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• Helen Keller Was a “Firebrand” Socialist (or How History Whitewashed Her Political Life), 16 May 2022 in History&Politics
• How Hans Zimmer Created the Otherworldly Soundtrack for Dune, 16 May 2022 in Film&Music
• The Forgotten Women of Surrealism: A Magical, Short Animated Film, 12 May 2022 in Art&Film
• Philosopher Bertrand Russell Talks About the Time When His Grandfather Met Napoleon, 10 May 2022 in History&Philosophy
• Two Decades of Fire Island DJ Sets Get Unearthed, Digitized & Put Online: Stream 232 Mixtapes Online (1979-1999), 10 May 2022 in Music
• The Polish Artist Stanisław Witkiewicz Made Portraits While On Different Psychoactive Drugs, and Noted the Drugs on Each Painting, 09 May 2022 in Art
• The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea Presents a Bass Lesson, and Essential Advice That Every Bass Player Should Know, 05 May 2022 in Music
• David Byrne’s New Illustrated Book Playfully Presents A History of the World (in Dingbats), 03 May 2022 in Books
• A Creative Animation Documents What Happened When a 1970s Self-Help Seminar Turned Into a Nightmare (NSFW), 02 May 2022 in Film&Life
• Revisiting the Music of the Pioneering German Composer Klaus Schulze (RIP), the “Godfather of Techno,” Ambient, German Experimental Psych Rock & More, 30 Apr 2022 in Music
• Hear The Beatles’ Abbey Road with Only Paul McCartney’s Bass: You Won’t Believe How Good It Sounds, 29 Apr 2022 in Music
• Jon Kabat-Zinn Presents an Introduction to Mindfulness (and Explains Why Our Lives Just Might Depend on It), 28 Apr 2022 in Health&Life
• Stunningly Elaborate Ottoman Calligraphy Drawn on Dried Leaves, 26 Apr 2022 in Art&History
• The Woman Who Theorized Color: An Introduction to Mary Gartside’s New Theory of Colours (1808), 21 Apr 2022 in Art
• The Birth of the Blues Brothers: How Dan Aykroyd & John Belushi Started Introducing a New Generation to the Blues, 20 Apr 2022 in Comedy&Music&Television
• Behold 3D Recreations of Pompeii’s Lavish Homes–As They Existed Before the Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, 19 Apr 2022 in Animation&Architecture&History
• The New York Public Library Provides Free Online Access to Banned Books: Catcher in the Rye, Stamped & More, 18 Apr 2022 in Books&Current Affairs
• How France Hid the Mona Lisa & Other Louvre Masterpieces During World War II, 15 Apr 2022 in Art&History
• Watch Stevie Wonder’s Amazing Drum Solo, and See Why He May Be the “Greatest Drummer of Our Time”, 14 Apr 2022 in Music
• Watch a Local TV Station Switch From Black & White to Color for First Time (1967), 12 Apr 2022 in History&Television
• Mark Knopfler Shows How to Play His Fingerpicking Guitar Style, 11 Apr 2022 in Music
• Pink Floyd Releases Its First New Song in 28 Years to Help Support Ukraine, 08 Apr 2022 in Current Affairs&Music
• What Did People Do Before the Invention of Eyeglasses?, 07 Apr 2022 in Biology&Health&History
• Jim Morrison Accurately Predicts the Future of Electronic Music in 1969, 06 Apr 2022 in Music
• A Survival Guide to the Biblical Apocalypse, 04 Apr 2022 in Religion
• A Gallery of Fantastical Alchemical Drawings, 31 Mar 2022 in Art&Books&History&Internet Archive&Libraries
• Exploring the Greatest of Italy’s 6,000 Ghost Towns: Take a Tour of Craco, Italy, 31 Mar 2022 in History&Travel
• A Field Guide to Strange Medieval Monsters, 29 Mar 2022 in Books&History
• Watch the Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins (RIP) Give a Drumming Masterclass, 28 Mar 2022 in Music
• A Vintage Short Film about the Samurai Sword, Narrated by George Takei (1969), 28 Mar 2022 in Film&History
• Pristine, Restored Footage of George Harrison & Bob Dylan Rehearsing “If Not For You” at the Concert for Bangladesh (1971), 25 Mar 2022 in Music
• The Anti-Vaxxer Who Waged War Against Jonas Salk & His Polio Vaccine: When History Keeps Repeating, 02 Feb 2022 in Health&History
• The Incredible Story of the Hoover Dam, 26 Jan 2022 in Architecture&History
• An 8-Minute Animated Flight Over Ancient Rome, 25 Jan 2022 in Animation&Architecture&History
• How French Music Teacher Nadia Boulanger Raised a Generation of Composers: Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, Quincy Jones, Philip Glass & More, 24 Jan 2022 in Music
• How Karl Marx Influenced Abraham Lincoln and His Position on Slavery & Labor, 20 Jan 2022 in History
• Bob Dylan’s Famous Televised Press Conference After He Went Electric (1965), 13 Jan 2022 in Music
• How to Decode NASA’s Message to Aliens, 12 Jan 2022 in Astronomy&Science
• Behold Medieval Snowball Fights: A Timeless Way of Having Fun, 11 Jan 2022 in Art&History
• Watch Nirvana Perform as an Opening Band, Two Years Before Their Breakout Album Nevermind (1989), 06 Jan 2022 in Music
• Animals Laugh Too: UCLA Study Finds Laughter in 65 Species, from Rats to Cows, 05 Jan 2022 in Biology
• Brian Eno Shares His Critical Take on Art & NFTs: “I Mainly See Hustlers Looking for Suckers”, 30 Dec 2021 in Art&Economics
• The Famous Downfall Scene Explained: What Really Happened in Hitler’s Bunker at the End?, 29 Dec 2021 in Film&History&YouTube
• Enjoy Classic Songs from A Charlie Brown Christmas, Performed by Vince Guaraldi Trio Drummer Jerry Granelli (RIP), 28 Dec 2021 in Music
• What Does It Take to Be a Great Artist?: An Aging Painter Reflects on His Creative Process & Why He Will Never Be a Picasso, 23 Dec 2021 in Art&Life
• The 850 Books a Texas Lawmaker Wants to Ban Because They Could Make Students Feel Uncomfortable, 22 Dec 2021 in Current Affairs
• How the Beatles Experimented with Indian Music & Pioneered a New Rock and Roll Sound, 21 Dec 2021 in Music
• How Jean Renoir’s Great Anti-War Film Grand Illusion Became “Cinematographic Enemy Number One” to the Nazis, 20 Dec 2021 in Film&History
• New York’s Lost Skyscraper: The Rise and Fall of the Singer Tower, 15 Dec 2021 in Architecture
• Before Bauhaus: How Goth Became Goth, 15 Dec 2021 in Music
• Rick Rubin: The Invisibility of Hip Hop’s Greatest Producer, 14 Dec 2021 in Music
• Mark Rothko’s Seagram Murals: What Makes Them Great Art, 13 Dec 2021 in Art
• Punks, Goths, and Mods on TV (1983), 08 Dec 2021 in Fashion&Music&Television
• Pink Floyd’s Entire Studio Discography is Now on YouTube: Stream the Studio & Live Albums, 06 Dec 2021 in Music
• The Quirky Self-Portraits of 18th Century Painter Joseph Ducreux, 06 Dec 2021 in Art
• Stephen Fry on the Power of Words in Nazi Germany: How Dehumanizing Language Laid the Foundation for Genocide, 02 Dec 2021 in Current Affairs&History&Language
• Browse a Huge Collection of Prison Newspapers: 1800-2020, 01 Dec 2021 in History&Libraries
• How Drummer Moe Tucker Defined the Sound of the Velvet Underground, 01 Dec 2021 in Music
• How a Mosaic from Caligula’s Party Boat Became a Coffee Table in a New York City Apartment 50 Years Ago, 30 Nov 2021 in Art&History
• The 17th Century Japanese Samurai Who Sailed to Europe, Met the Pope & Became a Roman Citizen, 29 Nov 2021 in History
• Jazz Virtuoso Oscar Peterson Gives Dick Cavett a Dazzling Piano Lesson (1979), 24 Nov 2021 in Jazz&Music&Television
• Legendary DJ John Peel Makes a List of His 20 Favorite Albums, 23 Nov 2021 in Music
• 8 Hours of David Bowie’s Historic 1980 Floor Show: Complete & Uncut Footage, 19 Nov 2021 in Music&Television
• How Led Zeppelin Stole Their Way to Fame and Fortune, 18 Nov 2021 in Music
• How the World’s First Anti-Vax Movement Started with the First Vaccine for Smallpox in 1796, and Spread Fears of People Getting Turned into Half-Cow Babies, 17 Nov 2021 in Current Affairs&Health&History&Science
• Meet the Oud, the “King of All Instruments” Whose Origins Stretch Back 3500 Years Ago to Ancient Persia, 17 Nov 2021 in Music
• When John Belushi Booked the Punk Band Fear on SNL, And They Got Banned from the Show: A Short Documentary, 16 Nov 2021 in Film&Music&Television
• The Mystery of Who Played Bass on The White Album’s “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”, 15 Nov 2021 in Music
• Meet the Mysterious Genius Who Patented the UFO, 12 Nov 2021 in Design&History
• What Is Sun Tzu’s The Art of War About?: A Short Introduction, 11 Nov 2021 in History&Literature&Philosophy
• How Kraftwerk Made the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, 10 Nov 2021 in Music
• What Makes Caravaggio’s The Taking of Christ a Timeless, Great Painting?, 10 Nov 2021 in Art
• A Fascinating 3D Animation Shows the Depths of the Ocean, 09 Nov 2021 in Animation&Nature&Science
• How Martin Luther King, Jr. Wrote His Momentous “I Have a Dream” Speech (1963), 09 Nov 2021 in History&Politics
• John Cleese Presents His 5-Step Plan for Shorter, More Productive Meetings (1976), 08 Nov 2021 in Business&Comedy&Education&Politics
• Why Leonardo da Vinci’s Greatest Painting is Not the Mona Lisa, 04 Nov 2021 in Art
• The Nine Greatest Films You’ve Never Seen, 04 Nov 2021 in Film
• The Awe-Inspiring But Tragic Story of Africa’s Festival In The Desert (2001-2012), 03 Nov 2021 in Music
• Isaac Asimov Predicts the Future on The David Letterman Show (1980), 02 Nov 2021 in Sci Fi&Science&Television
• The 10 Paradoxical Traits of Creative People, According to Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (RIP), 01 Nov 2021 in Creativity&Psychology
• Hear Hans Zimmer’s Experimental Score for the New Dune Film, 01 Nov 2021 in Film&Music
• Watch the New Trailer for a Kurt Vonnegut Documentary 40 Years In the Making, 29 Oct 2021 in Film&Literature
• New Research Confirms That the Vikings Landed in North America 471 Years Before Columbus & Exactly 1,000 Years Ago, 27 Oct 2021 in History
• Yale Professor Jason Stanley Identifies 10 Tactics of Fascism: The “Cult of the Leader,” Law & Order, Victimhood and More, 26 Oct 2021 in History&Philosophy
• Three Hours of Yo Yo Ma Playing Bach’s Six Cello Suites: Music That “Helps Us Navigate Through Troubled Times”, 26 Oct 2021 in Music
• Why–and When–Did the United States Turn Against Science?: Views from Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Bill Nye, Margaret Atwood & More, 25 Oct 2021 in Current Affairs
• The Does and Don’ts of Putting on a Prison Concert: Johnny Cash, BB King, the Grateful Dead, Bonnie Tyler & The Cramps, 21 Oct 2021 in Music
• When Salvador Dali Viewed Joseph Cornell’s Surrealist Film, Became Enraged & Shouted: “He Stole It from My Subconscious!” (1936), 20 Oct 2021 in Art&Film
• The Beautifully Illustrated Atlas of Mushrooms: Edible, Suspect and Poisonous (1827), 20 Oct 2021 in Books&History
• A Beautifully Illustrated Edition of On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, the Bestselling Book by Historian Timothy Snyder, 19 Oct 2021 in Books&Current Affairs&History&Politics
• John Lennon Finally Meets & Jams with His Hero, Chuck Berry (1972), 18 Oct 2021 in Music
• The Little-Known Bombing of Pompeii During World War II, 15 Oct 2021 in History
• 136 Paintings by Gustav Klimt Now Online (Including 63 Paintings in an Immersive Augmented Reality Gallery), 14 Oct 2021 in Art
• Archaeologists Discover 1300-Year-Old Pair of Skis, the Best-Preserved Ancient Skis in Existence, 14 Oct 2021 in History&Sports
• Dave Grohl Falls Offstage & Breaks His Leg, Then Continues the Show as The Foo Fighters Play Queen’s “Under Pressure” (2015), 13 Oct 2021 in Music
• Watch Jaco Pastorius: The Lost Tapes Documentary, the Fan-Made Film on the Most Innovative Bass Player of All Time, 12 Oct 2021 in Jazz&Music
• When J.R.R. Tolkien Worked for the Oxford English Dictionary and “Learned More … Than Any Other Equal Period of My Life” (1919-1920), 11 Oct 2021 in Books&Literature
• Watch “The Impossible Map,” a Short Animated Film That Uses a Grapefruit to Show Why Maps of the Earth Are Misleading (1947), 08 Oct 2021 in Maps
• An Animated History of the Ottoman Empire (1299 – 1922), 07 Oct 2021 in History
• A Brilliant Demonstration of Magnets & the Promise of Levitating Trains (1975), 07 Oct 2021 in Science&Technology
• A Guitarist Rocks Out on Guitars Made from Shovels, Cigar Boxes, Oil Cans & Whisky Barrels, 06 Oct 2021 in Creativity&Design&Music
• Albert Camus on the Responsibility of the Artist: To “Create Dangerously” (1957), 06 Oct 2021 in Art&Literature&Writing
• Footage of the Last Known Tasmanian Tiger Restored in Color (1933), 05 Oct 2021 in Nature&Science
• The Medieval Ban Against the “Devil’s Tritone”: Debunking a Great Myth in Music Theory, 04 Oct 2021 in Music
• Jim Henson’s Farewell: Revisit the “Nice, Friendly” Memorial Service at St. John the Divine (1990), 30 Sep 2021 in Television
• Nirvana Refuses to Mime Along to “Smells Like Teen Spirit” on Top of the Pops (1991), 29 Sep 2021 in Music
• Why Scientists Can’t Recreate the Sound of Stradivarius Violins: The Mystery of Their Inimitable Sound, 29 Sep 2021 in Art&Music
• How New Yorkers Dodged Pre-Prohibition Drinking Laws by Inventing the World’s Worst Sandwich, 28 Sep 2021 in Food & Drink&History
• View 103 Discovered Drawings by Famed Japanese Woodcut Artist Katsushika Hokusai, 24 Sep 2021 in Art
• A Rare, Early Version of the King Arthur Legend Found & Translated, 23 Sep 2021 in History&Literature
• Hear the Brazilian Metal Band Singing in–and Trying to Save–Their Native Language of Tupi-Guarani, 23 Sep 2021 in Language&Music
• Hobbes, Locke & Rousseau: An Animated Introduction to Their Political Theories, 22 Sep 2021 in Philosophy&Politics
• When the Nobel Prize Committee Rejected The Lord of the Rings: Tolkien “Has Not Measured Up to Storytelling of the Highest Quality” (1961), 22 Sep 2021 in Books&Literature
• The Recording Secrets of Nirvana’s Nevermind Revealed by Producer Butch Vig, 20 Sep 2021 in Music
• How Italian Physicist Laura Bassi Became the First Woman to Have an Academic Career in the 18th Century, 16 Sep 2021 in Gender&History&Physics&Science
• Elvis Presley Gets the Polio Vaccine on The Ed Sullivan Show, Persuading Millions to Get Vaccinated (1956), 15 Sep 2021 in Health&History&Television
• The Roman Colosseum Has a Twin in Tunisia: Discover the Amphitheater of El Jem, One of the Best-Preserved Roman Ruins in the World, 15 Sep 2021 in Architecture&History
• What Makes Basquiat’s Untitled Great Art: One Painting Says Everything Basquiat Wanted to Say About America, Art & Being Black in Both Worlds, 14 Sep 2021 in Art
• Sci-Fi Pioneer Hugo Gernsback Predicts Telemedicine in 1925, 13 Sep 2021 in Health&Sci Fi&Technology
• William Blake’s 102 Illustrations of The Divine Comedy Collected in a Beautiful Book from Taschen, 10 Sep 2021 in Art&Books&Literature
• Tove Jansson, Beloved Creator of the Moomins, Illustrates The Hobbit, 09 Sep 2021 in Art&Books
• A Restored Vermeer Painting Reveals a Portrait of a Cupid Hidden for Over 350 Years, 08 Sep 2021 in Art
• Why Do We Dream?: An Animated Lesson, 08 Sep 2021 in Neuroscience&Psychology
• Darth Vader’s Voice: The Original Voice Versus the Vocals of James Earl Jones, 08 Sep 2021 in Film
• The First Air Raid Happened When Austria Dropped Bombs on Venice from Pilotless Hot-Air Balloons (1849), 07 Sep 2021 in History
• Meet Brushy One String, the One String Guitar Player Who Will Blow Your Mind, 06 Sep 2021 in Music
• Hear Charlie Watts Inimitable Isolated Drum Tracks on “Gimme Shelter,” “Beast of Burden,” and “Honky Tonk”, 06 Sep 2021 in Music
• The Evolutionary History of Fat: Biologists Explain Why It’s Necessary for Our Survival & Why We’re Biased Against It, 02 Sep 2021 in Biology&Health
• What Makes Rodin’s The Thinker a Great Sculpture: An Introduction to Rodin Life, Craft & Iconic Work, 01 Sep 2021 in Art
• Chinese Youth Announce That They’re “Lying Flat” and Resisting the Pressures of Modern Life, 01 Sep 2021 in Current Affairs&Economics&Politics
• An Archaeologist Creates the Definitive Guide to Beer Cans, 31 Aug 2021 in Food & Drink&History
• Watch Lost Studio Footage of Brian Wilson Conducting “Good Vibrations,” The Beach Boys’ Brilliant “Pocket Symphony”, 31 Aug 2021 in Music
• An 18-Year-Old Spends a Year Alone Building a Log Cabin in the Swedish Wilderness: Watch from Start to Finish, 30 Aug 2021 in Life
• 17th Century Scientist Gives First Description of Alien Life: Hear Passages from Christiaan Huygens’ Cosmotheoros (1698), 27 Aug 2021 in Astronomy&Sci Fi&Science
• Medieval Scribes Discouraged Theft of Manuscripts by Adding Curses Threatening Death & Damnation to Their Pages, 26 Aug 2021 in Books&History&Religion
• Saying Goodbye to Charlie Watts (RIP), the Engine of the Rolling Stones for Half a Century, 25 Aug 2021 in Music
• The Wicked Scene in Amadeus When Mozart Mocked the Talents of His Rival Antonio Salieri: How Much Does the Film Square with Reality?, 24 Aug 2021 in Film&History&Music
• 360 Degree Virtual Tours of the Hagia Sophia, 23 Aug 2021 in Architecture&Art&History&Travel
• An Interactive Map of 530 Female Composers from Across the Globe, 23 Aug 2021 in Music
• Hear Philip K. Dick’s Famous Metz Speech: “If You Find this World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others” (1977), 20 Aug 2021 in Literature&Philosophy&Sci Fi