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Why True Crime? with True Crime Author Harold Schechter

Jenn TisdaleSeptember 6, 2018

When you read certain true crime stories it kind of turns you into a child again...

BooksInterviewsTrue CrimeUpcoming BYT Events 17 min read

Your Best September

BYT at largeAugust 31, 2018

"Fall is here, hear the yell, back to school, ring the bell..." ...

ArtBeerBooksChicagoEat & DrinkFeaturedFilm & TVFunny StuffMusicNYCRestaurants & BarsStuff To Do In DCTheatre & Dance 044 min read

Your Best August

BYT at largeAugust 1, 2018

The best guide for the dog days of summer ...

ArtBooksEat & DrinkFeaturedFilm & TVFunny StuffGuidesLGBTQMusicNYCRestaurants & BarsSports(?) & FitnessStaying InStuff To Do In DCTheatre & DanceTravel 139 min read

18 Books to Read at/in the Water in 2018

BYT at largeJuly 12, 2018

Grow your mind while you destroy your skin ...

BooksFeatured 017 min read

Your Best July

BYT at largeJuly 2, 2018

Your best month of explosions ...

ArtBeerBooksEat & DrinkFeaturedFilm & TVFunny StuffMusicRestaurants & BarsSports(?) & FitnessStuff To Do In DCTheatre & Dance 040 min read

DREAM JOB: Tamar Adler, Author of “An Everlasting Meal” and “Something Old, Something New”

Megan BurnsJune 7, 2018

How the author went from being an editor at Harper's Magazine to pursuing her passion for food full time....

BooksDream JobsEat & DrinkFeaturedInterviews 09 min read

2018 Book Expo: What Books Are We Most Looking Forward To In The Coming Months

Svetlana LegeticJune 5, 2018

Tales of love, loss, laughter, murder and adventure. A little something for everyone...

BooksStaying In 09 min read

BYT Interviews: Jay & Mark Duplass

Kaylee Dugan and Jenn TisdaleMay 8, 2018

Jay is dead!...

BooksCute StuffFeaturedFilm & TVInterviews 113 min read

BYT Interviews: Rob Lowe

Jenn TisdaleMay 4, 2018

If Rob Lowe was an ice cream flavor he would NOT be Pralines & Dick...

BooksInterviewsStuff To Do In DC 09 min read

BYT Weekly: What We Read, Thought, Felt

Matt ByrneApril 13, 2018

A chance for boys to look inside The Wing and the definitive Rock, Paper, Scissors power ranking ...

BooksMisc 05 min read

BYT Weekly: What We Read, Thought, Felt

Megan BurnsApril 6, 2018

This week we read about how racists are taking over paganism, and zombie raccoons are taking over an Ohio town....

Books 04 min read

Your Best April

BYT at largeMarch 30, 2018

A month of fools, baseball, rain and 2001 ...

ArtBooksChicagoEat & DrinkFeaturedFilm & TVMusicNYCRestaurants & BarsSports(?) & FitnessStuff To Do In DCTheatre & Dance 040 min read

Spoken Words with Split This Rock’s Joseph Green

Diana MetzgerMarch 27, 2018

"Art is one of the best ways of telling a story. It's super important. It is the food for our intellectual discourse."...

BooksGiving BackInterviews 311 min read

BYT Weekly: What We Read, Thought, Felt

Brandon WetherbeeMarch 16, 2018

There are no good video game movies but there are good Roxane Gay comic books ...

Books 04 min read

A Study in Intimacy: Sally Mann @ National Gallery of Art

Svetlana LegeticMarch 5, 2018

Get close....

ArtBooks 04 min read

BYT Weekly: What We Read, Thought, Felt

Marissa RubensteinMarch 2, 2018

You've made it! You survived the week! Here's what to take with you......

BooksMisc 05 min read

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25jun6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: The Real “Game of Thrones”6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern

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Profs and Pints presents: “The Real ‘Game of Thrones,’” a look at the medieval conflict that helped inspire the hit TV series, with Sabrina Baron, assistant research professor of history at the University of Maryland at College Park.

The HBO series Game of Thrones is one of the most popular in television history, drawing more than 30 million people weekly to watch destruction, debauchery, dragons, and the brutal fight for the Iron Throne.

Come learn the history from which the show draws. It might not feature real dragons or Khaleesi, but it does have nearly all the violence, treachery, and strange family relationships. It was called the Wars of the Roses because it involved a protracted fight for England’s throne between two branches of its royal family, one represented by a red rose, the other, by a white one.

Professor Baron has extensively studied and taught the Wars of the Roses as an expert in early modern English political history. Come hear her untangle the complicated genealogical roots of the wars that have inspired other writers, including Shakespeare, to take pen to paper.

You’ll learn about deadly wine, sex and politics, the finer points of infanticide, and sibling rivalry taken to a new level. Also part of the story are women plotting, brothers flip-flopping, a few too many surviving children, and a symbolic dragon, at least.

Among the questions she’ll tackle: What happens when a child is born with a full set of teeth? How could a horse save a kingdom? Did a hunchback sit on the throne? What actual historical events, or their parallels, can be found in the Game of Thrones series? You’ll have a royally fun time hearing the answers. (Advance tickets: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID. Listed time is for door. Talk starts 30 minutes later. Please give yourself time to place any orders and be settled into place.)

Time

(Tuesday) 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Location

Bier Baron Tavern

1523 22nd St NW Washington DC 20037

Cost

Advance tickets: $12. Door: $15, save $2 with a student ID.

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26jun10:00 am10:30 pmART TECH Exhibition: Infinite Space by Refik Anadolat ARTECHOUSE10:00 am - 10:30 pm ARTECHOUSE

26jun6:00 pm8:00 pmHeineken Go Dutch! D.C. United Pre-Party6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Walter's Sports Bar

26jun6:00 pm8:30 pmProfs & Pints: The Next Big Internet Threat6:00 pm - 8:30 pm Bier Baron Tavern

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Profs and Pints presents: “The Next Big Internet Threat,” a look at faked depictions as a weapon for damaging real people, with Joshua A. Geltzer, founding executive director and visiting professor of law at Georgetown’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection.

Americans are worried about what’s happening online, and they should be. In recent months, we’ve seen social turmoil over the deletion of controversial accounts from digital platforms like Facebook and Twitter; public disclosure of criminal charges for continuing Russian interference in our elections; and new types of disinformation operations emanating from Moscow, Tehran, and even here in the United States.

But these latest incidents are only part of a far bigger trend. In our novel digital age, it has become far too easy for bad actors to spread harmful content far and wide, swiftly and with just the click of a button.

All told, the Internet age has seen four major waves of digital threats. First came child pornography. Next came trolling. Then we endured terrorist recruitment and radicalization online. And most recently we’ve suffered from foreign election interference. None of these challenges has been entirely resolved, and the more recent of them remain serious threats, not just to the integrity of online dialogue but to American security and democracy. But the fifth wave is now fast upon us—and it might prove the thorniest of all. Call it “reputational exploitation.” It’s the false disparagement of others–other individuals, other companies, even other governments–for one’s own benefit. And it’ll only get more effective through the use of “deep fakes,” which play off the universal temptation to equate seeing with believing, and artificial intelligence, which can tailor reputational assaults to particular micro-audiences to maximize their effectiveness.

Join Professor Joshua Geltzer of Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection to discuss the waves of digital threats we’ve endured and those yet to come. He’ll discuss these challenges, the responses so far, and what more needs to be done to protect our digital domain and, ultimately, ourselves. (Advance tickets: $12. Doors $15, save $2 with a student ID. Listed time is for doors. Please arrive in plenty of time to place any order and be seated and settled in.)