Condensed Soup

Taste your mom's meatloaf from your apartment! Scientific advancements are letting people do so many things virtually and all alone. Plus, the Ego Nwodim's comedy superpower of live audience control on SNL. This comedy nerd can't get enough of it. 

Entire SNL audience gets bleeped during Ego Nwodim's Weekend Update joke: 'Lorne gonna be mad' by Jillian Sederholm (Entertainment Weekly)

The Return of the Dire Wolf

Scientists create 'e-Taste' device that could add flavour to virtual reality experiences by Nicola Davis (The Guardian)

'Audible enclaves' could enable private listening without headphones by Mariah Lucas (Penn State)

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Today’s got a little lather, a little linguine, and a little… contraband wig? We’re talking small swaps that make a big difference, a pasta shape born from obsession, and one hair-related hiding place that did not go as planned.

 Linguine vs. Fettuccine vs. Spaghetti: What's the Difference? by Sam Hindman (Mental Floss)

Inside one man's quest to make a pasta shape with 'sauceability' by Chrissy Callahan (Today)

Drug Dealer Tried to Hide 220 Grams of Cocaine in His Wig -- and Failed by Kyle Phillippi (Vice)

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Thinking of everyone affected by the central U.S. floods. Check on your buddies, everyone. 

Earrings worth $769,500 recovered by Florida police after alleged thief swallows them by Ana Faguy (BBC News)

Hasbro Debuts a New Version of Monopoly Minus the Cold Hard Cash by Jamie Sorcher (Popular Mechanics)

Chuck E. Cheese gets a rebrand -- which means no more animatronic band by Ariana Brockington and Savannah Sellers (Today)

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We’re vibing to bossa nova, watching a statue vanish in plain sight, and learning something new (and unfair?) about clumsiness.

Unexpected ways your cycle messes with you by Julie Vargo (Orlando Health)

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Lulu's former co-host, Alison Burns, drops by to answer five questions. They chat sauna boxes and steam cleaning before Lulu wraps it up with a bready-made closer.

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Sweden Has a Hotel for Sourdough Starters by Danny Lewis (Smithsonian Magazine)

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We’re granting wishes, digging up ancient luxury, and celebrating Betty White in stamp form. Plus, Lulu chats the Broadway tour of 1776 and its stay at the Kennedy Center, no matter what the official website says. 

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Make-a-Wish is auctioning off the chance to become an NPC in The Elder Scrolls 6 by Cal Jeffrey (Techspot)

'Once-in-a-century' discovery reveals spectacular luxury of Pompeii by Rebecca Morelle and Alison Francis (BBC)

Trump has big dreams for Kennedy Center but doesn't seem to know what it does

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What’s in the Soup Today?

We’re diving into Cory Booker's historic speech, horror movies, and whether Germany thinks Birkenstocks count as art. (Spoiler: they do not.)

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Birkenstocks Aren't Art, German Federal Court Says by Karen K. Ho (ARTnews)

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Waltzing through Vienna’s ball season, reliving corset trauma on tour, spotlighting an incredible mental health org, and learning about kidney donations. It’s a full Thursday bowl.

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From sweatpants to cosplay, here are some surprising twists of Vienna's annual ball season by Lynn Brown (BBC)

Colorado woman donates kidney to save Pennsylvania man 35 years after they went to prom together by Seth Kaplan (ABC 27)

Paired Donations - National Kidney Foundation

Darkness Rising Project

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We’re stirring together fancy hot chocolate dreams, the ethics of repatriating cultural artifacts, and a little SAG Award speech that might just send you chasing your own greatness. (Also, shoutout to creme brulee.)

Most Hot Chocolate Sucks. Make It at Home Instead. by Rebecca Flint Marx (Eater)

The Netherlands Will Return 113 Benin Bronzes to Nigeria by Karen K. Ho (ARTnews)

Timothée Chalamet Wins SAG Award for Best Actor and Says 'I Want to Be One of the Greats': 'I'm in Pursuit of Greatness' by Clayton Davis (Variety)

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We’re blowing through the essential rechargeable fan roundup—because summer waits for no one, and neither does backstage sweat. Bring one to a national park this summer!

Hundreds in Park Service Have Opted to Quit, Agency Memo Says by Lisa Friedman (NYTimes)

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