The central focus of the first month’s theme for The Humanist podcast is understanding Authenticity. Why? Partly because the title of the podcast almost featured authenticity…
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This is a special Top 5, equipped with a Top 5 right behind. In other words, this could have easily been a Top 10, but no…
If a song moves you, that’s all that’s important… I don’t have to know what a song means. All Top 5 and Whys are tough, but…
Thomas Jacob “Jack” Black is where it’s at. He’s funny, a better singer than you might think, and has morphed into a gifted character-actor as well. He has…
It was just past the New Year and only three days in to the second half of the school year, and wham: Snow in Chattanooga. Beautiful on…
“It’s no easy business to be simple.” Gustave Flaubert had a terrible time keeping his life and art simple in the ways he wanted them. Of…
I just happened across an impressive interactive time map showing the loss of native American land year by year since 1776. It’s enthralling to stop the rapid progression…
“History handles our past like spoiled fruit.” If you haven’t discovered Charles Wright until now, he’s a great choice for U.S. poet laureate, and as an…
“Are video games a worthy way to spend my time?” Tom Bissell’s journalistic, slightly nerdish quest to discover what is great and not-so-great about videogames and…
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