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• A New Series About A Young Crime-Fighting Sigmund Freud Is Coming to Netflix, 30 Jul 2018 in Psychology&Television
• Pianist Plays Beethoven, Bach, Chopin, Ravel & Debussy for Blind Elephants in Thailand, 27 Jul 2018 in Biology&Music&Nature&Travel
• Rare Photos of Frida Kahlo, Age 13–23, 23 Jul 2018 in Art&History&Photography
• How to Paint Like Kandinsky, Picasso, Warhol & More: A Video Series from the Tate, 20 Jul 2018 in Art&How to Learn for Free&Museums
• What It Would Look Like If Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino & Other Directors Filmed Cooking Videos, 16 Jul 2018 in Comedy&Film&Food & Drink&Video - Arts & Culture
• French Bookstore Blends Real People’s Faces with Book Cover Art, 13 Jul 2018 in Art&Books&Literature&Photography&Travel
• Teaching Tolerance to Activists: A Free Course Syllabus & Anthology, 09 Jul 2018 in Current Affairs&Education&Life&Politics
• Behold the Art-o-Mat: Vintage Cigarette Vending Machines Get Repurposed & Dispense Works of Art, 06 Jul 2018 in Art&Creativity&Design&Technology
• Color Film Was Designed to Take Pictures of White People, Not People of Color: The Unfortunate History of Racial Bias in Photography (1940–1990), 02 Jul 2018 in Life&Photography&Science
• How to Make the Oldest Recipe in the World: A Recipe for Nettle Pudding Dating Back 6,000 BC, 28 Jun 2018 in Food & Drink&History&Nature
• Watch a 4000-Year Old Babylonian Recipe for Stew, Found on a Cuneiform Tablet, Get Cooked by Researchers from Yale & Harvard, 25 Jun 2018 in Food & Drink&History&Yale
• Bill Murray Explains How He Pulled Himself Out of a Deep, Lasting Funk: He Took Hunter S. Thompson’s Advice & Listened to the Music of John Prine, 22 Jun 2018 in Comedy&Life&Music&Psychology
• The Isolated Vocal Tracks of the Talking Heads’ “Once In A Lifetime” Turn David Byrne into a Wild-Eyed Holy Preacher, 18 Jun 2018 in Music
• Rapping, Deconstructed: How Some of the Greatest Rappers Make Their Rhymes, 15 Jun 2018 in Music&Poetry
• The Ancient Astronomy of Stonehenge Decoded, 11 Jun 2018 in Architecture&Astronomy&History
• David Bowie Memorialized in Traditional Japanese Woodblock Prints, 08 Jun 2018 in Art&Life&Music
• Modernist Birdhouses Inspired by Bauhaus, Frank Lloyd Wright and Joseph Eichler, 04 Jun 2018 in Architecture&Design
• Watch an Animated Visualization of the Bass Line for the Motown Classic, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”, 01 Jun 2018 in Music&Technology
• Patti Smith, The Godmother of Punk, Is Now Putting Her Pictures on Instagram, 28 May 2018 in Life&Music&Photography&Poetry
• Explore Meticulous 3D Models of Endangered Historical Sites in Google’s “Open Heritage” Project, 25 May 2018 in Architecture&Data&Travel
• How to Write in Cuneiform, the Oldest Writing System in the World: A Short, Charming Introduction, 21 May 2018 in Education&History&K-12&Language Lessons&Museums
• Doc Martens Boots Now Come Adorned with Traditional Japanese Art, 18 May 2018 in Art&Design&Fashion&Life
• Mister Rogers Accepts a Lifetime Achievement Award, and Helps You Thank Everyone Who Has Made a Difference in Your Life, 14 May 2018 in K-12&Life&Religion&Television
• Eleven Rules for Writing from Eight Contemporary Playwrights , 11 May 2018 in Creativity&Theatre&Writing
• An Interactive Map Shows Just How Many Roads Actually Lead to Rome, 07 May 2018 in History&Maps&Travel
• Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical Debuted on Broadway 50 Years Ago: Watch Footage of the Cast Performing in 1968, 04 May 2018 in History&Music&Theatre
• Discover the Retirement Home for Elderly Musicians Created by Giuseppe Verdi: Created in 1899, It Still Lives On Today, 30 Apr 2018 in Life&Music
• 100 Years of Drag Queen Fashion in 4 Minutes: An Aesthetic Journey Moving from the 1920s Through Today, 27 Apr 2018 in Fashion&Film&Gender&History&Music
• Special David Bowie MetroCards Get Released in New York City, 23 Apr 2018 in Music
• Watch Choirs Around the World Simulate the Rainstorm in Toto’s “Africa” Using Only Their Hands, 20 Apr 2018 in K-12&Music&Travel
• Radiooooo: Discover the Musical Time Machine That Lets You Hear What Played on the Radio in Different Times & Places, 13 Apr 2018 in History&Music&Radio&Technology
• The Genius of Harry Beck’s 1933 London Tube Map–and How It Revolutionized Subway Map Design Everywhere, 09 Apr 2018 in Design&History&Life&Maps&Travel
• A Vending Machine Now Distributes Free Short Stories at Francis Ford Coppola’s Café Zoetrope, 06 Apr 2018 in Life&Literature&Technology&Travel
• Hear Marvin Gaye Sing “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” A Capella: The Haunting Isolated Vocal Track, 02 Apr 2018 in Music
• A Shazam for Nature: A New Free App Helps You Identify Plants, Animals & Other Denizens of the Natural World, 30 Mar 2018 in Biology&K-12&Photography&Science&Technology
• The History of the U.S. Civil War Visualized Month by Month and State by State, in an Infographic from 1897, 26 Mar 2018 in Education&History&K-12&Maps
• Pre-Flight Safety Demonstration Gets Performed as a Modern Dance: A Creative Video from a Taiwanese Airline, 23 Mar 2018 in Comedy&Dance&Life&Travel
• Feel Strangely Nostalgic as You Hear Classic Songs Reworked to Sound as If They’re Playing in an Empty Shopping Mall: David Bowie, Toto, Ah-ha & More, 19 Mar 2018 in Life&Music&Psychology
• How the Ornate Tapestries from the Age of Louis XIV Were Made (and Are Still Made Today), 16 Mar 2018 in Art&History&Museums
• The Periodic Table of David Bowie: A Visualization of the Seminal Artist’s Influence and Influences, 12 Mar 2018 in Museums&Music&Science
• Professional Scrabble Players Replay Their Greatest Moves: Their Most Improbable, Patient & Strategic Moves of All Time, 09 Mar 2018 in English Language&Games
• Elton John Proves He Can Turn any Text into a Song: Watch Him Improvise with Lines from Henrik Ibsen’s Play, Peer Gynt, 05 Mar 2018 in Creativity&Literature&Music&Theatre
• David Lynch Teaches Typing: A New Interactive Comedy Game, 02 Mar 2018 in Comedy&Computer Science&Film&Games&How to Learn for Free&Technology&Television
• Hunter S. Thompson’s Decadent Daily Breakfast: The “Psychic Anchor” of His Frenetic Creative Life, 26 Feb 2018 in Food & Drink&Life&Literature&Magazines&Writing
• The Truth Behind Jane Austen’s Fight Club: Female Prize Fights Were a Thing During the 18th Century, 23 Feb 2018 in Gender&History&Literature&Sports
• Tim Minchin Presents “9 Rules to Live By” in a Funny and Wise Commencement Speech (2013), 19 Feb 2018 in Graduation Speech&Life
• Amanda Palmer Sings a Heartfelt Musical Tribute to YA Author Judy Blume on Her 80th Birthday, 16 Feb 2018 in Books&Life&Literature&Music
• How to Write Like an Architect: Short Primers on Writing with the Neat, Clean Lines of a Designer, 12 Feb 2018 in Architecture&Design&How to Learn for Free&Writing
• Watch David Bowie Perform “Imagine”: A Touching Tribute to His Friend John Lennon (1983), 12 Feb 2018 in Life&Music
• Read the Poignant Letter Sent to Anne Frank by George Whitman, Owner of Paris’ Famed Shakespeare & Co Bookshop (1960): “If I Sent This Letter to the Post Office It Would No Longer Reach You”, 05 Feb 2018 in Books&History&Letters&Life&Literature
• “The Artist Project” Reveals What 127 Influential Artists See When They Look at Art: An Acclaimed Video Series from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 02 Feb 2018 in Art&Life&Museums
• Free: Download 10,000+ Master Drawings from The Morgan Library & Museum’s Online Collection, 29 Jan 2018 in Art&Law&Libraries&Museums&Opera
• How the Fences & Railings Adorning London’s Buildings Doubled (by Design) as Civilian Stretchers in World War II, 26 Jan 2018 in Design&History&Life&Travel
• Take 7 Free Courses From the Museum of Modern Art (aka MoMA), 22 Jan 2018 in Art&Education&MOOCs&Museums
• Celebrate the Women’s March with 24 Goddess GIFs Created by Animator Nina Paley: They’re Free to Download and Remix, 19 Jan 2018 in Animation&Art&Life&Religion
• Smartify, a Shazam for Art, Lets You Use Your Phone to Scan, Identify & Learn About Major Works of Art, 15 Jan 2018 in Art&Data&Museums&Travel&Web/Tech
• Google’s Free App Analyzes Your Selfie and Then Finds Your Doppelganger in Museum Portraits, 12 Jan 2018 in Art&Google&Museums&Photography&Technology&Web/Tech
• A Supercut of Buster Keaton’s Most Amazing Stunts, 08 Jan 2018 in Comedy&Film&Writing
• The Movements of a Symphony Conductor Get Artistically Visualized in an Avant-Garde Motion Capture Animation, 05 Jan 2018 in Animation&Computer Science&Film&Music&Technology
• Watch Russian Dancers Appear to Float Magically Across the Stage: A Mesmerizing Introduction to The Berezka Ensemble, 29 Dec 2017 in Dance
• An Innocent Christmas Typo Causes Sir Patrick Stewart to Star as Satan In This Animated Holiday Short, 25 Dec 2017 in Animation&Comedy&Film&Theatre
• Eudora Welty’s Handwritten Eggnog Recipe, and Charles Dickens’ Recipe for Holiday Punch, 22 Dec 2017 in Food & Drink&Letters&Life&Literature
• Read the Uplifting Letter That Albert Einstein Sent to Marie Curie During a Time of Personal Crisis (1911), 18 Dec 2017 in Chemistry&Letters&Physics
• Will You Really Achieve Happiness If You Finally Win the Rat Race? Don’t Answer the Question Until You’ve Watched Steve Cutts’ New Animation, 15 Dec 2017 in Animation&Art&Economics&Life&Media
• The Proof That Mel Blanc–the Voice Behind Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck & Porky Pig–Was a Genius, 11 Dec 2017 in Animation&Comedy&Film
• Meet Mandy Harvey, the Deaf Singer Songwriter Who Performs Barefoot & Feels the Music Through Vibrations in the Ground, 08 Dec 2017 in Biology&Creativity&Music
• Hear a Complete Reading of the Newly-Discovered Kurt Vonnegut Story, “The Drone King”, 04 Dec 2017 in Animation&Audio Books&Literature&Magazines&Sci Fi
• The “Humans of New York” Photo Project Becomes a 13-Part Video Documentary Series: Watch It Free Online, 01 Dec 2017 in Books&Creativity&Film&Life&Photography&Travel
• How Art Spiegelman Designs Comic Books: A Breakdown of His Masterpiece, Maus, 27 Nov 2017 in Art&Books&Comics/Cartoons&Design&History
• The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) Presents a Free Online Class on Fashion: Enroll in Fashion as Design Today, 24 Nov 2017 in Art&Design&Fashion&Museums&Online Courses
• An Artist with Synesthesia Turns Jazz & Rock Classics Into Colorful Abstract Paintings, 20 Nov 2017 in Art&Music&Neuroscience&Video - Arts & Culture
• A Touching Animated Documentary About the Rise, Fall & Second Coming of the 60s Psych-Folk Musician Richard Atkins, 17 Nov 2017 in Animation&Life&Music
• Hear the Highest Note Sung in the 137-Year History of the Metropolitan Opera, 13 Nov 2017 in Music&Opera
• Interactive Map Lets You Take a Literary Journey Through the Historic Monuments of Rome, 09 Nov 2017 in History&Life&Literature&Maps&Museums&Travel
• What to Say When You Don’t Understand Contemporary Art? A New Short Film, “Masterpiece,” Has Helpful Suggestions, 06 Nov 2017 in Art&Comedy&Film&Life
• Meet Daryl Davis, the Black Blues Musician Who Befriended 200 Klan Members & Made Them See the Errors of Their Ways, 06 Nov 2017 in Current Affairs&Film&Life&Music
• Watch a Step-by-Step Breakdown of La La Land’s Incredibly Complex, Off Ramp Opening Number, 30 Oct 2017 in Dance&Film&Music
• The Colors of Mister Rogers’ Hand-Knit Sweaters from 1979 to 2001: A Visual Graph Created with Data Science, 27 Oct 2017 in Computer Science&Data&K-12&Life&Television
• Calm Down & Study with Relaxing Piano, Jazz & Harp Covers of Music from Hayao Miyazaki Films, 23 Oct 2017 in Animation&Film&Jazz&K-12&Music
• An Online Trove of Historic Sewing Patterns & Costumes, 20 Oct 2017 in Design&History&Life&Museums&Random
• Cult Director John Waters Hosts a Summer Camp for Naughty Adult Campers: Enrollment for the 2018 Edition Opens Today, 16 Oct 2017 in Comedy&Film&Games&Gender&Life&Nature
• 20,000 Americans Hold a Pro-Nazi Rally in Madison Square Garden in 1939: Chilling Video Re-Captures a Lost Chapter in US History, 13 Oct 2017 in Current Affairs&Film&History&Life
• Alan Watts Explains the Meaning of the Tao, with the Help of the Greatest Nancy Panel Ever Drawn, 09 Oct 2017 in Comics/Cartoons&Life&Philosophy
• The Hummingbird Whisperer: Meet the UCLA Scientist Who Has Befriended 200 Hummingbirds, 06 Oct 2017 in Environment&Life&Nature
• An Intimate Look at Alberto Giacometti in His Studio, Making His Iconic Sculptures (1965), 02 Oct 2017 in Art&Film&Life&Museums
• How to Cook Like Frida Kahlo & Georgia O’Keefe, 29 Sep 2017 in Art&Food & Drink
• Hamilton Mania Inspires the Library of Congress to Put 12,000 Alexander Hamilton Documents Online, 25 Sep 2017 in Current Affairs&History&Letters&Life&Theatre
• A Reading of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” in 100 Celebrity Voices, 22 Sep 2017 in Comedy&K-12&Poetry
• Watch Author Chuck Palahniuk Read Fight Club 4 Kids, 18 Sep 2017 in Books&Comedy&Film
• Marie Curie Invented Mobile X‑Ray Units to Help Save Wounded Soldiers in World War I, 15 Sep 2017 in History&Life&Science
• Lynda Barry on How the Smartphone Is Endangering Three Ingredients of Creativity: Loneliness, Uncertainty & Boredom, 11 Sep 2017 in Art&Creativity&Life&Productivity&Technology
• Follow Cartoonist Lynda Barry’s 2017 “Making Comics” Class Online, Presented at UW-Wisconsin, 08 Sep 2017 in Comics/Cartoons&Creativity&Online Courses
• A New Animation Explains How Caffeine Keeps Us Awake, 04 Sep 2017 in Animation&Chemistry&Neuroscience&Science
• A Short Documentary on Artist Jeff Koons, Narrated by Scarlett Johansson, 01 Sep 2017 in Art&Design&Film
• Gonzo Illustrator Ralph Steadman Draws the American Presidents, from Nixon to Trump, 28 Aug 2017 in Art&Comics/Cartoons&Current Affairs&History&Politics
• Figures from Hieronymus Bosch’s “The Garden of Earthly Delights” Come to Life as Fine Art Piñatas, 25 Aug 2017 in Art&Creativity
• India on Film, 1899–1947: An Archive of 90 Historic Films Now Online, 21 Aug 2017 in Film&History&Nature&Travel
• Why Jim Carrey Needs to Paint: “Painting Frees Me, from the Past and Future, from Regret and Worry”, 18 Aug 2017 in Art&Comedy&Creativity&Film
• An Animated Look at Vladimir Nabokov’s Passion for Butterfly Collecting: “Literature & Butterflies Are the Two Sweetest Passions Known to Man”, 14 Aug 2017 in Literature&Museums&Science&Travel
• 36 Abstract Covers of Vintage Psychology, Philosophy & Science Books Come to Life in a Mesmerizing Animation, 11 Aug 2017 in Animation&Books&Design&Psychology&Science
• Senator Al Franken Does a Pitch Perfect Imitation of Mick Jagger (1982), 07 Aug 2017 in Comedy&Music&Politics
• 10 Longevity Tips from Dr. Shigeaki Hinohara, Japan’s 105-Year-Old Longevity Expert, 04 Aug 2017 in Health&Life
• Introducing the New PEN America Digital Archive: 1,500 Hours of Audio & Video Featuring 2,200 Eminent Writers, 31 Jul 2017 in Books&Literature&Politics&Writing
• Miyazaki Meets Warhol in Campbell’s Soup Cans Reimagined by Designer Hyo Taek Kim, 28 Jul 2017 in Animation&Art&Design&Film&Life
• Watch Iggy Pop & Debbie Harry Sing a Swelligant Version of Cole Porter’s “Did You Evah,” All to Raise Money for AIDS Research (1990), 24 Jul 2017 in Life&Music&Politics
• Russian History & Literature Come to Life in Wonderfully Colorized Portraits: See Photos of Tolstoy, Chekhov, the Romanovs & More, 21 Jul 2017 in History&Literature&Photography
• Stream a 24 Hour Playlist of Charles Dickens Stories, Featuring Classic Recordings by Laurence Olivier, Orson Welles & More, 17 Jul 2017 in Audio Books&Books&Literature
• Watch the World’s Oldest Violin in Action: Marco Rizzi Performs Schumann’s Sonata No. 2 on a 1566 Amati Violin, 14 Jul 2017 in Design&History&Music
• 11,700 Free Photos from John Margolies’ Archive of Americana Architecture: Download, Use & Re-Mix, 10 Jul 2017 in Architecture&Comedy&History&Travel
• An 8‑Hour Marathon Reading of 500 Emily Dickinson Poems, 07 Jul 2017 in Books&Life&Literature&Poetry
• An Animated Introduction to the Life & Work of Marie Curie, the First Female Nobel Laureate, 03 Jul 2017 in Animation&Physics&Science
• Browse a Collection of Over 83,500 Vintage Sewing Patterns, 30 Jun 2017 in Design&Fashion&History&Life
• Franz Kafka Agonized, Too, Over Writer’s Block: “Tried to Write, Virtually Useless;” “Complete Standstill. Unending Torments” (1915), 26 Jun 2017 in Creativity&Literature&Psychology&Writing
• Why Cartoon Characters Wear Gloves: A Curious Trip Through the History of Animation, 23 Jun 2017 in Animation&History&Video - Arts & Culture
• Joni Mitchell Sings an Achingly Pretty Version of “Both Sides Now” on the Mama Cass TV Show (1969), 19 Jun 2017 in Music&Television&Video - Arts & Culture
• Evelyn Glennie (a Musician Who Happens to Be Deaf) Shows How We Can Listen to Music with Our Entire Bodies, 16 Jun 2017 in Music&Neuroscience&Philosophy&Science&TED Talks
• Meet Alexander Graham Bell, Inventor of the Telephone and Popular TV Pitchman, 14 Jun 2017 in Comedy&Technology&Television
• Dire Straits’ “Walk of Life” Is the Perfect Song to End Any Movie: The Graduate, Psycho, Easy Rider & 50+ Other Films, 09 Jun 2017 in Comedy&Film&Music&Video - Arts & Culture
• A New Theme Park Based on Hayao Miyazaki’s My Neighbor Totoro Set to Open in 2020, 05 Jun 2017 in Animation&Film&Travel
• Cab Calloway Stars in “Minnie the Moocher,” a Trippy Betty Boop Cartoon That’s Ranked as the 20th Greatest Cartoon of All Time (1932), 02 Jun 2017 in Animation&Jazz&Music&Video - Arts & Culture
• Hayao Miyazaki Picks His 50 Favorite Children’s Books, 29 May 2017 in Animation&Books&K-12&Life&Literature
• An Animated History of Tea, 26 May 2017 in Animation&Food & Drink&History&K-12
• Take a Trip Through the History of Modern Art with the Oscar-Winning Animation Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase, 22 May 2017 in Animation&Art
• An Animated Alan Watts Waxes Philosophical About Time in The Fine Art of Goofing Off, the 1970s “Sesame Street for Grown-Ups”, 19 May 2017 in Animation&Life&Philosophy&Television
• Franz Kafka’s Unfinished Novel, The Castle, Gets Turned Into an Album by Czech Musicians: Watch a Music Video for the Song, “The Grave”, 15 May 2017 in Animation&Comics/Cartoons&Literature&Music&Theatre
• Sigmund Freud, Father of Psychoanalysis, Introduced in a Monty Python-Style Animation, 12 May 2017 in Neuroscience&Psychology
• Every Poem in Baudelaire’s “Les Fleurs du Mal” Set to Music, Illustrated and Performed Live, 08 May 2017 in Literature&Music&Poetry&Theatre
• “If Life Were Only Like This”: Woody Allen Gets Marshall McLuhan to Put a Pontificating Professor in His Place, 05 May 2017 in Comedy&Film&Life
• An Aging Louis Armstrong Sings “What a Wonderful World” in 1967, During the Vietnam War & The Civil Rights Struggle, 01 May 2017 in Jazz&Life&Music
• Inspiration from Charles Bukowski: You Might Be Old, Your Life May Be “Crappy,” But You Can Still Make Good Art, 28 Apr 2017 in Animation&Life&Literature&Poetry&Writing
• Milton Glaser’s 10 Rules for Life & Work: The Celebrated Designer Dispenses Wisdom Gained Over His Long Life & Career, 24 Apr 2017 in Creativity&Design&Life
• Philosophical, Sci-Fi Claymation Film Answers the Timeless Question: Which Came First, the Chicken or the Egg?, 21 Apr 2017 in Animation&Comedy&Film&Philosophy&Science
• Patti Smith, Umberto Eco & Richard Ford Give Advice to Young Artists in a Rollicking Short Animation, 17 Apr 2017 in Animation&Art&Creativity&Life
• Sad 7‑Foot Tall Clown Sings “Pinball Wizard” in the Style of Johnny Cash, and Other Hits by Roy Orbison, Cheap Trick & More, 14 Apr 2017 in Comedy&Life&Music&Theatre
• Meet the “Grammar Vigilante,” Hell-Bent on Fixing Grammatical Mistakes on England’s Storefront Signs, 10 Apr 2017 in Comedy&English Language&Life
• What It Cost to Shop at the Grocery Store in 1836, and What Goods You Could Buy, 07 Apr 2017 in Books&Business&Economics&History
• Iggy Pop Sings Edith Piaf’s “La Vie En Rose” in an Artfully Animated Video, 03 Apr 2017 in Animation&Music
• Kurt Vonnegut on Bob Dylan: He “Is the Worst Poet Alive”, 31 Mar 2017 in Life&Literature&Music
• I’m Just a Pill: A Schoolhouse Rock Classic Gets Reimagined to Defend Reproductive Rights in 2017, 27 Mar 2017 in Biology&Current Affairs&Health&Politics&Television
• A Short Video Introduction to Alice Guy-Blaché (1873–1968), the First Female Film Director & Studio Mogul, 24 Mar 2017 in Film&History