repo Man, and More, 29 Dec 2014 in Film
• David Lynch and Moby Talk Blues Guitar, Meditation, Quinoa & the Joy of Los Angeles, 26 Dec 2014 in Film&Music
• A Sun Ra Christmas: Hear His 1976 Radio Broadcast of Poetry and Music, 25 Dec 2014 in Music&Poetry&Radio
• Watch Art on Ancient Greek Vases Come to Life with 21st Century Animation, 24 Dec 2014 in Animation&History
• Every Frame a Painting Explains the Filmmaking Techniques of Martin Scorsese, Jackie Chan, and Even Michael Bay, 23 Dec 2014 in Film
• Watch the Opening of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey with the Original, Unused Score, 22 Dec 2014 in Film&Music&Sci Fi
• F for Fake: Orson Welles’ Short Film & Trailer That Was Never Released in America, 19 Dec 2014 in Film
• John Cage Performs Water Walk on US Game Show I’ve Got a Secret (1960), 18 Dec 2014 in Art&Music&Television
• Moviedrome: Filmmaker Alex Cox Provides Video Introductions to 100+ Classic Cult Films, 16 Dec 2014 in Film
• Watch Carl Sagan & Richard Dawkins Present the Royal Institution’s Famous Christmas Lectures, 15 Dec 2014 in Science
• Blade Runner Spoofed in Three Japanese Commercials (and Generally Loved in Japan), 12 Dec 2014 in Animation&Sci Fi&Television&Video Games
• Salvador Dalí’s Avant-Garde Christmas Cards, 11 Dec 2014 in Art
• Three Strikingly Different Views of North Korea, the Most Secretive Country in the World, 10 Dec 2014 in Current Affairs&Travel
• Hear Russian Futurist Vladimir Mayakovsky Read His Strange & Visceral Poetry, 09 Dec 2014 in Film&Poetry
• When Aldous Huxley Wrote a Script for Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, 08 Dec 2014 in Film&Literature
• George Plimpton, Paris Review Founder, Pitches 1980s Video Games for the Mattel Intellivision, 07 Dec 2014 in Television&Video Games
• Watch The Art of Travel, Alain de Botton’s Philosophical Look at Our Wanderlust Tendencies (2005), 05 Dec 2014 in Philosophy&Television&Travel
• Scenes from Waking Life, Richard Linklater’s Philosophical, Feature-Length Animated Film (2001), 04 Dec 2014 in Animation&Film&Philosophy
• Discover the 1950s & 1960s Computer & Cut-Up Animation of Pioneering Filmmaker Stan VanDerBeek, 03 Dec 2014 in Animation
• The Art of Making Blade Runner: See the Original Sketchbook, Storyboards, On-Set Polaroids & More, 02 Dec 2014 in Film&Sci Fi
• Watch Solaris (1972), Andrei Tarkovsky’s Haunting Vision of the Future, 01 Dec 2014 in Film
• Crash Course Big History: John Green Teaches Life, the Universe & Everything, 28 Nov 2014 in History&Science
• 120 Artists Pick Their Top 10 Films in the Criterion Collection, 27 Nov 2014 in Film
• George Orwell’s Final Warning: Don’t Let This Nightmare Situation Happen. It Depends on You!, 26 Nov 2014 in Books&History&Literature
• Dostoyevsky Got a Reprieve from the Czar’s Firing Squad and Then Saved Charles Bukowski’s Life, 25 Nov 2014 in Literature&Poetry
• Hear 130 Minutes of Charles Bukowski’s First-Ever Recorded Readings (1968), 24 Nov 2014 in Poetry
• David Lynch Takes Aspiring Filmmakers Inside the Art & Craft of Making Indie Films, 21 Nov 2014 in Film
• Michael Pollan Explains How Cooking Can Change Your Life; Recommends Cooking Books, Videos & Recipes, 20 Nov 2014 in Food & Drink
• Naropa Archive Presents 5,000 Hours of Audio Recordings of William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg & Other Beat Writers, 19 Nov 2014 in Internet Archive&Poetry&Writing
• Read Free Digital Art Catalogues from 9 World-Class Museums, Thanks to the Pioneering Getty Foundation, 18 Nov 2014 in Art&Technology
• Radio David Byrne: Stream Free Music Playlists Created Every Month by the Frontman of Talking Heads, 17 Nov 2014 in Music
• David Foster Wallace’s Syllabus for His 2008 Creative Nonfiction Course: Includes Reading List & Footnotes, 13 Nov 2014 in Literature&Writing
• Learn The History of Philosophy in 247 Podcasts (With More to Come), 12 Nov 2014 in Philosophy&Podcasts
• Jump Into the “Podcasting Renaissance” with These Intelligent Shows (and Tell Us Your Favorites), 11 Nov 2014 in Podcasts
• Kurt Vonnegut Explains “How to Write With Style”, 10 Nov 2014 in Writing
• 50,000 Norman Rockwell Photographs Now Digitized and Available Online, 06 Nov 2014 in History&Photography
• The Complete Ulysses: Alec Baldwin, Garrison Keillor, Bob Odenkirk & Others Read Joyce’s Opus Aloud, 05 Nov 2014 in Audio Books&Books&Literature
• Download the Complete Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle’s Masterpiece, 04 Nov 2014 in Books&Literature
• Lenny Bruce: Hear the Performances That Got Him Arrested (NSFW), 03 Nov 2014 in Comedy
• Charles & Ray Eames’ Short Film on the Mexican Day of the Dead (1957), 31 Oct 2014 in Film
• Did Bach’s Wife Compose Some of “His” Masterpieces? A New Documentary Says Yes, 30 Oct 2014 in Film&Music
• Modern Art Was Used As a Torture Technique in Prison Cells During the Spanish Civil War, 29 Oct 2014 in Art&History
• The Fall of the House of Usher: Poe’s Classic Tale Turned Into 1928 Avant Garde Film, Scripted by e.e. cummings, 28 Oct 2014 in Film&Literature
• Stephen Colbert Reads Ray Bradbury Classic Sci-Fi Story “The Veldt”, 27 Oct 2014 in Literature&Sci Fi
• Isaac Asimov Explains the Origins of Good Ideas & Creativity in Never-Before-Published Essay, 24 Oct 2014 in Creativity&Sci Fi
• H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle & Other British Authors Sign Manifesto Backing England’s Role in WWI, 23 Oct 2014 in History
• Download The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Macabre Stories as Free eBooks & Audio Books, 22 Oct 2014 in Books&Literature
• Are You a Psychopath? Take the Test (And, If You Fail, It’s Not All Bad News), 21 Oct 2014 in Psychology
• Kevin Spacey Is the Rainforest, Julia Roberts is Mother Nature: Actors Play Nature in Environmental Shorts, 20 Oct 2014 in Environment&Film
• The Student of Prague: The Very First Independent Film (1913), 17 Oct 2014 in Film
• Night on Bald Mountain: An Eery, Avant-Garde Pinscreen Animation Based on Mussorgsky’s Masterpiece (1933), 16 Oct 2014 in Animation&Music
• Animated Sheet Music of 3 Charlie Parker Jazz Classics: “Confirmation,” “Au Privave” & “Bloomdido”, 15 Oct 2014 in Music
• The Cry of Jazz: 1958’s Highly Controversial Film on Jazz & Race in America (With Music by Sun Ra), 14 Oct 2014 in Film&Jazz&Music
• Quentin Tarantino Directs a 1995 Episode of ER: Brings Cinematic Virtuosity to TV, 13 Oct 2014 in Film&Television
• The Adventures of Famed Illustrator Gustave Doré Presented in a Fantasic(al) Cutout Animation, 10 Oct 2014 in Animation&Art
• The Paintings of Miles Davis, 09 Oct 2014 in Art&Music
• Ben Franklin’s List of 200 Synonyms for “Drunk”: “Moon-Ey’d,” “Hammerish,” “Stew’d” & More (1737), 08 Oct 2014 in Food & Drink&History
• Watch Classic Seinfeld Scenes Dubbed in .… Yiddish, 07 Oct 2014 in Language Lessons&Television
• Hear the Nazi’s Bizzaro Propaganda Jazz Band, “Charlie and His Orchestra” (1940–1943), 06 Oct 2014 in History&Jazz&Music
• Open Culture Picks Our 10 Avant-Garde Favorites on Ubuweb: Joyce, Borges, Sontag, Wittgenstein & More, 02 Oct 2014 in Film&Literature&Music&Philosophy
• A Secret Bookstore in a New York City Apartment: The Last of a Dying Breed, 01 Oct 2014 in Books
• Glenn Gould Gives Us a Tour of Toronto, His Beloved Hometown (1979), 29 Sep 2014 in Music&Travel
• Sigmund Freud Writes to Concerned Mother: “Homosexuality is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of” (1935), 26 Sep 2014 in Letters&Psychology
• How Edward Hopper “Storyboarded” His Iconic Painting Nighthawks, 25 Sep 2014 in Art
• Henri Matisse Illustrates Baudelaire’s Censored Poetry Collection, Les Fleurs du Mal, 24 Sep 2014 in Art&Poetry
• Readers Predict in 1936 Which Novelists Would Still Be Widely Read in the Year 2000, 23 Sep 2014 in Books&Literature
• The First Color Photos From World War I: The German Front, 22 Sep 2014 in History&Photography
• Let’s Learn Japanese: Two Classic Video Series to Get You Started in the Language, 22 Sep 2014 in Language Lessons
• A Crash Course on Psychology: A 30-Part Video Series from Hank Green, 18 Sep 2014 in Psychology
• The Avant-Garde Project: An Archive of Music by 200 Cutting-Edge Composers, Including Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Cage & More, 17 Sep 2014 in Music
• David Bowie & Brian Eno’s Collaboration on “Warszawa” Reimagined in a Comic Animation, 16 Sep 2014 in Animation&Comedy&Music
• 20 Free Essays & Stories by David Sedaris: A Sampling of His Inimitable Humor, 15 Sep 2014 in Comedy&Literature
• Eight Free Films by Dziga Vertov, Creator of Soviet Avant-Garde Documentaries, 14 Sep 2014 in Film
• Watch Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Great Helicopter String Quartet, Starring 4 Musicians, 4 Cameras & 4 Copters, 11 Sep 2014 in Music
• Dripped: An Animated Tribute to Jackson Pollock’s Signature Painting Technique, 10 Sep 2014 in Animation&Art
• William Gibson Reads Neuromancer, His Cyberpunk-Defining Novel, 09 Sep 2014 in Audio Books&Books&Sci Fi
• Kafka’s Parable “Before the Law” Narrated by Orson Welles & Illustrated with Pinscreen Art, 08 Sep 2014 in Animation&Film&Literature
• Nikolai Gogol’s Classic Story, “The Nose,” Animated With the Astonishing Pinscreen Technique (1963), 07 Sep 2014 in Animation&Literature
• Derek Jarman Creates Pioneering Music Videos for The Smiths, Marianne Faithfull & the Pet Shop Boys, 04 Sep 2014 in Film&Music
• Quentin Tarantino Explains The Art of the Music in His Films, 03 Sep 2014 in Film&Music
• Roald Dahl, Who Lost His Daughter to Measles, Writes a Heartbreaking Letter about Vaccinations: “It Really Is Almost a Crime to Allow Your Child to Go Unimmunised”, 02 Sep 2014 in Health&Literature&Science
• Wonderfully Weird & Ingenious Medieval Books, 01 Sep 2014 in Books&History
• A 96-Song Playlist of Music in Haruki Murakami’s Novels: Miles Davis, Glenn Gould, the Beach Boys & More, 29 Aug 2014 in Books&Literature&Music
• John Coltrane’s “A Love Supreme” Played With Bagpipes: The Artistry of Rufus Harley, 28 Aug 2014 in Jazz&Music
• Andy Warhol’s 85 Polaroid Portraits: Mick Jagger, Yoko Ono, O.J. Simpson & Many Others (1970–1987), 27 Aug 2014 in Photography
• Download Footage from Orson Welles’ Long Lost Early Film, Too Much Johnson (1938), 26 Aug 2014 in Film
• Fellini’s Three Bank of Rome Commercials, the Last Thing He Did Behind a Camera (1992), 25 Aug 2014 in Film&Television
• Shakespeare’s Restless World: A Portrait of the Bard’s Era in 20 Podcasts, 22 Aug 2014 in History&Literature&Theatre
• A Photographic Tour of Haruki Murakami’s Tokyo, Where Dream, Memory, and Reality Meet, 21 Aug 2014 in Literature&Travel
• George Orwell Reviews a Book by That “Bag of Wind,” Jean-Paul Sartre (1948), 20 Aug 2014 in Letters&Philosophy
• The ABCs of Dada Explains the Anarchic, Irrational “Anti-Art” Movement of Dadaism, 19 Aug 2014 in Art
• Charles & Ray Eames’ Iconic Lounge Chair Debuts on American TV (1956), 18 Aug 2014 in Design&Television
• Cyberpunk: 1990 Documentary Featuring William Gibson & Timothy Leary Introduces the Cyberpunk Culture, 15 Aug 2014 in Film&Sci Fi&Technology&Web/Tech
• The 1985 Soviet TV Adaptation of The Hobbit: Cheap and Yet Strangely Charming, 14 Aug 2014 in Film&Literature&Television
• Jorge Luis Borges, Film Critic, Reviews King Kong (1933), 13 Aug 2014 in Film&Literature
• Jorge Luis Borges Reviews Citizen Kane — and Gets a Response from Orson Welles, 12 Aug 2014 in Film&Literature
• Andrei Tarkovsky Creates a List of His 10 Favorite Films (1972), 11 Aug 2014 in Film
• Hear Inventive Stories from Ursula LeGuin & J.G. Ballard Turned Into CBC Radio Dramas, 08 Aug 2014 in Radio&Sci Fi
• Saul Bass’ Rejected Poster Concepts for The Shining (and His Pretty Excellent Signature), 06 Aug 2014 in Design&Film
• A 17-Year-Old David Bowie Defends “Long-Haired Men” in His First TV Interview (1964), 05 Aug 2014 in Music&Television
• The 10 Greatest Documentaries of All Time According to 340 Filmmakers and Critics, 04 Aug 2014 in Film
• A Drone’s Eye View of Los Angeles, New York, London, Bangkok & Mexico City, 02 Aug 2014 in Technology&Travel
• Haruki Murakami’s Passion for Jazz: Discover the Novelist’s Jazz Playlist, Jazz Essay & Jazz Bar, 31 Jul 2014 in Jazz&Literature&Music&Writing
• Take a Road Trip with Cyberspace Visionary William Gibson, Watch No Maps for These Territories (2000), 31 Jul 2014 in Film&Sci Fi&Technology
• The Modern-Day Philosophers Podcast: Where Comedians Like Carl Reiner & Artie Lange Discuss Schopenhauer & Maimonides, 30 Jul 2014 in Comedy&Philosophy&Podcasts
• Ubu Roi: Alfred Jarry’s Scandalous Play Strikingly Adapted for Television (1965), 28 Jul 2014 in Television&Theatre
• Watch The Reality of the Virtual: 74 Minutes of Pure Slavoj Žižek (2004), 25 Jul 2014 in Film&Philosophy
• One Woman, 17 British Accents, 24 Jul 2014 in English Language
• Dante’s Divine Comedy Illustrated in a Remarkable Illuminated Medieval Manuscript (c. 1450), 23 Jul 2014 in Art&Literature&Poetry
• T.S. Eliot Reads Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats & Other Classic Poems (75 Minutes, 1955), 22 Jul 2014 in Poetry
• T.S. Eliot Illustrates His Letters and Draws a Cover for Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, 21 Jul 2014 in Books&Letters
• What Goes Into Ramen Noodles, and What Happens When Ramen Noodles Go Into You, 18 Jul 2014 in Food & Drink
• Hunter S. Thompson’s Conspiratorial 9/11 Interview: “The Public Version of the News is Never Really What Happened”, 17 Jul 2014 in Politics
• The Ramones, a New Punk Band, Play One of Their Very First Shows at CBGB (1974), 16 Jul 2014 in Music
• Lost Kubrick: A Short Documentary on Stanley Kubrick’s Unfinished Films, 14 Jul 2014 in Film
• Percussionist Marlon Brando Patented His Invention for Tuning Conga Drums, 10 Jul 2014 in Music&Technology&Television
• Roger Ebert’s Final List of His Top 10 Favorite Films, 09 Jul 2014 in Film
• Marcel Duchamp, Chess Enthusiast, Created an Art Deco Chess Set That’s Now Available via 3D Printer, 08 Jul 2014 in Art&Games
• 13-Year-Old Charlotte Brontë & Her Brother Wrote Teeny Tiny Adventure Books, Measuring 1 x 2 Inches, 07 Jul 2014 in Books
• Norman Mailer’s 1191-Page Harlot’s Ghost Outlined in One Handwritten Sheet, 04 Jul 2014 in Books&Literature
• Wim Wenders Reveals His Rules of Cinema Perfection, 02 Jul 2014 in Film
• How J.K. Rowling Plotted Harry Potter with a Hand-Drawn Spreadsheet, 01 Jul 2014 in Books&Writing
• Jack Kerouac’s On the Road Turned Into an Illustrated Scroll: One Drawing for Every Page of the Novel, 30 Jun 2014 in Art&Literature
• The Speech Accent Archive: The English Accents of People Who Speak 341 Different Languages, 27 Jun 2014 in Archives&English Language
• Zeppelin Took My Blues Away: An Illustrated History of Zeppelin’s “Copyright Indiscretions”, 26 Jun 2014 in Music
• Young Leonard Cohen Reads His Poetry in 1966 (Before His Days as a Musician Began), 25 Jun 2014 in Poetry
• Listen to Audio Arts: The 1970s Tape Cassette Arts Magazine Featuring Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp & Many Others, 24 Jun 2014 in Art&Museums
• Hear the Earliest Known Talking Heads Recordings (1975), 23 Jun 2014 in Music
• Discover the Lost Films of Orson Welles, 23 Jun 2014 in Film
• X Minus One: Hear Classic Sci-Fi Radio Stories from Asimov, Heinlein, Bradbury & Dick, 19 Jun 2014 in Radio&Sci Fi
• Tim Burton’s Hansel and Gretel Shot on 16mm Film with Amateur Japanese Actors (1983), 18 Jun 2014 in Film&Television
• The Famous Letter Where Freud Breaks His Relationship with Jung (1913), 17 Jun 2014 in Letters&Psychology
• Everything You Need to Enjoy Reading James Joyce’s Ulysses on Bloomsday, 16 Jun 2014 in Literature
• Stanley Kubrick Talks Cinema, Chess, ESP, Vietnam & His Cat in Interviews with Michel Ciment (1975–1987), 13 Jun 2014 in Film
• Sound Effects Genius Michael Winslow Performs the Sounds of 32 Typewriters (1898–1983), 12 Jun 2014 in Technology&Writing
• Study 40+ Languages with Free Lessons from the U.S. Foreign Service Institute, 11 Jun 2014 in Language Lessons
• Terry Gilliam, Guy Ritchie & Alejandro González Iñárritu Direct Soccer Ads for Nike, 10 Jun 2014 in Film&Sports&Television