The Outline World Dispatch
Tired of the daily news doom and gloom? Looking to explore curious stories instead? Every Monday through Thursday, we bring a story on the theme of Power, Culture, and the Future, handpicked from The Outline. We guarantee you’ll feel smarter and more hydrated.
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How prisons are poisoning their inmates
Hundreds of U.S. prisons and ICE detention centers are built on toxic sites, and people inside are getting sick.
12 min
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Rewind: Clear eyes, sore ass, can't lose?
"First, let me assure you that this is not a victor’s tale. This story contains no triumphs."
13 min
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Rewind: Meet the Floridians
"Gators taught me about death."
9 min
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Rewind: "Hi" is chaotic evil
Our boss is notorious for typing this in the work chat, so we decided to stage an intervention.
8 min
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Rewind: Do it for the Vine
FRE SHAVACA DO. And a potato flew around my room.
11 min
31
A Queer Sex, Liminal Fantasy
…and then a fanged, balloon-like creature reaches a forest of tree-like bodies, and zips off to a dollar store on a flying watermelon.
12 min
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Silicon Valley's funding the future of warfare
Move fast and break things indeed.
11 min
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Supreme shush
How liberal justices in the Supreme Court can fix the silence on criminal justice issues.
9 min
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Welcome to the age of the online pseudo-pharmac...
Where everything is pastel colored, VC-funded, and capital-C Cool.
18 min
35
Inside Autism Day at Six Flags
For one summer day, children with autism and their families have Six Flags Great Adventure all to themselves.
25 min
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Inside Autism Day at Six Flags
For one summer day, children with autism and their families have Six Flags Great Adventure all to themselves.
22 min
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Bodega hive 🎨 & newborn planets
Comedians Desus and Mero take their next big step, and a lil baby star hits the universe!
12 min
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Grandpa teaches bitcoin
The Wikipedia page’s most prolific editor doesn't even own cryptocurrency.
7 min
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A new canon of asexual history
Academics have long ignored the history of asexuality, so online communities are stepping in.
10 min
40
Notes on dyke camp [Re-broadcast]
There is a burgeoning aesthetic movement influenced by traditional camp but directed by gay women. It features a lot of hands.
12 min
41
A hell of a brine
This cursed drink hit the internet, and we took the bait.
11 min
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The future of afrofuturism
After having a moment in 2018, where does the movement go from here?
9 min
43
Eight unsolved murders in Pike County, Ohio
The murder of the Rhoden family was a brutal, backwoods tragedy that seemed straight out of an Appalachian noir.
6 min
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GAME OVER. Continue?
A new addiction is hitting the streets, and some psychologists aren't buying it.
11 min
45
A Renaissance painting? Nah!
An art historian explains why almost every viral photo is being compared to a Renaissance painting, and why you are wrong.
11 min
46
Return of the plastic surgeons [Re-broadcast]
Through social media, modern doctors gain celebrity status and teach their followers. (We're rebroadcasting this episode while we report on new stories.)
12 min
47
California primaries & shady Facebook
Last week, a faceless conservative group seemed poised to convert Democratic nightmares into hellish reality, and Facebook wants you to believe it is not a monopoly.
7 min
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Wildfires & DNA
The west coast of the United States is still burning from wildfires, and there's a new scientific DNA finding.
6 min
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10,000 likes and we’ll show you how we build th...
Through social media, modern doctors gain celebrity status and teach their followers.
9 min
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"Having fun isn't hard, when you've got a libra...
There's an incredibly wholesome show on the air right now, there's new fear in the world of hurricanes, and one city is saying goodbye to library card fines.
12 min