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Friday Nite Videos | June 26, 2026

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"How to Think About AI" | Cory Doctorow. Do You Ever Get the Feeling You're Being Watched? Jon Batiste | Gospel Andante. Tesla Launches New Model of Explosions. How Are Memories Stored Inside Your Brain?

Friday Nite Videos | June 12, 2026

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AOC Sat Down With Georgia Republican Voters. I Love Boosters | Movie. Zohran's New Ad Gets Standing Ovation During Knicks Final! We’re Still Here – Native Hip-Hop Anthem. Why Scientists Are Terrified About What They're Finding Beneath Antarctica.

We’re Still Here – Native Hip-Hop Anthem

Survival, Memory & Unbroken Lineage -- a raw, defiant fusion of Native hip-hop, tribal chanting, and atmospheric flute that carries generations of stories in every line

Paul Robeson Defended Jewish Anti-Fascists From Stalinism

Alexey Markin, Maria Markina, Inge Mandos, Leonid Kharlamov, Ziad Nehme, Kirill Medvedev Jacobin
In 1949, Paul Robeson performed the “Song of the Jewish Partisans” in Moscow, in the Yiddish original. At a time of rising Stalinist antisemitism, Robeson’s act of solidarity made clear his stand against any form of racism.

Friday Nite Videos | May 22, 2026

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The Montgomery Bus Boycott | Equal Justice Initiative. City of Immigrants | Steve Earle. Our Minds Are Weirder than You Think. Jeffrey Epstein's Ghost | SNL. The Shadow Docket: John Oliver.

Opera in Ragged Times

Larry Wolff The New York Review of Books
Scott Joplin’s luminous musical parable on the evils of ignorance is uncannily attuned to the present moment.

Friday Nite Videos | May 8, 2026

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The Next Generation of Gene Editing | SciShow. The Most Shocking Election In America. Attenborough's Extraordinary Gorilla Encounter | BBC Earth. Leonard Cohen's Secret Chord from 'Hallelujah.' Hegseth and Patel Iran Press Briefing Cold Open | SNL

Leonard Cohen's Secret Chord from 'Hallelujah'

The first verse of Hallelujah mentions a 'secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord'. Many people have asked... what WAS that chord? I think I might have the answer.

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