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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.

Raindrops on Roses 

Antonin Scalia on Ruth Bader GinsbergTaylor Swift on Chef Ina GartenKimye and Yellen and Mellody Hobson. These are a few of our favorite TIME 100Rep. Lewis on Apple CEO Tim Cook…. OK, really, stop making us sing and start reading. (P.S. Have you watched Mellody Hobson on the CIW stage yet?)

We Want to Go to There

The New York Times calls the proposed Rocky Mountain Land Library a “haven for lovers of books and the West.” Yes, please. 

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Next time, we hope our beloved jibarito will make the sandwich cut.

Dear New York Times

It’s us again! We love your “Field Guid to the American Sandwich,” and we respect your rulings on just what constitutes a sandwich (bread!). But we still think the magnificent jibarito deserves a very honorable mention. Maybe next time?

Vote Early, Vote Often 

We never thought we’d link to a story about Men’s Health. But their Ultimate Guy Search is breaking down barriers, with transgender “vlogger and activist” Aydian Dowling in the lead, reports People magazine.

The Importance of Play

In South Korea, “suicide is the leading cause of death among teens.” NPR looks at how 14-hour school days and relentless academic competition has created a pressure cooker of stress for Korean teens.

3 Million Questions with Vladimir Putin

Putin opened the phone lines to his constituents in his annual marathon of a public (in more ways than one!) policy discussion. Among the topics he covered: the murder of opposition leader Boris Nemtsov, the agricultural economy and that time that Putin and former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroder went to a bathhouse (surprise twist: there was a fire).

25 Questions with Reba McEntire

And now for something completely different.

Ready for Hillary?

Get ready for the 2016 campaign with Hillary Rodham Clinton’s Chicago Ideas Talk and Conversation with Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

Brooke Scheyer is the director of programming.

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