The Simpsons

The Pitch: A pop culture/history podcast using The Simpsons as a jumping off point. The Product: Hello Mr Burns is a Simpsons podcast, and if you are reading this you probably know that there are more Simpsons-based podcasts out there than Homer’s professions and childhood dreams combined. We’re talking inside baseball here, people. Luckily…

Where exactly do memes — and the communities that drive them — come from? — How are memes born? While there’s no set answer to such a wide question, there are some interesting trends to consider. A cursory glance through the archives of Know Your Meme proves that anything’s game. For instance, stolen footage of home video embarrassment ranks among the earliest memes. In fact…

Bill Gates couldn't predict how bad meeting Jeff Epstein would be for him. — Bill Gates says Covid risks have 'dramatically reduced,' but another pandemic is coming — CNBC Some say Bill Gates predicted the pandemic. However, he did warn us as far back in 2015 that the world could face "a virus where people feel well enough while they're infectious that they get on a plane or they go to a market."

An update to the classic “Fair(y) Use.” — It’s been 15 years since Bucknell U film prof Eric Faden made “A Fair(y) Tale,” a short film that explains fair use by stringing together short, fair-use-qualifying clips from Disney movies. It remains an amazing accomplishment! Fair(y) Tale took 9 months to piece together as Faden painstakingly searched the…