Illiterate
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Every Friday, we uncover the hidden creative process behind media adaptations. Everything comes from something. Why this now?
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Avatar | the mythological origins of the Na'vi world
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Dec 30, 2022 |
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Christmas Double Feature | Hallmark Movies & Die Hard
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Dec 23, 2022 |
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Pinnochio | how the wooden boy is more than Disney
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Dec 16, 2022 |
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A Christmas Carol | what Dickens did for the holiday
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Dec 09, 2022 |
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Wednesday (The Addams Family) | how the spooky family got its start
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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Black Panther | the origins of T’Challa and Wakanda
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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Weird: The Al Yankovic Story | becoming the musical parody guy
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Nov 11, 2022 |
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All Quiet on the Western Front | how a WW1 story becomes about WW2
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Nov 04, 2022 |
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Cabinet of Curiosities | a spooky selection of horror history
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Oct 28, 2022 |
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Game of Thrones | how George RR Martin made it big
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Oct 21, 2022 |
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Halloween | why the film franchise frequently fractures
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Oct 14, 2022 |
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The Lord of the Rings (part 3) | the influence of the adaptations
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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The Lord of the Rings (part 2) | how the films got the green light
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Sep 30, 2022 |
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The Lord of the Rings (part 1) | why Tolkien wrote the tales
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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Bad Education (HOT SUMMER Replay) | the biggest theft from the best school
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Sep 09, 2022 |
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Steven Spielberg (Best-of Episode) | the life of a director
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Sep 02, 2022 |
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Bluey | the genius behind the Australian preschool show
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Aug 26, 2022 |
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Laal Singh Chaddha | it’s Forrest Gump, but for India
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Aug 19, 2022 |
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Predator (part 2) | how Prey presents the Comanche Nation
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Aug 13, 2022 |
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Predator (part 1) | the haphazard origins of the greatest hunter
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Aug 06, 2022 |
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Nope | the weird life of the guy who invented movies
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Jul 29, 2022 |
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Where the Crawdads Sing | on murder, the past, and author Delia Owens
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Jul 22, 2022 |
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The Princess Bride (Best-of Episode) | the inconceivable master adapter
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Jul 15, 2022 |
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Minions | how they came to influence EVERYTHING
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Jul 08, 2022 |
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Elvis | the real origins of the King
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Jul 01, 2022 |
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Spiderhead | the short story mastery of George Saunders
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Jun 24, 2022 |
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Stranger Things | the real-life conspiracy behind the show (Montauk!)
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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Jurassic Park | how dinos became a modern craze
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Jun 10, 2022 |
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Top Gun | when the Pentagon helps with motion pictures
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Jun 03, 2022 |
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Multiverse | why this modern media trend is exploding
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May 27, 2022 |
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The Staircase | when documentarians become characters
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May 20, 2022 |
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Halo | on the masterminds behind Master Chief
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May 13, 2022 |
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The Godfather | how Mario Puzo made up the mafia
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May 06, 2022 |
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The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent | who is the real Nicholas Cage
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Apr 29, 2022 |
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Pachinko | what can't be forgotten in Korean history
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Apr 22, 2022 |
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Sonic the Hedgehog | how the blue blur got his start
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Apr 15, 2022 |
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Death on the Nile | the puzzling history of the whodunit
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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CODA | what you don’t know about sign language
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Apr 01, 2022 |
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Joker (Best-of Episode) | how one villain has multiple origins
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Mar 25, 2022 |
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Batman (part 2) | why there’s so many different Batmen
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Mar 18, 2022 |
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Batman (part 1) | the mystery behind the World’s Greatest Detective
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Mar 12, 2022 |
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Squid Game | the hidden cultural layers behind the hit show
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Mar 04, 2022 |
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Texas Chainsaw Massacre | why you don’t know this film’s true story
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Feb 25, 2022 |
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Pam & Tommy | the crime story behind the scandal
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Feb 18, 2022 |
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Rom Coms | are they dead…again?
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Feb 11, 2022 |
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The Righteous Gemstones and Tammy Faye | the surprising origins of televangelism
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Feb 04, 2022 |
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Nightmare Alley | why remake a forgotten noir from the 1940’s?
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Jan 29, 2022 |
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Scream | why the slasher didn’t die off
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Jan 22, 2022 |
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Euphoria | the unknown origins of the dark teen drama
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Jan 14, 2022 |
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Don’t Look Up | what everybody gets wrong about satire
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Jan 08, 2022 |
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Best of 2021 | the finest moments of ILLITERATE this year
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Dec 31, 2021 |
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The Matrix | why are we getting plugged back in?
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Dec 24, 2021 |
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Being the Ricardos | why everyone loved Lucy
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Dec 17, 2021 |
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The Power of the Dog | on what makes a cowboy
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Dec 10, 2021 |
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The Beatles: Get Back | how their music-making process went missing
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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Ghostbusters | why there are aren’t that many movies
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Nov 26, 2021 |
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Clifford the Big Red Dog | how to create a children’s classic
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Nov 19, 2021 |
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The Electrical Life of Louis Wain | why we love cats
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Nov 12, 2021 |
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You | how romance stories can be horror stories
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Nov 05, 2021 |
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Dune | why this unadaptable sci-fi story endures
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Oct 29, 2021 |
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My Hero Academia | how to bring optimism back to superheroes
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Oct 22, 2021 |
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James Bond (part 2) | why 007 can’t stop changing
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Oct 15, 2021 |
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James Bond (part 1) | inventing the world’s greatest spy
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Oct 08, 2021 |
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Marvel's What If…? & Star Wars: Visions | why the universe keeps expanding
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Oct 01, 2021 |
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Cry Macho | getting back in the saddle with Westerns
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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Impeachment: American Crime Story | on vanquishing the cost of shame
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Sep 17, 2021 |
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Only Murders in the Building | the tantalizing allure of true crime
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Candyman | the history of the honey hook killer
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Sep 03, 2021 |
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Shrek (pt 2) | the agony and the Shrekstasy
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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UFO | the first footage confirmed by the Pentagon
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Aug 20, 2021 |
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Shrek (pt 1) | how an ogre became a hero
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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The Green Knight | decoding the mysterious King Arthur tale
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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Zola | the first movie ever written on twitter
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Space Jam | dunking commercials and cartoons into a global phenomenon
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Jul 24, 2021 |
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Sweet Tooth | how to survive in a hopeful apocalypse
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Jul 16, 2021 |
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Fear Street | how Goosebumps author R.L. Stine keeps writing
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Jul 09, 2021 |
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Nollywood | the unbelievable empire of Nigerian films
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Jul 02, 2021 |
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The Fast & the Furious | how street racing became a superstar saga
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Jun 25, 2021 |
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In the Heights | making Lin-Manuel Miranda’s movie musical
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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The Conjuring | why our paranormal gets investigated
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Jun 11, 2021 |
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Cruella | the truth behind the 101 Dalmatians thief
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Jun 04, 2021 |
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Army of the Dead | where zombies really begin
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May 28, 2021 |
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The Woman in the Window | how to be a best-selling (lying) author
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May 21, 2021 |
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Shadow and Bone | on Slavic fantasy and the Grishaverse
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May 14, 2021 |
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From the Vault: Motherless Brooklyn | detectives, Tourette’s, & 20 year projects
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May 07, 2021 |
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Mortal Kombat | how to make a video game movie
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May 01, 2021 |
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The Princess Bride | the inconceivable master adapter
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Apr 23, 2021 |
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Promising Young Woman | on female revenge thrillers
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Apr 16, 2021 |
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Concrete Cowboy | the heritage of America’s Black cowboys
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Apr 09, 2021 |
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Godzilla vs. Kong | what the massive monsters really mean
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Apr 03, 2021 |
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Justice League | and the forgotten creator of superhero teams
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Mar 26, 2021 |
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Minari | how a Korean American family pursued the American Dream
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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Moxie & Mean Girls | women in punk rock and TV comedy
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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Nomadland | the hidden story of unsettled Americans
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Mar 05, 2021 |
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The United States vs Billie Holiday | the start of the Civil Rights Movement
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Feb 27, 2021 |
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Judas and the Black Messiah | Fred Hampton and the Black Panther Party
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Feb 19, 2021 |
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One Night In Miami | Muhammad Ali, Sam Cooke, Malcolm X, and Jim Brown
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Feb 12, 2021 |
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Shaft | on blaxploitation and Gordon Parks
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Feb 05, 2021 |
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Bridgerton | why the Regency era is so ROMANTIC
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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Weddings | the history, the celebration, and episode 100!
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Jan 22, 2021 |
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Lupin | the French thief who outsmarted Sherlock Holmes
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Jan 15, 2021 |
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Ma Rainey's Black Bottom | the Mother of the Blues
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Jan 08, 2021 |
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Best of 2020 | the finest moments of ILLITERATE this year
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Jan 01, 2021 |
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Die Hard | how to make a Christmas story
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Dec 26, 2020 |
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Hallmark Christmas Movies | mastering holiday media
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Dec 18, 2020 |
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Steven Spielberg (pt 2) | the life of a director
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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Steven Spielberg (pt 1) | the life of a director
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Dec 04, 2020 |
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Hillbilly Elegy | can memoirs make good movies?
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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The Crown | how the British Royal Family works
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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The Queen’s Gambit | the story of a female chess prodigy
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Nov 13, 2020 |
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Elections | stories of the American voting system
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Nov 06, 2020 |
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Halloween Special | the history of spooky stuff
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Oct 30, 2020 |
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Lovecraft Country | on monsters, magic, and Jim Crow
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Oct 23, 2020 |
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The Haunting of Bly Manor | where ghosts come from
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Oct 16, 2020 |
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Books of Blood | the horrifyingly thoughtful mind of Clive Barker
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Oct 09, 2020 |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit | the founding of modern animation
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Oct 02, 2020 |
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Enola Holmes | it’s elementary, my dear listener
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Sep 25, 2020 |
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Moonlight | the path to portraying masculinity
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Sep 18, 2020 |
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I’m Thinking of Ending Things | the pɹ!ǝʍ world of Charlie Kaufman (& Iain Reid)
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Sep 11, 2020 |
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Philip K Dick | how to start the cyberpunk revolution
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Sep 04, 2020 |
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Taking a Break This Week!
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Aug 28, 2020 |
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Avatar: The Last Airbender | the fight for a multicultural cartoon
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Aug 21, 2020 |
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The Secret Garden | the forgotten story of the bestselling female novelist
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Aug 14, 2020 |
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Tread | building a Killdozer for small town revenge
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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The Kissing Booth | how fan fiction gets sold for millions
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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Harriet | why no one really knows Harriet Tubman
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Jul 24, 2020 |
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Love, Victor | coming out on the big screen
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Jul 17, 2020 |
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Hamilton | America then, told by America now (Lin-Manuel Miranda & Ron Chernow)
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Jul 10, 2020 |
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I’ll Be Gone in the Dark | how Michelle McNamara tracked the Golden State Killer
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Jul 03, 2020 |
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Watchmen (HBO) | the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
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Jun 26, 2020 |
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Da 5 Bloods | Black Veterans of the Vietnam War (from Spike Lee & Wallace Terry)
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Jun 19, 2020 |
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Harry Potter (pt 3) | the worldwide impact
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Jun 12, 2020 |
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Eight minutes, forty-six seconds
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Jun 05, 2020 |
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Harry Potter (pt 2) | how the movies got made
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May 29, 2020 |
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Bad Education | the biggest theft from the best school (Frank Tassone)
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May 22, 2020 |
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Harry Potter (pt 1) | the life of JK Rowling
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May 15, 2020 |
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Defending Jacob | is there a murder gene?
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May 08, 2020 |
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | don't forget your towel
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May 01, 2020 |
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Mrs. America | how one woman changed the United States
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Apr 24, 2020 |
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Westworld | the masterful mind of Michael Crichton
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Apr 17, 2020 |
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Emma & Clueless | why Jane Austen is timeless
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Apr 10, 2020 |
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Little Fires Everywhere | moms in the 1990’s
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Apr 03, 2020 |
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The Plot Against America | if Charles Lindbergh was president
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Mar 27, 2020 |
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Pandemics | how they affect art & history (feat. Contagion & Outbreak)
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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Peter Pan & Wendy | the adventure of growing up
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Mar 13, 2020 |
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The Invisible Man | how to modernize a monster (Leigh Whannell & HG Wells)
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Mar 06, 2020 |
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The Call of the Wild | how to be a real dog (feat. Togo)
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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High Flying Bird | the business of the NBA
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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Parasite | foreign films and critics awards
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Feb 14, 2020 |
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Color Out of Space | HP Lovecraft & the long-lost Richard Stanley
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Feb 07, 2020 |
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Gretel & Hansel | with director Oz Perkins
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Jan 31, 2020 |
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Martin Luther King, Jr | how to lead a movement
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Jan 24, 2020 |
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Animal Farm | teaching history with pigs
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Jan 17, 2020 |
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Little Women | the history of these heroines
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Jan 10, 2020 |
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New Year's Special | the past & future of Illiterate
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Jan 03, 2020 |
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Cats | how to make a musical sensation
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Dec 27, 2019 |
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Star Wars | the forgotten book (feat. Splinter of the Mind’s Eye)
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Dec 20, 2019 |
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The Irishman | the Forrest Gump of organized crime
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Dec 13, 2019 |
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Frozen | how a fairy tale made billions
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Dec 06, 2019 |
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Thanksgiving Special | what to watch and read this holiday
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Nov 29, 2019 |
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Ford v Ferrari | why racing is about people (feat. Go Like Hell)
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Nov 22, 2019 |
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Stephen King | an amazing life of horror (feat. Doctor Sleep)
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Nov 15, 2019 |
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Motherless Brooklyn | detectives, Tourette’s, & 20 year projects
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Nov 08, 2019 |
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The Laundromat | the Panama Papers and their “Secrecy World”
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Nov 01, 2019 |
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Jojo Rabbit | finding comedy in Hitler (feat. Caging Skies)
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Oct 25, 2019 |
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Nancy Drew | how her mysteries inspired millions
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Oct 18, 2019 |
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Joker | how one villain has multiple origins
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Oct 11, 2019 |
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Judy Garland | living at the End of the Rainbow
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Oct 04, 2019 |
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Ad Astra & Heart of Darkness | journeying into the unknown
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Sep 27, 2019 |
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The Goldfinch | do great books make bad movies?
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Sep 20, 2019 |
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It | why clowns are scary
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Sep 13, 2019 |
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Huck Finn & The Peanut Butter Falcon | adapting the american controversy
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Sep 06, 2019 |
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Toni Morrison | how to write with a voice
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Aug 30, 2019 |
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Mindhunter | the story of the real serial killer FBI team
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Aug 23, 2019 |
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | why children need horror
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Aug 16, 2019 |
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Charles Manson, Hollywood, and the CIA | a theory 20 years in the making
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Aug 09, 2019 |
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The Boys | why we're starting to say "f*** superheroes"
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Aug 02, 2019 |
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Hamlet | how one of the most copied works was made
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Jul 19, 2019 |
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The Greatest Literary Hoax | how JT Leroy fooled millions
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Jul 12, 2019 |
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1775 | why it's such an important year for america
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Jul 04, 2019 |
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Catch-22 (part 2) | how war is scarily funny
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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Catch-22 (part 1) | how war is scarily funny
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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This is Where You Belong | how to love where you live
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Jun 21, 2019 |
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Voices From Chernobyl | the human stories of disaster
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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The Handmaid's Tale | what our past says about our future
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Jun 07, 2019 |
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Casino Royale | the literary origins of James Bond
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May 31, 2019 |
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Aladdin | the original had two genies, and more
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May 24, 2019 |
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Digital Minimalism | how to detox from social media
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May 17, 2019 |
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Ted Bundy's Girlfriend | firsthand account of The Phantom Prince
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May 10, 2019 |
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Lord of the Flies | the original Hunger Games
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May 03, 2019 |
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Stan Lee and Marvel Comics | the spectacular story
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Apr 25, 2019 |
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How to Change Your Mind | everything you should know about psychedelics
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Apr 19, 2019 |
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Dr. Seuss | how he became the top children's author
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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Better Than Before | how to form habits
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Apr 05, 2019 |
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Becoming by Michelle Obama | the life of a First Lady
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Mar 29, 2019 |
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Watchmen | why superheroes changed
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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Black Klansman | how a black man infiltrates the KKK
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Mar 15, 2019 |
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Pride and Prejudice | how Jane Austen gets modern love
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Mar 08, 2019 |
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Betcha didn't know that!
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Feb 28, 2019 |