Meet the Americans Who Speak with Elizabethan English Accents: An Introduction to the “Hoi Toiders” from Ocracoke, North Carolina
I remember sitting in on a conversation with some old timers in the British village my...
Traditional Inuit Thoat Singing and the Modern World Collide in This Astonishing Video
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“Don’t Try”: The Philosophy of the Hardworking Charles Bukowski
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Steve Martin on How to Look at Abstract Art
The standard “anyone could do that” response to abstract art generally falls apart when the person...
Why Should We Read William Shakespeare? Four Animated Videos Make the Case
Sooner or later, we all encounter the plays of William Shakespeare: whether on the page, the...
Bill Gates Recommends Books for the Holidays
For the holiday season, Bill Gates has selected five book titles that you’ll hopefully enjoy reading....
Malcolm Gladwell Admits His Insatiable Love for Thriller Novels and Recommends His Favorites
When Malcolm Gladwell appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience last month, he admitted something about himself that...
Masterclass Is Running a “Buy One, Give One Free” Deal
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David Lynch Turns Twin Peaks into a Virtual Reality Game: Watch the Official Trailer
When David Lynch and Mark Frost's Twin Peaks premiered on ABC in 1990, viewers across America...
Meditation for Artists: Learn Moebius’ Meditative Technique Called “Automatic Drawing”
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Author Imagines in 1893 the Fashions That Would Appear Over the Next 100 Years
The world of tomorrow, today, has been the promise of so much futurism of the modern...
Pretty Much Pop #22 Untangles Time-Travel Scenarios in the Terminator Franchise and Other Media
Time-travel rules in The Terminator franchise are notoriously inconsistent. Is it possible for someone from the...
Plants Emit High-Pitched Sounds When They Get Cut, or Stressed by Drought, a New Study Shows
Image via Wikimedia Commons Are plants sentient? We know they sense their environments to a significant...
82 Vintage Cookbooks, Free to Download, Offer a Fascinating Illustrated Look at Culinary and Cultural History
With the holidays fast approaching, two interns at the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at...
How Martin Scorsese Directs a Movie: The Techniques Behind Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and More
How does Martin Scorsese direct a movie? Younger filmmakers have been studying at his feet trying...
Watch an Incredible Performance of “Take Five” by the Dave Brubeck Quartet (1964)
In 1959, pianist and composer Dave Brubeck “made one of the coolest and best-selling jazz albums...
How to Improve Your Memory: Four TED Talks Explain the Techniques to Remember Anything
Offered the ability to remember everything, who among us could turn it down? For that matter,...
Revisit the Infamous Rolling Stones Free Festival at Altamont: The Ill-Fated Concert Took Place 50 Years Ago
The Tate-LaBianca murders and the violence at Altamont in 1969 have become emblems of the end...