rap Rakim on NPR's Tiny Desk Jason Weisberger

politics Trump commutes Roger Stone's prison sentence Xeni Jardin

psychology How Maria Konnikova used her psychology background to be a champion poker player Mark Frauenfelder

Business Colin Kaepernick joining the board of Medium David Pescovitz

b-side Ferdinando Buscema and Erik Davis on our pandemic house of cards Gareth Branwyn

Weird Watch this wondrous "house of cards" illusion about COVID-19 and our tenuous realities David Pescovitz

books Two far-out books about California counterculture reviewed by Erik Davis David Pescovitz

Comic Books Talking Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics with Visionary Comic Book Creator Tom Scioli Jeffery Klaehn

music Listen to a rare Kraftwerk live concert from 1975 David Pescovitz

cats Erik Satie's "Gymnopédies," as performed by a choir of animals Rusty Blazenhoff

psychedelia A virtual fireside chat with Erik Davis, Dennis McKenna, and the premiere of a never-released Terence McKenna lecture at Esalen Institute, 1989 Gareth Branwyn

music Outstanding, free, and far-out music stream from Aquarium Drunkard David Pescovitz

coronavirus Toxic booze in Iran sold as coronavirus cure kills 300, sickens 1,000 Xeni Jardin

Book World Made By Hand is a post-pandemic world novel Mark Frauenfelder

chiptunes Chiptunes plagiarized Rob Beschizza

climate Greenland and Antarctica melting 6x faster than in 1990s: NASA Xeni Jardin

blackwater Blackwater founder Erik Prince used ex-spies to infiltrate liberal groups for Project Veritas Thom Dunn

movies Dr. Strange director to helm new movie about the Bermuda Triangle mystery David Pescovitz

adventures Five people rescued during dangerous Alaskan hike back from "Into the Wild" bus David Pescovitz

corruption Trump commutes sentence of corrupt governor Rod Blagojevich, pardons Giuliani crony Bernard Kerik Rob Beschizza