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• The Visionary Thought of Marshall McLuhan, Introduced and Demystified by Tom Wolfe, 31 Mar 2015 in Media&Philosophy
• Leo Tolstoy’s 17 “Rules of Life:” Wake at 5am, Help the Poor, & Only Two Brothel Visits Per Month, 30 Mar 2015 in Life&Literature&Writing
• Download 576 Free Art Books from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 28 Mar 2015 in Art&Books
• Download 100,000 Free Art Images in High-Resolution from The Getty, 27 Mar 2015 in Art
• Quentin Tarantino Lists His 20 Favorite Spaghetti Westerns, 26 Mar 2015 in Film
• The History & Legacy of Magna Carta Explained in Animated Videos by Monty Python’s Terry Jones, 24 Mar 2015 in History
• Hear a “DNA-Based Prediction of Nietzsche’s Voice:” First Attempt at Simulating Voice of a Dead Person, 23 Mar 2015 in Philosophy
• Rome Reborn: Take a Virtual Tour of Ancient Rome, Circa 320 C.E., 20 Mar 2015 in History
• Play Mark Twain’s “Memory-Builder,” His Game for Remembering Historical Facts & Dates, 19 Mar 2015 in History
• Watch an Animated Buckminster Fuller Tell Studs Terkel All About “the Geodesic Life”, 18 Mar 2015 in Animation&Architecture
• Philip K. Dick Makes Off-the-Wall Predictions for the Future: Mars Colonies, Alien Viruses & More (1981), 17 Mar 2015 in Sci Fi
• Take the 146-Question Knowledge Test Thomas Edison Gave to Prospective Employees (1921), 16 Mar 2015 in History&Science
• Late Rembrandts Come to Life: Watch Animations of Paintings Now on Display at the Rijksmuseum, 13 Mar 2015 in Animation&Art
• Sci-Fi Legend Ray Bradbury Creates a Visionary Plan to Redesign Los Angeles, 12 Mar 2015 in Sci Fi
• A Guide to Logical Fallacies: The “Ad Hominem,” “Strawman” & Other Fallacies Explained in 2‑Minute Videos, 11 Mar 2015 in Philosophy
• The 1981 TIME Magazine Profile That Introduced Michel Foucault to America, 10 Mar 2015 in Philosophy
• Wittgenstein’s Masterpiece, the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, Gets Turned into Beautiful, Meditative Music, 09 Mar 2015 in Music&Philosophy
• Philosophers Drinking Coffee: The Excessive Habits of Kant, Voltaire & Kierkegaard, 06 Mar 2015 in Food & Drink&Philosophy
• The Paintings of Akira Kurosawa, 05 Mar 2015 in Art&Film
• Has Technology Changed Us?: BBC Animations Answer the Question with the Help of Marshall McLuhan, 04 Mar 2015 in Animation&Photography&Technology
• Victor Hugo’s Drawings Made with Coal, Dust & Coffee (1848–1851), 03 Mar 2015 in Art
• The Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa: A Wonderful Sand Animation of the Classic Kafka Story (1977), 02 Mar 2015 in Film&Literature
• Brian Eno Lists the Benefits of Singing: A Long Life, Increased Intelligence, and a Sound Civilization, 27 Feb 2015 in Music
• Leonard Nimoy Reads Ray Bradbury Stories From The Martian Chronicles & The Illustrated Man (1975–76), 27 Feb 2015 in Audio Books&Sci Fi
• Dostoyevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov Strikingly Illustrated by Expressionist Painter Alice Neel (1938), 26 Feb 2015 in Art&Literature
• Glorious Early 20th-Century Japanese Ads for Beer, Smokes & Sake (1902–1954), 25 Feb 2015 in Art&History
• A Playlist of 172 Songs from Wes Anderson Soundtracks: From Bottle Rocket to The Grand Budapest Hotel, 24 Feb 2015 in Film&Music
• Two Short Films on Coffee and Cigarettes from Jim Jarmusch & Paul Thomas Anderson, 23 Feb 2015 in Film
• Orson Welles Names His 10 Favorite Films: From Chaplin’s City Lights to Ford’s Stagecoach, 20 Feb 2015 in Film
• What’s the Big Deal About Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel? Matt Zoller Seitz’s Video Essay Explains, 19 Feb 2015 in Film
• Let Me Librarian That for You: What People Asked Librarians Before Google Came Along, 18 Feb 2015 in History&Life
• 600+ Covers of Philip K. Dick Novels from Around the World: Greece, Japan, Poland & Beyond, 17 Feb 2015 in Art&Books
• Advertisements from Japan’s Golden Age of Art Deco, 16 Feb 2015 in Art
• Predict Which 21st Century Novels Will Enter the Literary Canon? And Which Overrated Ones Won’t?, 13 Feb 2015 in Books&Literature
• Haruki Murakami Reads in English from The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle in a Rare Public Reading (1998), 11 Feb 2015 in Books&Literature
• Watch the Coen Brothers’ TV Commercials: Swiss Cigarettes, Gap Jeans, Taxes & Clean Coal, 10 Feb 2015 in Film
• What Films Should Get Into The Criterion Collection? Video Series “Three Reasons” Makes the Case, 09 Feb 2015 in Film
• William S. Burroughs’ Home Movies, Featuring Patti Smith, Allen Ginsberg, Steve Buscemi & Cats, 06 Feb 2015 in Literature
• The Shining and Other Complex Stanley Kubrick Films Recut as Simple Hollywood Movies, 05 Feb 2015 in Film
• Listen to 60+ Free, High-Quality AudioBooks of Classic Literature on Spotify: Austen, Dickens, Tolstoy & More, 04 Feb 2015 in Audio Books&Literature
• Hear Albums from Brian Eno’s 1970s Label, Obscure Records, 03 Feb 2015 in Music
• Cinematic Experiment: What Happens When The Bicycle Thief’s Director and Gone With the Wind’s Producer Edit the Same Film, 02 Feb 2015 in Film
• The Geometric Beauty of Akira Kurosawa and Wes Anderson’s Films, 30 Jan 2015 in Film
• Arthur C. Clarke Predicts in 2001 What the World Will Look By December 31, 2100, 29 Jan 2015 in Sci Fi&Science&Technology
• Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey Gets Turned Into “The Weirdest Sci-Fi Comic Ever Made” by Jack Kirby, 27 Jan 2015 in Comics/Cartoons&Sci Fi
• NASA Puts Online a Big Collection of Space Sounds, and They’re Free to Download and Use, 26 Jan 2015 in Archives&Science
• Read The Very First Comic Book: The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck (1837), 23 Jan 2015 in Comics/Cartoons
• Whitney Museum Puts Online 21,000 Works of American Art, By 3,000 Artists, 22 Jan 2015 in Archives&Art
• The Public Domain Project Makes 10,000 Film Clips, 64,000 Images & 100s of Audio Files Free to Use, 21 Jan 2015 in Art&Creativity&Film&History&Photography
• Haruki Murakami’s Advice Column (“Mr. Murakami’s Place”) Is Now Online: Read English Translations, 20 Jan 2015 in Literature
• William Blake Illustrates Dante’s Divine Comedy (1827), 19 Jan 2015 in Art&Literature
• John Landis Deconstructs Trailers of Great 20th Century Films: Citizen Kane, Sunset Boulevard, 2001 & More, 16 Jan 2015 in Film
• Federico Fellini’s List of His 10 Favorite Films … Including One of His Own, 15 Jan 2015 in Film
• Allen Ginsberg Sings the Poetry of William Blake (1970), 14 Jan 2015 in Music&Poetry
• How Paul Thomas Anderson Dropped Out of NYU Film School in 2 Days; Studied Literature with David Foster Wallace, 13 Jan 2015 in Film&Literature
• The Long-Lost Illustrated Production Stills from the Set of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, 12 Jan 2015 in Film
• You’ve Never Heard Carl Sagan Say “Billions” Like This Before, 09 Jan 2015 in Astronomy&Television
• Three Films Capture 1940s New York, Chicago & Los Angeles in Vivid Color, 08 Jan 2015 in History
• Free: Play 2,400 Vintage Computer Games in Your Web Browser, 07 Jan 2015 in Video Games
• Mœbius Illustrates Dante’s Paradiso, 06 Jan 2015 in Art&Literature
• Existential Philosophy of Kierkegaard, Sartre, Camus Explained with 8‑Bit Video Games, 05 Jan 2015 in Animation&Philosophy&Video Games
• Kandinsky, Mondrian, Munch & Fleming Entered Public Domain in 2015 — But Welles, Achebe, and “Purple People Eater” Didn’t, 02 Jan 2015 in Art&Law
• Apple’s Guided Tour to Using the First Macintosh (1984), 01 Jan 2015 in Technology
• John Cleese on How “Stupid People Have No Idea How Stupid They Are” (a.k.a. the Dunning-Kruger Effect), 31 Dec 2014 in Psychology
• Hear Elementary-School Musicians Perform 43 Songs by Sun Ra (1994), 30 Dec 2014 in Music
• The City in Cinema Mini-Documentaries Reveal the Los Angeles of Blade Runner, Her, Drive, Repo Man, and More, 29 Dec 2014 in Film
• David Lynch and Moby Talk Blues Guitar, Meditation, Quinoa & the Joy of Los Angeles, 26 Dec 2014 in Film&Music
• A Sun Ra Christmas: Hear His 1976 Radio Broadcast of Poetry and Music, 25 Dec 2014 in Music&Poetry&Radio
• Watch Art on Ancient Greek Vases Come to Life with 21st Century Animation, 24 Dec 2014 in Animation&History
• Every Frame a Painting Explains the Filmmaking Techniques of Martin Scorsese, Jackie Chan, and Even Michael Bay, 23 Dec 2014 in Film
• Watch the Opening of Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey with the Original, Unused Score, 22 Dec 2014 in Film&Music&Sci Fi
• F for Fake: Orson Welles’ Short Film & Trailer That Was Never Released in America, 19 Dec 2014 in Film
• John Cage Performs Water Walk on US Game Show I’ve Got a Secret (1960), 18 Dec 2014 in Art&Music&Television
• Moviedrome: Filmmaker Alex Cox Provides Video Introductions to 100+ Classic Cult Films, 16 Dec 2014 in Film
• Watch Carl Sagan & Richard Dawkins Present the Royal Institution’s Famous Christmas Lectures, 15 Dec 2014 in Science
• Blade Runner Spoofed in Three Japanese Commercials (and Generally Loved in Japan), 12 Dec 2014 in Animation&Sci Fi&Television&Video Games
• Salvador Dalí’s Avant-Garde Christmas Cards, 11 Dec 2014 in Art
• Three Strikingly Different Views of North Korea, the Most Secretive Country in the World, 10 Dec 2014 in Current Affairs&Travel
• Hear Russian Futurist Vladimir Mayakovsky Read His Strange & Visceral Poetry, 09 Dec 2014 in Film&Poetry
• When Aldous Huxley Wrote a Script for Disney’s Alice in Wonderland, 08 Dec 2014 in Film&Literature
• George Plimpton, Paris Review Founder, Pitches 1980s Video Games for the Mattel Intellivision, 07 Dec 2014 in Television&Video Games
• Watch The Art of Travel, Alain de Botton’s Philosophical Look at Our Wanderlust Tendencies (2005), 05 Dec 2014 in Philosophy&Television&Travel
• Scenes from Waking Life, Richard Linklater’s Philosophical, Feature-Length Animated Film (2001), 04 Dec 2014 in Animation&Film&Philosophy
• Discover the 1950s & 1960s Computer & Cut-Up Animation of Pioneering Filmmaker Stan VanDerBeek, 03 Dec 2014 in Animation
• The Art of Making Blade Runner: See the Original Sketchbook, Storyboards, On-Set Polaroids & More, 02 Dec 2014 in Film&Sci Fi
• Watch Solaris (1972), Andrei Tarkovsky’s Haunting Vision of the Future, 01 Dec 2014 in Film
• Crash Course Big History: John Green Teaches Life, the Universe & Everything, 28 Nov 2014 in History&Science
• 120 Artists Pick Their Top 10 Films in the Criterion Collection, 27 Nov 2014 in Film
• George Orwell’s Final Warning: Don’t Let This Nightmare Situation Happen. It Depends on You!, 26 Nov 2014 in Books&History&Literature
• Dostoyevsky Got a Reprieve from the Czar’s Firing Squad and Then Saved Charles Bukowski’s Life, 25 Nov 2014 in Literature&Poetry
• Hear 130 Minutes of Charles Bukowski’s First-Ever Recorded Readings (1968), 24 Nov 2014 in Poetry
• David Lynch Takes Aspiring Filmmakers Inside the Art & Craft of Making Indie Films, 21 Nov 2014 in Film
• Michael Pollan Explains How Cooking Can Change Your Life; Recommends Cooking Books, Videos & Recipes, 20 Nov 2014 in Food & Drink
• Naropa Archive Presents 5,000 Hours of Audio Recordings of William Burroughs, Allen Ginsberg & Other Beat Writers, 19 Nov 2014 in Internet Archive&Poetry&Writing
• Read Free Digital Art Catalogues from 9 World-Class Museums, Thanks to the Pioneering Getty Foundation, 18 Nov 2014 in Art&Technology
• Radio David Byrne: Stream Free Music Playlists Created Every Month by the Frontman of Talking Heads, 17 Nov 2014 in Music
• Martin Scorsese Names the 11 Scariest Horror Films, 14 Nov 2014 in Film
• David Foster Wallace’s Syllabus for His 2008 Creative Nonfiction Course: Includes Reading List & Footnotes, 13 Nov 2014 in Literature&Writing
• Learn The History of Philosophy in 247 Podcasts (With More to Come), 12 Nov 2014 in Philosophy&Podcasts
• Jump Into the “Podcasting Renaissance” with These Intelligent Shows (and Tell Us Your Favorites), 11 Nov 2014 in Podcasts
• Kurt Vonnegut Explains “How to Write With Style”, 10 Nov 2014 in Writing
• 50,000 Norman Rockwell Photographs Now Digitized and Available Online, 06 Nov 2014 in History&Photography
• The Complete Ulysses: Alec Baldwin, Garrison Keillor, Bob Odenkirk & Others Read Joyce’s Opus Aloud, 05 Nov 2014 in Audio Books&Books&Literature
• Download the Complete Sherlock Holmes, Arthur Conan Doyle’s Masterpiece, 04 Nov 2014 in Books&Literature
• Lenny Bruce: Hear the Performances That Got Him Arrested (NSFW), 03 Nov 2014 in Comedy
• Charles & Ray Eames’ Short Film on the Mexican Day of the Dead (1957), 31 Oct 2014 in Film
• Did Bach’s Wife Compose Some of “His” Masterpieces? A New Documentary Says Yes, 30 Oct 2014 in Film&Music
• Modern Art Was Used As a Torture Technique in Prison Cells During the Spanish Civil War, 29 Oct 2014 in Art&History
• The Fall of the House of Usher: Poe’s Classic Tale Turned Into 1928 Avant Garde Film, Scripted by e.e. cummings, 28 Oct 2014 in Film&Literature
• Stephen Colbert Reads Ray Bradbury Classic Sci-Fi Story “The Veldt”, 27 Oct 2014 in Literature&Sci Fi
• Isaac Asimov Explains the Origins of Good Ideas & Creativity in Never-Before-Published Essay, 24 Oct 2014 in Creativity&Sci Fi
• H.G. Wells, Arthur Conan Doyle & Other British Authors Sign Manifesto Backing England’s Role in WWI, 23 Oct 2014 in History
• Download The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe: Macabre Stories as Free eBooks & Audio Books, 22 Oct 2014 in Books&Literature
• Are You a Psychopath? Take the Test (And, If You Fail, It’s Not All Bad News), 21 Oct 2014 in Psychology
• Kevin Spacey Is the Rainforest, Julia Roberts is Mother Nature: Actors Play Nature in Environmental Shorts, 20 Oct 2014 in Environment&Film
• The Student of Prague: The Very First Independent Film (1913), 17 Oct 2014 in Film
• Night on Bald Mountain: An Eery, Avant-Garde Pinscreen Animation Based on Mussorgsky’s Masterpiece (1933), 16 Oct 2014 in Animation&Music
• Animated Sheet Music of 3 Charlie Parker Jazz Classics: “Confirmation,” “Au Privave” & “Bloomdido”, 15 Oct 2014 in Music
• The Cry of Jazz: 1958’s Highly Controversial Film on Jazz & Race in America (With Music by Sun Ra), 14 Oct 2014 in Film&Jazz&Music
• Quentin Tarantino Directs a 1995 Episode of ER: Brings Cinematic Virtuosity to TV, 13 Oct 2014 in Film&Television
• The Adventures of Famed Illustrator Gustave Doré Presented in a Fantasic(al) Cutout Animation, 10 Oct 2014 in Animation&Art
• The Paintings of Miles Davis, 09 Oct 2014 in Art&Music
• Ben Franklin’s List of 200 Synonyms for “Drunk”: “Moon-Ey’d,” “Hammerish,” “Stew’d” & More (1737), 08 Oct 2014 in Food & Drink&History
• Watch Classic Seinfeld Scenes Dubbed in .… Yiddish, 07 Oct 2014 in Language Lessons&Television
• Hear the Nazi’s Bizzaro Propaganda Jazz Band, “Charlie and His Orchestra” (1940–1943), 06 Oct 2014 in History&Jazz&Music
• Open Culture Picks Our 10 Avant-Garde Favorites on Ubuweb: Joyce, Borges, Sontag, Wittgenstein & More, 02 Oct 2014 in Film&Literature&Music&Philosophy
• A Secret Bookstore in a New York City Apartment: The Last of a Dying Breed, 01 Oct 2014 in Books
• Glenn Gould Gives Us a Tour of Toronto, His Beloved Hometown (1979), 29 Sep 2014 in Music&Travel
• Sigmund Freud Writes to Concerned Mother: “Homosexuality is Nothing to Be Ashamed Of” (1935), 26 Sep 2014 in Letters&Psychology
• How Edward Hopper “Storyboarded” His Iconic Painting Nighthawks, 25 Sep 2014 in Art
• Henri Matisse Illustrates Baudelaire’s Censored Poetry Collection, Les Fleurs du Mal, 24 Sep 2014 in Art&Poetry
• Readers Predict in 1936 Which Novelists Would Still Be Widely Read in the Year 2000, 23 Sep 2014 in Books&Literature
• The First Color Photos From World War I: The German Front, 22 Sep 2014 in History&Photography
• Let’s Learn Japanese: Two Classic Video Series to Get You Started in the Language, 22 Sep 2014 in Language Lessons
• A Crash Course on Psychology: A 30-Part Video Series from Hank Green, 18 Sep 2014 in Psychology
• The Avant-Garde Project: An Archive of Music by 200 Cutting-Edge Composers, Including Stravinsky, Schoenberg, Cage & More, 17 Sep 2014 in Music
• David Bowie & Brian Eno’s Collaboration on “Warszawa” Reimagined in a Comic Animation, 16 Sep 2014 in Animation&Comedy&Music
• 20 Free Essays & Stories by David Sedaris: A Sampling of His Inimitable Humor, 15 Sep 2014 in Comedy&Literature
• Eight Free Films by Dziga Vertov, Creator of Soviet Avant-Garde Documentaries, 14 Sep 2014 in Film
• Watch Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Great Helicopter String Quartet, Starring 4 Musicians, 4 Cameras & 4 Copters, 11 Sep 2014 in Music