William Anders, Apollo 8 Astronaut Who Captured Iconic ‘Earthrise’ Photograph in December 1968, Dies at 90 in a plane he was flying
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: surging CO2 levels in a year that is very likely to have the largest and most extreme series of weather events ever
EU elections: Far-right makes gains in Germany, France, Austria
Indian elections: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Scottie Scheffler Arrest is a True Crime Documentary
The War on Rule of Law
Eating an 11,000-Year-Old Fruit
How ancient Egyptians tested for pregnancy
Linkage, including Man or Bear
How Many Young and Older Adults Lived Alone
NOW I KNOW: Survey Says: Guilty and Flood For Your Right to Party? and The Problem With Flying With Marshmallows and The House Made Out of Smartphones and especially, The School With Solar Powered Salaries
Kelly’s Sunday Stealing
Opposite snakes
Show Biz
Tonys Roundtable: Rachel McAdams, Kelli O’Hara, Leslie Odom Jr., Sarah Paulson, Daniel Radcliffe, and Eddie Redmayne on Broadway Paths, Parts and Pet Peeves
All of the TONY Winners
Janis Paige, Star of ‘Silk Stockings’ and Broadway’s ‘Pajama Game,’ Dies at 101
Jerry West and the Burden of Being the Logo
An oral history of Roger Corman’s unreleased Fantastic Four movie
Pat Sajak’s Final Spin: ‘Wheel of Fortune’ Host Signs Off After Four Decades
How MAD magazine was written and drawn
SCOTUS
The Supreme Court lets CFPB funding stand. Yay! This allowed the entity to regulate Buy Now, Pay Later companies as credit card companies, create a registry of habitual corporate criminals, and fight “fine print deception”
Fix the Court published a tally of all the gifts accepted by the SCOTUS justices who served during the last 20 years. Of the $4.7 million total, more than $4 million went to Clarence Thomas.
Samuel Alito’s Contemptuous Opinion in a 2022 Christian Flag Case Flies in the Face of His Recusal Refusal
MUSIC
El amor brujo by.Manuel de Falla
Wrecking Ball – Emmylou Harris
Coverville 1490: The Lenny Kravitz Cover Story II and 1491: The Alanis Morissette Cover Story III
Mr. Tambourine Man, music composed by John Corigliano
Scenes from an Italian Restaurant – Middle Aged Dad Jam Band feat “Weird Al” Yankovic
Symphony No. 6, “Celestial Gate” by Alan Hovhaness
Born Under A Bad Sign – Peter Sprague, featuring Leonard Patton
Give Me One Reason – Tracy Chapman
Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
Favorite Songs By Favorite Artists: Korn and Max Eider
Wide Open Spaces – The Chicks
This Land Is Your Land – Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen
Best Albums of 2024 (First Half)
