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• President Warren G. Harding’s Steamy Love Letters, 29 Jun 2016 in Letters
• Hear Young Bob Dylan, Before Releasing His First Album, Tell Amazing Tales About Growing Up in a Carnival, 28 Jun 2016 in Music
• Brexit 101: The UK’s Stunning Vote Explained in 4 Minutes, 23 Jun 2016 in Current Affairs&Politics
• 1930s Fashion Designers Predict How People Would Dress in the Year 2000, 23 Jun 2016 in Fashion&History&Technology
• Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” and “Self Portrait” Painted on Dark Water, Using a Traditional Turkish Art Form, 22 Jun 2016 in Art
• A Handy Guide on How to Download Old Coursera Courses Before They Disappear, 17 Jun 2016 in Online Courses
• The Best Drone Cinema in the World, 17 Jun 2016 in Film
• Download a Complete, Cover-to-Cover Parody of The New Yorker: 80 Pages of Fine Satire, 16 Jun 2016 in Comedy&Magazines
• Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey Rendered in the Style of Picasso; Blade Runner in the Style of Van Gogh, 14 Jun 2016 in Art&Film
• Harvard Dean Lists the 5 Essential Questions to Ask In Life … Which Will Bring You Happiness & Success, 13 Jun 2016 in Graduation Speech&Life
• Bertrand Russell: “The Problem with the World Is That Fools & Fanatics Are So Certain of Themselves”, 12 Jun 2016 in Life&Philosophy
• Hear a BBC Radio Drama of Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov: Streaming Free for a Limited Time, 10 Jun 2016 in Audio Books&Literature
• Martin Scorsese Sends a Sweet Video to the Young Creator a Kubrick/Scorsese Mashup, 09 Jun 2016 in Film&Life
• Free: Learn Foreign Languages in Your Car, 08 Jun 2016 in Language Lessons
• How to Achieve Professional Happiness Through “Creative Incompetence”: A Corollary to the Famous “Peter Principle”, 07 Jun 2016 in Business&Life
• A Complete Digitization of the 1960s Magazine Avant Garde: From John Lennon’s Erotic Lithographs to Marilyn Monroe’s Last Photos, 06 Jun 2016 in Magazines
• “Muhammad Ali, This Is Your Life!”: Celebrate Ali’s Life & Times with This Touching 1978 TV Tribute, 03 Jun 2016 in Life&Sports
• Philosophy Prof Illustrates Nietzsche’s Zarathustra in the Style of Dr. Seuss, 02 Jun 2016 in Comics/Cartoons&Philosophy
• The Battle to Finish a PhD: World War I Soldier Completes His Dissertation in the Trenches (1916), 01 Jun 2016 in Education&History&Life
• Live Stream the World Science Festival, Starting (Now) with This Tribute to Oliver Sacks, 01 Jun 2016 in Science
• 10 Most Popular MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) Getting Started in June: Enroll Free Today, 31 May 2016 in Online Courses
• 4 Simple Ways You Can Personally Reduce Your Risk of Getting Cancer, 30 May 2016 in Food & Drink&Health
• The Influence of Miles Davis Revealed with Data Visualization: For His 90th Birthday Today, 26 May 2016 in Music
• Wake Up & Smell the Coffee: The New All-in-One Coffee-Maker/Alarm Clock is Finally Here!, 26 May 2016 in Food & Drink
• How to Build Stuff: A Free Short Course on Making Prototypes by Entrepreneur Dan Gelbart, 24 May 2016 in How to Learn for Free&Technology
• Learning How to Learn: The Most Popular MOOC of All Time, 23 May 2016 in Education&Neuroscience&Online Courses
• The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” Played by Musicians Around the World, 21 May 2016 in Music
• 5 Books Bill Gates Wants You to Read This Summer, 19 May 2016 in Books
• Watch Paul McCartney Perform Live, with 10-Year-Old Leila on Bass, in Buenos Aires Yesterday, 18 May 2016 in Life&Music
• Behold the Sea Organ: The Massive Experimental Musical Instrument That Makes Music with the Sea, 18 May 2016 in Music
• Hear the Music of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks Played by the Experimental Band, Xiu Xiu: A Free Stream of Their New Album, 17 May 2016 in Music&Television
• Sheryl Sandberg Talks About What Death Has Taught Her About Life: UC Berkeley Commencement Address, 2016, 16 May 2016 in Life
• Free: Stream Bob Dylan’s Brand New Album Fallen Angels for a Limited Time, 13 May 2016 in Music
• This Is What It Sounds Like When 1999 People Sing Prince’s “When Doves Cry”, 12 May 2016 in Life&Music
• Jon Stewart Resurfaces and Breaks Down the 2016 Election: The “Man Baby” v. the “Inauthentic”, 11 May 2016 in Current Affairs&Politics
• The Wizard of Oz Broken Apart and Put Back Together in Alphabetical Order, 11 May 2016 in Film&Random
• A Clever Supercut of Writers Struggling with Writer’s Block in 53 Films: From Barton Fink to The Royal Tenenbaums, 10 May 2016 in Film&Writing
• The Thomas Pynchon Crossword Puzzle, 09 May 2016 in Literature
• Edward Snowden & Jean-Michel Jarre Record a Techno Protest Song, “Exit”, 09 May 2016 in Current Affairs&Music&Technology
• The New Radiohead Album is Out; Watch a Paul Thomas Anderson-Directed Music Video for One of the New Singles, 08 May 2016 in Music
• 7 Tips for Reading More Books in a Year, 05 May 2016 in Books
• Watch Janis Joplin: Little Girl Blue: The PBS American Masters Documentary That’s Streaming Free for a Limited Time, 04 May 2016 in Film&Music
• Hermeneutics of Toilets by Slavoj Žižek: An Animation About Finding Ideology in Unlikely Places, 04 May 2016 in Animation&Philosophy&Politics
• Walter Benjamin Jots in His Notebook Every Book He’s Read Since He Was 18, 03 May 2016 in Books
• Sir Ian McKellen Releases New Apps to Make Shakespeare’s Plays More Enjoyable & Accessible, 02 May 2016 in iPad&Literature&Theatre
• President Obama’s 2016 Stand-Up Comedy Routine, 02 May 2016 in Comedy&Politics
• Peter Frampton Plays a Tiny Desk Concert for NPR, Featuring Acoustic Versions of His Classic Songs, 28 Apr 2016 in Music
• Young Patti Smith Rails Against the Censorship of Her Music: An Animated, NSFW Interview from 1976, 28 Apr 2016 in Music
• An Ancient Philosophical Song Reconstructed and Played for the First Time in 1,000 Years, 26 Apr 2016 in History&Music
• In Search of Ludwig Wittgenstein’s Secluded Hut in Norway: A Short Travel Film, 25 Apr 2016 in Philosophy&Travel
• Frida!, 22 Apr 2016 in Art
• A Short Animated History of Zero (0): How It Started in India, Then Made Its Journey to the West, 20 Apr 2016 in Math
• Watch the Titanic Sink in Real Time in a New 2‑Hour, 40 Minute Animation, 19 Apr 2016 in Animation&History
• Spike Lee Directs, “Wake Up,” a Five-Minute Campaign Film for Bernie Sanders, 17 Apr 2016 in Current Affairs&Film&Politics
• John Cage Performs His Avant-Garde Piano Piece 4′33″ … in 1′22″ (Harvard Square, 1973), 15 Apr 2016 in Music
• Radiooooo: A Musical Time Machine That Lets You Hear What Played on the Radio in Different Times & Places, 14 Apr 2016 in Music&Radio
• How the Sound Effects on 1930s Radio Shows Were Made: An Inside Look, 13 Apr 2016 in Business&Film&Radio
• Lolita Book Covers: 200+ Designs From 40 Countries Since 1955, Including Nabokov’s Favorite Design, 11 Apr 2016 in Art&Books
• Question: Where Can You Watch 65 Charlie Chaplin Films Free Online?, 08 Apr 2016 in Comedy&Film
• Watch the First Episode of Vinyl: Mick Jagger & Martin Scorsese’s Series on the 1970s Music Scene, 08 Apr 2016 in Music&Television
• Spike Lee Interviews Bernie Sanders: Two Guys from Brooklyn Talk About Education, Inequality & More, 07 Apr 2016 in Current Affairs
• NASA Releases 3 Million Thermal Images of Our Planet Earth, 06 Apr 2016 in Science
• What Are the Keys to Happiness? Lessons from a 75-Year-Long Harvard Study, 05 Apr 2016 in Life&Psychology
• How to Open a Wine Bottle with Your Shoe, 01 Apr 2016 in Food & Drink
• An Animated Carl Sagan Talks with Studs Terkel About Finding Extraterrestrial Life (1985), 31 Mar 2016 in Animation&Astronomy&Radio
• Watch City Out of Time, A Short Tribute to Venice, Narrated by William Shatner in 1959, 30 Mar 2016 in Film
• Recalling Albert Camus’ Fashion Advice, Noam Chomsky Pans Glenn Greenwald’s Shiny, Purple Tie, 29 Mar 2016 in Comedy&Philosophy
• Harvard’s Michael Sandel Launches “The Global Philosopher,” a New Digital Show Exploring Pressing Philosophical Problems, 28 Mar 2016 in Philosophy
• Software Used by Hayao Miyazaki’s Animation Studio Is Now Officially Ready to Download, 27 Mar 2016 in Animation&Software
• Google Makes Its $149 Photo Editing Software Now Completely Free to Download, 25 Mar 2016 in Photography&Software
• A Hulking 1959 Chevy Bel Air Gets Obliterated by a Mid-Size 2009 Chevy Malibu in a Crash Test, 24 Mar 2016 in Technology
• Free M.I.T. Course Teaches You How to Become Bill Nye & Make Great Science Videos for YouTube, 23 Mar 2016 in MIT&Online Courses&Science&YouTube
• You Can Find the Proof of Evolution in Our Own Spare Body Parts: From Third Molars to Vestigial Tails, 22 Mar 2016 in Biology
• Hear a Complete 24-Hour Reading of Moby-Dick, Recorded at the Southbank Centre in London (2015), 21 Mar 2016 in Audio Books&Literature
• Peter Sellers Reads The Beatles’ “She Loves You” in 4 Different Accents: Dr. Strangelove, Cockney, Irish & Upper Crust, 19 Mar 2016 in Comedy&Music
• Artists Put Online 3D, High Resolution Scans of 3,000-Year-Old Nefertiti Bust (and Controversy Ensues), 17 Mar 2016 in Art
• Julia Child Marathon: 201 Episodes of “The French Chef” Streaming Free (for a Limited Time), 16 Mar 2016 in Food & Drink&Television
• Download the Foo Fighters’ EP Saint Cecilia Free: MP3, FLAC, WAV, iTunes & Other Formats, 15 Mar 2016 in Music
• “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing,” a Quote Falsely Attributed to Edmund Burke, 13 Mar 2016 in History&Politics
• Who the F*@% is Frank Zappa?: Kickstart the Making of the Definitive Frank Zappa Documentary, 11 Mar 2016 in Film&Music
• The History of Rock Told in a Whirlwind 15-Minute Video, 10 Mar 2016 in Music
• New Order’s “Blue Monday” Played with Obsolete 1930s Instruments, 09 Mar 2016 in Music
• Learn How to Code for Free: A DIY Guide for Learning HTML, Python, Javascript & More, 07 Mar 2016 in Computer Science&How to Learn for Free
• Unearthed Songs by Jeff Buckley Now Streaming Online (Free For a Limited Time), 04 Mar 2016 in Music
• Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” Played with Medieval Instruments, and Kickstart More Medieval Covers, 03 Mar 2016 in Music
• Watch Star Trek: New Voyages: The Original Fan-Made Sequel to the 1960s TV Series, 01 Mar 2016 in Sci Fi&Television
• Download All 36 of Jan Vermeer’s Beautifully Rare Paintings (Most in Brilliant High Resolution), 29 Feb 2016 in Art
• Brian Greene Breaks Down Einstein’s Theory of Gravitational Waves for Stephen Colbert, 29 Feb 2016 in Physics
• Watch the Trailer for a “Fully Painted” Van Gogh Film: Features 12 Oil Paintings Per Second by 100+ Painters, 27 Feb 2016 in Animation&Art&Film
• 13 Van Gogh’s Paintings Painstakingly Brought to Life with 3D Animation & Visual Mapping, 25 Feb 2016 in Animation&Art
• John Grisham Is Letting You Download His New Novel as a Free eBook, 24 Feb 2016 in Books&e-books
• Coffee Entrepreneur Renato Bialetti Gets Buried in the Espresso Maker He Made Famous, 22 Feb 2016 in Food & Drink&Life
• Stephen Hawking’s Uplifting Message: You Can Get Yourself Out of Any Hole, No Matter What Their Size, 22 Feb 2016 in Animation&Physics
• Umberto Eco Dies at 84; Leaves Behind Advice to Aspiring Writers, 19 Feb 2016 in Life&Writing
• Paul Giamatti Plays Honoré de Balzac, Hopped Up on 50 Coffees Per Day, 19 Feb 2016 in Food & Drink&Literature
• Summertime: Willie Nelson Sings Gershwin Is Now Streaming Free for a Limited Time, 19 Feb 2016 in Music
• New Digital Archive, “Richard Pryor’s Peoria,” Takes You Inside the Dark, Lively World That Shaped the Pioneering Comedian, 18 Feb 2016 in Comedy&History
• Chess Grandmaster Maurice Ashley Plays Unsuspecting Trash Talker in Washington Square Park, 17 Feb 2016 in Games
• You Can Now Get a Master’s Degree in Samuel Beckett: Here’s How to Apply, and Maybe Get a Scholarship, 17 Feb 2016 in Literature
• The Remarkable Physics of Ants: Watch Them Turn into Fluids and Solids at Will, 16 Feb 2016 in Physics&Video - Science
• Download Two Harry Potter Audio Books for Free (and Get the Rest of the Series for Cheap), 15 Feb 2016 in Audio Books
• What Gravitational Waves Sound Like: New Audio of Black Holes Colliding Confirms Predictions Einstein Made 100 Years Ago, 12 Feb 2016 in Physics
• LIFE Magazine’s Guide to Kissing, Circa 1942, 12 Feb 2016 in Life
• Take a Free Online Course on Making Animations from Pixar & Khan Academy, 11 Feb 2016 in Animation&How to Learn for Free&Online Courses
• The Princeton Bitcoin Textbook Is Now Free Online, 10 Feb 2016 in Computer Science&e-books
• New App Lets You Explore Hieronymus Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights” in Virtual Reality, 09 Feb 2016 in Art
• Claymation Film Recreates Historic Chess Match Immortalized in Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, 09 Feb 2016 in Film&Games
• Watch Star Trek Continues: The Critically-Acclaimed, Fan-Made Sequel to the Original TV Series, 08 Feb 2016 in Sci Fi&Television
• Stephen Hawking’s Lectures on Black Holes Now Fully Animated with Chalkboard Illustrations, 05 Feb 2016 in Physics
• Free Coloring Books from World-Class Libraries & Museums: The New York Public Library, Bodleian, Smithsonian & More, 04 Feb 2016 in Art&Coloring Books
• Animated Interview: Sally Ride Tells Gloria Steinem About the Challenge of Being the First American Women in Space (1983), 03 Feb 2016 in Animation&Life&Science
• Jacques Derrida on Seinfeld: “Deconstruction Doesn’t Produce Any Sitcom”, 02 Feb 2016 in Philosophy&Television
• Download Marc Andreessen’s Influential Blog (“Pmarca”) as a Free eBook, 01 Feb 2016 in Business&e-books&Entrepreneurship
• The Art from David Bowie’s Final Album, Blackstar, is Now Free for Fans to Download and Reuse, 28 Jan 2016 in Art&Music
• Stephen Hawking & Actor Paul Rudd Play an Epic Game of Quantum Chess, Narrated by Keanu Reeves, 28 Jan 2016 in Games&Physics
• The Society of Mind: A Free Online Course from Marvin Minsky, Pioneer of Artificial Intelligence, 27 Jan 2016 in Computer Science&Online Courses
• Hear a Supercut of the Last Second of Every AC/DC Song, 26 Jan 2016 in Music&Random
• The Original Stuffed Animals That Inspired Winnie the Pooh, 24 Jan 2016 in K-12&Literature
• David Bowie Lists His 25 Favorite LPs in His Record Collection: Stream Most of Them Free Online, 21 Jan 2016 in Music
• How to Make a Book From Scratch, 20 Jan 2016 in Books
• How Old School Records Were Made, From Start to Finish: A 1937 Video Featuring Duke Ellington, 19 Jan 2016 in Music
• Are You One of the 2% Who Can Solve “Einstein’s Riddle”?, 14 Jan 2016 in Random
• Plato’s Cave Allegory Animated Monty Python-Style, 13 Jan 2016 in Animation&Philosophy
• David Bowie as Tilda Swinton, and Vice Versa, 11 Jan 2016 in Music
• The Memorial Service & Celebration of “Lemmy” Kilmister, Motörhead Frontman, is Now Streaming Live, 09 Jan 2016 in Music
• The Feminist Theory of Simone de Beauvoir Explained with 8‑Bit Video Games (and More), 09 Jan 2016 in Animation&Gender&Philosophy
• Bruce Lee’s Only Surviving TV Interview, 1971: Lost and Now Found, 07 Jan 2016 in Sports&Television
• An Artful, Animated Tribute to The Wire, Created by a Fan of the Critically-Acclaimed TV Series, 06 Jan 2016 in Animation&Television
• An Animated Carol Dweck on Why Parents Who Tell Their Kids How Smart They Are Aren’t Doing Them Any Favors, 05 Jan 2016 in Animation&Education&Psychology
• Bill Gates, Book Critic, Names His Top 5 Books of 2015, 04 Jan 2016 in Books
• The Science of Willpower: 15 Tips for Making Your New Year’s Resolutions Last from Dr. Kelly McGonigal, 03 Jan 2016 in Life&Psychology
• Hear Jeremy Irons Read T.S. Eliot’s ‘The Naming of Cats’ (For a Limited Time), 30 Dec 2015 in Audio Books&Poetry
• Hear Tom Lehrer Sing the Names of 102 Chemical Elements to the Tune of Gilbert & Sullivan, 29 Dec 2015 in Math&Music
• The Overlook Hotel from The Shining Recreated with Gingerbread & Rice Krispies, 29 Dec 2015 in Film&Food & Drink
• Alan Watts Introduces America to Meditation & Eastern Philosophy: Watch the 1960 TV Show, Eastern Wisdom and Modern Life, 25 Dec 2015 in Life&Philosophy&Television
• Fill Your New Kindle, iPad, iPhone, eReader with Free eBooks, Audio Books, Online Courses & More, 25 Dec 2015 in Amazon Kindle&Audio Books&Film&Online Courses
• 13 Beatles Albums & 4 Compilations Now Free to Stream Online: Stream Away, 24 Dec 2015 in Music
• How To Make the Perfect Cappuccino According to the World Barista Champion (Almost NSFW), 24 Dec 2015 in Food & Drink
• Bach’s Prélude N°1 Played on Boomwhacker Percussion Tubes, 23 Dec 2015 in Music
• CBGB is Reborn … As a Restaurant in Newark Airport, 22 Dec 2015 in Food & Drink&Music