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Introducing Scirens Show
Are you sci-curious? Do you agree that the world should be celebrating and supporting science (and critical thinking) right about now? Then you'll love Scirens Show, premiering Tuesday April 7th ...
Ice, Ice, Baby
When you think "Cold War," I bet you're not imaging the battle between ice and refrigeration, but this month's episode of Pessimists Archive dives into the controversial history over how ...
“The Night” Premieres at SBIFF to Rave Reviews
Over Labor Day Weekend 2018, the lovely and talented Niousha Noor called to inquire if I could speak Farsi. There's a film, she told me, that stars Shahab Hosseini (of ...
Making Faces
Rehabbing my hip by bicycle while talking on the telephone and listening to the impeachment on the radio... making this face. A face my grandmother might admonish would stay that way, ...
Your Loving Teddy Bear
Did the teddy bear ruin young Gia’s maternal instincts? Listen to the latest episode of Pessimists Archive to find out why moralists at the turn of the 20th century believed ...
Under the Knife
Back in the early aughts, an agent gave me the following unsolicited advice: “Just eat spinach and 12 almonds for every meal. And consider having your hips shaved.” Imaging a ...