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• Patti Smith & Fred “Sonic” Smith Perform a Stripped-Down, Beautiful Version of “People Have the Power”, 07 Nov 2020 in Music
• Terry Gilliam Reveals the Secrets of Monty Python Animations: A 1974 How-To Guide, 06 Nov 2020 in Animation
• 10 Hours of Nick Offerman Quietly Drinking Single Malt Scotch by the Fire, 03 Nov 2020 in Random
• Martin Luther King: “You Know Who to Vote For. I’m Just Asking You to Vote!” (1964), 03 Nov 2020 in History
• Why Masks Work: A Slow Motion Demonstration (Plus a Guest Appearance by Dr. Fauci), 01 Nov 2020 in Science
• Sean Connery (RIP) Reads C.P. Cavafy’s Epic Poem “Ithaca,” Set to the Music of Vangelis, 31 Oct 2020 in Film&Music&Poetry
• The Official Trailer for the New Frank Zappa Documentary Is Now Online, 30 Oct 2020 in Film&Music
• Karen O & Willie Nelson Release a New Cover Bowie & Queen’s “Under Pressure”, 28 Oct 2020 in Music
• Phone Relief: The Ultimate Hands-Free Headset (1993), 20 Oct 2020 in Random&Technology
• A Master List of 1,500 Free Courses From Top Universities: 50,000 Hours of Audio/Video Lectures to Enrich Your Mind, 18 Oct 2020 in Online Courses
• Marionette Freddie Mercury Performs on the Streets of Madrid, 14 Oct 2020 in Music
• The Great Illustration That Accompanied Eddie Van Halen’s Application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (1987), 12 Oct 2020 in Music&Technology
• Requiem for a Dream: The Cast & Crew Reunite 20 Years Later, 11 Oct 2020 in Film
• The Grateful Dead Movie: Watch It Free Online, 04 Oct 2020 in Film&Music
• The Beastie Boys’ Final Concert Streaming Free Online This Weekend, 26 Sep 2020 in Music
• Blockbuster Courses on the U.S. Presidential Election Getting Started at Stanford Continuing Studies This Week, 21 Sep 2020 in Online Courses&Stanford
• In a Brilliant Light: Van Gogh in Arles–A Free Documentary, 16 Sep 2020 in Art&Film
• David Byrne’s American Utopia: A Sneak Preview of Spike Lee’s New Concert Film, 15 Sep 2020 in Music&Theatre
• David Lynch Tries to Make a List of the Good Things Happening in the World … and Comes Up Blank, 14 Sep 2020 in Current Affairs&Random
• Drone Footage of San Francisco Set to the Music of Bladerunner 2049, 10 Sep 2020 in Random
• Scorsese’s Taxi Driver Reimagined as the 1970s Sitcom, Taxi, 09 Sep 2020 in Random
• John Waters Designs a Witty Poster for the New York Film Festival, 03 Sep 2020 in Film
• Billie Eilish Performs an NPR Tiny Desk Concert, with a Little Bit of Technology & Magic, 27 Aug 2020 in Music
• Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451: A Free Reading by Featuring Neil Gaiman, William Shatner, Susan Orlean & More, 22 Aug 2020 in Audio Books&Sci Fi
• 2020: An Isolation Odyssey–A Short Film Reenacts the Finale of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, with a COVID-19 Twist, 17 Aug 2020 in Current Affairs&Film
• When We All Have Pocket Telephones (1923), 11 Aug 2020 in Technology
• Professor Who Picked Every Election Winner Since Ronald Reagan Reveals His Prediction for the 2020 Election, 06 Aug 2020 in Current Affairs
• What Does the United States’ Coronavirus Response Look Like Abroad?: Watch the Rest of the World Stare Aghast at Our Handling of COVID-19, 03 Aug 2020 in Current Affairs
• A Free Stanford Course on How to Teach Online: Watch the Lectures Online, 26 Jul 2020 in Education&K-12&Stanford
• Raymond Chandler’s 36 Great Unused Titles: From “The Man With the Shredded Ear,” to “Quick, Hide the Body”, 23 Jul 2020 in Literature
• 29 Free Short Stories from Some of Today’s Most Acclaimed Writers: Margaret Atwood, David Mitchell & More, 19 Jul 2020 in Literature
• Modern English Performs Their 1982 Hit, “I Melt With You,” in Quarantine, 18 Jul 2020 in Music
• Make Your Own Krispy Kreme Face Shield: A Primer for Making Your Own Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), 16 Jul 2020 in Random
• A Bear Shows Off Its Nunchuck Skills, 13 Jul 2020 in Random
• The Muppets Sing the First & Second Acts of Hamilton, 12 Jul 2020 in Music&Theatre
• A Free Stanford Course on How to Teach Online: Designed for Middle & High School Teachers (July 13 — 17), 10 Jul 2020 in Education&Online Courses
• Buddhist Monk Covers Judas Priest’s “Breaking the Law,” Then Breaks Into Meditation, 09 Jul 2020 in Music
• Ennio Morricone (RIP) and Sergio Leone Pose Together in Their Primary School Year Book, 1937, 07 Jul 2020 in Film&Music
• The Ayn Rand Institute Takes a Loan from Paycheck Protection Program: Like Rand Herself, Her Followers Don’t Walk the Talk, 07 Jul 2020 in Current Affairs
• Milton Glaser (RIP) Presents 10 Rules for Life & Work: Wisdom from the Celebrated Designer, 28 Jun 2020 in Design&Life
• Barcelona Opera Re-Opens with a Performance for 2,300 Potted Plants: Watch It Online, 22 Jun 2020 in Opera
• Rick Astley Sings an Unexpectedly Enchanting Cover of the Foo Fighters’ “Everlong”, 19 Jun 2020 in Music
• How Fast Can a Vaccine Be Made?: An Animated Introduction, 19 Jun 2020 in Current Affairs&Health&Science
• A Collection of 500 Free Textbooks from Springer, 16 Jun 2020 in Books
• Explaining the Pandemic to My Past Self: A Dark, Comedic Reflection on the Last Few Months, 12 Jun 2020 in Comedy&Current Affairs
• Ava DuVernay’s Selma Is Now Free to Stream Online: Watch the Award-Winning Director’s Film About Martin Luther King’s 1965 Voting-Rights March, 06 Jun 2020 in Current Affairs&Film&History
• Watch Ava DuVernay’s 13th Free Online: An Award-Winning Documentary Revealing the Inequalities in the US Criminal Justice System, 05 Jun 2020 in Current Affairs&Film
• The History of the Batmobile: A Free Documentary, 01 Jun 2020 in Film
• Saul Alinsky’s 13 Tried-and-True Rules for Creating Meaningful Social Change, 01 Jun 2020 in Politics
• The Best Campaign Slogan of 2020 (So Far), 31 May 2020 in Current Affairs
• A Nearly Impossible Sudoku Puzzle Solved in a Mesmerizing 25-Minute Video, 26 May 2020 in Games
• Bill Gates Recommends 5 Thought-Provoking Books to Read This Summer, 22 May 2020 in Books
• “Prince and the Revolution: Live,” the Historic 1985 Concert Is Streaming Online, 20 May 2020 in Music
• 1930s Phonograph Doubled as an Alarm Clock, Letting People Start Their Day with Their Favorite Record, 19 May 2020 in Music&Technology
• Roger Waters Performs a Socially-Distanced Version of Pink Floyd’s “Mother”, 17 May 2020 in Music
• Building Your Resilience: Finding Meaning in Adversity–Take a Free & Timely Course Online, 08 May 2020 in Health&Online Courses&Psychology
• Masterclass Is Running a “Buy One, Share One Free” Deal (Until the End of the Weekend), 08 May 2020 in Deals
• Quarantined Family Re-Creates Journey’s “Separate Ways” Video Shot-by-Shot, 05 May 2020 in Music&Random
• The Doobie Brothers Sing Their 1974 Classic, “Black Water,” Live, in Isolation, 01 May 2020 in Music
• Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds Launch a 24/7 Livestream on YouTube, Featuring Rare Footage from the Band’s Archives, 26 Apr 2020 in Music
• Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii Streaming Free on YouTube Today Only, 24 Apr 2020 in Film&Music
• Quarantine Cooking: 13 Professional Chefs Cook Pasta at Home with the Most Basic Ingredients Available, 20 Apr 2020 in Food & Drink
• Watch the Rolling Stones Play “You Can’t Always Get What You Want” While Social Distancing in Quarantine, 18 Apr 2020 in Music
• Neil Finn Sings a Lovely Version of David Bowie’s “Heroes,” Live from Home, 18 Apr 2020 in Music
• Free Books About Pandemic & Contagion from Duke University Press, 14 Apr 2020 in Books&Health
• Stream Andrea Bocelli’s Easter Concert from Milan, 12 Apr 2020 in Music
• Nikon Offers Free Online Photography Courses in April, 12 Apr 2020 in Online Courses&Photography
• A Free Shakespeare Coloring Book: While Away the Hours Coloring in Illustrations of 35 Classic Plays, 08 Apr 2020 in Coloring Books
• Dyson Creates 44 Free Engineering & Science Challenges for Kids Quarantined During COVID-19, 07 Apr 2020 in K-12&Science
• Samuel L. Jackson Reads “Stay the F**k at Home”, 01 Apr 2020 in Current Affairs
• Pachelbel’s Canon Played by Train Horns, 01 Apr 2020 in Random
• Watch 3,000+ Films Free Online from the National Film Board of Canada, 29 Mar 2020 in Film
• Spring Break vs. COVID-19: Mapping the Real Impact of Ignoring Social Distancing, 27 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Health
• Nine Inch Nails Releases 2 Free Albums: They’re Now Ready to Download, 26 Mar 2020 in Music
• Stream All 18 Hours of Ken Burns’ Baseball for Free on What Would Have Been Opening Day, 26 Mar 2020 in Sports&Television
• Free: Austin City Limits Opens Up Video Archives During COVID-19 Pandemic, 25 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Music
• Take a Virtual Tour of 30 World-Class Museums & Safely Visit 2 Million Works of Fine Art, 21 Mar 2020 in Archives&Art
• Dead & Company Announces Couch Tour, Letting You Stream Free Concerts at Home, 21 Mar 2020 in Music
• Audible Providing Free Audio Books to Kids & Teens: Introducing the New Service, Audible Stories, 19 Mar 2020 in Audio Books&K-12
• Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks: The 2020 Edition, 19 Mar 2020 in Art&Current Affairs
• Bruce Springsteen Releases Live Concert Film Online: Watch “London Calling: Live In Hyde Park” and Practice Self Distancing, 18 Mar 2020 in Music
• “I Will Survive,” the Coronavirus Version for Teachers Going Online, 18 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Education
• Why Fighting the Coronavirus Depends on You, 17 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Health
• The Met Opera Streaming Free Operas Online to Get You Through COVID-19, 17 Mar 2020 in Music
• Quarantined Italians Send a Message to Themselves 10 Days Ago: What They Wish They Knew Then, 15 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Health
• Zoom Providing K‑12 Schools Free Access to Videoconferencing Tools During COVID-19 Crisis: They’ll Power Your Online Courses, 13 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Education
• Coursera Providing Free Access to Its Course Catalog to Universities Impacted by COVID-19, 12 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Education
• How Schools Can Start Teaching Online in a Short Period of Time: Free Tutorials from the Stanford Online High School, 12 Mar 2020 in Current Affairs&Education
• Why New Diseases Like COVID-19 Keep Appearing in China, 11 Mar 2020 in Health
• Watch Scenes from Belle Époque Paris Vividly Restored with Artificial Intelligence (Circa 1890), 06 Mar 2020 in History
• The Documentary Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Is Streaming Free for a Limited Time, 29 Feb 2020 in Music
• The Shortest-Known Paper Published in a Serious Math Journal: Two Succinct Sentences, 27 Feb 2020 in Math
• The Size of Asteroids Compared to New York City, 26 Feb 2020 in Astronomy
• Free Courses on the Coronavirus: What You Need to Know About the Emerging Pandemic, 24 Feb 2020 in Health&Online Courses
• Military Vet Floored (Literally) by Discovery That Rolex Purchased for $341 Is Now Worth $500,000-$700,000, 24 Feb 2020 in Random
• Interactive Web Site Tracks the Global Spread of the Coronavirus: Created and Supported by Johns Hopkins, 23 Feb 2020 in Health
• 42 Hours of Ambient Sounds from Blade Runner, Alien, Star Trek and Doctor Who Will Help You Relax & Sleep, 06 Feb 2020 in Health&Sci Fi
• Free for Audible Subscribers: James Taylor Releases a New Audio Memoir, and Michael Pollan a New Audio Book on Caffeine, 04 Feb 2020 in Audio Books
• Crowd Breaks into Singing Bon Jovi in the Park: The Power of Music in 46 Seconds, 30 Jan 2020 in Music
• What Is the Coronavirus?: Answers to Common Questions About the Mysterious New Virus Spreading Across China, 28 Jan 2020 in Health
• What the Earth Would Look Like If We Drained the Water from the Oceans, 14 Jan 2020 in Environment
• Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World, 10 Jan 2020 in Books&Education
• The Magic of Chess: Kids Share Their Uninhibited, Philosophical Insights about the Benefits of Chess, 09 Jan 2020 in Games&K-12
• Free Online Writing & Journalism Courses, 08 Jan 2020 in Online Courses&Writing
• Peter Singer’s The Life You Can Save Available as a Free AudioBook and eBook: Features Narrations by Paul Simon, Kristen Bell & Stephen Fry, 06 Jan 2020 in Audio Books&e-books&Life&Philosophy
• Woody Guthrie Creates a Doodle-Filled List of 33 New Year’s Resolutions (1943): Beat Fascism, Write a Song a Day, and Keep the Hoping Machine Running, 01 Jan 2020 in Life
• Steve Martin Performs Stand-Up Comedy for Dogs (1973), 31 Dec 2019 in Comedy
• Ronan Farrow’s Catch and Kill Podcast: Stream a Gripping ‘Audio Companion’ to His Bestselling Book, 19 Dec 2019 in Current Affairs&Media&Podcasts
• Blues Musician Plays a Soul-Stirring Version of “Amazing Grace” at His Mother’s Funeral, 16 Dec 2019 in Life&Music
• Neil Gaiman Talks Dreamily About Fountain Pens, Notebooks & His Writing Process in His Long Interview with Tim Ferriss, 15 Dec 2019 in Writing
• Bill Gates Recommends Books for the Holidays, 12 Dec 2019 in Books
• Masterclass Is Running a “Buy One, Give One Free” Deal, 11 Dec 2019 in Deals
• Masterclass Is Running a “Buy One, Give One Free” Deal: It Gives You and a Family Member/Friend Access to Their Complete Course Catalog, 01 Dec 2019 in Deals
• The Great Courses (Formerly The Teaching Company) Offers Every Course at $60 or Less Until the End of Black Friday, 28 Nov 2019 in Deals
• The Illustrated Version of “Alice’s Restaurant”: Watch Arlo Guthrie’s Thanksgiving Counterculture Classic, 28 Nov 2019 in Music
• William S. Burroughs Reads His “Thanksgiving Prayer” in a 1988 Film By Gus Van Sant, 28 Nov 2019 in Film
• Doris Kearns Goodwin Teaches U.S. Presidential History & Leadership, 26 Nov 2019 in History&Online Courses
• Sacha Baron Cohen Links the Decline of Democracy to the Rise of Social Media, “the Greatest Propaganda Machine in History”, 22 Nov 2019 in Comedy&Current Affairs
• Dramatic Color Footage Shows a Bombed-Out Berlin a Month After Germany’s WWII Defeat (1945), 21 Nov 2019 in History
• Salvador Dalí’s Iconic Deck of Tarot Cards Get Re-Issued: It’s Out Today, 15 Nov 2019 in Art&Books
• The Velvet Underground as Peanuts Characters: Snoopy Morphs Into Lou Reed, Charlie Brown Into Andy Warhol, 14 Nov 2019 in Comics/Cartoons&Music
• The Entire Archive of Contact: A Journal for Contemporary Music Has Been Digitized and Put Online, 30 Oct 2019 in Archives&Music
• Hear a Full-Cast Reading of Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments, the Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale, 07 Oct 2019 in Audio Books&Literature
• The Beatles Release the First Ever Video for “Here Comes the Sun”, 27 Sep 2019 in Music
• Free: A Professionally-Read Version of the Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint, Released by Penguin Random House Audio, 27 Sep 2019 in Audio Books&Current Affairs
• 20 Years Before John Cage’s 4′33″, a Man Named Hy Cage Created a Cartoon about a Silent Piano Composition (1932), 26 Sep 2019 in Comics/Cartoons&Music
• Musicians Around the World Play The Band’s Classic Song, “The Weight,” with Help from Robbie Robertson and Ringo Starr, 19 Sep 2019 in Music
• Yale Presents an Archive of 170,000 Photographs Documenting the Great Depression, 05 Sep 2019 in History&Philosophy&Yale
• A Digital Animation Compares the Size of Trees: From the 3‑Inch Bonsai, to the 300-Foot Sequoia, 29 Aug 2019 in Nature
• Public Library Receipt Shows How Much Money You’ve Saved by Borrowing Books, Instead of Buying Them, 28 Aug 2019 in Books
• Stream Marcel Proust’s In Search of Lost Time, a BBC Production Featuring Derek Jacobi (Free for a Limited Time), 25 Aug 2019 in Audio Books&Literature
• Marilyn Monroe Recounts Her Harrowing Experience in a Psychiatric Ward (1961), 22 Aug 2019 in Film&Letters&Life
• Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue at 60: A New Video Essay Celebrates the 60th Anniversary of the Iconic Album, 21 Aug 2019 in Music
• The Books on Barack Obama’s Summer Reading List (2019), 19 Aug 2019 in Books
• Listen Online to Every Minute of the Original Woodstock Festival, 15 Aug 2019 in Music
• Philosopher Portraits: Famous Philosophers Painted in the Style of Influential Artists, 15 Aug 2019 in Art&Philosophy
• Leonard Cohen’s Cocktail Recipe: Learn How to Make “The Red Needle”, 07 Aug 2019 in Food & Drink
• Mont Saint-Michel Beautifully Viewed from a Drone, 01 Aug 2019 in Photography&Travel
• Moonlight Strikes 107,000 Solar Mirrors & Creates a Portrait of Apollo 11 Computer Programmer Margaret Hamilton, 28 Jul 2019 in Technology
• Alan Turing Will Be Featured on England’s New £50 Banknote, 16 Jul 2019 in Uncategorized