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podcasts A new podcast explores the CIA's involvement with writing a hit song for the Scorpions Thom Dunn

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makers Revisiting Make:'s weekly Math Monday column Gareth Branwyn

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music Emerson, Lake & Palmer's prog rock epic, "Karn Evil 9," to be made into a film with Daniel Wilson penning the screenplay Gareth Branwyn

happy mutants Radicalized is a Canada Reads finalist, will be a graphic novel, and is eligible for the Hugo Award! Cory Doctorow

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History Santa Claus is a psychedelic mushroom David Pescovitz

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