Items on topics that interest me, including art, education, endurance sports, and alcohol abstinence

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July - September 2022

When Duke Ellington Made a Record for Just One Person—Queen Elizabeth (Ted Gioia)

Jonathon Heyward named BSO music director, becoming only Black conductor to helm major U.S. symphony orchestra (Baltimore Sun)

African-American History Finally Gets Its Own AP Class—And Historians Say It's More Important Than Ever (Time)

The Best Podcasts for your Smart, Bored Kid (Wired)

If You’re Not Outside You’re Comfort Zone, You Won’t Learn Anything (Harvard Business Review)

An AI-Generated Artwork Won First Place at a State Fair Fine Arts Competition, and Artists Are Pissed (Vice)

Algorithms Can Now Mimic Any Artist. Some Artists Hate It (Wired)

Keep an eye on your student's mental health this back-to-school season (NPR)

America’s Favorite Poison: Whatever happened to the anti-alcohol movement? (The Atlantic)

College Professor: Parents, Let Your Teens ‘Do Hard Things’ (Grown and Flown)