27 July 2021
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Yes, London still has a Town Crier—watch him announce the birth of Princess Charlotte
More video on the web …
- This “Single Ladies” / “DuckTales” mashup is scarily spot-on
- White hair in the White House? Hillary makes a crack about her age
- Australian TV host interrupts tortoise mating session…and male chases him away!
- Massive floods are turning Houston’s streets into rivers
- The World Trade Center observation deck opens this weekend. See NYC’s history on the ride to the top
- Wow. Much safety: New Delta preflight video features 22 Internet memes
- NBA player’s press conference is interrupted by his daughter
- Learn more about the iconic ad that closed out “Mad Men” (Spoilers!)
- Watch Norm MacDonald tear up as he pays tribute to David Letterman
- LA at dusk: A skateboarder makes his way through the City of Angels
- Cute, or creepy? NATO foreign ministers sing “We Are The World” together
- Watch Canadian soccer reporter confront sexist taunts on the air
- The Muppets are back on TV! Watch the first trailer for the new episodes this fall
- 1 weekend, 3 buzzer-beaters: Watch highlights from Derrick Rose, Paul Pierce, and LeBron
- Cameron wins a second term: Watch British PM’s victory speech
- 25 subway riders every New Yorker will recognize…and hate
- Awwwww: First gay couple is caught on Dodger Stadium’s Kiss Cam
- ¡Feliz Cinco de Mayo! Celebren la Batalla de Puebla con estos datos divertidos
- Baltimore state’s attorney announces she’s charging six cops in death of Freddie Gray
- Announcer calls Orioles game in an empty stadium, makes golf joke
- “I don’t want him to be another Freddie Gray”: Viral Baltimore mom Toya Graham speaks out
- Americans gather outside the Supreme Court for gay-marriage oral arguments
- Obama gets an “anger translator” at the White House Correspondents Dinner
- 100 years later, thousands in LA take to the streets to remember the Armenian genocide
- “It can’t be edited out”: Obama calls out climate-change deniers in the Everglades
- For Earth Day, watch a clever tribute to the endangered animals of the world
- Japan’s newest high-speed train sets a world record
- Celebrate Marathon Monday with a timelapse of the Boston Marathon route
- Omg omg new Star Wars trailer omg
- Senate hearing interrupted by a senator’s “Frozen” ringtone
- Confetti bomb! ECB chair Mario Draghi attacked by protestor at press conference
- Marco Rubio is the next to jump into the 2016 presidential race
- It’s official: Hillary is in. Watch her launch video
- Rand Paul abruptly leaves Guardian interview after sparring with reporter
- Conservative activist Dinesh D’Souza makes a “Life After Conviction” video
- Obama takes on “less-than-loving Christians,” and the crowd eats it up
- Duke wins! Watch the highlights of this year’s March Madness, set to the cheesiest song ever
- Obama calms kids during Easter bee attack
- Massachusetts town names are wicked hahd to pronounce
Culturally Determined
What Babe Ruth’s mother’s adultery teaches us about the history of profanity
Aryeh Cohen-Wade speaks with John McWhorter, author of the new book Nine Nasty Words: English in the Gutter: Then, Now, and Forever.
The Wright Show
Are we stuck with Covid?
Robert Wright and Mickey Kaus discuss the possibility that Covid vaccines will become a permanent part of life.
The Glenn Show
Pushing back against “disinformation”
Glenn Loury and Richard Epstein discuss critical race theory and the legal history of racial redress in the US.
Psychopolitica
Is Putin a mystic?
