Gothamist
A non-profit newsroom, powered by WNYC.
Gothamist
Listen Live
Arts & Entertainment
Extra Extra: Welcome To The University Of Extra Extra, Where The Links Are The Professors
By
Ben Yakas
Published Nov 8, 2021
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
Never miss a story
Email address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .
By
Ben Yakas
Published Nov 8, 2021
Share
FacebookTwitterRedditEmail
We rely on your support to make local news available to all
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2026. Donate today
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
- Follow Gothamist on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, and like us on Facebook. You can also get the top stories mailed to you—sign up here.
- Reactionary hypocrite Bari Weiss announced that she was helping start the University of Austin, an unaccredited "college" devoted to teaching the dark arts of public arguing. Is anti-woke really a major?
- In that spirit, I'm so pleased to announce today that I have decided to open up the University Of Extra Extra. It is also an unaccredited "college," but we offer you the chance to learn lots of relevant information and actual life skills here. Sign up for classes now to learn about the loss of a historic building on Astor Row in Harlem.
- In our politics department, you can find out about the new documentary on Pete Buttigieg, which posits the question: can a Tin Man become president?
- And of course, we will have a special guest lecturer from the New Yorker on hand to deliver a speech on whether the Democrats can do anything right, literally anything.
- We have cutting edge professors of technology ready to explain what a Yik Yak is, and why it is relaunching.
- Don't miss out on registering for our winter course: "A TOUGH LOVE GUIDE TO GETTING OVER THE END OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS."
- We aren't afraid to examine the hottest issues facing Americans today, like can Facebook be salvaged, or do we all need to dislike it to hell?
- Are you fascinated by local politics? Then sign up for a class with adjunct professor of rat soup studies Eric Adams, and you can ask him directly what his whole deal is.
- We have some of the foremost scholars in the impact of parental leave on dads, who can explain the overwhelming evidence that shows "fathers are made, not born: Time with infants is a key ingredient in building the fathering brain."
- Travis Scott said he will provide full refunds for all attendees who bought tickets to Astroworld after the horrible tragedy over the weekend; our faculty will dive into the moral implications of this disaster on future festival experiences.
- Of course we want to encourage all our students to embrace the arts: about a year ago, Bill Callahan and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy teamed up for a bunch of excellent covers of everyone from Billie Eilish to the Silver Jews to Lou Reed. Now, those songs are being released as Blind Date Party—listen to their new version of Scout Niblett's “Kidnapped By Neptune.”
- And finally, you can't complete your "degree" without watching a cute animal video:
Tagged
extra extra
Ben Yakas
Ben Yakas is a former Gothamist reporter.
Read more
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donations
MORE arts-entertainment
Will Barnes and Noble in the East Village spell doom for smaller shops? It's complicated.
Independent booksellers are grappling with whether the big-box chain is a threat or an ally in the fight against Amazon.
By
Sonia Rao
Published Oct 16, 2026
Can eligible NYC singles find love with 30 minutes and some really spicy food?
We went to the Spiciest Supper Club singles night to take the temperature of New York City's dating scene.
By
Elizabeth Shwe
and
James Ramsay
Arts & Entertainment
Can eligible NYC singles find love with 30 minutes and some really spicy food?
We went to the Spiciest Supper Club singles night to take the temperature of New York City's dating scene.
By
Elizabeth Shwe
and
James Ramsay
How the NYC Marathon has changed in the last 50 years
By
Hannah Frishberg
A visit to Art of Play, the Brooklyn store in an animatronic bird beef with Kelly Clarkson
By
Sonia Rao
The hottest way to show you're an authentic New Yorker is… riding a Citi Bike?
By
Lindsay Lee Wallace
Never miss a story
Catch up on the most important headlines with a roundup of essential NYC stories, delivered to your inbox daily.
Sign upEmail address
By submitting your information, you're agreeing to receive communications from New York Public Radio in accordance with our Terms .