When you want a sneak peek under the hood and into the guts of whatever makes the world around us work — unadulterated and uncovered — OZY is here for you. And today? This True Stories newsletter tells you all about how a hockey hit gave us the gift of flight (pictured), what comedian Bill Burr loves about CrimeFaces and the devastating impact of a parental unit's departure.
| Having a mom who was mentally ill wasn't great, but it got worse when she left us to fend for ourselves. When I was around 10, my mom left us. One of my sisters — the lucky golden child — got to live with her dad. She was our mom’s favorite. And everyone else’s too. My oldest sister, my brother and me? We were left to fend for ourselves. Which meant we almost ended up in an orphanage. At the last second though, a guy took over our little rental house, and so he was also “taking care” of us. He was always in a bad mood, and my siblings and I felt like we were a heavy burden. Our existence was like some kind of favor he was doing us. | READ NOW |
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| | The story of manned flight began on a frozen pond in Dayton, Ohio, in 1886. The invention of flight and modern aviation depends upon a lot of things, from the rigorous study of aeronautics to the development of balloons and gliders to the invention of the internal combustion engine. Not to mention a ton of trial and error. But nearly 20 years before the Wright Brothers made history with the first successful flight on Dec. 17, 1903, at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, something happened that would change the course of their lives (and ours) forever. In many ways, the story of aviation begins with an unfortunate incident during a game of teenage hockey. | READ NOW |
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| | OZY’s Eugene S. Robinson addresses queries from the love-weary in “Sex With Eugene.” |
| | Mike Friedberg took his kids out to picket for Chicago's striking teachers while social media misinformation stoked counterstrike agita. |
| | Alfred "AC" Charles and his CrimeFaces franchise, praised by Bill Burr and pro athletes, is the sharpest tongue on Instagram these days. |
| | “Man & Wife” broke a key barrier when it came to doin’ it. |
| | Just a "sport" for 7-year-olds? Nope. It's for combat-sports folks and old guys trying to kill themselves for our amusement. |
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