podcasts Musicland Stories is a delightful music-themed fantasy adventure podcast for all ages Thom Dunn

Comics Dwellings is like Lynchian horror as a Saturday Morning Cartoon Thom Dunn

animation The Saturday morning body horror that was Turbo Teen Devin Nealy

toys The rise and fall of Fox Kids Devin Nealy

cartoons Doctor Who's Daleks are getting their own cartoon Thom Dunn

television Friday Night Videos is a blast from the past Gail Sherman

television Stranger Things cartoon series announced David Pescovitz

afrofuturism Mark Dery on the "everything, all at once" art and life of Jean-Michel Basquiat Gareth Branwyn

art Hanna-Barbera presents the Velvet Underground, and other bands drawn as fantastic cartoons and comics David Pescovitz

Art and Design Teens On Acid: psychedelic art book and toys by Josh Thorsen Rob Beschizza

art The Weird of Wendy Pini Rob Beschizza

schoolhouse rock RIP Bob Dorough, musical director of 'Schoolhouse Rock' Jason Weisberger

Science Soonish: exciting technologies on the horizon, with excitement-preserving nuance Cory Doctorow

books Black Science, Vol. 1 Jason Weisberger

Bird laughs like a supervillain Laura Hudson

lethem The Ecstasist: A Conversation with the Novelist Jonathan Lethem Mark Dery

The best books for nerds from 2014 Ethan Gilsdorf