What if the future isn’t actually in front of you? This fascinating episode of Otherwords from Storied dives into how different languages literally map time in space, and it turns out English is just one of many ways to think about it. Some cultures see the future behind them (because you can’t see it yet), […]
Remember when the internet felt like the Wild West? This episode of Weird History dives headfirst into the digital graveyard of the early 2000s, back when social media was weird, new, and honestly, kind of really fun. From the rise and fall of Friendster and Myspace to the insane link-sharing days of Digg and the […]
In 1952, a quiet town in Flatwoods, West Virginia became the center of one of the strangest UFO encounters ever reported. What started as a fiery object streaking across the sky quickly turned into something far creepier: witnesses claimed to have come face-to-face with a towering, glowing, spade-headed creature lurking in the woods. The legend […]
You think your house is haunted? The Bell family would like a word. Between 1817 and 1820, their quiet Tennessee farm turned into the setting of one of America’s most infamous paranormal cases—complete with violent attacks, disembodied voices, and a presence that may have killed the family patriarch. What started as strange noises quickly escalated […]
The media world just got another major shake-up. With Paramount reportedly moving to acquire Warner Bros., the entertainment landscape may be about to shrink yet again. But if that headline gave you déjà vu, there’s a good reason: Hollywood has basically been playing corporate musical chairs for more than a century. In this super interesting […]
We all grow up hearing the same rule: lying is bad. Simple enough, right? Just don’t say things that aren’t true. Well… linguists would like to complicate that. In this episode of Otherwords, Dr. Erica Brozovsky explores the surprising science behind deception. The discussion kicks off with a concept from the sci-fi novel The Three-Body […]
Just when you thought the Goblin King had revealed all his sparkly secrets, two “new” David Bowie song drafts for Labyrinth have surfaced at the V&A East Archive. Tumblr user labyrinthnook recently visited the David Bowie Centre, requested the archive material related to Jim Henson’s 1986 fantasy classic, and uncovered two fully handwritten lyric sheets […]
Back in 1965, Vince Guaraldi sat down at a piano and performed “Linus and Lucy” for television, and that historic recording has barely seen the light of day in over 60 years. Yes, that song. The one that instantly transports you to snow-covered streets, wobbly Christmas trees, and the quiet magic of A Charlie Brown […]