Noam Chomsky – Manufacturing Consent
Summary of Chomsky’s analyses on how the corporate media functions. Excerpt from the documentary “Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media” (1992).
Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers
Detroit electronic music legend, Jeff Mills, speaks to sound designer - Yuri Suzuki, about his early inspirations with techno music, reawakening the genre, and how technology can impact modern music.…
Here I Am, Luchita Hurtado — Art21
Luchita Hurtado reflects on her eight-decade-long career and the relationship between the human body and the natural world that is embedded in her work. In her Santa Monica studio, Hurtado…
Environmentally friendly birth control?
Which birth control is right for me... and the environment? Picking your uterus protector according to how good it is for the planet is a surprisingly complicated conundrum! Umbra helps…
Abduction As Romance
Abduction as Romance is a media trope where a man kidnaps or imprisons a woman and she eventually falls in love with him. Abduction as Romance is one of a…
The Poet and the Riot
Shortly after Martin Luther King's assassination in 1968, Gwendolyn Brooks wrote a poem about the power of riots.
This is Cuba’s Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify – all without the internet
In Cuba there is barely any internet. Anything but the state-run TV channels is prohibited. Publications are limited to the state-approved newspapers and magazines. This is the law. But, in…
The Quiet Exuberance of Winter
“You have to be at peace with the fact that something might happen, and you might not make it through,” says Alexandra de Steiguer, the caretaker for the Oceanic Hotel,…
Why rappers love Grey Poupon
Charting the rise of hip hop's favorite condiment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOgPk5T1xi0
How did pink become a girly color?
Jennifer Wright explains how the color pink became associated with girls. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaGSYGhUkvM