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The Top 12 Cars in Hip Hop

Rappers love their cars. High Nobiety reports on the analysis of 62,000 songs designed to find out which cars (and SUVs)

On this day in 1941, Canada declared war on Finland. (It’s complicated; we followed the UK and Finland was at

In his book Flowers in the Dustbin: The Rise of Rock, author James Miller ends his survey of the history

One hundred and forty-five years ago today, Henry Stanley ran into lost African explorer Dr. David Livingston near Lake Tanganyika,

Welcome to the day after election day in the US. Only three years and 364 days until the next one–if

Meet Iva Chavez. Working as a tattoo artist in Australia, she’s created some amazing work for people who are looking

Hip hop has been blamed for many things–we don’t need to pick at those scabs again, right?–but this is a

“It’s okay, Mommy. Go have another glass of chardonnay while me and Joey go listen to some NWA in the

I come from a long, long line of teachers, all of whom really cared deeply about their students. Still, none

Last year Straight Outta Compton was met with huge success. Even just the hype was massive. People were changing their

For a great read about how the relationship with technology differs with rock music and hip hop and dance, you

The Speaker Representation Business – Martin Perelmuter in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 018 January 18, 2021
It is a lot harder to become a paid speaker than you might imagine. While you may think that publishing a book is a surefire way to become sought after, there’s a lot more to it, actually! Sure, there are many authors, politicians and academics that companies pay big bucks to keynote events. There are […]
Mark Silver
Born into the Beautiful Game – James Easton in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 017 January 13, 2021
The Easton family has played a vital role in shaping the North American soccer landscape for almost 50 years. In the early 70’s, Jim Easton Sr. uprooted his family from Scotland to take the job as the inaugural head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps. Over his time in the role, Jim and his family fell […]
Mark Silver
In Search of a Digital Media Business Model – Chris Skinner in conversation with TBP Podcast EP 016 December 26, 2020
Traditional media businesses have long struggled to realize the opportunity with digital. Giving away free ad-supported content has backfired with Facebook and Google now controlling the relationship with the audience and all their associated behavioural data and preferences. What has emerged, thanks to Netflix, is that people will pay for good content, which is really […]
Mark Silver