The DuoLingo owl has a reputation for being somewhat, shall we say, aggressive in following up with delinquent users who miss their day’s lesson. But on TikTok, the lore surrounding the beloved cartoon owl has taken on a whole new dimension. On a platform where brands are typically mocked within …
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Season Two of the podcast Badlands will delve into stories at the intersection of sports and true crime, including infamous sagas involving O.J. Simpson, Tonya Harding, and Pete Rose. Badlands Season 2: Sportsland will premiere on September 22nd with two episodes. One will be about the violence and erratic behavior …
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Part of the tension of watching the Olympics is knowing a single misstep could cost an athlete the competition — or sometimes, worse. During the women’s gymnastics vault event at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, 18-year-old U.S. National Champion Elise Ray came inches from sustaining life-threatening injuries when she sprinted down …
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Thanks to recent advances in DNA technology, there are more routes than ever to catching a violent criminal. In 2020, the FBI released results of a study that showed the M-Vac, a wet vacuum machine, was more effective than standard swabs at collecting DNA from surfaces like wood or the …
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Rococo Punch and iHeartMedia have announced a new podcast series,The Turning: The Sisters Who Left, which explores the lives of several women who joined and later departed from the order of Mother Teresa. Hosted by Erika Lantz, the 10-episode podcast series features interviews with former members of the closely guarded …
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Podcast studio Wondery has released the first audio trailer for Spy Affair, a new six-part miniseries. The show, which premieres March 30th on Apple Podcasts, investigates the true story of Russian gun advocate Maria Butina, who was convicted in 2018 of conspiring to act as a foreign agent within the United …
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In the latest episode of Rolling Stone Music Now, we look back at the best songs from a year where we needed music more than ever. From the Weeknd‘s “Blinding Lights” to Dua Lipa‘s “Don’t Start Now,” Rob Sheffield, Brittany Spanos, Jon Dolan, and host Brian Hiatt discuss the year’s …
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