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!
Shifting Stories
It’s still unclear what will happen now that NBC’s most trusted anchor has admitted to fabricating a story about his time in Iraq. In the meantime, CNN Money is doing some terrific reporting both illuminating and complicating the story. We suggest this timeline of Brian Williams’ story and this interview with the helicopter pilot.
It’s been a left shark kind of week.
A Hypochondriac’s Nightmare
Weill Cornell Medical College researchers discovered over 15,000 different species of genetic material on the New York Subway. The most terrifying part? Most species remain unidentified. The Wall Street Journal put together a handy, fascinating, nightmare of a map of just where on the subway all those little buggers are hiding out.
Scout Finch, All Grown Up
The famously reclusive Harper Lee will publish a second novel—a sequel of sorts to To Kill a Mockingbird—in July, and no one, not even her editor, are quite sure how this happened.
Pop Culture Minute
We just wanted to share how absolutely thrilled by the critical reception to CIW speaker Eddie Huang’s new ABC sitcom Fresh Off the Boat.
Commit. Then Figure It Out.
That’s the advice from film producer-turned-social entrepreneur and medical innovator Mick Ebeling, who spoke this week at a Chicago Ideas Conversation.
Do Sharks Make Good Dancers?
