religion Project leveraging AI to scan and translate Vatican texts dating back to the 8th century Séamus Bellamy

gay Queer icons 'Frog and Toad' headed to Apple TV+ this spring Rusty Blazenhoff

television Studies show watching Pokemon and Spongebob may make your kids smarter Devin Nealy

Tom The Dancing Bug Felony-free versions of children's books for Florida Ruben Bolling

book burning Unable to burn digital books, Orange Unified School District bans the whole virtual library Jason Weisberger

religion The language used by contemporary Christian warriors Elías Villoro

books How to read Donald Duck 50 years after the CIA fomented a coup in Chile on September 11, 1973 Elías Villoro

movies Robert Kirkman believes a live-action Invincible movie is still on the cards Devin Nealy

Podcast: man recounts getting mauled by a grizzly bear Mark Frauenfelder

History The long arc of counter-revolution to fascism, according to historian Gerald Horne Elías Villoro

economics David Graeber's posthumous new book explores how pirates created liberalism Thom Dunn

a lovely book to trumpet Arnold the Elephant is stranded on a small, rocky, deserted island in Leo Timmers's new book. Elías Villoro

politics Baseball and the displacement of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles Elías Villoro

Comics "The Nice House on the Lake" is a cozy riff on cosmic horror Thom Dunn

music Watch Native American rock band Redbone perform "Come out and get your love" (1974) Elías Villoro

books Flashing back to ye olde psychedelic light shows David Pescovitz

solar power What it's like to go off-grid in Manhattan Mark Frauenfelder

books Bayt Al Fann, questions, and Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an Elías Villoro

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

books "When you make a space safe for Black women, it's safe for everyone." Elías Villoro