Top 5 BBC Radio’s A History of the World in 100 Objects Fascinating Radio 4 documentary that begins with the Mummy of Hornedjitef and ends with a portable solar-panel lamp and charger. Radiolab I’m sure   More

Top 5 5. Whataburger If one could cross-pollinate a Whataburger with a Burgerville burger and an In-N-Out burger, every other fast-food burger would just kill itself out of shame. 4. Carne guisada Tender    More

Top 5 5. Jordan VI (1990) Fairly minimal design, but the extra color near the air sole is very effective. 4. Jordan VII (1991) To me, these are the first Jordans to have a heavy ’90s style. They are the m   More

Top 5 By earthquake My sperm torpedoes will rip Portland’s fault lines. By destroying infrastructure I will indelicately stretch City Hall’s corrupt intestine; politicians will howl. By relaxing My meta   More

Top 5 Stereolab It’s like a blanket of sound; hypnotic. It drowns everything out.  Neko Case Her music is melancholy, beautiful, witty and lush. It’s like a cup of coffee in music form. Radiohead S   More

Top 5 Randy Weston They don’t get much more authentic than this NYC-based piano player. Weston’s oft-Afro-centric jams are smart, soulful and lots of fun.  Esperanza Spalding  She’s a home   More

Top 5 “We R Who We R” We’re girls; thinking is hard! We just want to dance, and Lady Gaga is too cerebral.  “Boots & Boys” She’s managed to sum up every woman’s life with two words an   More

Top 5  Put these artists as one. Same era and they’re similar, but definitely came with their own style of music with crazy cadences and melodic flow.   More

Top 5 In the Bard, a man of humble origin didst ascend to become the finest author of any land or any era. Naturally, this tale of triumph doth itch the monied and powerful and they do it scratch by giving ...   More

Top 5 “The Breaks,” Kurtis BlowMay be the funkiest rap song ever made—the breaks in this song are classic b-boy/hip-hop.“Give it Up or Turn it Loose,” James BrownThe anthem for ...   More