| June 2 |
- Scott Bateman: Atom Age Vampire, Part 17
- The investigation of Monique's death leads the police to Dr. Levin. Was there foul play?
- Big Think: Paul Muldoon on far-flung metaphors
- The poet recalls his Irish roots and reads "The Coyote."
- What are you reading this summer?
- We travel to Long Island City, to find out what books fare well in warm weather.
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| June 3 |
- Red State Update: Bush's press secretaries -- a gallery of heroes
- And one who fatally besmirched the honor and dignity of the job.
- Bateman: "Our Democratic Party threw us down the tubes!"
- Audio of a Hillary Clinton supporter at the Rules and Bylaws Committee meeting Saturday.
- Does "Sex and the City" mean more leads for women?
- Rebecca Traister on the film's success at the box office.
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| June 4 |
- Bateman: Dick Cheney cracks a funny
- Things you can say when you're not running for reelection.
- NASA and global warming
- Alex Koppelman considers a report finding that the agency's P.R. office distorted results of climate change research.
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| June 5 |
- Bateman: Hillary concedes nothing
- And makes no decisions.
- Hillary supporters fight on
- Clinton fans don't see defeat on Tuesday night.
- Cavemen fought over women too
- Tracy Clark-Flory on a new finding that reminds us that women have long been the spoils of war.
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| June 6 |
- Bateman: "That's not change we can believe in"
- A response to John McCain's speech and his attempts to smile.
- Rabbit Bites interviews Athene, the "Merciless Gladiator"
- The bunnies confront the gamer about his World of Warcraft record and YouTube success.
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| June 7 |
- Clinton prepares to concede
- Joan Walsh looks at Hillary Clinton's week of goodbye preparation.
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| June 9 |
- Bateman: Atom Age Vampire, Part 18
- The police arrive at Dr. Levin's mad-science fun house and find souvenirs from Hiroshima!
- Big Think: "There's room for music in social issues"
- Wyclef Jean reflects on life in Haiti, immigrating to America and the business and politics of music.
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| June 10 |
- Red State Update: Send Obama and McCain to Iraq!
- Jackie and Dunlap on entertaining the troops.
- Bateman: "How low can LiLo's ex go?"
- Actual audio from the reality show "Living Lohan," in which Dina Lohan tries to identify a questionable picture of her daughter.
- Sexism still matters
- Rebecca Traister urges us to keep the conversation going even after Clinton's concession.
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| June 11 |
- Bateman: Kucinich's articles of impeachment
- Actual audio from the Ohio lawmaker's articles of impeachment of President Bush.
- On being a Broadway outsider
- Stew talks about his Tony-nominated musical, "Passing Strange."
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| June 12 |
- Bateman: John McCain's "2013"
- Actual audio from the candidate's eerie, sci-fi Web ad.
- A high-school musical medley
- Salon picks the best real high-school musicals from the Web.
- The iPhone is coming!
- Farhad Manjoo can't wait to play games on the new model.
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| June 13 |
- Bateman: Barack Obama on healthcare
- "Year after year, election after election, candidates make promises ... and nothing changes."
- Who will win the Latino vote?
- Alex Koppelman on a new poll showing Obama leading McCain with this growing voting bloc.
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| June 14 |
- Obama on the campaign trail
- He wins on Social Security and taxes, stumbles on Jim Johnson and shows he'll fight back on smears and rumors.
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| June 16 |
- Big Think: Robert Butler wants you to stay young
- The president of the International Longevity Center talks about how we can slow aging.
- Scott Bateman: "I am the favored robot ruler"
- Kristen Schaal plays the fearsome overlord who will control all of us!
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| June 17 |
- Red State Update: Barack and Jackie vs. the Internet
- Did Jackie Browles go see "Sex and the City" with Mrs. Farrakhan? That and other online rumors questioning Jackie's campaign.
- Bateman: Ode to "Crack Panda"
- A revival of the great, lost daily comic strip from the '80s.
- Angry, but not Republican
- Rebecca Traister on whether "angry white women" will really vote for John McCain.
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| June 18 |
- Bateman: Meet the Lithium League
- Who is this strange band of depressed children with superhuman powers?
- Baking with the first ladies
- Alex Koppelman considers Cindy McCain's cookie recipe.
- Wii Rock Band makes us sing
- Alex Koppelman finds his inner rock star
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| June 19 |
- Bateman: "The McClaughlin Groove"
- Andrew W.K. rocks out to real conversations from the wackiest in political television.
- Can't wait for Spore!
- Farhad Manjoo on the remarkable new social video game.
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| June 20 |
- Bateman: The voting machine -- a long step up from tyranny
- Actual audio from the 1957 film "Behind the Freedom Curtain."
- "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl"
- Six-year-old Dinah Schone (and her doll) talk about the funniest parts of the new movie.
- Do women really want to date psychopaths?
- Tracy Clark-Flory responds to a new study that shows that men who possess a "dark triad" of traits have more sexual partners.
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| June 21 |
- On McCain's push for offshore drilling
- Joan Walsh on John McCain's desire to allow offshore oil drilling.
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| June 23 |
- Bateman: Atom Age Vampire, Part 18
- The cops investigate Dr. Levin's lab and find strange atomic specimens.
- Big Think: Saving the world two shoes at a time
- The founder of TOMS Shoes discusses how purchasing a pair can help others.
- Bateman: John McCain's "Energy Security"
- We must shift our entire energy economy toward new and cleaner power sources such as ... drilling, drilling and drilling?
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| June 24 |
- More on oil drilling
- Alex Koppelman examines why drilling today won't mean cheaper gas tomorrow.
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| June 25 |
- Feel the noise
- New York is a loud, loud city. We talk to locals about what they hear, and how they drown it out.
- Adam Yauch on "Gunnin' for that #1 Spot"
- The Beastie Boy talks about his new documentary, a music-driven celebration of elite basketball.
- Bateman: Jim Cramer yells about gas prices
- "Our price of oil is not in our control!" And more actual (and scary) audio from the "Mad Money" host's appearance on "Hardball."
- Can these tempers be cooled?
- Rebecca Traister responds to reader letters expressing continued anger among supporters of Hillary Clinton.
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| June 26 |
- Bateman: Dick Morris is wrong about pretty much everything
- Actual audio of Dick Morris on the "Today" show.
- Does Google prove orgies are as American as apple pie?
- Farhad Manjoo discusses a novel defense Web porn defense.
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| June 27 |
- Bateman: Obama on FISA
- The cartoonist doesn't see change in the senator's support of FISA.
- Hypocrisy strikes again
- Tracy Clark-Flory on recent claims that an antiabortion congressional candidate paid for his ex-girlfriend's abortion.
- Bill Clinton makes himself scarce
- Joan Walsh stands up for the ex-president as his wife and Barack Obama work towards unity
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| June 30 |
- Bateman: Karl Rove on Barack Obama's "arrogance"
- Actual audio of Rove defending a comment made in exclusive company.
- Big Think: Has the Web changed our sense of humor?
- Human Giant comedian Rob Huebel discusses the effects of YouTube, and what makes a president funny.
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