podcast Podcast: The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill Annie Rauwerda

60's psychedelia Groove to more 1960s LA rock Bob Knetzger

elaborate schemes Man arrested after faking his own death to avoid rape charges Carla Sinclair

books Author Michael Chabon recreates the Science Fiction section from the bookstore of his youth Ruben Bolling

australia Wild koalas in Australia are getting vaxxed for chlamydia Rusty Blazenhoff

pizza Ordinary Adventures rates Southern California theme park pizza Jason Weisberger

music Animated feature Black is Beltza, Basque music, and the political art of Fermin Muguruza Elías Villoro

movies Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill team up in the trailer for You People Devin Nealy

Art and Design 1950s pulp comic adaptations of Ray Bradbury to be republished Thom Dunn

art Celebrating the 35th anniversary of Star Trek: The Next Generation with mixed-media meme art Gareth Branwyn

NASA First space-bound Wailaki of Round Valley Indian Tribes woman: Nicole Aunapu Mann Andrew Yi

opossums Opossum hitched a ride to follow his dreams out West Jennifer Sandlin

Mars The chilling sound of Phobos (Mars' moon) Popkin

candy Fact-check: "woke mob" did not remove the "dick vein" from Snickers bars Thom Dunn

rogue political parties A GOP Senator kindly gave trucker protestors a tour of the Capitol Carla Sinclair

reboots King of the Hill is getting a revival series Devin Nealy

movies Creepy documentary and feature film pairings for Halloween David Pescovitz

Exclusive excerpt of three new Christmas Ghost Stories by Seth Mark Frauenfelder

May I have your attention please r/AskHistorians checks the veracity of Eminem lyrics Jason Weisberger

poetry The incredibly complicated question of how to translate inaugural poet Amanda Gorman Thom Dunn