BILL MOYERS: “Bill Moyers: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics” ☮


On the eve of the New York primary, Bill Moyers sat down to talk with Rick Shenkman, the historian, editor and publisher of the indispensable website History News Network. Shenkman tells Bill that it’s the voters and their emotions, not the candidates and their ideas, that will determine the outcome of the election in November.

Shenkman’s latest book is ‘Political Animals: How Our Stone-Age Brain Gets in the Way of Smart Politics.’

BOOKS: “Joshua Prager: Wisdom from Great Writers on Every Year of Life” / TED Talks ☮


As different as we humans are from one another, we all age along the same great sequence, and the shared patterns of our lives pass into the pages of the books we love. In this moving talk, journalist Joshua Prager explores the stages of life through quotations from Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, William Trevor and other great writers, set to visualizations by graphic designer Milton Glaser. “Books tell us who we’ve been, who we are, who we will be, too,” Prager says.

HAPPY 420 DAY: “Happy 4/20! Here’s Some Shit to Read While You’re Stoned” / Mother Jones ☮

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Happy 4/20, all you potheads. So, just wondering, have you ever really looked at all these stories we’ve written on your favorite subject? If not, what better time than now?

h/t: Mother Jones