A 23-year-old Tallahassee woman has been reported missing following this past weekend’s Rolling Loud Festival in Miami, Florida, according to NBC. Nicholas Prevost, 20, last saw Ashley Espinoza-Sanchez, at the Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday night. Miami Gardens police confirmed to NBC that they were working on a missing person’s …
Read More »Ashley Flowers of 'Crime Junkie' Goes Global in New Podcast 'International Infamy'
There are certain crime events that stand out in a nation’s history. In the U.S., you might think of the Manson Family murders, or the O.J. Simpson trial. In a new Spotify Original podcast from Parcast, host Ashley Flowers goes international, telling the stories of the most renowned crimes from …
Read More »Muhammad Ali: 4 Ways He Changed America
Without question, Muhammad Ali (who died on June 3rd, 2016) transformed the world of sports. Winning the heavyweight title three times — beginning with his shocking upset of Sonny Liston in 1964, which made him the youngest boxer to unseat an incumbent heavyweight champion — Ali is considered, alongside Joe …
Read More »Tribeca Film Festival Announces First-Ever Official Podcast Selections
The Tribeca Film Festival has added to its 2021 lineup by announcing its first-ever official podcast selections. Along with world premieres of fiction and non-fiction podcast series, the Tribeca Podcasts lineup includes special events with some of the most prominent creators in the field, including live recordings, discussions, and more. …
Read More »Jews, Christians, and Muslims Are Reclaiming Ancient Psychedelic Practices, And That Could Help With Legalization
This column is a collaboration with DoubleBlind, a print magazine and media company at the forefront of the psychedelic movement. A psychedelic trip can be among the most sacred experiences of a person’s life. And yet, that impulse to take a psychedelic for a spiritual reason is often overlooked as …
Read More »Best Bongs for 2021
Once a symbol for a certain level of stoner status, the bong — along with the rest of cannabis culture — has gone through a bit of a renaissance over the past few years. The general premise of the bong hasn’t changed much: most still require packing a bowl full …
Read More »Stephen King Helping Kid Writers Publish Book Inspired By Pandemic
Stephen King is helping a group of young writers publish a book. According to The Associated Press, the Maine native’s foundation is covering $6,500 for a 290-page manuscript from students in the Author Studies Program at Lewiston, Maine’s Farwell Elementary School. (The students reportedly launched a Kickstarter to raise the …
Read More »Hunks and Homicide: New Spotify Podcast Delves Into the Sordid History of Chippendales
Spotify has released a new trailer for its upcoming podcast series, Welcome to Your Fantasy, which will delve into the complex and sordid history of Chippendales. As host Natalia Petrzela says in the trailer, she was drawn to the Chippendales story because it offered a window into a “strange chapter …
Read More »The QAnon Community Is in Crisis — But On Telegram, It's Also Growing
Now that the Biden administration is officially underway, the QAnon community is in crisis. Adherents to the conspiracy theory, which postulates the existence of a cabal of media and left-wing political figures engaged in a child trafficking ring, believed that Inauguration Day would serve as the Great Awakening, and that …
Read More »QAnon Shaman's Alleged Note to Mike Pence: 'It's Only a Matter of Time, Justice is Coming'
In striking, unvarnished language, the federal government is now describing the events of January 6th as a “violent insurrection that attempted to overthrow the United States Government” and alleges that “the intent of the Capitol rioters was to capture and assassinate elected officials.” These shocking phrases feature prominently in a …
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