In October 2022, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation (WKKF) announced five awardees for its Racial Equity 2030 challenge, an open call for bold solutions to drive an equitable future for children, families, and communities worldwide. Over the next eight years, WKKF will contribute $80 million to help build and scale the actionable ideas for transformative change in systems that uphold racial inequities.

The challenge was announced in 2020, the 90th anniversary year of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and received 1,453 submissions from 72 countries. In September 2021, the Kellogg Foundation announced the top 10 finalists for the challenge, each of whom received a $1 million planning grant and nine months of capacity-building support to further develop their project and strengthen their application.  

“The bold work proposed by each of the awardees fills me with hope that together we can attack the roots of inequity in our communities and build a future in which all children can thrive,” said La June Montgomery Tabron, president and CEO of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. “But this change won’t happen unless we act, and I believe we must act now. I am excited to partner with these teams  to address racism in their communities and support systemic change across the globe.”

The awardees are:

Partners In Development Foundation

Kawailoa, a transformative model to end youth incarceration in Hawai’i and beyond is led by Partners in Development in collaboration with Opportunity Youth Action Hawai’i. Young Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders are disproportionately represented in the juvenile justice system. The Opportunity Youth Action Hawai’i collaborative is committed to replacing youth incarceration with a Native Hawaiian restorative system that empowers communities, trains youth healers, and shifts resources to community-driven and culturally-grounded sanctuaries of support.  

ActionAid Brazil

The SETA Project works to create a transformative antiracist education system in Brazil, harnessing youth, education, and Black movements to spark a national healing process. Internationally, ActionAid and the University of Bristol’s Centre for Comparative and International Research in Education will mobilize a global network and promote racial equity as a priority in global education. 

Namati

Overcoming Environmental Racism by Knowing, Using, Shaping Law Initiative, led by Namati, equips community members with the knowledge of the law to protect themselves and ultimately make systems of environmental governance more equitable. Globally, Namati and members of the Legal Empowerment Network will launch an international policy campaign and drive cross-border learning on grassroots environmental justice.

Communities United 

Communities United’s Healing Through Justice Initiative is a community-led breakthrough strategy for healing-centered communities in Illinois. For Black and Brown youth in Chicago, systemic racism has a profound impact on their mental health, as well as the well-being of their communities. Communities United and Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago will bring to scale “Healing through Justice,” through community engagement, leadership, advocacy training, and the development of strategies for health system changes. 

Indian Law Resource Center 

Indigenous Lands Initiative is led by the Indian Law Resource Center, that works to secure land ownership rights for Indigenous communities in Mexico, Central, and South America. Through partnerships, the Indian Law Resource Center will build a permanent Indigenous-led institution to provide essential technical and legal assistance aimed at helping Indigenous peoples secure ownership of their lands. 

Watch how these organizations work to transform inequitable systems in various societies. Learn more at https://wkkf.org/RE2030.

You’d think that facing down some of the toughest, most challenging diseases to date would scare some people. The unpredictability, the unknowable, is not to be taken lightly when developing life-saving treatments. But at AbbVie, researchers know there’s a specific kind of joy they take in the uncertainty of their work. They thrill at the possibility that every day presents a totally different, and often unprecedented, challenge. It turns out, there’s no real way to predict anything in the lab. AbbVie’s R&D teams understand this truth on a deep level, knowing that their mission is to chart completely unexplored scientific territory and to chase down the unknown. 

Vox Media’s Epic Stories and The Explainer Studio dug into the fearlessness and determination of AbbVie researchers to find medical treatments for all types of diseases. Watch and read on to get a behind-the-scenes look at AbbVie’s R&D team: how they overcome obstacles in pursuit of a cure for river blindness, how they operate in the shadow of failure, and more.

• Why isn’t medicine one size fits all?
• A Journey of Sight: The Long Road Toward Curing River Blindness
• Why failure is critical to developing new medicines

It’s no secret that travel can have a positive impact on us, but just how deep can its influence go? In the 1960s, neuroscientist Dr. Marian Diamond (who famously studied the brain of Dr. Albert Einstein) dismantled the belief that the human brain was unchangeable and only declined with age. Her extensive research proved that, if the brain is in an enriched environment, it can grow and renew its connections — so booking that hotel and ticket to that bucket list-destination may be exactly what you, and your mind, need.

How does it all work? Understand the science with the Explainer Studio and find on what happens to your brain on travel. Then read on for new perspectives on the deeper impact of travel, in the words of artist Lo Harris, ceramicist Ivy Weinglass, and sommelier Derrick C. Westbrook. Recounting recent vacations that provoked new inspiration, connections, and affirmations, these artists experienced the profound effects of travel firsthand. And when you’re feeling ready to book, use the quiz to plan your next vacation destination — and see where the science may lead you.

• Your brain on travel

Ever wondered why you can’t stick to a budget, even when it makes sense logically?

Behavioral economics can teach us a lot about why we tend to neglect our budgets and overspend, but one theory that sticks out is the present bias: valuing the present gratification instead of the long-term. Think of the marshmallow test made famous in the 1970s: Would you rather have one marshmallow now, or two in an hour? The same can go for spending; for some people, this might mean overpaying for certain items in the moment, spending more money than intended during a big sale, or spending money that we had hoped to save for retirement.

There’s no one right way to get your spending under control, but recognizing why you spend the way you do may help you finally stick to that budget. Here’s how understanding the psychology behind spending and saving could actually benefit you next time you hit the store.

1.        Never go shopping without a list.

Composing a list ahead of time can help avoid impulse purchases and future buyer’s remorse because the process of creating the list forces you to spend time before your shopping trip thinking about what you need.

While many people associate shopping lists with groceries, this can also help keep your spending in check on other big shopping trips, like when buying holiday gifts or back-to-school supplies. Old-fashioned pen-and-paper lists work, but you can also simply use the notes function on your phone or a dedicated shopping lists app.

Once you’re in the store, a list can keep you focused, so you’ll be less tempted by items on display. Another bonus of shopping with a list: You’re less likely to forget to pick up something you need. Getting everything in one shot means you can save yourself another trip and avoid the spending temptation that might come along with it.

2.        Always double check that you’re getting the best value.

That “shopping high” that you’ve heard of is actually a scientific phenomenon. Seeing new things, and the anticipation of purchasing them, can cause the brain to release dopamine, a chemical that makes you feel good.

Scientists have found that the anticipation of purchasing something you want lights up the nucleus accumbens, or pleasure center, in your brain, but if you believe that the item costs too much, the rational, decision-making parts of your brain will overrule the purchase. Problem is, the rational part only kicks in if you think that the price is too high, which may not happen if you believe you’re getting a great deal (even if you’re not).

Fortunately, with today’s technology, it’s easy to confirm that you are indeed getting a good price. Before putting an item into your (real or virtual) cart, do a quick online search to see whether the item is available elsewhere for a lower price or if there’s an easy online coupon that you can apply.

Keep value in mind when bulk shopping as well. People often overspend in warehouse stores because they assume that they’re getting a rock-bottom price, says Ross Steinman, a psychology professor at Widener University in Pennsylvania who researches consumer behavior. Before throwing those cases into your cart, take a few minutes to do the math, advises Steinman, and pause to ask yourself whether it’s a purchase you really need to buy at scale.

“People often buy a lot of things in bulk that they end up wasting,” he says. “It feels like you’re saving money, but you’re actually losing money in the long term.”

3.        Don’t shop when you’re feeling emotional.

More than 7 in 10 people consider their finances a source of stress, according to a Capital One survey of more than 2,000 respondents in the U.S. If you’re among them, be especially cautious when you’re spending, since your emotions may further cloud your judgment.

“When you’re in a heightened arousal state, emotionally or physiologically, your faculties are not at an optimal level,” Steinman says. “That could lead you to buy something that you might not have intended to purchase. Just being aware of that — and of your spending triggers — can help you avoid it.”

4.        Sleep on it before purchasing large items.

For items over a set amount — say, $100 — institute a one- or two-day waiting period before pulling the trigger. With online shopping, you can put the items in your virtual shopping cart but avoid checking out immediately.

“Just put it in your shopping cart and walk away,” says Carrie Rattle, founder and CEO of Behavioral Cents and a compulsive shopping coach. “That really works.”

You may find that by the time the waiting period has passed the item isn’t as appealing as it was in the moment. Plus, as you probably know, lack of sleep also affects both mood and judgment — so getting a good night’s rest can not only improve your decision-making, but also thwart that emotional impulse-spending (remember tip three!). If you still want that $100-plus item, you may be able to complete the purchase with confidence that you haven’t simply gotten caught up in the rush of shopping. 

5.        Say ‘no’ to sales, unless the item is already on your list.

Sure, it’s exciting in the moment when you snag an item at a discount, but if you end up purchasing an item you didn’t really want, you may not feel so great later. Remember that the point of store promotions is to get customers to spend more money. Before clicking on an email that’s announcing a big online savings event or entering a store advertising a big sale, ask yourself whether you needed anything from that store before you got notice of the discount.

Steinman recommends setting up an extra email address specifically for promotional emails. That way, you won’t be tempted to click every time one arrives, but you’ll have access to the discounts should you need to shop for a specific item or at a certain store.

Of course, it’s OK to buy things you want as well as things you need — as long as you make the purchases mindfully. Consider creating a second list of things that you want, but don’t actually need. This serves as another way to “sleep on purchases” (tip four!) before pulling the trigger. Then when that item goes on sale, you’ll be able to buy it guilt-free, knowing that it’s something you really wanted — and you’re getting it at a great price.

It may take time to change long-term spending habits, but thinking about how you’re making purchase decisions is the first step in the right direction. The tricks outlined above can help you take control of your spending, making shopping a more enjoyable experience, both in the moment and afterward.

This article is not intended to give medical, legal, or financial advice, and any questions the reader has should be directed to their own qualified professional.

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Forty-five hours per year: That’s about how long the average American consumer spends choosing what to watch next. You may not think those 7.4 minutes per day amount to much, but on the whole, Americans spend more time than ever before simply choosing the next title to click “play” on.

Why? The onslaught of streaming platforms has much to do with it (looking at all of you who spent the weekend on the couch with their new Disney+ subscription), but so do the algorithms that fuel the paralyzing “watch next” conundrum. But even in the age of the algorithm, humans still play a key roll in recommending content. And platforms like Netflix and HBO now offer even more tools that include streaming recs curated by humans. So the question becomes: Which serves us better to choose what to watch next (and lets us gain that 45 hours of our year back), the human or the machine?

In this episode of Streaming Straight Talk, the roundtable of panelists — Jordan Carlos, comedian; Angelique Roche, pop culture journalist; and Ben Selkow, filmmaker — share their personal recommendations for the shows they’re bingeing and weigh in on the difference of word-of-mouth versus the algorithm. You may just want to pick up one of these new shows after watching.

“Jaw-dropping.” “From the Academy Award winner.” “Star-studded.” Chances are you already know exactly how to spot a trailer gearing up for the Academy Awards junket. The holidays are primetime for generating Oscar buzz on the year’s biggest movie releases, and movie studios will spend anywhere between $3 million to $10 million per film to capture the attention of Oscar voters. Streaming platforms are also getting in on the Academy Award action, now with new splashy wins from films like Manchester by the Sea (Amazon) and Roma (Netflix).

That means while you’re trying to pick what to watch next, you’re likely to spot some of these tropes littered throughout the trailers for the 2019 releases hankering for a nomination. Hot-button issues in Bombshell? Check. Prosthetics? (Yeah, you’ve got to see the cast member in Bombshell to know that will be a Best Actor nominee.) Nostalgia galore plus “based on a true story” in A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood? Check. Watch for more tropes that are hard to miss in this year’s potential nominee films.

If you’ve noticed the influx of new holiday movies on your cable TV, Netflix, or Hulu — or if your family members have trapped you into watching an endless marathon of Lifetime holiday movies — you’re not alone. Networks now know the best way to capture a captive, Christmas-craving audience, and it’s with new, original movies. In fact, Hallmark plans to release nearly 50 new movies just this year. (Cue the holiday romance tropes!)

But it’s not just original holiday content that has platforms competing for our eyeballs. Movie studios have long noted that the holiday season is one of the more fruitful seasons to release new movies, like the James Bond franchise. Now, streaming platforms are taking the same cue. The most recent example you’d be hard-pressed to escape? Netflix’s Birdbox. The Sandra Bullock post-apocalyptic thriller was released the Friday before Christmas. In the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day, the movie was seen by more than 45 million accounts.

What’s the secret to winning the holiday content war? This roundtable of experts — Jordan Carlos, comedian; Angelique Roche, pop culture journalist; and Ben Selkow, filmmaker — agree that it’s not just the new original content that makes for a yearly Christmas tradition. It also comes down to the familiar classics you’ve practically memorized line by line. Go inside the holiday content war and see just how far platforms will go to keep you entertained this season.

We live in a throwaway society. We buy, we use, we toss. And then we do it again. And again. The planned obsolescence of everyday products is driving us toward the unplanned obsolescence of the outdoors. And time is running out. It’s time to act. 

Changing the world isn’t easy. Starting is. That’s why we at Vox Media and REI have tapped aspirational explorers, just like you — artists, gamers, sports nuts, food lovers, and musicians — from cities all over the country to share the small ways that they #OptOutside. From al fresco dining to running trails to outdoor music venues, there are any number of ways to head outdoors.

If you’re excited to #OptOutside after following these adventurers’ outdoor recommendations, you can join REI on Black Friday for a nationwide day of action to kick off a year of change. You don’t have to live in these five cities to Opt to Act: REI will be co-hosting cleanups with Leave No Trace and United by Blue all across the U.S. You can find your nearest cleanup at REI.com/opt-outside.

Together on Black Friday, we’ll clean up the ugly output of mindless consumption from coast to coast. And every day after, we’ll strive to leave the world better than we found it. This year when we #OptOutside, we Opt to Act.

If by now you haven’t caught any episodes of Friends — even by accident — then you are one of the few. The list of 236 episodes over 10 seasons may appear daunting at first, but that’s where we come in.

In honor of the TV show’s 25th anniversary of its premiere (that’s right, this show is likely as old as Rachel, Monica, and the gang were supposed to be when the show started), we’ve put together a list of the episodes every fan, new or returning, needs to watch. For those of you new to the show, consider the following list of 10 essential episodes the CliffNotes version so you’ll no longer be entirely out of the loop when someone drops a reference about pretending to move to Yemen or “ugly naked guy.” (Spoilers ahead, but you’ve had forever to watch.) For those of you who have binged Friends so often the show lives in your top five “Keep Watching” Netflix queue, feel free to debate us on these 10 episodes. But do it fast — we all know by now that Friends is in fact leaving Netflix sometime next year.

The One Where Monica Gets a Roommate

Season 1: Episode 1

Every binge watch, whether of the 200-episode variety or an abridged one, must start at the beginning. It’s here where we first meet the iconic group: siblings Monica (Courteney Cox) and Ross Geller (David Schwimmer) and their three closest friends Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), Chandler Bing (Matthew Perry), and Joey Tribbiani (Matt LeBlanc). The gang is enjoying an afternoon at their favorite nearby coffee shop, Central Perk, when a wedding dress-clad Rachel Green (Jennifer Aniston) frantically runs in to disrupt their hangout. Rachel grew up with Monica and Ross and she escaped to New York City on her wedding day upon realizing she wasn’t in love with her husband-to-be Barry. Rachel moves in with Monica and off we go.

Best part of the episode: Six characters are introduced right away without dwelling on the back story. Think of how many shows have pilot episodes that bend over backwards to introduce you to people. Friends, thankfully, does not. The seeds for Ross’s woe-is-me attitude, Phoebe’s quirkiness, or any of their other idiosyncrasies are planted in the first episode and you start to learn why they’re all friends — but we can get the full history later.

The One With the List

Season 2: Episode 8

Ross’s long-held dream of being with Rachel is finally about to come true after they had their first magical kiss. There’s just one tiny problem: Ross is still dating Julie, who’s great. And how does someone in Ross’s impossible situation solve such a predicament? By listening to Chandler’s horrible suggestion that he make a pros and cons list for each woman. Ross ultimately decides to break up with Julie because “she’s not Rachel.” Of course Rachel finds the list and is immediately, and rightfully, angry about it.

Best part of the episode: Rachel won’t accept any of Ross’s apologies, so he tries to dedicate a song to her on the radio as a last-ditch effort (how quaint). U2’s “With or Without You” begins to play and this has all the trappings of a classic rom-com scene where she takes the idiot back, but instead Rachel calls the radio station and they quickly cut off the song because of how appalling Ross’s actions are. It’s funny, still sad, and much more realistic than what you would expect from a sitcom.

The One with the Football

Season 3: Episode 9

If you celebrate Friendsgiving this episode will really hit home. One group of people is focused on cooking, while the other is focused on watching football on TV. Then there’s Monica and Ross’s sibling rivalry during what’s supposed to be a friendly game of pigskin that will remind you of the worst instincts of the competitive people in your group of friends. You know who they are, the ones for whom even air hockey is a bad idea.

Best part of the episode: Rachel, Phoebe, Chandler, and Joey leave Ross and Monica behind at the park to go eat their turkey dinner after neither of the Gellers will budge on a game-deciding fumble. Sometimes the best course of action is to ignore the morons.

The One Where Ross and Rachel Take a Break

Season 3: Episode 15

It’s Ross and Rachel’s anniversary, but she’s stuck late at work. Typical relationship tension. Ross does the really-good-guy-bad-idea thing of bringing the anniversary festivities, and his loud food prepping, to Rachel’s office and it blows up in his face. A fight ensues with Rachel concluding they need to take a break. For Ross that means blowing off steam by getting drunk with Joey and Chandler and spending the night with a woman he barely knows. The episode ends in classic “To Be Continued” fashion. It’s not until the next episode that we get Ross’s pleading (and soon-to-be running gag) “we were on a break!” during their next fight that truly ends things between them, but what happens in this episode sets the series up for seasons to come. You could even go as far as calling it a “pivot.”

Best part of the episode: The episode opens with Phoebe desperately in need of an atlas because she’s going on a date with a UN diplomat, but she can only sort of remember the name of his country. The only thing Monica can offer is a tiny globe. No smartphones. No Google. What a world.

The One with Ross’s Wedding Parts 1 and 2

Season 4: Episodes 23 and 24

Ross, Monica, Chandler, and Joey are off to London for Ross’s wedding to his British fiancée Emily. Phoebe can’t attend because she’s very pregnant as her brother’s surrogate, and Rachel declines because she can’t see Ross marry someone else. Rachel tries to distract herself from her true feelings for Ross, but she can’t get over him. So she jets off to London at the last minute hoping to take Ross back before he marries Emily. Rachel shows up right before the ceremony and changes her mind about pouring her heart out to Ross upon seeing how happy he looks with Emily. But there’s no way things will end so simply for our favorite will-they-or-won’t-they couple. Moments later, Ross utters the infamous “I, Ross, take thee, Rachel…” right before the end credits roll.

Best part of the episodes: When Chandler’s rehearsal dinner speech bombs and Monica is sad about people’s comments over her age and singlehood, the two console each other. Their eventual hookup has no buildup, shocking the audience (note: this is from a pre-spoilers TV era) and setting up the future of the whole show.

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The One Where Everybody Finds Out

Season 5: Episode 14

We’re more than a dozen episodes into Monica and Chandler’s secret relationship that began the night before Ross’s botched nuptials to Emily. (They married, but it ended quickly.) At this point, Joey and Rachel have already figured it out and Phoebe finds out when she sees them together from an apartment Ross is viewing that faces Monica’s place. Phoebe chooses to mess with the hidden lovers by hitting on Chandler. Monica realizes Phoebe is only doing it because “she knows,” so Chandler messes back. The tit for tat escalates to the point where Chandler has to end a planned night with Phoebe by yelling “I’m in love with Monica,” and now everyone knows — except for Ross, who sees his sister and best friend together from the window of his new apartment as the episode is ending.

Best part of the episode: After more than a season of hearing about “ugly naked guy,” we finally (sort of) meet him. Well, more accurately, Ross meets him when in trying to rent the guy’s “great” apartment he pulls out all the stops, including hanging out with him in the nude in full view of his pals.

The One That Could Have Been Parts 1 and 2

Season 6: Episodes 15 and 16

Flashback episodes happen on all kinds of shows, but alternate reality versions are less common. Rachel receiving news that her former fiancé Barry is divorcing her former best friend Mindy, with whom he was cheating on her with, sparks the game of what if? In this version, Rachel married Barry, Ross is still with Carol, Chandler is a struggling comedy writer, and Monica remains overweight, while Joey (famous soap opera actor) and Phoebe (finance professional) are the career success stories. Once you’ve hit your thirties it’s pretty normal to think about what your life could’ve been if you’d made a few different choices, so it’s only natural for such a close group of friends to do so. Would Rachel really cheat on Barry with her favorite actor Joey Tribbiani? Would Ross actually stay in such a loveless marriage?

Best part of the episodes: Even going through this nutty thought experiment can’t keep Chandler and Monica from ending up together. It’s nice to know that sometimes in life things are just meant to be.

The One with the Proposal Parts 1 and 2

Season 6: Episodes 24 and 25

Chandler has the perfect engagement planned for Monica: a beautiful ring, a lovely dinner, and expensive champagne with every step planned out. But obviously, this wouldn’t be a sitcom proposal without a few hijinks. Monica’s ex-boyfriend Richard (Tom Selleck) shows up to the same restaurant, throwing Chandler’s plans out the window. The rest of the group knew the proposal was happening so when they see the couple again they nearly blow Chandler’s backup surprise plan by asking to see Monica’s hand. Chandler, being his full-of-crappy-ideas self, decides to throw Monica off the scent by pretending he doesn’t believe in marriage, which would complicate things enough on its own, but Richard shows up at Monica’s work to tell her he still loves her and wants to marry her. Disaster is avoided when Monica decides to take matters into her own hands — after Joey tells her Chandler was only pretending to not want to get married — and puts together a surprise proposal herself.

Best part of the episodes: At some point in your life you’ve likely had to keep quiet about your friends who are about to get engaged. It’s a fun little secret to have, sure. But you also can’t wait for it to finally happen so you can say, “Congrats!” Joey yelling “Can we come in? We’re dying out here!” as he, Rachel, and Phoebe are standing right outside the door to Chandler and Monica’s apartment couldn’t express that feeling better.

The One with the Red Sweater

Season 8: Episode 2

Rachel is pregnant, but only Phoebe and Monica know. She hasn’t even told the father, nor told her friends who the father is. As she tries to decide whether or not to tell the father, Rachel presents a hypothetical to Joey and then they have to keep up the ruse that Phoebe’s the pregnant one. Joey proposes to Phoebe to avoid having her raise the child alone, forcing Monica to tell him they can’t marry because Rachel is the one who is pregnant. Joey remembers Rachel (his roommate) slept with a man about a month before and that he left behind a red sweater. Later on, Ross shows up — while Rachel is gone — and sees the red sweater. “Hey, my sweater. I’ve been looking for this for like a month,” Ross says to the shock of everyone present.

Best part of the episode: Monica and Chandler just got married and they each have a simple task as they begin their new life together. Chandler has to get the photos developed from the disposable cameras everyone used at their wedding. Monica must resist opening the presents by herself. Each fails spectacularly. Monica rips open every last present as Chandler is at a different wedding with Ross pretending to take photos of his wedding because he lost the cameras. Chandler starts showing the pictures to Monica — including one of him kissing the wrong bride — only to be told the lost cameras have been found. But Chandler quickly spots all the opened presents. He kissed a strange lady and she didn’t share a fun, early marriage experience with him. However, instead of drama they decide to call it even. This silly bit could’ve been the A plot, but instead it’s treated as it should be, something hilariously ridiculous to just move on from.

The Last One

Season 10: Episode 17

Chandler, Monica, and their adopted newborn twins are moving to the suburbs. Joey and Chandler must tear apart the foosball table they’ve had forever because a baby chick and a baby duck are stuck in it. Rachel is leaving New York for a new job in Paris. All good things must come to an end. But Ross doesn’t want everything to come to an end. He’s very much in love with Rachel and wants her to stay, so he races to the airport to stop her. Despite his begging, Rachel boards her flight. Things can’t end so simply, though. Ross gets home and is greeted by a message on his answering machine from Rachel saying she loves him and wants to be together. Right as the answering machine gives out, Rachel appears in the doorway and the two embrace.

Best part of the episode: Seeing everyone put down their individual copies of keys to Monica and Chandler’s apartment was funny, but also very relatable. At some point, we all have to say goodbye to the go-to hangout spot.

You’ve journeyed through the Upside Down, battled the Demogorgon and tentacled nightmares (not to mention puberty). Now that you’ve sped through all of Stranger Things Season 3, you can’t believe it’s over. Even though you’ll have to wait a while for the gang’s next adventure, you can still get a taste for the same kind of spectral weirdness you love from other shows. There are options with the same type of creepy vibe and others with similar dark secrets. All of these shows have twists and turns. They range from science fantasy to horror and everywhere in between, and all of them, like Stranger Things, will make you question the boundaries of reality even as they keep you on the edge of your seat.

What to binge for another weird show that’ll make you think: Black Mirror (Netflix)

Just like Stranger Things, Black Mirror is often dark and fantastical, but it’ll also make you think. Black Mirror is an anthology show, meaning that each episode has a new storyline and new characters, but they all explore the same theme: how technology has changed everything. If we’re not careful, the same tech that makes our lives simpler can easily take a dark turn. Unlike Stranger Things, which is set in the 1980s and is heavy on nostalgia, Black Mirror episodes often take place in the near future, one that’s recognizable enough to give you chills.

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What to binge for more twisted, unpredictable drama: Westworld (HBO)

Another show set in the near future, Westworld offers up a vision of society where wealthy people pay to enjoy immersive theme parks and interact with realistic humanoid robots. The main subject of the show is a park that replicates the Wild West. There, patrons let loose their basest desires, and submit the robots, called the “hosts,” to unspeakable violence, seemingly without consequences. But like Stranger Things, Westworld can be unpredictable. The trouble starts when the hosts gain sentience and start to fight back against the violence they have endured for so long.

What to binge for more tentacles: The OA (Netflix) 

Gang of misfit kids? Check. Jaunts into mysterious dimensions? Check. If you’re looking for a show like Stranger Things, The OA checks a lot of boxes, but it has a story and characters that are uniquely its own. The show follows Prairie Johnson (Brit Marling), who has suddenly returned after having been missing for seven years. Before she disappeared, Prairie was blind. Now, she can see. What happened to Prairie in those seven years? The truth will make you — and the characters in the show — question reality.

What to binge for another genre-busting story: Orphan Black (Amazon Prime)

Sarah (Tatiana Maslany) has a troubled past. She went from home to home in the English foster system for years without putting down roots before being swept off to America. Then one day she witnesses the death of Beth (also Tatiana Maslany), a woman who looks just like her. Sarah decides to assume Beth’s life and start over, but she soon learns that there is more to Beth’s perfect life than meets the eye. Sarah is pulled into a web of conspiracies and clones. Like Stranger Things, Orphan Black takes a predictable science fiction idea and turns it on its head.

What to binge for more surprising twists: Classic Twilight Zone (Netflix)

One of the most iconic shows in television history, The Twilight Zone first aired in 1959, introducing viewers to a world where superstitions come to life and your trippiest nightmares are just the beginning. Many episodes end with a shocking twist. Shows like Black Mirror and Jordan Peele’s modern version of The Twilight Zone are its spiritual successors. Episodes include hitchhiking grim reapers, nightmares, aliens, possessed dolls, paranoia, purgatory, and the monsters inside us all. The Twilight Zone is the grandfather of weird sci-fi TV. Stranger Things wouldn’t exist without it.

What to binge for more sinister secrets: Wayward Pines (Hulu)

In many ways, Wayward Pines is a successor to Twin Peaks. The two shows have a lot in common: in both, a federal agent ventures into an eerie small town to uncover bizarre secrets. In Wayward Pines that agent’s name is Ethan Burke. He’s been sent to uncover the truth about the disappearances of two fellow agents. But the longer he stays in that isolated Idaho town, the more it seems like something deeply wrong is taking place beyond the public eye. Let’s just say, to avoid major spoilers, that human aberrations lurk in the forest. As Burke goes deeper, his questions multiply. The most important one becomes: Will I make it out alive? 

What to binge for more original chills: Channel Zero (SyFy & Amazon Prime)

Like Black Mirror, Channel Zero is another anthology show with a twist. Each season takes internet-spawned nightmare fuel and weaves it into a story that will make you want to sleep with the lights on. The first season, like Stranger Things, deals with a case of missing children. The next season focuses on a haunted tourist attraction, and the third follows a series of disappearances. The fourth season, the show’s last, examines a mysterious door into an unknown world. Every season will give you the creeps without relying on the same old stuff, making it just as fresh and weird as Stranger Things.

What to binge for more surreal mystery: Twin Peaks (Netflix)

All of the shows on this list share something essential with Stranger Things, but the only one that has the same creepy vibe is David Lynch’s 1991 cult-classic supernatural mystery, Twin Peaks. FBI agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) comes to a quiet town in Washington state to investigate the murder of a high school student, Laura Palmer. Even as the town pulls him into their drama, things start to feel a little off. You’ll get bad vibes from the place, just like you have in Hawkins, Indiana, the town in Stranger Things. And just like in Hawkins, an evil otherworld is beckoning from the shadows.