art Can diverse character art invite you into a game genre you normally avoid? Leigh Alexander

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

Delightful Creatures Here's some high-quality otter footage from the BBC Rob Beschizza

dolphins There's a non-zero possibility that Iran has a fleet of Communist assassin dolphins Thom Dunn

science fiction Welcome to 2020 and your annual State of the World discussion with Bruce Sterling, Jon Lebkowsky and The WELL Cory Doctorow

music Short documentary about famous live concert bootlegger David Pescovitz

child prodigies No one is sure if this "baby artist" video is real or fake Mark Frauenfelder

corruption Trump's new climate czar has repeatedly and unrepentantly compared efforts to reduce CO2 to Hitler's slaughter of 6,000,000 Jews Cory Doctorow

trump Obama's policy on Bush's crimes is how Kavanaugh got to the Supreme Court Cory Doctorow

News Halt and Catch Fire: The Most Relevant Show on Television is Set in the 80s Maureen Herman

politics Boston Globe previews a front page from the Trump presidency Cory Doctorow

offworld How to make a drinking game Laura Hudson

magic Our Magic: Documentary about magic, by magicians Ferdinando Buscema

Web Trackers Paint a Fresh Picture of You Glenn Fleishman