Crash Course
Moliere - Man of Satire and Many Burials: Crash Course Theater #21
This week on CC Theater, Mike Rugnetta teaches you about the greatest playwright of Renaissance France, Moliere. We'l talk a bit about early French theater design, and the kingly love of theater that Louis the XIII and XIV shared, and...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Alex Gendler: Why should you read "The Master and Margarita"?
The Devil has come to town. But don't worry– all he wants to do is stage a magic show. This absurd premise forms the central plot of Mikhail Bulgakov's masterpiece, "The Master and Margarita." Its blend of political satire, historical...
TED Talks
Patrick Chappatte: A free world needs satire
We need humor like we need the air we breathe, says editorial cartoonist Patrick Chappatte. In a talk illustrated with highlights from a career spent skewering everything from dictators and ideologues to selfies and social media mobs,...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: Why should you read "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding? | Jill Dash
After witnessing the atrocities of his fellow man in World War II, William Golding was losing his faith in humanity. Later, during the Cold War, as superpowers began threatening one another with nuclear annihilation, he was forced to...
Oxford Comma
Conclusion Paragraphs. HOW TO; EXAMPLES
Make your essay stand out from the crowd! Because it’s the most under-taught part of the writing process, the conclusion paragraph presents you with the best chance to quickly improve your writing.
Great Big Story
Tim hunkin, the Ingenious World of novelty automation
Dive into the whimsical universe of Tim Hunkin, a cartoonist and engineer who creates homemade arcade machines with a satirical twist.
Curated Video
The Taming of the Shrew 1.2 Performance: Hortensio, Lines 81-90
This video presents a performance from Act 1, Scene 2 of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew." In this passage, Hortensio elaborates on his proposal to help Petruchio find a wife, describing a wealthy, beautiful, yet exceedingly...
Great Big Story
Tim Hunkin, The Ingenious World of Novelty Automation
Dive into the whimsical universe of Tim Hunkin, a cartoonist and engineer who creates homemade arcade machines with a satirical twist.
Curated Video
Satire
“Satire” describes the characteristics and purpose of satirical writing, using examples from British Literature.
Curated Video
Theme Development
A video entitled “Theme Development” which explores specific examples of how the theme of a personal narrative can be indirectly conveyed.
Hip Hughes History
Hustler Magazine vs Falwell: Supreme Court Review
An overview of the the landmark decision, Hustler Magazine vs Falwell. Done with as much grace as possible when you are talking about religious figures having sex with their mother.
Next Animation Studio
ESA’s Solar Orbiter to pass through tails of comet ATLAS
The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter has been given the rare opportunity to conduct some “bonus science” in a serendipitous rendezvous with the tails of the comet ATLAS during the next few days, the space agency detailed in an...
Next Animation Studio
NASA plans lunar base camp near Moon's South Pole
NASA has submitted plans for a lunar base camp near the Moon’s South Pole to the National Space Council as part of its Artemis program to send humans back to the Moon as early as the middle of this decade.
Next Animation Studio
Company wants to send tourists into the stratosphere using high-altitude balloon
A new company called Space Perspective wants to send tourists and research payloads up into the stratosphere in a pressurized capsule elevated by a large balloon.
Next Animation Studio
Conquistador anchors discovered off Mexico Gulf Coast
Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History have announced that two 500-year-old iron anchors could belong to the ships of Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés.
Curated Video
Francisco Goya's Los Caprichos Prints
What happens when reason or rationality is asleep and superstitious beliefs take over from science and reason? Francisco Goya explores this and other Enlightenment topics in his Los Caprichos series of aquatint prints. One of the most...
Next Animation Studio
NFTs: Animated explainer of Non-Fungible Tokens as Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs value goes past $1 billion
Sales of Bored Ape Yacht Club ‘non-fungible tokens’ have gone past $1 billion, ramped up by celebrity collectors such as Eminem, prompting more questions than ever about NFTs.
The Economist
Why we should laugh at leaders
Political satire can only flourish in a healthy democracy. KAL, the award-winning cartoonist of The Economist, meets one of the most famous figures of the Arab spring—the “Jon Stewart of the Middle East”.
Curated Video
María Ruiz de Burton: Chicano Activist Writer
Latina author María Ruiz de Burton raised the plight of Mexicans in America with two satirical and revealing books at a time when female authors were few and far between.
Press Association
McDonald under pressure to apologise to teenager at centre of text controversy
Mary Lou McDonald is coming under further pressure to issue an apology to a teenager who was sent “inappropriate” texts by a former Sinn Fein senator.
Taoiseach Simon Harris has accused the Sinn Fein leader of being “silent” on the...
Getty Images
HD: Arm Wrestling
HD1080i: An unrecognizable man and a woman arm wrestling, close up view. Isolated on a white background.
Getty Images
Thank You For Smoking Los Angeles Premiere
INTERVIEW: Kim Dickens on her character, playing the wife of the lobbyist, political satire, and on the timeliness of the film at the Thank You For Smoking Los Angeles Premiere at the DGA Theatre in Los Angeles, California on March 16,...