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• W.E.B. Du Bois Creates Revolutionary, Artistic Data Visualizations Showing the Economic Plight of African-Americans (1900), 21 Sep 2016 in Data&Design&History
• Hear George Orwell’s 1984 Adapted as a Radio Play at the Height of McCarthyism & The Red Scare (1953), 20 Sep 2016 in Literature&Politics&Radio
• Watch Jimmy Page Rock the Theremin, the Early Soviet Electronic Instrument, in Some Hypnotic Live Performances, 20 Sep 2016 in Music
• John Austen’s Haunting Illustrations of Shakespeare’s Hamlet: A Masterpiece of the Aesthetic Movement (1922), 19 Sep 2016 in Art&Books&Literature
• Watch 222 Great Films in the Public Domain: Alfred Hitchcock, Fritz Lang, Buster Keaton & More, 16 Sep 2016 in Archives&Film
• Mark Twain Makes a List of 60 American Comfort Foods He Missed While Traveling Abroad (1880), 15 Sep 2016 in Food & Drink&Literature&Travel
• Carl Sagan & the Dalai Lama Meet in 1991 and Discuss When Science Can Answer Big Questions Better Than Religion, 14 Sep 2016 in Religion&Science
• Hear 9 Hours of Ennio Morricone’s Scores for Classic Western Films: From Sergio Leone’s Spaghetti Westerns to Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight, 14 Sep 2016 in Film&Music
• Frank Zappa Explains the Decline of the Music Business (1987), 13 Sep 2016 in Music
• Hear 21 Hours of Lectures & Talks by Howard Zinn, Author of the Bestselling A People’s History of the United States, 12 Sep 2016 in History&Politics
• Take a Free Course on Digital Photography from Stanford Prof Marc Levoy, 09 Sep 2016 in How to Learn for Free&Online Courses&Photography
• How to Get Started with Yoga: Free Yoga Lessons on YouTube, 09 Sep 2016 in Health&How to Learn for Free&Religion
• William Blake’s Masterpiece Illustrations of the Book of Job (1793–1827), 09 Sep 2016 in Art&Literature&Poetry&Religion
• Learn How to Read Sheet Music: A Quick, Fun, Tongue-in-Cheek Introduction, 08 Sep 2016 in Music
• Patti Smith’s New Haunting Tribute to Nico: Hear Three Tracks, 07 Sep 2016 in Music
• Watch Russian Futurist Vladimir Mayakovsky Star in His Only Surviving Film, The Lady and the Hooligan (1918), 07 Sep 2016 in Film&Poetry
• An Animated Introduction to French Philosopher Jacques Derrida, 05 Sep 2016 in Philosophy
• The History of Russia in 70,000 Photos: New Photo Archive Presents Russian History from 1860 to 1999, 02 Sep 2016 in History&Photography
• 3,000 Illustrations of Shakespeare’s Complete Works from Victorian England, Neatly Presented in a New Digital Archive, 01 Sep 2016 in Archives&Art&Literature
• Chris Rock Reads James Baldwin’s Still Timely Letter on Race in America: “We Can Make What America Must Become”, 31 Aug 2016 in Literature
• Hear 508 Hours of Songs Recorded by Rudy Van Gelder (1924–2016), the Engineer Who Created the Sound of Modern Jazz, 31 Aug 2016 in Jazz&Music
• Enter an Archive of 6,000 Historical Children’s Books, All Digitized and Free to Read Online, 30 Aug 2016 in Archives&Books&e-books&K-12&Literature
• Gene Wilder Recalls the Beginnings of His Creative Life in Two Hilarious, Poignant Stories, 30 Aug 2016 in Comedy&Creativity&Film
• Download 100,000 Photos of 20 Great U.S. National Parks, Courtesy of the U.S. National Park Service, 29 Aug 2016 in History&Photography
• Rome Comes to Life in Photochrom Color Photos Taken in 1890: The Colosseum, Trevi Fountain & More, 26 Aug 2016 in Photography&Poetry&Travel
• Hear the One Night Sun Ra & John Cage Played Together in Concert (1986), 25 Aug 2016 in Jazz&Music
• Penn Jillette Makes the Philosophical & Pragmatic Case for Libertarianism, 24 Aug 2016 in Politics
• Carl Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928) Gets an Epic, Instrumental Soundtrack from the Indie Band Joan of Arc, 23 Aug 2016 in Film&Music
• A 12-Hour Eastern Spirituality Playlist: Features Lectures & Readings by Joseph Campbell, Christopher Isherwood, the Dalai Lama & Others, 23 Aug 2016 in Religion
• Behold the Very First Color Photograph (1861): Taken by Scottish Physicist (and Poet!) James Clerk Maxwell, 22 Aug 2016 in Photography
• Read the Original 32-Page Program for Fritz Lang’s Metropolis (1927), 19 Aug 2016 in Film&Sci Fi
• The Neuroscience & Psychology of Procrastination, and How to Overcome It, 18 Aug 2016 in Neuroscience&Productivity&Psychology
• The CIA Puts Hundreds of Declassified Documents About UFO Sightings Online, Plus 10 Tips for Investigating Flying Saucers, 17 Aug 2016 in Sci Fi&Science&Television
• Three-Hour Mixtape Offers a Sonic Introduction to Underground Goth Music, 17 Aug 2016 in Music
• 33 Songs That Document the History of Feminist Punk (1975–2015): A Playlist Curated by Pitchfork, 16 Aug 2016 in Gender&Music
• Harvard Puts Online a Huge Collection of Bauhaus Art Objects, 16 Aug 2016 in Art
• When James Joyce & Marcel Proust Met in 1922, and Totally Bored Each Other, 15 Aug 2016 in Literature
• Watch What Happens When 100 Metronomes Perform György Ligeti’s Controversial Poème Symphonique, 12 Aug 2016 in Art&Music
• Cate Blanchett Stars in a New Massive Attack Video, Which Doubles as a Short Art-House Film, 11 Aug 2016 in Music
• Stephen Fry on Coping with Depression: It’s Raining, But the Sun Will Come Out Again, 10 Aug 2016 in Health&Psychology
• James Joyce: An Animated Introduction to His Life and Literary Works, 10 Aug 2016 in Literature
• In the Only Surviving Recording of Her Voice, Virginia Woolf Explains Why Writing Isn’t a “Craft” (1937), 09 Aug 2016 in Literature&Writing
• Malcolm Gladwell Asks Hard Questions about Money & Meritocracy in American Higher Education: Stream 3 Episodes of His New Podcast, 09 Aug 2016 in Education&Life&Podcasts
• Stream a Massive Collection of Indie, Noise Industrial Mixtapes from the 80s and 90s, 05 Aug 2016 in Music
• Carl Jung Explains Why His Famous Friendship with Sigmund Freud Fell Apart in Rare 1959 Audio, 04 Aug 2016 in History&Psychology
• Hear 17,000+ Traditional Folk & Blues Songs Curated by the Great Musicologist Alan Lomax, 03 Aug 2016 in History&Music
• Michio Kaku on Why Immigrants Are America’s Secret Weapon: They Compensate for Our Mediocre STEM Education & Keep Prosperity Going, 03 Aug 2016 in Politics&Science
• Philosopher Sam Harris Leads You Through a 26-Minute Guided Meditation, 02 Aug 2016 in Health&Neuroscience&Psychology&Religion
• Simone de Beauvoir Defends Existentialism & Her Feminist Masterpiece, The Second Sex, in Rare 1959 TV Interview, 02 Aug 2016 in Gender&Philosophy
• Hear Wittgenstein’s Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Sung as a One-Woman Opera, 01 Aug 2016 in Music&Philosophy
• John Cage’s Silent, Avant-Garde Piece 4′33″ Gets Covered by a Death Metal Band, 29 Jul 2016 in Music
• The Bizarre Time When Frank Zappa’s Entirely Instrumental Album Received an “Explicit Lyrics” Sticker, 28 Jul 2016 in Music
• Stream 18 Hours of Free Guided Meditations, 27 Jul 2016 in Health&Psychology&Religion
• The Last Known Photos of Jim Morrison, Taken Days Before His Death in Paris (June 1971), 26 Jul 2016 in Music
• What Are the Most Stolen Books? Bookstore Lists Feature Works by Murakami, Bukowski, Burroughs, Vonnegut, Kerouac & Palahniuk, 26 Jul 2016 in Books
• Allen Ginsberg Teaches You How to Meditate with a Rock Song Featuring Bob Dylan on Bass, 25 Jul 2016 in Music&Poetry&Politics&Religion
• Hear Albert Camus Read the Famous Opening Passage of The Stranger (1947), 22 Jul 2016 in Literature
• Octavia Butler’s 1998 Dystopian Novel Features a Fascistic Presidential Candidate Who Promises to “Make America Great Again”, 21 Jul 2016 in Current Affairs&Politics&Sci Fi
• Portraits of Ellis Island Immigrants Arriving on America’s Welcoming Shores Circa 1907, 20 Jul 2016 in History&Photography
• The Largest Ever Tribute to Kate Bush’s “Wuthering Heights” Choreographed by a Flashmob in Berlin, 20 Jul 2016 in Comedy&Dance&Music
• Download Alfred Stieglitz’s Proto-Dada Art Journal, 291, The First Art Magazine That Was Itself a Work of Art (1916), 19 Jul 2016 in Art&Magazines
• Hear 280 Blues, Country, Reggae & Rock Songs Keith Richards Namechecks in His Memoir, Life, 19 Jul 2016 in Music
• How to Jumpstart Your Creative Process with William S. Burroughs’ Cut-Up Technique, 18 Jul 2016 in Writing
• 1,600-Year-Old Illuminated Manuscript of the Aeneid Digitized & Put Online by The Vatican, 15 Jul 2016 in Books&History&Literature
• Charles Bukowski’s Controversial Poem “Girl on the Escalator” Gets Literally Retold in a New Short Film, 14 Jul 2016 in Poetry
• Walt Whitman Gives Advice to Aspiring Young Writers: “Don’t Write Poetry” & Other Practical Tips (1888), 13 Jul 2016 in Literature&Poetry&Writing
• Download 50+ Issues of Legendary West Coast Punk Music Zines from the 1970–80s: Damage, Slash & No Mag, 13 Jul 2016 in Archives&Magazines&Music
• Download All 8 Issues of Dada, the Arts Journal That Publicized the Avant-Garde Movement a Century Ago (1917–21), 12 Jul 2016 in Art&Magazines
• Stream 15 Hours of the John Peel Sessions: 255 Tracks by Syd Barrett, David Bowie, Siouxsie and the Banshees & Other Artists, 12 Jul 2016 in Music
• David Lynch Despises Product Placement & Watching Movies on iPhones (NSFW), 11 Jul 2016 in Business&Film&Technology
• The Secret Link Between Jazz and Physics: How Einstein & Coltrane Shared Improvisation and Intuition in Common, 09 Jul 2016 in Music&Physics&Science&TED Talks
• What Is an “Existential Crisis”?: An Animated Video Explains What the Expression Really Means, 09 Jul 2016 in Philosophy
• 32 Animated Videos by Wireless Philosophy Teach You the Essentials of Critical Thinking, 06 Jul 2016 in Online Courses&Philosophy
• The Prince Online Museum Archives 16 of Prince’s Official Web Sites, Spanning 20 Years, 06 Jul 2016 in Archives&Music
• How Jazz-Loving Teenagers–the Swingjugend–Fought the Hitler Youth and Resisted Conformity in Nazi Germany, 05 Jul 2016 in History&Jazz
• The Haunting Background Vocals on The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter:” Merry Clayton Recalls How They Came to Be, 05 Jul 2016 in Music
• The Steamy Love Letters of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West (1925–1929), 04 Jul 2016 in Letters&Literature
• Watch “Don’t Be a Sucker!,” the 1947 US Government Anti-Hatred Film That’s Relevant All Over Again, 01 Jul 2016 in Film&History
• Lou Reed and Laurie Anderson’s Three Rules for Living Well: A Short and Succinct Life Philosophy, 30 Jun 2016 in Life&Music
• 23 Hours of H.P. Lovecraft Stories: Hear Readings & Dramatizations of “The Call of Cthulhu,” “The Shadow Over Innsmouth,” & Other Weird Tales, 29 Jun 2016 in Audio Books&Literature
• Laurie Anderson’s Top 10 Books to Take to a Desert Island, 29 Jun 2016 in Art&Books&Music
• Hear Anaïs Nin Read From Her Celebrated Diary: A 60-Minute Vintage Recording (1966), 28 Jun 2016 in Books&Letters
• The Very First Film Adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, a Thomas Edison Production (1910), 28 Jun 2016 in Film&Literature
• Free: Hear 24 Hours of Noam Chomsky’s Lectures & Talks on the Powers That Subvert Our Democracies, 27 Jun 2016 in Politics
• What Does “Kafkaesque” Really Mean? A Short Animated Video Explains, 24 Jun 2016 in Literature
• Hear the Only Castrato Ever Recorded Sing “Ave Maria” and Other Classics (1904), 22 Jun 2016 in History&Music
• Hear the Great Mixtapes Richard Linklater Created to Psych Up the Actors in Dazed and Confused and Everybody Wants Some!!, 22 Jun 2016 in Film&Music
• Meet Four Women Who Pioneered Electronic Music: Daphne Oram, Laurie Spiegel, Éliane Radigue & Pauline Oliveros, 21 Jun 2016 in Music
• An Animated Introduction to Charles Dickens’ Life & Literary Works, 21 Jun 2016 in Animation&Literature
• James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake Gets Turned into an Interactive Web Film, the Medium It Was Destined For, 20 Jun 2016 in Film&Literature
• Discover the First Horror & Fantasy Magazine, Der Orchideengarten, and Its Bizarre Artwork (1919–1921), 17 Jun 2016 in Art&Literature&Magazines
• Carl Sagan Presents a Mini-Course on Earth, Mars & What’s Beyond Our Solar System: For Kids and Adults (1977), 16 Jun 2016 in Education&K-12&Science
• The History of Electronic Music, 1800–2015: Free Web Project Catalogues the Theremin, Fairlight & Other Instruments That Revolutionized Music, 15 Jun 2016 in Music&Technology
• Stephen Fry Hates Dancing: Watch Fry’s Rant Against Dancing Get Turned into a Wonderful Interpretative Dance, 15 Jun 2016 in Comedy&Dance&Film
• The Atlantic Slave Trade Visualized in Two Minutes: 10 Million Lives, 20,000 Voyages, Over 315 Years, 14 Jun 2016 in Animation&Education&History&Online Courses
• Filmmaker Ken Burns Urges Stanford Graduates to Defeat Trump & the Retrograde Forces Threatening the U.S., 14 Jun 2016 in Graduation Speech&History&Politics
• Bertrand Russell Lists His 20 Favorite Words in 1958 (and What Are Some of Yours?), 13 Jun 2016 in English Language&Literature&Philosophy&Poetry&Writing
• Helen Mirren Holds Her Own (and Then Some) in a Cringe-Inducingly Sexist TV Interview, 1975, 10 Jun 2016 in Film&Television&Theatre
• Moby Lets You Download 4 Hours of Ambient Music to Help You Sleep, Meditate, Do Yoga & Not Panic, 08 Jun 2016 in Health&Music
• Get a Fly-on-the-Wall View of John Lennon Recording & Arranging His Classic Song, “Imagine” (1971), 08 Jun 2016 in Music
• Hear a 1930 Recording of Boléro, Conducted by Ravel Himself, 07 Jun 2016 in Music
• 1,000-Year-Old Manuscript of Beowulf Digitized and Now Online, 07 Jun 2016 in Archives&Literature
• Download Issues of Landmark UK Feminist Magazine Spare Rib Free Online, 06 Jun 2016 in Archives&Gender&Magazines&Politics
• The Instrument Benjamin Franklin Invented, the Glass Armonica, Plays Tchaikovsky’s “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”, 03 Jun 2016 in History&Music
• Download 336 Issues of the Avant-Garde Magazine The Storm (1910–1932), Featuring the Work of Kandinsky, Klee, Moholy-Nagy & More, 02 Jun 2016 in Art&Magazines
• The Opening of King Tut’s Tomb, Shown in Stunning Colorized Photos (1923–5), 01 Jun 2016 in History&Photography
• Go Inside the First 30 Minutes of Kubrick’s The Shining with This 360º Virtual Reality Video, 01 Jun 2016 in Art&Creativity&Film
• Free: Download 5.3 Million Images from Books Published Over Last 500 Years, 31 May 2016 in Archives&Art&Books
• The British Library Digitizes 300 Literary Treasures from 20th Century Authors: Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, James Joyce & More, 31 May 2016 in Books&Letters&Literature
• Noam Chomsky on Whether the Rise of Trump Resembles the Rise of Fascism in 1930s Germany, 30 May 2016 in History&Politics
• R. Crumb Illustrates Genesis: A Faithful, Idiosyncratic Illustration of All 50 Chapters, 27 May 2016 in Comics/Cartoons&Literature&Religion
• The British Library’s “Sounds” Archive Presents 80,000 Free Audio Recordings: World & Classical Music, Interviews, Nature Sounds & More, 26 May 2016 in Archives&History&Literature&Media&Music
• Daily Meditation Boosts & Revitalizes the Brain and Reduces Stress, Harvard Study Finds, 25 May 2016 in Harvard&Health&Neuroscience&Psychology&TED Talks
• Behold the Kinetic, 39-Ton Statue of Franz Kafka’s Head, Erected in Prague, 25 May 2016 in Art&Literature
• Watch 82-Year-Old Igor Stravinsky Conduct The Firebird, the Ballet Masterpiece That First Made Him Famous (1965), 24 May 2016 in Music
• 478 Dorothea Lange Photographs Poignantly Document the Internment of the Japanese During WWII, 24 May 2016 in History&Photography
• Radio Caroline, the Pirate Radio Ship That Rocked the British Music World (1965), 23 May 2016 in Music&Radio
• George Orwell’s Six Rules for Writing Clear and Tight Prose, 20 May 2016 in Politics&Writing
• Ta-Nehisi Coates’ List of 13 Recommended Books, 19 May 2016 in Books&History&Literature&Politics
• Crowdsourced Database Will Locate the Burial Sites of Forgotten US Slaves, 18 May 2016 in Archives&History
• The Night John Belushi Cartwheeled Onstage During a Grateful Dead Show & Sang “U.S. Blues” with the Band (1980), 18 May 2016 in Comedy&Music
• 1,000+ Haunting & Beautiful Photos of Native American Peoples, Shot by the Ethnographer Edward S. Curtis (Circa 1905), 17 May 2016 in History&Photography
• Hear Robert Frost Read His Most Famous Poems: “The Road Not Taken,” “Mending Wall,” “Nothing Gold Can Stay” & More, 17 May 2016 in Audio Books&Poetry
• Alejandro Jodorowsky’s 82 Commandments For Living, 16 May 2016 in Film&Life&Philosophy
• Visit 2+ Million Free Works of Art from 20 World-Class Museums Free Online, 13 May 2016 in Art
• Ursula K. Le Guin Names the Books She Likes and Wants You to Read, 13 May 2016 in Books&Literature
• Download 144 Beautiful Books of Russian Futurism: Mayakovsky, Malevich, Khlebnikov & More (1910–30), 11 May 2016 in Art&Literature&Poetry
• 170 Renowned Academics Talk About Why They Disbelieve, or Believe, in God, 11 May 2016 in Philosophy&Physics&Religion&Science
• Monty Python’s Philosopher’s Football Match: The Epic Showdown Between the Greeks & Germans (1972), 10 May 2016 in Comedy&Philosophy
• 4 Hours of Charles Bukowski’s Riotous Readings and Rants, 10 May 2016 in Audio Books&Poetry
• Hear Dante’s Inferno Read Aloud by Influential Poet & Translator John Ciardi (1954), 09 May 2016 in Poetry
• Download Sigmund Freud’s Great Works as Free eBooks & Free Audio Books: A Digital Celebration on His 160th Birthday, 06 May 2016 in Psychology
• The Night John Belushi Booked the Punk Band Fear on Saturday Night Live, And They Got Banned from the Show, 05 May 2016 in Comedy&Music
• Behold the “3Dvarius,” the World’s First 3‑D Printed Violin, 04 May 2016 in Music&Technology
• Hear a Radio Drama of George Orwell’s 1984, Starring Patrick Troughton, of Doctor Who Fame (1965), 04 May 2016 in Literature&Radio
• T.S. Eliot Reads From “The Waste Land,” “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” & “The Hollow Men”: His Apocalyptic Post WWI Poems, 03 May 2016 in Poetry
• Hear “Starlight,” Michael Jackson’s Early Demo of “Thriller”: A Version Before the Lyrics Were Radically Changed, 03 May 2016 in Music
• Walt Whitman’s Unearthed Health Manual, “Manly Health & Training,” Urges Readers to Stand (Don’t Sit!) and Eat Plenty of Meat (1858), 02 May 2016 in Health&Literature
• Watch Animated Introductions to 35 Philosophers by The School of Life: From Plato to Kant and Foucault, 29 Apr 2016 in Philosophy
• Noam Chomsky Defines What It Means to Be a Truly Educated Person, 28 Apr 2016 in Education&Philosophy&Politics