Culture Archive
Archives for November 2014


This creative writing prompt could be just what you need to stay sane this holiday season.


An episode-by-episode guide to help you keep track of the various people mentioned in the Serial podcast — updated weekly.

“if the NSA bureaucracy actually knew what they were doing, they would probably need way less information.”


The sex Connor Walsh is having is as stylized and eroticized as everyone else’s romps — something we usually don’t see on television.


Understand the issues and the controversy by playing some video games.


The woman in the video above lives in eight square meters of space, seven flights of stairs above the cobbled streets of Paris.


Going door to door works. So why do campaigns spend so little on it?


The industry is right that Jeff Bezos is destroying them. But he’s not doing it by abusing monopoly power. They’re weak because they’re not doing anything useful. People who care about literature and ideas will be better off without them.


It’s like cable TV, but you get it on the Web.


Some crazy stories about hanging out with Russia’s psychics, including that time a state-sponsored faith healer convinced millions of Russians to put pots full of water on their TVs to absorb “telepathic energy.”


It’s been called the “most racist news story of 2014.” Here is a brief guide to the scandal.


We’re getting to know Ultron, bit by bit.


Steve Carell is nearly unrecognizable in the film’s central role, while Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo are terrific as well.


The NFL and its partners named seven additional winners of the Head Health Challenge.

