History on the Road: After decades of reading, writing, and teaching about the American past, Ed Ayers sets out to see how that past is remembered in the places where it happened.
American Visions: The United States, 1800-1860. There’s more to every story, and the making of America is no exception. Visions for a more perfect union—often originating from the margins of society—continue to shape our nation in profound ways. These original voices are resurfaced in the book American Visions and brought to life through short films, original sources, and visits to the places where history unfolded.
The Deadliest Infectious Disease of All Time | Crash Course Lecture (Tuberculosis)
Will the World Central Kitchen attack change anything?
What Updates to OMB’s Race/Ethnicity Standards Mean for the Census Bureau. They included Using a Combined Race/Ethnicity Question and a New “Middle Eastern or North African” Category
Food Delivery Apps: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Today in book banning
djt: Stock Plummets (Literally) ft. Liz Dye and revealing his true abortion position: Lying to win elections and his mental health diagnosis was confirmed by a forensic psychiatrist. A Weekend Show Special
How a small change to U.S. quarters is part of a big trend in logo design. A subtle change on the front of the 2022 U.S. quarters mimics a shift in the design of corporate logos.
Basque has no known linguistic relatives.
Pop culture
TV Ratings: Men’s NCAA Basketball Final Falls Short of Women’s Title Game for First Time
Broadway Openings Crowd Theaters As Hopefuls Aim for Tony Nominations
Joe Flaherty, ‘SCTV’ and ‘Freaks and Geeks’ Actor, Dies at 82
Irwin and Fran (2013) | Full Documentary about comedian Irwin Corey and his wife of 70 years, Fran (Berman)
The King of Canned Italian Food, Chef Hector Boyardee, née Boiardi, and his spaghetti recipe
Carolyn by Mark Evanier
The tyranny of the algorithm: why every coffee shop looks the same
Now I Know
The Million Pound Cough and The Case of the Missing Space Tomatoes and The $0 Baseball Player With the Priceless Contract and The Birds That Didn’t Want to be Tracked and The Speeding Ticket That Sent a Judge to Jail and The King of the Solar Eclipse and But What Did Delaware?
MUSIC
Peter Sprague Plays Playground of the Gods featuring Rebecca Jade
English drummer Gerry Conway (1947-2024)
Mickey Guyton – Black Like Me
Come In From The Cold – Joni Mitchell
Coverville 1482: The Nick Lowe Cover Story II and 1483: The Richard Thompson Cover Story II
Linda Martell: Bad Case of the Blues
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Second Concerto
Brittney Spencer: I Got Time
Favorite Songs By Favorite Artists: Modern English
Rhiannon Giddens: Don’t Let It Trouble Your Mind
K-Chuck Radio: Pass it on the left-hand side…
Franz von Suppe’s Poet and Peasant Overture
Ann Peebles: I Can’t Stand The Rain
Weird Al Yankovic: Polkas, Parodies, and the Power of Satire
Billie Eilish, Pearl Jam, and Nicki Minaj are among a group of 200 artists who penned an open letter to tech and digital music companies, expressing their concerns over the use of AI in music
Beyoncé fans say songs missing from Cowboy Carter vinyl and CDs