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• Pride and Prejudice Translated into Academiotics (and More Fun with Scholarly Jargon), 08 Oct 2013 in Comedy&Literature
• Quentin Tarantino’s 10 Favorite Films of 2013, 07 Oct 2013 in Film
• How To Be Creative: PBS’ Off Book Series Explores the Secret Sauce of Great Ideas, 07 Oct 2013 in Creativity
• How Animated Cartoons Are Made: Watch a Short, Charming Primer from 1919, 06 Oct 2013 in Animation
• Study Finds That Reading Tolstoy & Other Great Novelists Can Increase Your Emotional Intelligence, 04 Oct 2013 in Books&Health&Literature&Psychology&Science
• Who Wrote at Standing Desks? Kierkegaard, Dickens and Ernest Hemingway Too, 03 Oct 2013 in Literature&Writing
• What Happens When Everyday People Get a Chance to Conduct a World-Class Orchestra, 02 Oct 2013 in Music
• 94-Year-Old Pete Seeger Sings “This Land is Your Land” at Farm Aid, 01 Oct 2013 in Music
• Statistics Explained Through Modern Dance: A New Way of Teaching a Tough Subject, 01 Oct 2013 in Math
• The James Merrill Digital Archive Lets You Explore the Creative Life of a Great American Poet, 30 Sep 2013 in Archives&Poetry
• The Complete Wizard of Oz Series, Available as Free eBooks and Free Audio Books, 29 Sep 2013 in Audio Books&e-books&K-12
• Free Audio: 46 Minute Reading from Dave Eggers’ New Novel, The Circle, 29 Sep 2013 in Audio Books&Books&Literature
• Richard Feynman Gets Jazzed Explaining How Rubber Bands Work, 26 Sep 2013 in Physics&Science
• The 10 Greatest Books Ever, According to 125 Top Authors (Download Them for Free), 25 Sep 2013 in Books
• 10th Graders Draw Pictures Imagining Philosophers at Work, 21 Sep 2013 in Architecture&Art
• Dewars Channels the Ghost of Charles Bukowski to Sell Scotch, 20 Sep 2013 in Business&Poetry
• Death of An Adjunct: A Sobering, True Story, 19 Sep 2013 in Business&Education&Life
• Bohemian Gravity: String Theory Explored With an A Cappella Version of Bohemian Rhapsody, 19 Sep 2013 in Music&Physics&Science
• Man Shot in Fight Over Immanuel Kant’s Philosophy in Russia, 17 Sep 2013 in Philosophy&Random
• Rules for Teachers in 1872 & 1915: No Drinking, Smoking, or Trips to Barber Shops and Ice Cream Parlors, 16 Sep 2013 in Education
• The Famous Feynman Lectures on Physics: The New Online Edition (in HTML5), 14 Sep 2013 in e-books&Physics
• Read 30 Free Essays & Stories by David Foster Wallace on the 5th Anniversary of His Death, 12 Sep 2013 in e-books&Literature
• A Bluegrass Version of Metallica’s Heavy Metal Hit, “Enter Sandman”, 12 Sep 2013 in Music
• Google & edX to Create MOOC.Org: An Open Source Platform For Creating Your Own MOOC, 11 Sep 2013 in Google&Harvard&MIT&MOOCs
• The Complete Works of Leo Tolstoy Online: New Archive Will Present 90 Volumes for Free (in Russian), 11 Sep 2013 in Archives&Literature
• Download Free Music from 150+ Classical Composers, Courtesy of Musopen.org, 10 Sep 2013 in Music
• Set Chopin Free: A Kickstarter to Campaign to Put 245 Chopin Pieces Into the Public Domain, 09 Sep 2013 in Music
• Student Poses as Professor, Kicks Off Chemistry Class at University of Rochester With a Prank, 08 Sep 2013 in Comedy&Random
• Salvador “Dalí is the Biggest ‘Prick’ of the 20th Century,” Says the Quotable Henry Miller, 05 Sep 2013 in Art&Literature
• Avant-Garde Poet Henri Michaux Creates Educational Film Visualizing Effects of Mescaline & Hash (1964), 04 Sep 2013 in Art&Film&Poetry&Science
• What We Still Don’t Know: Martin Rees Tackles Deepest Scientific Questions in Great Documentary, 03 Sep 2013 in Science
• Synchronized, Timelapse Video Shows Train Traveling from London to Brighton in 1953, 1983 & 2013, 03 Sep 2013 in History&Travel
• FBI’s “Vault” Web Site Reveals Declassified Files on Hemingway, Einstein, Marilyn & Other Icons, 03 Sep 2013 in History
• Author Rob Sheffield Picks Karaoke Songs for Famous Authors: Imagine Wallace Stevens Singing the Velvet Underground’s “Sunday Morning”, 03 Sep 2013 in Literature&Music&Poetry
• Disco Saves Lives: Give CPR to the The Beat of Bee Gees “Stayin’ Alive”, 02 Sep 2013 in Life&Music
• An Introduction to World Literature by a Cast Of Literary & Academic Stars (Free Course), 01 Sep 2013 in Harvard&Literature&Online Courses
• Iconic Photographs Re-Created in Play Doh: Man Ray to Nan Goldin, 29 Aug 2013 in Photography&Random
• Watch The March, the Masterful, Digitally Restored Documentary on The Great March on Washington, 28 Aug 2013 in Film&History
• Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon Turned Into a Radio Play, 28 Aug 2013 in Music&Radio
• Watch Family Planning, Walt Disney’s 1967 Sex Ed Production, Starring Donald Duck, 27 Aug 2013 in Animation&History
• 10 Essential Tips for Making Great Coffee at Home, 26 Aug 2013 in Food & Drink
• A Radio Play Based on Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. Coming Monday. Watch the Trailer., 24 Aug 2013 in Music&Radio
• The “Most Amazing [Borrowed] College Welcome Speech Ever”, 23 Aug 2013 in Uncategorized
• Free: Stream New Albums by Bob Dylan, Neko Case & Sly And The Family Stone, 22 Aug 2013 in Music
• Read “Slight Rebellion Off Madison,” J.D. Salinger’s First Story in The New Yorker & Early Holden Caulfield Story (1946), 22 Aug 2013 in e-books&Literature
• Quentin Tarantino’s Handwritten List of the 11 “Greatest Movies”, 21 Aug 2013 in Film
• LinkedIn Rolls Out Pages for Universities, 20 Aug 2013 in Business
• Crime Writer Elmore Leonard Provides 13 Writing Tips for Aspiring Writers, 20 Aug 2013 in Books&Literature&Writing
• Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ Re-Created by Astronomer with 100 Hubble Space Telescope Images, 20 Aug 2013 in Art&Harvard&Science&Technology
• The Very Concise Suicide Note by Kodak Founder George Eastman: “My Work is Done. Why Wait?” (1932), 19 Aug 2013 in History&Technology
• Librarians Pay Tribute to Classic Beastie Boys Video; Name Henry Rollins Keynote Speaker at Conference, 19 Aug 2013 in Books
• New Animation Explains Sherry Turkle’s Theories on Why Social Media Makes Us Lonely, 16 Aug 2013 in Psychology
• Slick Data Visualization Reveals Scientific Collaborations Taking Place Around the Globe, 15 Aug 2013 in Science
• What Can Philosophy Do For You? Higher Test Scores, Better Jobs, Bigger Pay (Among Other Things), 15 Aug 2013 in Philosophy
• 8‑Year-Old George Orwell Sends a Cute Picture and Error-Filled Letter To His Mother, 1911, 14 Aug 2013 in K-12&Literature
• Alfred Hitchcock’s 50 Ways to Kill a Character (and Our Favorite Hitch Resources on the Web), 13 Aug 2013 in Film
• Flashmob Performs The Beatles’ ‘Here Comes the Sun’ in Madrid Unemployment Office, 13 Aug 2013 in Life&Music
• The Breaking Bad Theme Played with Meth Lab Equipment, 12 Aug 2013 in Music&Television
• What Prisoners Ate at Alcatraz in 1946: A Vintage Prison Menu, 10 Aug 2013 in Food & Drink&History
• Read Marx’s Capital with David Harvey, and Then Help Translate His Free Course Into 36 Languages, 10 Aug 2013 in Economics&Online Courses
• Richard Feynman’s Letter to His Departed Wife: “You, Dead, Are So Much Better Than Anyone Else Alive” (1946), 08 Aug 2013 in Letters&Life&Physics
• Steven Pinker: “Dear Humanists, Science is Not Your Enemy”, 07 Aug 2013 in Education
• Cookpad, the Largest Recipe Site in Japan, Launches New Site in English, 07 Aug 2013 in Food & Drink
• The “Celebrity Lecture Series” From Michigan State Features Talks by Great Writers of Our Time, 06 Aug 2013 in Books&Literature&Writing
• Neil deGrasseTyson Receives Irate Mail from Kids After Pluto Gets Booted from List of Planets, 05 Aug 2013 in Astronomy&Random&Science
• How Climate Change Is Threatening Your Daily Cup of Coffee, 04 Aug 2013 in Environment&Food & Drink&Science
• Free: Download 151 Sci-Fi & Fantasy Stories from Tor.com, 03 Aug 2013 in e-books&Sci Fi
• Watch the First Commercial Ever Shown on American TV, 1941, 02 Aug 2013 in History&Television
• Watch Lollapalooza 2013. It’s Streaming Live on YouTube This Weekend, and It’s Free, 02 Aug 2013 in Music
• 132 Years of Global Warming Visualized in 26 Dramatically Animated Seconds, 01 Aug 2013 in Science
• A Subway Ride Through New York City: Watch Vintage Footage from 1905, 31 Jul 2013 in History&Technology
• Stephen Colbert Tries to Make Sense of MOOCs with the Head of edX, 31 Jul 2013 in Comedy&MIT&MOOCs
• Noam Chomsky Went Gangnam Style … Ever So Briefly?, 30 Jul 2013 in MIT&Music&Philosophy&Random
• The Lost/Animated Interview with Fidel Castro: If the Revolution Fails, Cuba Will be “Hell Itself” (1959), 30 Jul 2013 in Animation&History
• See What Happens When You Run Finnegans Wake Through a Spell Checker, 29 Jul 2013 in Books&Random
• Watch D.W. Griffith’s Silent Masterpiece Intolerance Free Online — It’s the “Ulysses of the Cinema!”, 28 Jul 2013 in Film
• ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Author Jane Austen Will Appear on the £10 Note, 26 Jul 2013 in Business&Literature
• The Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook: Philosopher Ponders Making Omelets in Long Lost Diary Entries, 25 Jul 2013 in Comedy&Philosophy
• Seven New Courses Coming from the School of Open: Sign Up Today, 24 Jul 2013 in MOOCs&Online Courses
• 20 Books People Pretend to Read (and Now Your Confessions?), 24 Jul 2013 in Books
• Video: Bob Marley Plays a Soccer Match in Brazil, 1980, 23 Jul 2013 in Music&Sports
• The Way Too Philosophical Pop Song, 23 Jul 2013 in Comedy&Music&Philosophy
• Watch Pitch Tar Finally Drip in One of World’s Oldest, Slowest-Moving Experiments, 22 Jul 2013 in Physics
• 8‑Year-Old Anne Frank Plays in a Sandbox on a Summer Day, 1937, 21 Jul 2013 in History
• Free Comic Books Turns Kids Onto Physics: Start With the Adventures of Nikola Tesla, 21 Jul 2013 in Comics/Cartoons&K-12&Physics
• Alan Turing, Brilliant Mathematician and Code Breaker, Will Be Finally Pardoned by British Government, 19 Jul 2013 in Life&Math
• Louis Armstrong Plays Trumpet at the Egyptian Pyramids; Dizzy Gillespie Charms a Snake in Pakistan, 18 Jul 2013 in Music
• How the Tesla Model S is Made: A Behind-the-Scenes Tour, 17 Jul 2013 in Technology
• The Making of a Steinway Grand Piano, From Start to Finish, 17 Jul 2013 in Music
• Read Ulysses Seen, A Graphic Novel Adaptation of James Joyce’s Ulysses, 16 Jul 2013 in Books&Comics/Cartoons&Literature
• The Real Value of a Guitar, 15 Jul 2013 in Life&Music
• Download a Free Course from “The Great Courses” Through Audible.com’s Free Trial Program, 10 Jul 2013 in Audio Books&Online Courses
• How a Clean, Tidy Home Can Help You Survive the Atomic Bomb: A Cold War Film from 1954, 10 Jul 2013 in History
• Listening to Proust’s Remembrance of Things Past, (Maybe) the Longest Audio Book Ever Made, 09 Jul 2013 in Audio Books&Literature
• Rapping About Science: Watch High School Senior Jabari Johnson Talk Physics with Poetic Lyrics, 06 Jul 2013 in Music&Science
• Stevie Ray Vaughan’s Version of “Little Wing” Played on Traditional Korean Instrument, the Gayageum, 04 Jul 2013 in Music
• Teacher Wears Same Groovy Outfit In Yearbook Photo 40 Years Straight, 04 Jul 2013 in Random
• Great Moments in Computer History: Douglas Engelbart Presents “The Mother of All Demos” (1968), 04 Jul 2013 in History&Technology
• Watch Franz Kafka, the Wonderful Animated Film by Piotr Dumala, 03 Jul 2013 in Animation&Film&Literature
• A Song of Our Warming Planet: Cellist Turns 130 Years of Climate Change Data into Music, 03 Jul 2013 in Music&Science
• Learn 48 Languages for Free Online: A Big Update to Our Master List, 03 Jul 2013 in Language Lessons
• How to Keep Following Open Culture After the Demise of Google Reader, 01 Jul 2013 in Technology
• Revealed: The Visual Effects Behind The Great Gatsby, 30 Jun 2013 in Film
• A Short, Animated Look at What’s Inside Your Average Cup of Coffee, 29 Jun 2013 in Animation&Food & Drink
• Gertrude Stein Gets a Snarky Rejection Letter from Publisher (1912), 27 Jun 2013 in Letters&Literature
• Helen Keller & Annie Sullivan Appear Together in Moving 1930 Newsreel, 27 Jun 2013 in History
• The Art of Punk Presents a New Documentary on The Dead Kennedys and Their Gritty Aesthetics, 26 Jun 2013 in Art&Music
• Free Business Courses: Discover Our New Collection (and Offer Your Own Suggestions), 26 Jun 2013 in Business&Online Courses
• Amazing Aerial Photographs of Great American Cities Circa 1906, 25 Jun 2013 in Photography
• Mickey Mouse In Vietnam: The Underground Anti-War Animation from 1968, Co-Created by Milton Glaser, 24 Jun 2013 in Animation&History
• James Gandolfini Shows Kinder, Softer, Gentler Side on Sesame Street (2002), 23 Jun 2013 in Life&Television
• James Gandolfini Reads from Maurice Sendak’s Children’s Story “In The Night Kitchen”, 20 Jun 2013 in Audio Books&K-12
• An Animated “Speedrun” Through Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, 20 Jun 2013 in Animation&Books
• An Animated History of the Tulip, 19 Jun 2013 in Animation&History
• A Look Inside Mel Blanc’s Throat as He Performs the Voices of Bugs Bunny and Other Cartoon Legends, 18 Jun 2013 in Comics/Cartoons&Random
• Kickstart Sound Poetry, Ken Berman’s Jazz Album Inspired by Allen Ginsberg & Bob Dylan, 17 Jun 2013 in Music
• Google Wants to Provide Internet Access to Remote Parts of the World with Solar-Powered Balloons, 17 Jun 2013 in Google&Technology
• Watch the World Record for the Largest Domino Chain Made of 2,131 Books, 16 Jun 2013 in Books&Random
• Mick Jagger, 15 Years Old, Shows Off His Rock Climbing Shoes on British TV (1959), 14 Jun 2013 in Music&Television
• Paul McCartney Talks Beatles & Wings with Stephen Colbert, Performs 6 Songs Live, 13 Jun 2013 in Comedy&Music
• Download 60 Free History Courses from Great Universities, 13 Jun 2013 in History&Online Courses
• Listen to Freddie Mercury’s Wondrous Piano and Vocal Tracks for “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975), 12 Jun 2013 in Music
• World Records: New Photo Exhibit Pays Tribute to the Era of Vinyl Records & Turntables, 11 Jun 2013 in Art&Music
• Maurice Sendak Animated; James Gandolfini Reads from Sendak’s Story “In The Night Kitchen”, 10 Jun 2013 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&K-12
• Louis CK Ridicules Avant-Garde Art on 1990s MTV Show, 10 Jun 2013 in Art&Comedy
• Philadelphia Orchestra Quartet Gets Stuck on a Plane in China, Plays Dvořák for Grateful Passengers, 08 Jun 2013 in Life&Music
• Berlin Street Scenes Beautifully Caught on Film (1900–1914), 07 Jun 2013 in History
• Building Statues for Nikola Tesla and Bob Dylan: Two Kickstarter Campaigns, 06 Jun 2013 in Art&Music&Science
• Philip Roth Reads “In Memory of a Friend, Teacher & Mentor” (A Free Download Benefiting a Public Library), 05 Jun 2013 in Audio Books&Life&Literature
• Watch Idem Paris, David Lynch’s Short Film on the Art of Making Lithographs, 04 Jun 2013 in Art&Film
• Patrick Stewart Talks Candidly About Domestic Violence in a Poignant Q&A Session at Comicpalooza, 03 Jun 2013 in Life&Sci Fi
• Oprah Winfrey’s Harvard Commencement Speech: Failure is Just Part of Moving Through Life, 01 Jun 2013 in Graduation Speech&Harvard&Life
• The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Heroes, 28 May 2013 in Comics/Cartoons&Random&Religion
• Eight Radiohead Albums Reimagined as Vintage Paperback Books, 28 May 2013 in Design&Music
• Pakistani Orchestra Plays Eastern-Flavored Version of REM’s “Everybody Hurts”, 26 May 2013 in Music
• Carl Sagan on the Virtues of Marijuana (1969), 23 May 2013 in Astronomy
• Dave Grohl, Tom Waits, Bonnie Raitt & Other Friends Make Surprise Appearances on Rolling Stones Tour, 22 May 2013 in Music
• Ricky Gervais Presents “Learn Guitar with David Brent”, 21 May 2013 in Music
• Dream, A Short Documentary on the Art and Culture of Burning Man, 20 May 2013 in Art
• Download 100 Free Online Philosophy Courses & Start Living the Examined Life, 19 May 2013 in Online Courses&Philosophy