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• Anne Sexton, Confessional Poet, Reads “Wanting to Die” in Ominous 1966 Video, 05 Feb 2013 in Literature&Poetry
• Bruce Springsteen Performs “Growin’ Up” & “Henry Boy” When He Was an Opening Act (1972), 04 Feb 2013 in Music
• The Pixies “Acoustic Sessions”: See the Alt-Rock Stars Rehearse for the 2005 Newport Folk Festival, 01 Feb 2013 in Music
• Two Very Early Concert Films of R.E.M., Live in ‘81 and ‘82, 31 Jan 2013 in Music
• A Look Back at Andy Kaufman: Absurd Comic Performance Artist and Endearing Weirdo, 29 Jan 2013 in Comedy
• Hear Tennessee Williams Read Hart Crane’s “The Broken Tower” and “The Hurricane” (1960), 28 Jan 2013 in Literature&Poetry
• Tom Waits and Keith Richards Sing Sea Song “Shenandoah” for New Pirate-Themed CD: Listen Online, 25 Jan 2013 in Music
• How “Space Oddity” Launched David Bowie to Stardom: Watch the Original Music Video From 1969, 24 Jan 2013 in Film&Music
• Arthur Conan Doyle & The Cottingley Fairies: How Two Young Girls Fooled Sherlock Holmes’ Creator, 23 Jan 2013 in History&Literature&Photography
• Cornell Launches Archive of 150,000 Bird Calls and Animal Sounds, with Recordings Going Back to 1929, 22 Jan 2013 in Archives&Biology&Science
• Day of Light: A Crowdsourced Film by Multimedia Genius Brian Eno, 21 Jan 2013 in Film&Music
• MAKERS Tells the Story of 50 Years of Progress for Women in the U.S., 18 Jan 2013 in History&Life
• The Enigma Machine: How Alan Turing Helped Break the Unbreakable Nazi Code, 17 Jan 2013 in History&Math
• The Beatles: Unplugged Collects Acoustic Demos of White Album Songs (1968), 16 Jan 2013 in Music
• The ABC of Architects: An Animated Flipbook of Famous Architects and Their Best-Known Buildings, 15 Jan 2013 in Animation&Architecture&Design&Education
• “Joe Strummer’s London Calling”: All 8 Episodes of Strummer’s UK Radio Show Free Online, 14 Jan 2013 in Music&Radio
• Previously Unreleased Jimi Hendrix Recording, “Somewhere,” with Buddy Miles and Stephen Stills, 11 Jan 2013 in Music
• Jack Kerouac’s 30 Beliefs and Techniques For Writing Modern Prose, 10 Jan 2013 in Literature&Writing
• Master Curator Paul Holdengräber Interviews Hitchens, Herzog, Gourevitch & Other Leading Thinkers, 09 Jan 2013 in History&Literature&Philosophy
• Leonard Nimoy Narrates Short Film About NASA’s Dawn: A Voyage to the Origins of the Solar System, 07 Jan 2013 in Astronomy
• Ken Kesey Talks About the Meaning of the Acid Tests, 04 Jan 2013 in Life&Literature
• Chuck Berry Takes Keith Richards to School, Shows Him How to Rock (1987), 03 Jan 2013 in Music
• Albert Einstein Expresses His Admiration for Mahatma Gandhi, in Letter and Audio, 02 Jan 2013 in Life&Physics
• Hear Beck’s Song Reader Songbook Performed by the Portland Cello Project, 01 Jan 2013 in Music
• J.R.R. Tolkien, Using a Tape Recorder for the First Time, Reads from The Hobbit for 30 Minutes (1952), 31 Dec 2012 in Audio Books&Film&Literature
• Richard Pryor Does Early Stand-Up Comedy Routine in New York, 1964, 28 Dec 2012 in Comedy
• Lenny Bruce Riffs and Rants on Injustice and Hypocrisy in One of His Final Performances (NSFW), 27 Dec 2012 in Comedy
• The First Live Performance of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” (1991), 26 Dec 2012 in Music
• Two Prison Concerts That Defined an Outlaw Singer: Johnny Cash at San Quentin and Folsom (1968–69), 24 Dec 2012 in Music
• Watch Meetin’ WA: Jean-Luc Godard Films Woody Allen in 1986 Short Film, 22 Dec 2012 in Film
• David Bowie’s First American Fan Letter And His Evolving Views of the U.S. (1967–1997), 20 Dec 2012 in Music
• Neil deGrasse Tyson Offers Advice on How to Be Yourself and Achieve Your Own Greatness, 19 Dec 2012 in Life&Science
• PBS Short Video “Bad Behavior Online” Takes on the Phenomenon of Cyberbullying, 19 Dec 2012 in Current Affairs&K-12&Law&Media
• Jean-Paul Sartre Writes a Script for John Huston’s Film on Freud (1958), 17 Dec 2012 in Film&Philosophy
• Writers’ Houses Gives You a Virtual Tour of Famous Authors’ Homes, 14 Dec 2012 in Life&Literature&Writing
• Enthusiastic Futurist Jason Silva Waxes Theoretical About the Immersive Power of Cinema, 13 Dec 2012 in Art&Film
• The Wonder, Thrill & Meaning of Seeing Earth from Space. Astronauts Reflect on The Big Blue Marble, 12 Dec 2012 in Astronomy&Life&Religion
• Europa Film Treasures Digitally Preserves 194 Films From 1890s to 1970s, 11 Dec 2012 in Film
• Toni Morrison Dispenses Sound Writing Advice: Tips You Can Apply to Your Own Work, 10 Dec 2012 in Books&Literature&Writing
• Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Classic, The Foundation Trilogy, Dramatized for Radio (1973), 07 Dec 2012 in Economics&Sci Fi
• Charles Bukowski’s Poem “Nirvana” Presented in Three Creative Videos, 06 Dec 2012 in Poetry
• Rainn Wilson Talks About Life’s Big Questions in His Web Series Metaphysical Milkshake, 05 Dec 2012 in Comedy&Philosophy
• Einstein Documentary Offers A Revealing Portrait of the Great 20th Century Scientist, 04 Dec 2012 in Physics&Video - Science
• Self-Taught African Teenager Wows M.I.T. (and Other Innovators Changing Africa’s Fate), 03 Dec 2012 in Life&MIT&Technology
• Radiohead-Approved, Fan-Made Film of the Band at Roseland for 2011’s The King of Limbs Tour, 30 Nov 2012 in Music
• Arthur Conan Doyle Discusses Sherlock Holmes and Psychics in a Rare Filmed Interview (1927), 29 Nov 2012 in Books&Literature
• Woody Guthrie’s Fan Letter To John Cage and Alan Hovhaness (1947), 28 Nov 2012 in Letters&Music
• Leonard Bernstein’s First “Young People’s Concert” at Carnegie Hall Asks, “What Does Music Mean?”, 27 Nov 2012 in K-12&Music
• Khan Academy Releases New App for iPhone & iPod Touch, Giving You Mobile Access to 3600 Videos, 26 Nov 2012 in Education&iPhone&K-12
• The Moon Disaster That Wasn’t: Nixon’s Speech In Case Apollo 11 Failed to Return, 23 Nov 2012 in Astronomy&History
• The Photography of Ludwig Wittgenstein, 22 Nov 2012 in Philosophy&Photography
• Astronaut Sunita Williams Gives an Extensive Tour of the International Space Station, 21 Nov 2012 in Astronomy&Video - Science
• Noam Chomsky Explains Where Artificial Intelligence Went Wrong, 20 Nov 2012 in MIT&Philosophy&Psychology&Science
• The Best Music to Write By, Part II: Your Favorites Brought Together in a Special Playlist, 19 Nov 2012 in Literature&Music
• The Best Music to Write By: Give Us Your Recommendations, 16 Nov 2012 in Books&Literature&Music&Writing
• Skeptic Michael Shermer Shows You How to Bend Spoons with Your Mind, 15 Nov 2012 in Philosophy&Random
• Great Big Ideas: Free Course Features Top Thinkers Tackling the World’s Most Important Ideas in 12 Lectures, 14 Nov 2012 in Online Courses
• The Creators Project Presents the Future of Art and Design, Brought to You by Intel and Vice Magazine, 13 Nov 2012 in Art&Design
• Bertolt Brecht Testifies Before the House Un-American Activities Committee (1947), 12 Nov 2012 in History&Politics&Theatre
• Watch Phish Play the Entirety of the Talking Heads’ Remain in Light (1996), 09 Nov 2012 in Music
• Noam Chomsky Spells Out the Purpose of Education, 08 Nov 2012 in Education
• The Drinking Party, 1965 Film Adapts Plato’s Symposium to Modern Times, 07 Nov 2012 in Film&Philosophy
• Nirvana’s Home Videos: Watch Nirvana Rehearse in Krist Novoselic’s Mother’s House (1988), 06 Nov 2012 in Music
• Making The Planet of the Apes: Roddy McDowall’s Home Movies and a 1966 Makeup Test, 05 Nov 2012 in Film&Television
• Russell Brand and Tracey Ullman Sing the Wonders of “Asstrology” in Eric Idle’s What About Dick?, 02 Nov 2012 in Comedy
• Filmmaker Errol Morris Gives Us “11 Excellent Reasons Not to Vote?”, 01 Nov 2012 in Current Affairs&Politics
• Isaac Asimov Explains His Three Laws of Robots, 31 Oct 2012 in Books&Sci Fi
• Kermit the Frog Learns to Love Jazz Through “Visual Thinking” (1959), 30 Oct 2012 in Music&Television
• Download a Free, New Halloween Story by Neil Gaiman (and Help Charities Along the Way), 29 Oct 2012 in Audio Books&Literature
• The Moth Now Streams its Brilliant & Quietly Addictive Stories on the Web, 27 Oct 2012 in Life&Literature&Podcasts
• Watch Historic Footage of Joseph Kittinger’s 102,800 Jump from Space (1960), 25 Oct 2012 in History&Random
• Remembering Janis Joplin: Some Classic Live Performances and Previews of a New Joplin Musical, 24 Oct 2012 in Music
• John Lennon & Yoko Ono’s Two Appearances on The Dick Cavett Show in 1971 and 72, 23 Oct 2012 in Music&Television
• Watch Herbie Hancock Demo a Fairlight CMI Synthesizer on Sesame Street (1983), 22 Oct 2012 in Music
• World Shakespeare Festival Presents 37 Plays by the Bard in 37 Languages: Watch Them Online, 19 Oct 2012 in Literature&Theatre
• In the Short Film Gisbert: Paradisola a Man Goes on Holiday, Digs a Cave, Turns it into Life, 18 Oct 2012 in Life
• Visit the World of Little Nemo Artist Winsor McCay: Three Classic Animations, 17 Oct 2012 in Animation&Film
• Short Film Jamel Rockt Shows How German Musicians Respond to Neo-Nazi Occupation of Small Town, 16 Oct 2012 in Current Affairs&Music&Politics
• The Uncensored Andy Warhol-Directed Video for The Cars’ Hit “Hello Again” (NSFW), 15 Oct 2012 in Art&Music
• Ishu Patel’s Oscar-Nominated, Animated Films Reveal a Singular, Handcrafted Vision, 12 Oct 2012 in Animation&Film
• Comedian Tig Notaro’s “Truly Great” Cancer Stand-up Set Now Available on Louis C.K.‘s Website, 11 Oct 2012 in Comedy&Life
• Hear Paul Auster Read the Entirety of The Red Notebook, an Early Collection of Stories, 10 Oct 2012 in Audio Books&Books&Literature
• A Short History of Romanian Computing: From 1961 to 1989, 09 Oct 2012 in History&Technology
• Steve Martin, “Home Crafts Expert,” Explains the Art of Paper Wadding, Endorses Bob Kerrey, 08 Oct 2012 in Comedy&Current Affairs&Politics
• How Indie Video Game Makers Are Changing the Game, 05 Oct 2012 in Art&Technology&Video Games
• 1972 Diane Arbus Documentary Interviews Those Who Knew the American Photographer Best, 04 Oct 2012 in Film&Photography
• Final Episode of Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee Features a Manic Michael Richards, 03 Oct 2012 in Comedy
• Metamorphose: 1999 Documentary Reveals the Life & Work of Artist M.C. Escher, 02 Oct 2012 in Art&Film
• Dizzy Gillespie Runs for US President, 1964. Promises to Make Miles Davis Head of the CIA, 01 Oct 2012 in History&Music&Politics
• Sean Connery Reads C.P. Cavafy’s Epic Poem “Ithaca,” Set to the Music of Vangelis, 28 Sep 2012 in Poetry
• Philosopher Slavoj Zizek Interprets Hitchcock’s Vertigo in The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema (2006), 27 Sep 2012 in Film&Philosophy
• F. Scott Fitzgerald Reads From Shakespeare’s Othello (c.1940), 26 Sep 2012 in Audio Books&Literature
• Allen Ginsberg Recordings Brought to the Digital Age. Listen to Eight Full Tracks for Free, 25 Sep 2012 in Literature&Poetry
• Jazz Legend Jaco Pastorius Gives a 90 Minute Bass Lesson and Plays Live in Montreal (1982), 24 Sep 2012 in Music
• Seinfeld, Louis C.K., Chris Rock, and Ricky Gervais Dissect the Craft of Comedy (NSFW), 21 Sep 2012 in Comedy
• Hear Zora Neale Hurston Sing Traditional American Folk Song “Mule on the Mount” (1939), 20 Sep 2012 in Literature&Music
• “Single Sentence Animations” Visualize the Short Stories of Contemporary Writers, 19 Sep 2012 in Animation&Books&Literature
• Thomas Edison’s Boxing Cats (1894), or Where the LOLCats All Began, 18 Sep 2012 in Film&Random&Technology
• Heat Mapping the Rise of Bruce Springsteen: How the Boss Went Viral in a Pre-Internet Era, 17 Sep 2012 in Google&Music&Technology
• William S. Burroughs Shows You How to Make “Shotgun Art”, 14 Sep 2012 in Art&Literature
• Jean-Paul Sartre’s No Exit: A BBC Adaptation Starring Harold Pinter (1964), 13 Sep 2012 in Literature&Philosophy
• Fear of a Female Planet: Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) on Why Russia and the US Need a Pussy Riot, 12 Sep 2012 in Current Affairs&Music&Politics
• Kids Record Audio Tours of NY’s Museum of Modern Art (with Some Silly Results), 11 Sep 2012 in Art&K-12&Museums
• Listen to J.R.R. Tolkien Read Poems from The Fellowship of the Ring, in Elvish and English (1952), 10 Sep 2012 in Literature&Poetry
• The Story of Ziggy Stardust: How David Bowie Created the Character that Made Him Famous, 07 Sep 2012 in Film&Music
• Charles Bukowski Tells the Story of His Worst Hangover Ever, 06 Sep 2012 in Life&Literature&Poetry
• Chuck Jones’ The Dot and the Line Celebrates Geometry & Hard Work: An Oscar-Winning Animation (1965), 05 Sep 2012 in Animation&Film&Math
• Steven Pinker Presents His Big Gallery of Cape Cod Photography, 04 Sep 2012 in Photography&Psychology
• The Evolution of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Signature: From 5 Years Old to 21, 03 Sep 2012 in Literature
• Ray Bradbury: “The Things That You Love Should Be Things That You Do.” “Books Teach Us That”, 31 Aug 2012 in Books&Literature&Sci Fi
• “Do Scientists Pray?”: A Young Girl Asks Albert Einstein in 1936. Einstein Then Responds., 30 Aug 2012 in Religion&Science
• The Dead Authors Podcast: H.G. Wells Comically Revives Literary Greats with His Time Machine, 29 Aug 2012 in Comedy&Literature&Podcasts
• Toni Morrison, Nora Ephron, and Dozens More Offer Advice in Free Creative Writing “Master Class”, 28 Aug 2012 in Books&Literature&Writing
• Rudolf Brazda, Last Man to Wear the Pink Triangle During the Holocaust, Tells His Story, 27 Aug 2012 in History
• When Asteroids Attack! Neil deGrasse Tyson and NASA Explain How To Stop an Armageddon, 24 Aug 2012 in Astronomy
• 2009 Kate Bush Documentary Dubs Her “Queen of British Pop”, 23 Aug 2012 in Music
• Henry Rollins Pitches Education as the Key to Restoring Democracy, 22 Aug 2012 in Education&Life&Politics
• “Learn English With Ricky Gervais,” A New Podcast Debuts (NSFW), 21 Aug 2012 in Comedy&Language Lessons
• Leonard Bernstein Explains Modern Music, From Stravinsky to Cage, with Baseball Analogies (1957), 20 Aug 2012 in Music
• Kids (and Less Savvy Marketers) Imagine the Internet in 1995, 17 Aug 2012 in Business&Technology
• “Glitch” Artists Compose with Software Crashes and Corrupted Files, 16 Aug 2012 in Music&Technology
• Dan Philips Presents Sustainable Housing with Wildly Creative Designs, 15 Aug 2012 in Art&Design&TED Talks
• George Carlin Performs His “Seven Dirty Words” Routine: Historic and Completely NSFW, 13 Aug 2012 in Comedy&Literature
• New Archive Showcases Dr. Seuss’s Early Work as an Advertising Illustrator and Political Cartoonist, 09 Aug 2012 in Art&History&Literature
• Watch Astronaut Don Pettit Conduct Cool Experiments Aboard the International Space Station, 08 Aug 2012 in Physics&Video - Science
• The Story of Wish You Were Here: Documentary of the Classic 1975 Pink Floyd Album, 08 Aug 2012 in Film&Music
• Serial Entrepreneur Damon Horowitz Says “Quit Your Tech Job and Get a Ph.D. in the Humanities”, 07 Aug 2012 in Education&Google&Philosophy&Technology
• “The Ducktators”: Loony Tunes Turns Animation into Wartime Propaganda (1942), 06 Aug 2012 in Animation&History&Politics
• 19 Quotes on Writing by Gore Vidal. Some Witty, Some Acerbic, Many Spot On, 03 Aug 2012 in Books&Literature&Writing
• Versailles 3D, Created by Google, Gives You an Impressive Tour of Louis XIV’s Famous Palace, 01 Aug 2012 in Architecture&Google&History&Travel
• Neil deGrasse Tyson’s StarTalk Radio Show Podcast Tackles the History of Video Games, 31 Jul 2012 in Physics&Podcasts&Science
• Who’s Afraid of Ai Weiwei: A Short Documentary, 30 Jul 2012 in Art&Current Affairs&Film
• Alexander Hamilton: Hip-Hop Hero at the White House Poetry Evening, 27 Jul 2012 in History&Poetry
• The Science of the Olympic Flame; Ancient Style Meets Modern Technology, 26 Jul 2012 in History&Science&Video - Science
• Sally Ride Warns Against Global Warming; Wonders If Technology Can Save Us From Ourselves, 25 Jul 2012 in Astronomy&Video - Science
• Jim Power, aka “the Mosaic Man,” Adorns the Lampposts of New York City’s East Village, 24 Jul 2012 in Art
• T.S. Eliot Reads His Modernist Masterpieces “The Waste Land” and “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, 23 Jul 2012 in Audio Books&Literature&Poetry
• Professor Ronald Mallett Wants to Build a Time Machine in this Century … and He’s Not Kidding, 20 Jul 2012 in Physics&Video - Science
• The Mathematics of Spiderman and the Physics of Superheroes, 19 Jul 2012 in Animation&Math&Physics
• Google Street View Opens Up a Look at Shackleton’s Antarctic, 18 Jul 2012 in Google&History&Technology