Hippo Post Named “Best of the Web” by BBC Future Hippo Reads Staff News Congratulations to Hippo contributor Philip Freeman, M.D. whose post Lie Down on the Couch, Virtually was named one of the best reads from around the web by BBC Future. Hippo is honored to be featured among the other “winners” which include publications such as NPR, New York Review of Books and Scientific American. Freeman’s post is part of an ongoing series on the legacy of Sigmund Freud on the 75th anniversary of his death.