10 Podcasts Guaranteed to Make You Ugly Cry
Podcasting is an incredibly intimate medium. We feel like podcast hosts are our friends; though the relationship is one-sided, it feels like they are speaking directly to us. It also…
Don’t Ask a Flight Attendant to Lift Your Luggage, and Other Things They Wish You Knew
There’s nothing quite like air travel to showcase the best and the worst that humanity has to offer. On the one hand, some humans figured out how to fly a…
12 Podcasts That Explore the Weirder Corners of the Internet
The internet is a place full of dark corners, deep rabbit holes, endless mazes, and wild threads. But with the chaos comes storytelling gold: These 12 podcasts use communities like…
You Can Get Better at Using the Right Pronouns (Without Being Offensive)
Photo: DCStockPhotography (Shutterstock) When you use someone’s correct pronouns, you’re showing them a basic level of respect. Still, many well-meaning people find themselves confused or even intimidated by the terrain…
The Out-of-Touch Adults’ Guide to Kid Culture: What Does ‘Pushing P’ Mean?
Photo: Ted Alexander Somerville (Shutterstock) This week, all the kids are breathlessly following corporate acquisition news and making one another sign non-disclosure agreements. It’s all very adult. New slang alert:…
12 Science and History ‘Facts’ That Changed Since You Were in School
Photo: 3dmotus (Shutterstock) If I say, “brontosaurus,” I bet a very specific image of a long-necked, long-tailed sauropod comes to mind. It was one of a handful of the dinosaurs…