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• A Sonic Introduction to Avant-Garde Music: Stream 145 Minutes of 20th Century Art Music, Including Modernism, Futurism, Dadaism & Beyond, 09 Feb 2017 in Art&Music
• Did Plato’s Republic Predict the Rise of Donald Trump?: A Chilling Animated Video Narrated by Andrew Sullivan, 08 Feb 2017 in Philosophy&Politics
• An Introduction to the Life & Thought of Hannah Arendt: Presented by the BBC Radio’s In Our Time, 08 Feb 2017 in Philosophy&Politics&Radio
• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Improvises and Plays, Completely Unrehearsed, Chuck Berry’s “You Never Can Tell,” Live Onstage (2013), 07 Feb 2017 in Music
• How to Respond to the Challenges of Our Time?: Jazz Legends Herbie Hancock & Wayne Shorter Give 10 Pieces of Advice to Young Artists, and Everyone Else, 07 Feb 2017 in Art&Creativity&Current Affairs&Jazz&Music
• Hear a 4 Hour Playlist of Great Protest Songs: Bob Dylan, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, Public Enemy, Billy Bragg & More, 06 Feb 2017 in Music&Politics
• Albert Einstein Gives a Speech Praising Diversity & Immigrants’ Contributions to America (1939), 03 Feb 2017 in History
• 20,000 Letters, Manuscripts & Artifacts From Sigmund Freud Get Digitized and Made Available Online, 02 Feb 2017 in Archives&Psychology
• Animated Video Tells the Story of Jean-Paul Sartre & Albert Camus’ Famous Falling Out (1952), 01 Feb 2017 in Life&Philosophy
• T.S. Eliot’s Classic Poem “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” Gets Adapted into a Hip Modern Film, 01 Feb 2017 in Film&Poetry
• Willie Nelson and His Famous Guitar: The Tale of Trigger: Watch the Short Film Narrated by Woody Harrelson, 31 Jan 2017 in Music
• Albert Camus, Editor of the French Resistance Newspaper Combat, Writes Movingly About Life, Politics & War (1944–47), 31 Jan 2017 in History&Literature&Philosophy&Politics
• Hannah Arendt on “Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship:” Better to Suffer Than Collaborate, 30 Jan 2017 in History&Philosophy&Politics
• Ian McKellen Reads a Passionate Speech by William Shakespeare, Written in Defense of Immigrants, 27 Jan 2017 in Literature
• Female Samurai Warriors Immortalized in 19th Century Japanese Photos, 27 Jan 2017 in History&Photography
• Carl Sagan Predicts the Decline of America: Unable to Know “What’s True,” We Will Slide, “Without Noticing, Back into Superstition & Darkness” (1995), 26 Jan 2017 in Psychology&Science
• George Orwell Explains How “Newspeak” Works, the Official Language of His Totalitarian Dystopia in 1984, 25 Jan 2017 in Literature
• Hannah Arendt Explains How Propaganda Uses Lies to Erode All Truth & Morality: Insights from The Origins of Totalitarianism, 24 Jan 2017 in History&Politics
• Disco Demolition Night: Scenes from the Night Disco Died (or Did It?) at Chicago’s Comiskey Park, 1979, 24 Jan 2017 in Music
• An Introduction to Hegel’s Philosophy of History: The Road to Progress Runs First Through Dark Times, 23 Jan 2017 in Philosophy
• 20 Lessons from the 20th Century About How to Defend Democracy from Authoritarianism, According to Yale Historian Timothy Snyder, 20 Jan 2017 in History
• Photographer Creates Stunning Realistic Portraits That Recreate Surreal Scenes from Hieronymus Bosch Paintings, 19 Jan 2017 in Art&Photography
• The Women’s Suffrage March of 1913: The Parade That Overshadowed Another Presidential Inauguration a Century Ago, 18 Jan 2017 in Gender&History
• Watch Priceless 17-Century Stradivarius and Amati Violins Get Taken for a Test Drive by Professional Violinists, 18 Jan 2017 in History&Museums&Music
• Bauhaus Artist László Moholy-Nagy Designs an Avant-Garde Map to Help People Get Over the Fear of Flying (1936), 17 Jan 2017 in Art&Maps
• The Scores That Electronic Music Pioneer Wendy Carlos Composed for Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange and The Shining, 17 Jan 2017 in Film&Music
• Alan Turing Gets Channeled in a New Opera: Hear Audio from The Life And Death(S) Of Alan Turing, 16 Jan 2017 in Computer Science&Music&Opera&Science
• Hip 1960s Latin Teacher Translated Beatles Songs into Latin for His Students: Read Lyrics for “O Teneum Manum,” “Diei Duri Nox” & More, 13 Jan 2017 in Education&Language Lessons&Music
• An Introduction to Confucius’ Life & Thought Through Two Animated Videos, 12 Jan 2017 in Philosophy
• Albert Einstein Explains How Slavery Has Crippled Everyone’s Ability to Think Clearly About Racism, 11 Jan 2017 in History&Politics&Science
• Hear Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” Covered in Unexpected Styles: Gregorian Choir, Cello Ensemble, Finnish Bluegrass, Jazz Vocal & More, 11 Jan 2017 in Music
• David Bowie Offers Advice for Aspiring Artists: “Go a Little Out of Your Depth,” “Never Fulfill Other People’s Expectations”, 10 Jan 2017 in Life&Music
• How The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Changed Album Cover Design Forever, 10 Jan 2017 in Art&Music
• George Michael Gives a Stunning Performance of “Somebody to Love” with Queen, As David Bowie Nods Along in the Wings, 09 Jan 2017 in Music
• Hear Alan Watts’s 1960s Prediction That Automation Will Necessitate a Universal Basic Income, 06 Jan 2017 in Economics&Philosophy&Politics&Technology
• A Gallery of Visually Arresting Posters from the May 1968 Paris Uprising, 05 Jan 2017 in Art&History&Politics
• Meditation is Replacing Detention in Baltimore’s Public Schools, and the Students Are Thriving, 04 Jan 2017 in Education&Health&K-12
• Learn Islamic & Indian Philosophy with 107 Episodes of the History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps Podcast, 04 Jan 2017 in Philosophy
• 200,000 Photos from the George Eastman Museum, the World’s Oldest Photography Collection, Now Available Online, 03 Jan 2017 in Photography
• Why We Need to Teach Kids Philosophy & Safeguard Society from Authoritarian Control, 03 Jan 2017 in Education&Philosophy&Politics
• What Does the World’s Oldest Surviving Piano Sound Like? Watch Pianist Give a Performance on a 1720 Cristofori Piano, 02 Jan 2017 in History&Music
• Jim Jarmusch Lists His Favorite Poets: Dante, William Carlos Williams, Arthur Rimbaud, John Ashbery & More, 30 Dec 2016 in Film&Literature&Poetry
• An Animated Introduction to Voltaire: Enlightenment Philosopher of Pluralism & Tolerance, 29 Dec 2016 in Animation&Philosophy
• The Tarot Card Deck Designed by Salvador Dalí, 28 Dec 2016 in Art
• Carrie Fisher’s Long Career as a Writer, Screenwriter, and Hollywood Fixer: “I’m a Writer” First and Foremost, 28 Dec 2016 in Film&Writing
• When Ayn Rand Collected Social Security & Medicare, After Years of Opposing Benefit Programs, 27 Dec 2016 in Economics&Politics
• Watch Nina Simone Sing the Black Pride Anthem, “To Be Young, Gifted and Black,” on Sesame Street (1972), 27 Dec 2016 in Music&Television
• How Leo Tolstoy Became a Vegetarian and Jumpstarted the Vegetarian & Humanitarian Movements in the 19th Century, 26 Dec 2016 in Food & Drink&Literature&Philosophy&Politics&Religion
• Hear Jorge Luis Borges Read 30 of His Poems (in the Original Spanish), 23 Dec 2016 in Literature&Poetry
• A Crash Course in Existentialism: A Short Introduction to Jean-Paul Sartre & Finding Meaning in a Meaningless World, 22 Dec 2016 in Philosophy
• Yes, the Holocaust Happened, Even If a Top Google Search Result Says It Didn’t, 21 Dec 2016 in Current Affairs&History&Politics
• Hear the First Live Performance of the Rolling Stones’ “Brown Sugar:” Recorded at the Fateful Altamont Free Concert in 1969, 21 Dec 2016 in History&Music
• George Orwell’s Life & Literature Presented in a 3‑Hour Radio Documentary: Features Interviews with Those Who Knew Orwell Best, 20 Dec 2016 in History&Literature&Politics&Radio
• 75 Years of CIA Maps Now Declassified & Made Available Online, 20 Dec 2016 in Design&History&Maps
• Nietzsche’s 10 Rules for Writing with Style (1882), 19 Dec 2016 in Philosophy&Psychology&Writing
• Slavoj Žižek Answers the Question “Should We Teach Children to Believe in Santa Claus?”, 16 Dec 2016 in Life&Philosophy
• Hear a Great 4‑Hour Radio Documentary on the Life & Music of Jimi Hendrix: Features Rare Recordings & Interviews, 15 Dec 2016 in Music&Radio
• Frank Zappa Gets Surprised & Serenaded by the U.S. Navy Band at the San Francisco Airport (1980), 14 Dec 2016 in Music
• When William S. Burroughs Appeared on Saturday Night Live: His First TV Appearance (1981), 14 Dec 2016 in Comedy&Literature&Television
• Hear Controversial Versions of “The Star Spangled Banner” by Igor Stravinsky, Jimi Hendrix, José Feliciano & John Philip Sousa, 13 Dec 2016 in History&Music
• Medieval Doodler Draws a “Rockstar Lady” in a Manuscript of Boethius’ The Consolation of Philosophy (Circa 1500), 13 Dec 2016 in History&Life&Philosophy
• Techie Working at Home Creates Bigger Archive of Historical Newspapers (37 Million Pages) Than the Library of Congress, 12 Dec 2016 in Archives&History
• 200,000 Years of Staggering Human Population Growth Shown in an Animated Map, 09 Dec 2016 in Health&History&Life&Science
• The Birth Control Handbook: The Underground Student Publication That Let Women Take Control of Their Bodies (1968), 08 Dec 2016 in Biology&Politics
• The Velvet Underground & Andy Warhol Stage Proto-Punk Performance Art: Discover the Exploding Plastic Inevitable (1966), 07 Dec 2016 in Art&Music
• George Orwell Tries to Identify Who Is Really a “Fascist” and Define the Meaning of This “Much-Abused Word” (1944), 07 Dec 2016 in History&Politics
• The Map of Physics: Animation Shows How All the Different Fields in Physics Fit Together, 06 Dec 2016 in Physics
• Was There a First Human Language?: Theories from the Enlightenment Through Noam Chomsky, 06 Dec 2016 in Biology&Philosophy&Science
• The Genius of Paul McCartney’s Bass Playing in 7 Isolated Tracks, 05 Dec 2016 in Music
• 29 Lists of Recommended Books Created by Well-Known Authors, Artists & Thinkers: Jorge Luis Borges, Patti Smith, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, David Bowie & More, 02 Dec 2016 in Books
• Hear 20 Hours of Romantic & Victorian Poetry Read by Ralph Fiennes, Dylan Thomas, James Mason & Many More, 01 Dec 2016 in Audio Books&Poetry
• Richard Feynman’s Poignant Letter to His Departed Wife Arline: Watch Actor Oscar Isaac Read It Live Onstage, 30 Nov 2016 in Letters&Life
• The Photography of Poet Arthur Rimbaud (1883), 30 Nov 2016 in Photography&Poetry
• Why Socrates Hated Democracies: An Animated Case for Why Self-Government Requires Wisdom & Education, 29 Nov 2016 in Philosophy&Politics
• Hear a 20 Hour Playlist Featuring Recordings by Electronic Music Pioneer Pauline Oliveros (RIP), 29 Nov 2016 in Music
• Watch Georges Méliès’ The Dreyfus Affair, the Controversial Film Censored by the French Government for 50 Years (1899), 28 Nov 2016 in Film&History&Politics
• Watch Animations of Two Italo Calvino Stories: “The False Grandmother” and “The Distance from the Moon”, 25 Nov 2016 in Animation&Literature
• The Physics of Playing a Guitar Visualized: Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters” Viewed from Inside the Guitar, 24 Nov 2016 in Music&Physics
• Browse & Download 1,198 Free High Resolution Maps of U.S. National Parks, 23 Nov 2016 in Maps
• Hear the Brilliant Guitar Work of Charlie Christian, Inventor of the Electric Guitar Solo (1939), 23 Nov 2016 in Music
• Watch the Evolution of Ringo Starr, Dave Grohl, Tré Cool & 19 Other Drummers in Short 5‑Minute Videos, 22 Nov 2016 in Music
• How to Recognize a Dystopia: Watch an Animated Introduction to Dystopian Fiction, 21 Nov 2016 in Literature&Politics&Sci Fi
• Hear Kurt Vonnegut’s Novel, Cat’s Cradle, Get Turned into Avant-Garde Music (Featuring Kurt Himself), 18 Nov 2016 in Literature&Music
• Philosopher Richard Rorty Chillingly Predicts the Results of the 2016 Election … Back in 1998, 17 Nov 2016 in Literature&Philosophy&Politics
• The New York Times’ First Profile of Hitler: His Anti-Semitism Is Not as “Genuine or Violent” as It Sounds (1922), 16 Nov 2016 in History
• Stewart Brand’s List of 76 Books for Rebuilding Civilization, 16 Nov 2016 in Books&Education
• Frank Zappa’s Amazing Final Concerts: Prague and Budapest, 1991, 15 Nov 2016 in Music
• Henry David Thoreau on When Civil Disobedience and Resistance Are Justified (1849), 15 Nov 2016 in Philosophy&Politics
• Hear Leonard Cohen’s Final Interview: Recorded by David Remnick of The New Yorker, 14 Nov 2016 in Music
• Say Goodbye to Leonard Cohen Through Some of His Best-Loved Songs: “Hallelujah,” “Suzanne” and 235 Other Tracks, 11 Nov 2016 in Music
• Young Frank Zappa Plays the Bicycle on The Steven Allen Show (1963), 10 Nov 2016 in Music
• Hear “Weightless,” the Most Relaxing Song Ever Made, According to Researchers (You’ll Need It Today), 09 Nov 2016 in Music&Psychology
• The Only Known Footage of Louis Armstrong in a Recording Studio: Watch the Recently-Discovered Film (1959), 09 Nov 2016 in Music
• David Bowie Sings “Fame” & “Golden Years” on Soul Train (1975), 08 Nov 2016 in Music
• What Did Nietzsche Really Mean When He Wrote “God is Dead”?, 08 Nov 2016 in Philosophy
• Patti Smith Reads from Oscar Wilde’s De Profundis, the Love Letter He Wrote From Prison (1897), 07 Nov 2016 in Current Affairs&Literature
• When Vladimir Nabokov Taught Ruth Bader Ginsburg, His Most Famous Student, To Care Deeply About Writing, 04 Nov 2016 in Current Affairs&Literature&Politics
• The Graceful Movements of Kung Fu & Modern Dance Revealed in Stunning Motion Visualizations, 03 Nov 2016 in Animation&Art&Dance&Technology
• Organized Religion Got You Down? Discover The Church Of Saint John Coltrane, 02 Nov 2016 in Music&Religion
• Cook Up Aleister Crowley’s Rice Recipe: Perfect for Eating with Curry, 02 Nov 2016 in Food & Drink
• Videos Recreate Isaac Newton’s Neat Alchemy Experiments: Watch Silver Get Turned Into Gold, 01 Nov 2016 in History&Science
• Father Writes a Great Letter About Censorship When Son Brings Home Permission Slip to Read Ray Bradbury’s Censored Book, Fahrenheit 451, 01 Nov 2016 in Current Affairs&Education&Literature&Politics
• Isaac Newton’s Recipe for the Mythical ‘Philosopher’s Stone’ Is Being Digitized & Put Online (Along with His Other Alchemy Manuscripts), 31 Oct 2016 in Archives&History&Science
• Huge Archive of American Films–From Casablanca to Gigli–Are Protected & Preserved in a Nuclear Bunker, 28 Oct 2016 in Film
• What Does Jorge Luis Borges’ “Library of Babel” Look Like? An Accurate Illustration Created with 3D Modeling Software, 27 Oct 2016 in Architecture&Computer Science&Literature
• Spike Jonze’s Stop Motion Film Hauntingly Animates Paris’ Famed Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, 26 Oct 2016 in Animation&Books
• Watch an Avant-Garde Bauhaus Ballet in Brilliant Color, the Triadic Ballet, First Staged by Oskar Schlemmer in 1922, 26 Oct 2016 in Art&Dance
• Odd Vintage Postcards Document the Propaganda Against Women’s Rights 100 Years Ago, 25 Oct 2016 in Gender&History&Politics
• The Artists’ and Writers’ Cookbook Collects Recipes From T.C. Boyle, Marina Abramović, Neil Gaiman, Joyce Carol Oates & More, 25 Oct 2016 in Books&Food & Drink
• When Charles Dickens & Edgar Allan Poe Met, and Dickens’ Pet Raven Inspired Poe’s Poem “The Raven”, 24 Oct 2016 in Literature
• Hear What Homer’s Odyssey Sounded Like When Sung in the Original Ancient Greek, 21 Oct 2016 in History&Literature&Music
• Jimi Hendrix Plays “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” for The Beatles, Just Three Days After the Album’s Release (1967), 20 Oct 2016 in Music
• The U.S. National Archives Launches an Animated GIF Archive: See Whitman, Twain, Hemingway & Others in Motion, 19 Oct 2016 in Archives&Web/Tech
• H.G. Wells Reads Finnegans Wake & Tells James Joyce: It’s “A Dead End,” “You Have Turned Your Back on Common Men” (1928), 19 Oct 2016 in Letters&Literature
• Hear Igor Stravinsky’s Symphonies & Ballets in a Complete, 32-Hour, Chronological Playlist, 18 Oct 2016 in Music
• Aleister Crowley Reads Occult Poetry in the Only Known Recordings of His Voice (1920), 18 Oct 2016 in Literature&Poetry&Religion
• The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain Performs Great Covers of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer” & More, 17 Oct 2016 in Comedy&Music
• Bob Dylan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature for Creating “New Poetic Expressions within the Great American Song Tradition”, 13 Oct 2016 in Literature&Music
• Goethe’s Colorful & Abstract Illustrations for His 1810 Treatise, Theory of Colors: Scans of the First Edition, 13 Oct 2016 in Art&Books&History&Science
• Isaac Asimov Laments the “Cult of Ignorance” in the United States (1980), 12 Oct 2016 in Education&Politics&Sci Fi
• 21 Artists Give “Advice to the Young:” Vital Lessons from Laurie Anderson, David Byrne, Umberto Eco, Patti Smith & More, 12 Oct 2016 in Art&Creativity&Education&Life
• Alejandro Jodorowsky Explains How Tarot Cards Can Give You Creative Inspiration, 11 Oct 2016 in Creativity&Film&Life
• Hear Steve Reich’s Minimalist Compositions in a 28-Hour Playlist: A Journey Through His Influential Recordings, 11 Oct 2016 in Music
• Aleister Crowley & William Butler Yeats Get into an Occult Battle, Pitting White Magic Against Black Magic (1900), 10 Oct 2016 in Poetry&Religion
• Monty Python’s “Argument Clinic” Sketch Reenacted by Two Vintage Voice Synthesizers (One Is Stephen Hawking’s Voice), 07 Oct 2016 in Comedy
• Some of Buster Keaton’s Great, Death-Defying Stunts Captured in Animated Gifs, 06 Oct 2016 in Film
• Salvador Dalí’s 1973 Cookbook Gets Reissued: Surrealist Art Meets Haute Cuisine, 05 Oct 2016 in Art&Food & Drink
• A Master List of 800 Free Classic eBooks for iPad, Kindle & Other Devices, 05 Oct 2016 in Books&Education&Literature
• Pete Seeger Teaches You How to Play Guitar for Free in The Folksinger’s Guitar Guide (1955), 04 Oct 2016 in Education&Music
• Watch Soviet Avant-Garde Composers Create Synthesized Music with Hand-Drawn Animations (1934), 04 Oct 2016 in Art&Film&Music&Technology
• Chris Rock Creates a List of His 13 Favorite Standup Comedy Specials, 30 Sep 2016 in Comedy
• Sci-Fi Icon Robert Heinlein Lists 5 Essential Rules for Making a Living as a Writer, 29 Sep 2016 in Sci Fi&Writing
• Hear the First Recording of Computer Generated Music: Researchers Restore Music Programmed on Alan Turing’s Computer (1951), 28 Sep 2016 in Computer Science&Music&Technology
• When L. Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz Series Was Banned for “Depicting Women in Strong Leadership Roles” (1928), 28 Sep 2016 in Books&K-12&Literature&Politics
• The Sights & Sounds of 18th Century Paris Get Recreated with 3D Audio and Animation, 27 Sep 2016 in History&Philosophy&Technology
• 8+ Hours of Classic Charles Dickens Stories Dramatized, Starring Orson Welles, Boris Karloff, Richard Burton & More, 27 Sep 2016 in Literature&Radio
• Explore 5,300 Rare Manuscripts Digitized by the Vatican: From The Iliad & Aeneid, to Japanese & Aztec Illustrations, 26 Sep 2016 in Archives&Books&History&Literature&Museums
• David Byrne & Neil deGrasse Tyson Explain the Importance of an Arts Education (and How It Strengthens Science & Civilization), 23 Sep 2016 in Art&Creativity&Education&Science
• Build Your Own Miniature Sets from Hayao Miyazaki’s Beloved Films: My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki’s Delivery Service & More, 22 Sep 2016 in Creativity&Film
• Watch the Surrealist Glass Harmonica, the Only Animated Film Ever Banned by Soviet Censors (1968), 21 Sep 2016 in Animation&Art&Film