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From "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" ...We've all heard "origin" stories- the stories different cultures come up with to explain something's existence. This little gem is sort of like that, but ties in the mythology from most of the great civilizations from western antiquity.

This piece is excruciating and worth every second spent reading it. Anyone who has seen the movie "The Imitation Game" knows who Alan Turing was- and if you don't all you need to know is that he was one of those crucial individuals who may have tipped the balance of WW2 in favor of the allies. However, despite his incredible contribution, his own country made his life unbearable, and can be directly held accountable for his suicide. An important lesson in what happens when we rope off swathes of society- what we lose, and the suffering we can cause.

New York Times article By Ernesto Londoño
June 9, 2019

June 10, 2019, 6:56 AM EDT
By Ben Kesslen

Written for the Washington Post By Gillian Brockell June 8

By Brian Lowry, CNN

2:28 PM ET, Fri June 7, 2019

If you're a True Crime fan, it's easy to get overwhelmed with the amount of material out there- and it can get depressing. This is a fantastic, super fun podcast which dissects current True Crime documentaries/docu-series and describes them in hilarious detail. It keeps you as informed about the documentary-du-jour as someone who watched it, but without having to spend hours in front of the TV or getting depressed. Gillian and Patrick are a painfully funny, and if you're like me and want to watch one of the new true crime documentaries that is released, but can't afford a subscription to every single streaming service, then they save the day (and, when it comes to the super long series, time). Anyways, since it is pride month, I figured I'd add a True Crime podcast rec! (Since the nature of the material is graphic, I'll also add that they do use "colorful" language, and this podcast probably shouldn't be listened to with children).