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• Home Taping Is Killing Music: When the Music Industry Waged War on the Cassette Tape During the 1980s, and Punk Bands Fought Back, 25 Jul 2023 in Music&Technology
• Steely Dan’s Lost Jingle for a Schlitz Beer Commercial (Circa 1973), 24 Jul 2023 in Music
• Exquisite 2300-Year-Old Scythian Woman’s Boot Preserved in the Frozen Ground of Siberia, 23 Jul 2023 in History&Photography
• GWAR Performs a Tiny Desk Concert: When Heavy Metal Meets NPR, 21 Jul 2023 in Music
• How to Spot Bullshit: A Manual by Princeton Philosopher Harry Frankfurt (RIP), 18 Jul 2023 in Philosophy
• J. Robert Oppenheimer Explains How, Upon Witnessing the First Nuclear Explosion, He Recited a Line from the Bhagavad Gita: “Now I Am Become Death, the Destroyer of Worlds”, 17 Jul 2023 in History&Physics&Religion
• You Can Get Open Culture Posts on Threads, Bluesky & Other Social Media Platforms, 16 Jul 2023 in Random
• The First Known Photograph of People Having a Beer (1843), 14 Jul 2023 in History&Photography
• The Oldest Known Footage of London (1890–1920) Features the City’s Great Landmarks, 14 Jul 2023 in History&Television
• Hear the Beatles’ ‘Blackbird’ Sung in the Indigenous Mi’kmaq Language, 06 Jul 2023 in Language&Music
• Frederick Douglass’s Fiery 1852 Speech, “The Meaning of July 4th for the Negro,” Read by James Earl Jones, 04 Jul 2023 in History
• Stravinsky’s “Illegal” Arrangement of “The Star Spangled Banner” (1944), 04 Jul 2023 in Music
• 3,900 Pages of Paul Klee’s Personal Notebooks Are Now Online, Highlighting His Bauhaus Teachings (1921–1931), 30 Jun 2023 in Art
• A Newly-Discovered Fresco in Pompeii Reveals a Precursor to Pizza, 29 Jun 2023 in Art&Food & Drink&History
• 1,500 Paintings & Drawings by Vincent van Gogh Have Been Digitized & Put Online, 28 Jun 2023 in Archives&Art
• Is Coffee Good for You?: A Coffee Connoisseur Reviews the Scientific Research, 23 Jun 2023 in Food & Drink&Health
• The Tarot Card Deck Created by Salvador Dalí, 21 Jun 2023 in Art
• How to Bake Ancient Roman Bread from 79 AD: A Video Introduction, 21 Jun 2023 in Food & Drink&History
• The Three Punctuation Rules of Cormac McCarthy (RIP), and How They All Go Back to James Joyce, 13 Jun 2023 in Literature&Writing
• Dire Straits’ “Sultans Of Swing” Performed on the Gayageum, a Korean Instrument Dating Back to the 6th Century, 12 Jun 2023 in Music
• The Absurd Logistics of Concert Tours: The Behind-the-Scenes Preparation You Don’t Get to See, 08 Jun 2023 in Music
• Why Music Festivals Sound Better Than Ever: A Coachella Sound Engineer Demystifies Modern Sound Systems, 07 Jun 2023 in Music
• Nirvana’s “Come As You Are” Played By Musicians Around the World, 02 Jun 2023 in Music
• The Complete Collection Of MTV’s Headbangers Ball: Watch 1,215 Videos from the Heyday of Metal Videos, 01 Jun 2023 in Music&Television
• Kraftwerk’s “The Robots” Performed by German 1st Graders in Cute Cardboard Robot Costumes, 31 May 2023 in Music&Random
• Jonathan Demme Turns the Kurt Vonnegut Story, “Who Am I This Time?,” Into a TV Movie, with Susan Sarandon & Christopher Walken in Starring Roles (1982), 26 May 2023 in Film
• Google & Coursera Create a Career Certificate That Prepares Students for Cybersecurity Jobs in 6 Months, 25 May 2023 in Online Courses&Technology
• Tina Turner (RIP) Delivers a Blistering Live Performance of “Proud Mary” on Italian TV (1971), 24 May 2023 in Life&Music
• Helen Keller Writes a Letter to Nazi Students Before They Burn Her Book: “History Has Taught You Nothing If You Think You Can Kill Ideas” (1933), 24 May 2023 in Books&History
• Neil Gaiman Speaks at the Alternative Graduation Held at a College Resisting Ron DeSantis’ Hostile Takeover, 23 May 2023 in Current Affairs&Education
• Google & Coursera Launch New Career Certificates That Prepare Students for Jobs in 2–6 Months: Business Intelligence & Advanced Data Analytics, 18 May 2023 in Business&Online Courses
• James Brown’s Historic Concert, Staged 24 Hours After Martin Luther King’s Assassination, Is Now Restored and Free to Watch Online, 15 May 2023 in History&Music
• David Bowie Performs “Life on Mars?” and “Ashes to Ashes” on Johnny Carson’s “Tonight Show” (1980), 12 May 2023 in Music&Television
• In Search of the Best Croissant in Protest-Filled Paris, 11 May 2023 in Food & Drink
• The First-Ever Film Version of Lewis Carroll’s Tale, Alice in Wonderland (1903), 10 May 2023 in Film
• The Seattle Public Library Gives Students Free Digital Access to Books Getting Banned Across the United States, 04 May 2023 in Books&Current Affairs
• A Star Wars Film Made in a Wes Anderson Aesthetic, 04 May 2023 in Film&Random
• School Principal, Forced to Resign After Students Learn About Michelangelo’s “David,” Visits the Renaissance Statue in Florence, 03 May 2023 in Art&Current Affairs
• Pussy Riot Sends a Powerful Message to Vladimir Putin: “You Have Already Lost. You Know It.”, 27 Apr 2023 in Current Affairs
• Harry Belafonte (RIP), James Baldwin, Marlon Brando & Sidney Poitier Talk About Civil Rights, 1963, 26 Apr 2023 in History
• Stephen King Recommends 96 Books for Aspiring Writers to Read, 25 Apr 2023 in Books
• Nathan Lane Breaks Down His Broadway Career, 21 Apr 2023 in Theatre
• Benedict Cumberbatch Reads a Letter to People Who Don’t Lock Bathroom Doors, 20 Apr 2023 in Letters&Random
• Hayao Miyazaki Selects His 50 Favorite Children’s Books, 19 Apr 2023 in Books
• Horrifying 1906 Illustrations of H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds, 14 Apr 2023 in Art&Books
• How to Spot a Communist by Using Literary Criticism: A 1955 Manual from the U.S. Military, 13 Apr 2023 in History&Literature
• 16-Year-Old Dave Grohl Demonstrates His Emerging Drumming Talent, Playing in His Punk Band “Mission Impossible” (1985), 12 Apr 2023 in Music
• Al Jaffee, the Longest Working Cartoonist in History, Dies at 102: Discover How He Invented the Iconic “Folds-Ins” for Mad Magazine, 11 Apr 2023 in Comics/Cartoons&Life
• Behold John Coltrane’s Handwritten Outline for His Masterpiece A Love Supreme, 06 Apr 2023 in Art&Music
• How to Develop Photographs with Coffee, 05 Apr 2023 in Food & Drink&Photography
• Carl Sagan Explains How the Ancient Greeks, Using Reason & Math, Discovered That the Earth Isn’t Flat Over 2,000 Years Ago, 31 Mar 2023 in History&Science
• The Complete “Everything is a Remix”: An Hour-Long Testament to the Brilliance & Beauty of Human Creativity, 30 Mar 2023 in Creativity&Film&Music
• Enroll Today for Online Courses with Stanford Continuing Studies: Open Culture Readers Get 15% Off, 29 Mar 2023 in Deals&Education
• Listen to The Epic of Gilgamesh Being Read in its Original Ancient Language, Akkadian, 28 Mar 2023 in Language&Literature
• The Pulp Magazine Archive Lets You Read Thousands of Digitized Issues of Classic Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Detective Fiction, 27 Mar 2023 in Magazines&Sci Fi
• Hear the Oldest Song in the World: A Sumerian Hymn Written 3,400 Years Ago, 23 Mar 2023 in Music
• Watch 13 Levels of Drumming, from Easy to Complex, Explained by Snarky Puppy Drummer Larnell Lewis, 22 Mar 2023 in Music
• David Byrne Picks Up His Big Suit from the Dry Cleaners and Gets Ready for Stop Making Sense to Return to Theaters, 20 Mar 2023 in Music
• New Order’s 1983 Classic “Blue Monday” Played with Obsolete 1930s Instruments, 18 Mar 2023 in Music
• Artificial Intelligence, Art & the Future of Creativity: Watch the Final Chapter of the “Everything is a Remix” Series, 16 Mar 2023 in Art&Technology
• Watch a Visual Symphony of Everyday Objects in the French Stop Motion Film, “Grands Canons”, 14 Mar 2023 in Animation
• The Map of Mathematics: An Animated Video Shows How All the Different Fields in Math Fit Together, 09 Mar 2023 in Math
• Wabi-Sabi: A Short Film on the Beauty of Traditional Japan, 09 Mar 2023 in Art
• 1400 Engravings from the 19th Century Flow Together in the Short Animation “Still Life”, 07 Mar 2023 in Animation
• A Street Musician Plays Pink Floyd’s “Time” in Front of the 1,900-Year-Old Pantheon in Rome, 03 Mar 2023 in Film&Music
• John Cleese on How “Stupid People Have No Idea How Stupid They Are” (Otherwise Known as the Dunning-Kruger Effect), 02 Mar 2023 in Psychology
• Ukraine Releases a Banksy Stamp That Features a Kid Judo Flipping an Older Man Resembling Vladimir Putin, 01 Mar 2023 in Current Affairs
• Michelangelo’s Illustrated Grocery List, 28 Feb 2023 in Food & Drink
• Why Maya Angelou’s Memoir I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Became One of the Most Banned Books of All Time, 24 Feb 2023 in Literature
• Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree: The Animated Film Narrated by Shel Silverstein Himself (1973), 23 Feb 2023 in Animation
• 3,000-Year-Old Olive Tree on the Greek Island of Crete Still Produces Olives Today, 22 Feb 2023 in Life&Nature
• John Waters Takes You on a Comical Tour of His Apartment (1986), 21 Feb 2023 in Comedy&Life
• Gnome Chomsky: The Indispensable Ornament for the Thinking Person’s Garden, 16 Feb 2023 in Random
• An Exhilarating ASL Performance of Rihanna’s Super Bowl Halftime Show, 15 Feb 2023 in Music&Sports
• How Vinyl Records Are Made, 10 Feb 2023 in Music&Technology
• Bohemian Rhapsody Played on the Largest Pipe Organ in the World, 08 Feb 2023 in Music
• Vintage Book & Record Covers Come to Life in a Mesmerizing Animated Video, 07 Feb 2023 in Animation&Books&Music
• Neil deGrasse Tyson, High School Wrestling Team Captain, Once Invented a Physics-Based Wrestling Move, 03 Feb 2023 in Physics&Sports
• The Rise & Fall of Roman Civilization: Every Year Shown in a Timelapse Map Animation (753 BC ‑1479 AD), 01 Feb 2023 in History&Maps
• The Brooklyn Public Library Gives Every Teenager in the U.S. Free Access to Censored Books, 31 Jan 2023 in Books&Current Affairs
• Liam Neeson Stars as Raymond Chandler’s Legendary Detective Philip Marlowe: Watch the Trailer for the New Film, 26 Jan 2023 in Film&Literature
• Download 10,000 of the First Recordings of Music Ever Made, Courtesy of the University of California-Santa Barbara , 25 Jan 2023 in History&Music
• The Only Footage of Mark Twain: The Original & Digitally Restored Films Shot by Thomas Edison, 23 Jan 2023 in History&Literature
• Stephen King’s 20 Rules for Writers, 19 Jan 2023 in Writing
• Behold Colorful Geologic Maps of Mars Released by The United States Geological Survey, 18 Jan 2023 in Astronomy&Maps
• The Haunting Paintings of Francisco Goya: A Deep Dive into His Dark, Late Works, 17 Jan 2023 in Art
• Watch Jeff Beck (RIP) Smash His Guitar: A Classic Scene from Antonioni’s Blowup (1966), 12 Jan 2023 in Film&Music
• A Wooden Artwork That Beautifully Unfolds into a Functional Desk, 11 Jan 2023 in Design
• Watch David Letterman’s Complete Interview with Volodymyr Zelenskyy, 06 Jan 2023 in Current Affairs&Television
• The Map of Engineering: A New Animation Shows How All of the Different Fields in Engineering Fit Together, 05 Jan 2023 in Science&Technology
• Miley Cyrus & David Byrne Perform David Bowie’s “Let’s Dance” on New Year’s Eve, 01 Jan 2023 in Music
• Isaac Asimov on How Libraries Can Radically Change Your Life (1971), 30 Dec 2022 in Letters
• Pelé’s Great World Cup Goals (RIP), 29 Dec 2022 in Sports
• The Book of Leaves: A Beautiful Stop Motion Film Featuring 12,000 Pressed Leaves, 29 Dec 2022 in Nature
• The Making of Modern Ukraine: A Free Online Course from Yale University, Featuring 23 Lectures, 27 Dec 2022 in Current Affairs&Online Courses&Yale
• Dave Grohl, Jack Black & Greg Kurstin Sing Rush’s “The Spirit Of Radio” for Hanukkah, 26 Dec 2022 in Music
• Watch Björk, Age 11, Read a Christmas Nativity Story on an Icelandic TV Special (1976), 21 Dec 2022 in Music&Television
• The Junky’s Christmas: William S. Burrough’s Dark Claymation Christmas Film Produced by Francis Ford Coppola (1993), 20 Dec 2022 in Film
• Hear Neil Gaiman Read A Christmas Carol Just Like Charles Dickens Read It, 15 Dec 2022 in Audio Books&Literature
• How to Make Coffee in the Bialetti Moka Pot: The “Ultimate Techique”, 12 Dec 2022 in Food & Drink
• Beethoven’s Ode to Joy Played With 167 Theremins Placed Inside Matryoshka Dolls in Japan, 09 Dec 2022 in Music
• How Qatar Built Stadiums with Forced Labor, 08 Dec 2022 in Current Affairs&Sports
• Albert Camus’ Lessons Learned from Playing Goalie: “What I Know Most Surely about Morality and Obligations, I Owe to Football”, 07 Dec 2022 in Philosophy&Sports
• The “Shadow” of a Hiroshima Victim, Etched into Stone, Is All That Remains After 1945 Atomic Blast, 06 Dec 2022 in History
• Why Jorge Luis Borges Hated Soccer: “Soccer is Popular Because Stupidity is Popular”, 05 Dec 2022 in Literature&Sports
• Watch Neil Young & Crazy Horse Play & Record the New 15-Minute Track “Chevrolet” for the First Time, 01 Dec 2022 in Music
• Succession Star Brian Cox Teaches Hamlet’s Soliloquy to a 2‑Year-Old Child, 01 Dec 2022 in Theatre
• Deep Fried Coffee: A Very Disturbing Discovery, 30 Nov 2022 in Food & Drink
• William S. Burroughs’ Scathing “Thanksgiving Prayer,” Shot by Gus Van Sant, 24 Nov 2022 in History&Literature
• A Day at the Beach in Biarritz, France: Watch Video Restored & Colorized with AI (1928), 23 Nov 2022 in History
• The First Live Performance of Springsteen’s “Jungleland” After Clarence Clemons’ Death, with His Nephew Jake on Sax (July 28, 2012), 17 Nov 2022 in Life&Music
• Vincent van Gogh Visits a Modern Art Gallery & Gets to See His Artistic Legacy: A Touching Scene from Doctor Who, 15 Nov 2022 in Art&Television
• Your Burning Questions About Coffee Answered by James Hoffmann, 10 Nov 2022 in Food & Drink
• An Asbestos-Bound, Fireproof Edition of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 (1953), 09 Nov 2022 in Books
• Discover Friedrich Nietzsche’s Typewriter, the Curious “Malling-Hansen Writing Ball” (Circa 1881), 09 Nov 2022 in Philosophy&Technology
• Jim Henson’s Commercials for Wilkins Coffee: 15 Twisted Minutes of Muppet Coffee Ads (1957–1961), 08 Nov 2022 in Food & Drink&Television
• The Mastermind of Devo, Mark Mothersbaugh, Presents His Personal Synthesizer Collection, 03 Nov 2022 in Music
• An AI Generated, Never-Ending Discussion Between Werner Herzog and Slavoj Žižek, 03 Nov 2022 in Philosophy
• Bruce Springsteen Performs Moving Acoustic Versions of “Thunder Road,” “The Rising” & “Land of Hope & Dreams” on the Howard Stern Show, 02 Nov 2022 in Music
• Watch the First Horror Film, George Méliès’ The Haunted Castle (1896), 31 Oct 2022 in Film
• Watch Free Cult Films by Stanley Kubrick, Fritz Lang, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi & More on the New Kino Cult Streaming Service, 31 Oct 2022 in Film
• Watch Hieronymus Bosch: Touched by the Devil, a Documentary Streaming Free Online, 28 Oct 2022 in Art&Film
• 200 Bassists Play the Famous Bass Line of Queen & Bowie’s “Under Pressure”, 27 Oct 2022 in Music
• Hear Moby Dick Read in Its Entirety by Tilda Swinton, Stephen Fry, John Waters & Many Others, 26 Oct 2022 in Audio Books&Literature
• Futurist Makes Weirdly Accurate Predictions in 1922 About What the World Will Look Like in 2022: Wireless Telephones, 8‑Hour Flights to Europe & More, 20 Oct 2022 in History&Technology
• Hear a Great Radio Documentary on William S. Burroughs Narrated by Iggy Pop, 20 Oct 2022 in Literature
• 10,000 Vintage Recipe Books Are Now Digitized in The Internet Archive’s Cookbook & Home Economics Collection, 18 Oct 2022 in Archives&Food & Drink
• Winston Churchill Goes Backward Down a Water Slide & Loses His Trunks (1934), 14 Oct 2022 in Random
• What’s the Best Audio Book You’ve Ever “Read”?, 11 Oct 2022 in Audio Books&Books
• Download The Harvard Classics as Free eBooks: A “Portable University” Created in 1909, 11 Oct 2022 in Books&Literature&Philosophy
• The Entire Archives of Radical Philosophy Go Online: Read Essays by Michel Foucault, Alain Badiou, Judith Butler & More (1972–2022), 11 Oct 2022 in Magazines&Philosophy
• John Oliver’s Show on World-Class Art Museums & Their Looted Art: Watch It Free Online, 10 Oct 2022 in Museums
• How Plants Move in a 24-Hour Period, 09 Oct 2022 in Biology&Random
• Carl Sagan Issues a Chilling Warning to America in His Last Interview (1996), 04 Oct 2022 in Current Affairs
• Enter an Archive of 7,000 Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized & Free to Read Online, 27 Sep 2022 in Books&K-12
• Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing In The Name” Performed By the North Korean Military Chorus : A Clever Fake, 17 Sep 2022 in Random
• Get the First Biography of Hilma af Klint at a 40% Discount (for a Limited Time), 10 Sep 2022 in Art&Books
• The Making of Modern Ukraine: A Free Online Course from Yale Professor Timothy Snyder, 06 Sep 2022 in History
• Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert Streaming Live from Wembley Stadium: Watch It Online, 02 Sep 2022 in Music
• The Brooklyn Public Library Gives Every Teenager in the U.S. Free Access to Books Getting Censored by American Schools, 22 Aug 2022 in Books&Current Affairs