music Funky Friday: "Fooled Around and Fell in Love" Elvin Bishop, 1976 Xeni Jardin

television Celebrate Halloween 1976 style with Paul Lynde and KISS Andrea James

tabloids Ron DeSantis tortured POWs, and Hollywood's worst celebrity neighbors, in this week's dubious tabloids Peter Sheridan

movies Ben Affleck is pretty adamant that he'll never direct a movie for DC Devin Nealy

the mountain goats A compilation of training montages from iconic movies Jennifer Sandlin

2024 Paul Ryan warns Republicans (again): "If we nominate Trump, we are going to lose" (video) Carla Sinclair

illusions Astounding audio illusion reveals why our ears—and our perception—can't be trusted David Pescovitz

COINTELPRO COINTELPRO is alive and well – Alphabet Boys Podcast Elías Villoro

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Comic Books Freaky finds: shopping for comics at Bizarro-Wuxtry Lee Keeler

1980s PBS Remember Slim Goodbody? Jennifer Sandlin

christmas Enjoy these Christmas Episodes of "The Norman Lear Effect" Elías Villoro

How workers built America Elías Villoro

Real things you can actually buy For sale: a private jet from Elvis Presley's collection Rusty Blazenhoff

music Watch Neil Diamond surprise audiences by singing "Sweet Caroline" at his Broadway show's opening night David Pescovitz

Staughton Lynd, 1929-2022 Elías Villoro

Technology This is the breakthrough tech demo that inspired the iconic steps scene in Rocky David Pescovitz

AI This website uses AI to quickly generate summaries of YouTube video Mark Frauenfelder

new york Recovered 1976 documentary follows around a New York gang Mark Frauenfelder

politics The origins of student debt Elías Villoro