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  • A typewritten letter to Jakob Lewis from actor and typewriter enthusiast Tom Hanks

    THE BIG PONDER #43The Typewriter

    In search of inefficiency in an overly efficient digital world, Jakob Lewis entered the ‘typosphere.’ Several typewriters and a letter to Tom Hanks later, Jakob is a convert to the analog life. 

  • ISS Astronaut Christina Koch installing a new piece of hardware for the Cold Atom Lab, an experimental physics facility that chills atoms to almost absolute zero (0 degrees kelvin, - 459 degrees Fahrenheit) Photo: © NASA/JPL-Caltech

    Absolute ZeroAvoid the False Morel

    Fahrenheit flips up his collar. He narrowly avoids the contents of a chamber pot. The hand that emptied it disappears behind a soot-smeared gable. Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit has shit on his shoe, but this does not dampen his joyful anticipation.

  • Peter Horazdovsky during Bilderbuch’s U.S. tour at the end of 2021 Photo: Jonas Höschl

    Bilderbuch in the U.S.A.On the Road Again

    Artist Jonas Höschl accompanied the Austrian band Bilderbuch, one of his favorite groups, on their U.S. tour. He recounts the unforgettable trip here.

  • A collage from film stills © Goethe-Institut e.V.

    Movies About StandstillSummer Film Series

    The Goethe-Institut is bringing six German movies on the topic of standstill to U.S. audiences. This selection of films is about stopping time, taking breaks, and living through the beginning of a pandemic. Stream a new film for free on Goethe on Demand each week!

  • A television photographed in 2006, still from “Germany’s Most Beautiful Railways” Photo: Goethe-Institut

    Digital ZineStillstand

    The earth rotates, everything is in constant motion, change is a necessity. It’s high time for a magazine dedicated to stillness: a collection of pieces from international artists and writers in homage to standstills and their poetic beauty.

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This transatlantic podcast explores abstract concepts and phenomena through personal radio essays. Every other week, one of our producers transforms a broad topic into a captivating story told from a U.S.-German perspective.

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The Junioruni is a digital platform for high school students, their parents, and teachers that combines German and STEM. 

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#artbits

Urban public spaces are canvases for street art. They reveal the political and social discourse of the city. The #artbits bloggers collect photos of street art from Germany and North America, from Berlin, Mexico City, Montreal, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

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