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• When Christopher Hitchens Vigilantly Defended Salman Rushdie After the Fatwah: “It Was a Matter of Everything I Hated Versus Everything I Loved”, 16 Aug 2022 in Current Affairs&Literature&Politics&Religion
• How a Simple, Bauhaus-Designed Chair Ended Up Everywhere Over the Past 100 Years, 15 Aug 2022 in Art&Design
• What Does a $275,000 Classical Guitar Sound Like?, 12 Aug 2022 in Music
• Discover The Key of Hell, an Illustrated 18th-Century Guide to Black Magic (1775), 11 Aug 2022 in Books&Religion
• How German Artist John Heartfield Pioneered the Use of Art as a Political Weapon, and Took on Hitler, 10 Aug 2022 in Art
• 13 Glorious Minutes of The Ramones in Kansas City, Captured on a Super-8 Camera (1978), 08 Aug 2022 in Music
• Watch the Sinking of the Lusitania Animated in Real Time (1915), 05 Aug 2022 in History
• Watch the Full Set of Joni Mitchell’s Amazing Comeback Performance at the Newport Folk Festival, 04 Aug 2022 in Music
• How Paul Simon Wrote “The Boxer”, 04 Aug 2022 in Music
• The Oldest Tattoos Ever Discovered on an Egyptian Mummy Date Back 5,000 Years, 03 Aug 2022 in History
• The Evolution of Music: 40,000 Years of Music History Covered in 8 Minutes, 03 Aug 2022 in History&Music
• The Women of the Bauhaus: See Hip, Avant-Garde Photographs of Female Students & Instructors at the Famous Art School, 02 Aug 2022 in Art
• Watch a Complete Mini-Series Adaptation of Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, 01 Aug 2022 in Film&Literature
• The Inventive Artwork of Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett, 01 Aug 2022 in Art&Music
• How Joni Mitchell Learned to Play Guitar Again After a 2015 Brain Aneurysm–and Made It Back to the Newport Folk Festival, 28 Jul 2022 in Music
• Watch Hundreds of Polish Films Free Online: Feature Films, Documentaries, Animations & More, 26 Jul 2022 in Film
• The Book of St Albans, One of the Finest Medieval Manuscripts, Gets Digitized and Put Online, 26 Jul 2022 in Books&History
• Watch Restored Video of the Smashing Pumpkins’ First Televised Performance (1988), 24 Jul 2022 in Music
• Is There Life After Death?: Michio Kaku, Bill Nye, Sam Harris & More Explore One of Life’s Biggest Questions, 22 Jul 2022 in Life&Religion&Science
• The First Surviving Photograph of the Moon (1840), 21 Jul 2022 in Astronomy&Photography
• Hear a 19-Year-Old Prince Crushing It on Every Instrument in an Early Jam Session (1977), 19 Jul 2022 in Music
• Brian Eno’s Ambient Album Music for Airports Performed by Musicians in an Airport, 18 Jul 2022 in Music
• Walter Benjamin Explains How Fascism Uses Mass Media to Turn Politics Into Spectacle (1935), 15 Jul 2022 in Film&History&Politics
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Restores the Original Colors to Ancient Statues, 14 Jul 2022 in Art&History
• The Homes of 2020 Imagined in 1989: Wireless Audio Systems, Smart Heating, Windows That Turn Into TVs & More, 14 Jul 2022 in Architecture
• Listen to Earth.fm, a Free Archive of Natural Soundscapes That Can Re-Connect You with Nature & Improve Your Wellbeing, 12 Jul 2022 in Nature
• Benedict Cumberbatch Reads Nick Cave’s Beautiful Letter About Grief, 11 Jul 2022 in Letters&Life
• Why You Should Read The Handmaid’s Tale: A Timely Animated Introduction, 06 Jul 2022 in Books&Current Affairs&Politics
• Sir Ben Kingsley Reads a Letter Written by Gandhi to Hitler (in the Voice of Mahatma Gandhi), 01 Jul 2022 in History&Letters
• Take Graphic Design Courses to Launch Your Career as a Graphic Designer, Video Game Designer, UI Designer & More, 30 Jun 2022 in Design&Online Courses
• How to Get into a Creative “Flow State”: A Short Masterclass, 30 Jun 2022 in Life&Psychology
• What Makes Vermeer’s The Milkmaid a Masterpiece?: A Video Introduction, 29 Jun 2022 in Art
• The Only Surviving Manuscript of John Milton’s Paradise Lost Gets Published in Book Form for the First Time, 24 Jun 2022 in Books&Literature
• Rapper Post Malone Performs a 15-Song Set of Nirvana Songs, Paying Tribute to Kurt Cobain, 23 Jun 2022 in Music
• Computer Scientist Andrew Ng Presents a New Series of Machine Learning Courses–an Updated Version of the Popular Course Taken by 5 Million Students, 22 Jun 2022 in Online Courses&Technology
• What Is the House of the Rising Sun?: An Introduction to the Origins of the Classic Song, 22 Jun 2022 in Music
• George Harrison Breaks Down Abbey Road Track-By-Track on the Day of Its Release (September 26, 1969), 20 Jun 2022 in Music
• An Introduction to Stanislaw Lem, the Great Polish Sci-Fi Writer, by Jonathan Lethem, 20 Jun 2022 in Literature
• A Special New, Two-Volume Collection of Philip K. Dick Stories Comes Illustrated by 24 Different Artists, 16 Jun 2022 in Books&Literature
• Danny Boyle’s New Sex Pistols Series Tells the Story of Punk Rock in the UK, 15 Jun 2022 in Music
• What Happened to the Missing Half of the Roman Colosseum?, 10 Jun 2022 in History
• The History of the Byzantine Empire (or East Roman Empire): An Animated Timeline Covering 1,100 Years of History, 09 Jun 2022 in History
• Remembering Dave Smith (RIP), the Father of MIDI & the Creator of the 80s’ Most Beloved Synthesizer, the Prophet-5, 08 Jun 2022 in Computer Science&Music&Technology
• Kate Bush Enjoys a (Long-Overdue) Revival, Sparked by Season 4 of Stranger Things, 07 Jun 2022 in Music&Television
• Watch Ella Fitzgerald Put Her Extraordinary Vocal Agility on Display, in a Live Rendition of “Summertime” (1968), 07 Jun 2022 in Music
• 1,000 Musicians Perform “My Hero” in a Moving Tribute to Foo Fighters’ Drummer Taylor Hawkins, 03 Jun 2022 in Music
• The “All of Bach” Project Is Making Performances of Every Bach Piece Available Online: Watch 346 High-Quality Recordings, 02 Jun 2022 in Music
• Discover the Dystopian Surrealist Art of Polish Painter & Photographer Zdzisław Beksiński, 01 Jun 2022 in Art
• The Greatest Hits of Alan Watts: Stream a Carefully-Curated Collection of Alan Watts Wisdom, 31 May 2022 in Philosophy&Religion
• How Did Cartographers Create World Maps before Airplanes and Satellites? An Introduction, 30 May 2022 in History&Maps
• Great Mixtapes of 1970s Japanese Jazz: 4 Hours of Funky, Groovy, Fusion-y Music, 27 May 2022 in Jazz&Music
• Bach Played Beautifully on the Baroque Lute, by Preeminent Lutenist Evangelina Mascardi, 27 May 2022 in History&Music
• Behold the Augsburg Book of Miracles, a Brilliantly-Illuminated Manuscript of Supernatural Phenomena from Renaissance Germany, 24 May 2022 in Books&History
• Watch Hannah Arendt’s Final Interview (1973), 23 May 2022 in Philosophy&Television
• Jean-Paul Sartre & Albert Camus: Their Friendship and the Bitter Feud That Ended It, 20 May 2022 in History&Philosophy
• William Blake: The Remarkable Printing Process of the English Poet, Artist & Visionary, 19 May 2022 in Art
• Meet the Variophone, the Early Soviet Synthesizer that Made Music with a Film Projector (1932), 19 May 2022 in History&Music
• What’s It Like Drumming For Prince?: Drummer Hannah Welton Describes the Genius of His Musicianship, 18 May 2022 in Music
• The Animated Map of Quantum Computing: A Visual Introduction to the Future of Computing, 18 May 2022 in Computer Science
• The Rolling Stones Play a Gig in Communist Warsaw and a Riot Ensues (1967), 17 May 2022 in History&Music&Politics
• 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