coronavirus Street interview: what do Japanese think of the coronavirus? Mark Frauenfelder

music Eddy Grant sues Trump campaign for copyright infringement over "Electric Avenue" David Pescovitz

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

art Fascinating short doc about Keith Haring's mural in Melbourne and its stolen signature David Pescovitz

Tea Party Heroes CNBC analyst Rick Santelli wants entire world to be infected with coronavirus to help Wall Street Mark Frauenfelder

music Interview with musician and artist Genesis P-Orridge Sarina Sinclair and Case Esparros with Kane Lafia

tabloids Your dollar bills could kill you, and Prince Andrew tries to kill himself, in this week’s dubious tabloids. Peter Sheridan

Business Google resists giving up emails, texts, & docs sought in state anticompetitive digital ad probe — reports Xeni Jardin

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

dream vacations Jaywick once again named Britain's poorest town Rob Beschizza

WeWork sounds like a real piece of work Xeni Jardin

Japan Tokyo Listening – an interview with author Lorraine Plourde Roger Park

silicon valley Theranos but for poop Rob Beschizza

youtube Cartoonist Kayfabe is Ed Piskor and Jim Rugg's new YouTube channel Rob Beschizza

gender Teen Vogue explainer: what are "resistance, rebellion, and revolution?" Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Calexit: a fractured California, where militias and the DHS battle the resistance in Trump's future America Cory Doctorow

Space Man-on-the-street interviews: Is there life on other planets? (1962) David Pescovitz

france Famous racist does everyone a favor and dies Seamus Bellamy

Japan Tokyo street interviews: Should Japan accept more foreign workers? Mark Frauenfelder

china Street interviews: what Chinese think of white foreigners Mark Frauenfelder