This Week on the Internet
Here at Chicago Ideas, we’re constantly reading, researching and consuming—all as we work to put together a stellar lineup of programming. In Consumables, we share a few of our favorite places on the Internet each week.
Think we’ve left something out? Share the news, think pieces and trivia that most interested you this week in the comments.
Last Comic Standing
It’s been a roller coaster of a week for Trevor Noah—announced as the heir to “The Daily Show” throne only to be quickly judged on the basis of some in-bad-taste tweets. Among all the uproar, came a greater debate about whether a comic can—or should—be judged by a few errant jokes, where and how comedians can workshop materials, and whether the problem isn’t political correctness but just plain old un-funny material.
Elsewhere in Comedy
Vulture is doing a terrific suite of stories on the “second comedy boom.”
The Declining Cost of Tuition
Well, at Stanford anyway, where any student whose parents make less than $125,000 per year will now attend gratis.
How to Steal a Million
25 years ago, two priceless paintings—one a Rembrandt, the other a Vermeer—went missing from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. This week, the mystery was re-opened when it was reported, first, that the FBI had solved the host and second that, no, those paintings may still be gone for good.
Ancient Beer
Archaeologists uncovered an ancient Egyptian brewery, leading us to rethink just what King Tut’s party life might have been like.
Maybe the Easter Bunny Is Real?
In honor of the Easter Bunny, The New York Times introduces us to the wonderful world of Angora show rabbits. Bunny business, indeed, New York Times. Bunny business, indeed.
Life Lessons
All month, we’ve been taking lessons from our CIW speakers’ talks. If you haven’t checked them out yet, here are some speakers whose talks we’ve turned into lists of life lessons: Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Christian Madsbjerg, Norma Bowe and Capricia Marshall.