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Americanos and iced lattes and cold brews, oh my! In this episode of “On The Job,” Priya Krishna dives into the daily grind of baristas. Meet Arnaldo Hernandez Mundo, who works at Cafe Grumpy in Grand Central Terminal, one of…
Banjo is the name of his dog. The Admiral is the name he goes by. He’s got plenty of cash, but choose to live a homeless lifestyle. After the state of California shuts a makeshift campground he had been living…
Mimi Pickering. 1975. 16 mm Film. In 1972 a coal-waste dam owned by the Pittston Company collapsed at the head of a crowded hollow in southern West Virginia. A wall of sludge, debris, and water tore through the valley below,…
By Christopher Campbell Bob Newhart was the subject of a few documentaries, including the features Bob Newhart: The Last Sane Man… (part of the series Biography) and Bob Newhart (part of the series American Masters). More easily found and much shorter is Bob and Don: A Love…
The ‘Story of the English Inn’ was made in the 1940s and describes the history and importance of the good old English pub in British history. (Source: Britain on Film, 8 minutes)
Sylvia Plath, author of The Bell Jar, lived with severe depression until she died from suicide at 30. “I think the actual experience of writing a poem is a magnificent one,” Plath says in the interview. She and her husband…
