words Instead of hello, say heaven-o! David Pescovitz

Spoken Word with Electronics Those weird dirty records in our parents' basement: Belle Barth's Scary 'Adults Only' LP — and SMURF HEIST: "That Day, at Age 6, When I Broke Into a Friend's House to Steal a Gargamel Figurine" Ethan Persoff

Spoken Word with Electronics Hear Mel Blanc Scream "She's a Food Hoarder!" 2,000 Times Ethan Persoff

COVID-19 Canadian firefighters offering drive-by birthday greetings Seamus Bellamy

Spoken Word with Electronics Paul Krassner, Interview Part 2 — And Henry Miller with a 1973 Buchla Music Easel Ethan Persoff

coronavirus Brighten up your social distancing with Coronavirus greeting cards Thom Dunn

travel My life on the road: Marrakesh Seamus Bellamy

podcasts Extraterrestrials, UFOs, and the Voyager Golden Record David Pescovitz

Japan JOHN WILCOCK: Visiting Japan on Five Dollars a Day Ethan Persoff

Science The Voyager Golden Record deconstructed on the Twenty Thousand Hertz podcast David Pescovitz

music THE BUREAU: Part Twelve, "Conclusion" — with My Experience Giving Up Alcohol (and Kickstarter for a Print Copy) Ethan Persoff

music THE BUREAU: Part Ten, "Your Death" — with a Turing Machine, Bouncing Ball Envelope, and Other Randomized Voltage Ethan Persoff

art Banksy's latest street art comments on town's steel industry David Pescovitz

Science A century ago, two scientists exchanged fantastic microscope slides as Christmas cards David Pescovitz

fashion Wear your ugly holiday sweater and Alaska Airlines will let you board early Carla Sinclair

security A detailed anatomy of the hack that compromised Facebook's 50 million user breach Cory Doctorow

genocide Canadian professor working towards inclusion for British Columbia's Indigenous communities Seamus Bellamy

Science Happy anniversary, Voyager 1 and the Voyager Golden Record! David Pescovitz

happy mutants How to Win Friends and Convince People to Watch Eurovision Catherynne Valente

humor Conan road trips around Italy acting like a big, dumb American (in the funniest way ever) Rusty Blazenhoff