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PBS Idea Channel
Here's an idea: a PBS show that examines the connections between pop culture, technology and art. Mike Rugnetta posts new videos every Wednesday.
Season 1
14 Mar 2012 – 13 Mar 2013 · 45 episodes
- 1Super Mario Brothers is the World's Greatest Piece of Surrealist Art14 Mar 2012
- 2Is Miku Hatsune a More Authentic Pop Star Than Lana Del Rey?28 Mar 2012
- 3Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art?11 Apr 2012
- 4Is Instagram the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Photography?25 Apr 2012
- 5Is Minimalism the Secret to Hello Kitty's Success?9 May 2012
- 6Are Hologram Tupac and Hologram Freddie Mercury Nostalgia or New Aesthetic?23 May 2012
- 7Are Bronies Changing the Definition of Masculinity?6 Jun 2012
- 8Is Twitter the Newest Form of Literature?13 Jun 2012
- 9Is the Web Browser Replacing the Art Gallery?20 Jun 2012
- 10Are Mashups the End of Music Genres As We Know Them?27 Jun 2012
- 11Does Nail Art Prove That Anything Can Be A Canvas for Artistic Expression?4 Jul 2012
- 12Does the Kinect Make Microsoft an Arts Benefactor?11 Jul 2012
- 13How Did Sherlock Holmes Pave the Way for 50 Shades of Grey?18 Jul 2012
- 14Will Minecraft and Makerbot Usher in the Post-Scarcity Economy?25 Jul 2012
- 15Is Dubstep Avant Garde Musical Genius?1 Aug 2012
- 16Are the Olympics A Model for Creating Geniuses?8 Aug 2012
- 17Is Nic Cage the Intersection of YOLO and Taoism?15 Aug 2012
- 18Are Memes & Internet Culture Creating a Singularity?22 Aug 2012
- 19Is William Gibson A Modern Day Oracle?29 Aug 2012
- 20Is Homestuck the Ulysses of the Internet?5 Sep 2012
- 21Is Facebook Changing Our Identity?12 Sep 2012
- 22Is Diablo III Turning Virtual Economies Into Real Ones?19 Sep 2012
- 23What do MP3s and Magic Spells Have in Common?26 Sep 2012
- 24Is Doctor Who a Religion?3 Oct 2012
- 25Can Dungeons & Dragons Make You A Confident & Successful Person?10 Oct 2012
- 26How are Justin Bieber, Franz Liszt and Jerusalem Connected?17 Oct 2012
- 27Is CSS and Website Design a Fashion Statement?24 Oct 2012
- 28How Will The Animated GIF Affect The Presidential Election?1 Nov 2012
- 29Is YouTube Making Us Smarter?7 Nov 2012
- 30Is Nostalgia the Reason for Adventure Time's Amazing Awesomeness?14 Nov 2012
- 31Should 'Happy Birthday' be Protected by Copyright?28 Nov 2012
- 32Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality?5 Dec 2012
- 33What Do Santa and Wrestling Have In Common?12 Dec 2012
- 34Do We Want the World to End?19 Dec 2012
- 35Are Your New Year's Resolutions Bound to Fail?2 Jan 2013
- 36Will Space Travel Save Us All?9 Jan 2013
- 37Are You A Hipster?16 Jan 2013
- 38Top 5 Most Artful Video Games23 Jan 2013
- 39Are MP3s & Vinyl Better Than Live Music?30 Jan 2013
- 40Is Futurama the Best Argument Against Transhumanism?6 Feb 2013
- 41Are Bitcoins and Unusual Hats the Future of Currency?13 Feb 2013
- 42There's No Such Thing As Offline?!?20 Feb 2013
- 43What Does the Russian Meteorite Tell Us About Surveillance Culture?27 Feb 2013
- 44Is Minecraft the Ultimate Educational Tool?6 Mar 2013
- 45Do Knock-Offs Prove the Value of a Brand?13 Mar 2013
Season 2
20 Mar 2013 – 12 Mar 2014 · 47 episodes
- 1Is Piracy Helping Game of Thrones?20 Mar 2013
- 2Will Kickstarter Replace Hollywood?27 Mar 2013
- 3Is Community a Postermodern Masterpiece?3 Apr 2013
- 4Is Buying Call of Duty a Moral Choice?10 Apr 2013
- 5Is a Tagged Instagram More Than Just a Photo?24 Apr 2013
- 6Is a DOS Attack a Weapon?1 May 2013
- 7Is Sad Music Actually Sad?8 May 2013
- 8Is Developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethical?29 May 2013
- 9Is Math a Feature of the Universe or a Feature of Human Creation?3 Jun 2013
- 10Is the Universe a Computer?12 Jun 2013
- 11Why Do We Love Zombies?19 Jun 2013
- 12Can Video Games Become the Next Great Spectator Sport?26 Jun 2013
- 13Is the Discovery of Global Warming Our Greatest Scientific Achievement?3 Jul 2013
- 14Does Animal Crossing Promote Otaku Citizenship?10 Jul 2013
- 15Is BMO From Adventure Time Expressive of Feminism?17 Jul 2013
- 16How Does Glitchy Art Show Us Broken is Beautiful?24 Jul 2013
- 17How is Jurassic Park a Commentary on Capitalism?31 Jul 2013
- 18Does it Matter What Evangelion's Creator Says?5 Aug 2013
- 19Is the Internet Cats?14 Aug 2013
- 20Is Google Knowledge?21 Aug 2013
- 21Are There TWO Nikola Teslas?11 Sep 2013
- 22Are the Titans from Attack on Titan Evil?18 Sep 2013
- 23How Does Night Vale Confront Us With the Unknown?25 Sep 2013
- 24Is There An Introvert Craze Because of Technology?2 Oct 2013
- 25Can You Actually Enjoy Breaking Bad?9 Oct 2013
- 26Did Horse_ebooks Show Us that SPAM is the Webs Native Artform16 Oct 2013
- 27Controlling vs 'Being' Your Video Game Avatar24 Oct 2013
- 28How is Slender Man Internet Folklore?30 Oct 2013
- 29How is Seeing Ender's Game a Political Action?6 Nov 2013
- 30Is Pop Music Holding You Hostage?13 Nov 2013
- 31What Does The Doctor Mean to You?20 Nov 2013
- 32Sandwiches, Modernity, and Lyrics: A Thanksgiving Episode27 Nov 2013
- 33Your Questions Answered! (1)4 Dec 2013
- 34Your Questions Answered! (2)4 Dec 2013
- 35Do 'Digital Natives' Exist?11 Dec 2013
- 36Can Bullet Hell Games Be Meditative?18 Dec 2013
- 37Holiday Media Binge2 Jan 2014
- 38How Powerful Are Algorithms?8 Jan 2014
- 39Does Reality TV Affect Our View On Surveillance?15 Jan 2014
- 40The Experience of Being Trolled22 Jan 2014
- 41Is Avatar: The Last Airbender Anime?29 Jan 2014
- 42Why Do We Hate Selfies?5 Feb 2014
- 43What's the Deal With Unboxing Videos?12 Feb 2014
- 44What is Fiction? (ft. War of the Worlds)19 Feb 2014
- 45Does Fiction Exist? (ft. Harry Potter)26 Feb 2014
- 46Does Twitch Plays Pokemon Give You Hope for Humanity?5 Mar 2014
- 47When Do Memes Stop Being Funny?12 Mar 2014
Season 3
19 Mar 2014 – 11 Mar 2015 · 48 episodes
- 1Do We Need a Better Archive of the Internet?19 Mar 2014
- 2How Is Technology Changing TV Narrative?26 Mar 2014
- 3How is Ms. Marvel Changing Media for the Better?2 Apr 2014
- 4How Much Can Data Improve Your Health?9 Apr 2014
- 5Did HIMYM Earn Its Ending?16 Apr 2014
- 6Can You Make a Movie So Bad It's Good On Purpose?23 Apr 2014
- 7Do You 'Choose' To Have Your Privacy Invaded By Using Tech?30 Apr 2014
- 8The Future of Fandoms7 May 2014
- 9How Is Orphan Black An Illustration of the Simulacrum?14 May 2014
- 10100th-ish Episode Special21 May 2014
- 11SRSLY What Does IKEA Say About The Human Condition?4 Jun 2014
- 12Why Are There So Many Super Hero Movies?12 Jun 2014
- 13Net Neutrality: Is the Internet a Public Utility?25 Jun 2014
- 14When Will We Worry About the Well-Being of Robots?2 Jul 2014
- 15Are There Rules For Spoilers?9 Jul 2014
- 16Could Sports Ever Replace War?16 Jul 2014
- 17Is Cosplay a Form of Theatre?23 Jul 2014
- 18Why Were People & Critics So Infatuated With Frozen?30 Jul 2014
- 19Are There Internet Dialects?6 Aug 2014
- 20A Love Letter To The Simpsons13 Aug 2014
- 21Is Kill La Kill a Warning about Wearable Technology?20 Aug 2014
- 22What is a tweet worth? #ALSIceBucketChallenge27 Aug 2014
- 232 Short Ideas: Art, Distance and The Daily Show3 Sep 2014
- 24Does Pop Culture Need To Be 'Popular'?10 Sep 2014
- 25Furthermore: The Return of Bronies, Homestuck, Avatars, Hipsters & Old Memes17 Sep 2014
- 26Related Videos: The GIF's Visual Language In Music Videos24 Sep 2014
- 27What Do Hot Sauce Labels Say About America?1 Oct 2014
- 28How To Create Responsible Social Criticism8 Oct 2014
- 29Are Videogames About Their Mechanics?15 Oct 2014
- 30Five Fallacies22 Oct 2014
- 31What Do Horror Movies and Cable News Networks Have in Common?29 Oct 2014
- 32LITERALLY OUR MOST AMAZING EPISODE EVER!!!5 Nov 2014
- 33Hell is Quoting Other People12 Nov 2014
- 34What Does Too Many Cooks Say About the Meaning of Life?19 Nov 2014
- 35Your Questions Answered! Part II26 Nov 2014
- 36How Mighty is Taylor Swift's Pen?3 Dec 2014
- 37Is Over The Garden Wall About Having Faith?10 Dec 2014
- 38Coffee, Mesmerism, and Morning Routines17 Dec 2014
- 39Even More Fallacies!7 Jan 2015
- 40The Uncertain Connection Between North Korea and Hackers14 Jan 2015
- 41How Objective Is The Law? Serial: Part 121 Jan 2015
- 42Should Journalism Be Objective? Serial: Part 228 Jan 2015
- 43Do You Have the Right to Be Forgotten?4 Feb 2015
- 44Love Bending and Fan Fiction with Korra11 Feb 2015
- 45Why Makeup Isn't Superficial18 Feb 2015
- 46Bored Americans Using Teleporters! (3 Shorts)25 Feb 2015
- 47How Do We and The Sims Perform Gender?5 Mar 2015
- 48Is Reality TV The Future of Space Travel?11 Mar 2015
Season 4
18 Mar 2015 – 16 Mar 2016 · 79 episodes
- 1Are Comic Book Characters Like D&D Players?18 Mar 2015
- 2Do Upvotes Show Democracy's Flaws?25 Mar 2015
- 3How Does Steven Universe Expand Our Ideas of Family?1 Apr 2015
- 4Why Are You Ignoring My iMessages??8 Apr 2015
- 5Is The LEGO Movie Anti-Copyright?15 Apr 2015
- 6What's the Deal With Amiibos?22 Apr 2015
- 7What Does The SAT Really Test?29 Apr 2015
- 8Is A Thor By Any Other Name Still Thor?6 May 2015
- 9Why Do Americans Love Road Trips?13 May 2015
- 10Country Music: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly20 May 2015
- 11Do We Live In The Future?27 May 2015
- 12DON'T CLICK THIS VIDEO!3 Jun 2015
- 13Why Are There So Many Remakes?? (besides $$$)10 Jun 2015
- 14Comment Responses: "Do We Live in The Future?" & "r/TheButton"10 Jun 2015
- 15How Accurate Should Movies Be?24 Jun 2015
- 16Comment Responses: "How Accurate Should Movies Be?"1 Jul 2015
- 17When Does Play Become Work?1 Jul 2015
- 18Comment Responses: "When Does Play Become Work?"8 Jul 2015
- 19Three Laws of The Internet Explained!8 Jul 2015
- 20Comment Responses: "Three Laws of The Internet Explained!"15 Jul 2015
- 21What If We're All Minions??15 Jul 2015
- 22Comments Responses: "What If We're All Minions?"22 Jul 2015
- 23100% Organic Idea Channel Episode22 Jul 2015
- 24Comment Responses: "100% Organic Idea Channel Episode"29 Jul 2015
- 25Should You Watch Leaks?29 Jul 2015
- 26Comment Responses: "Should You Watch Leaks"5 Aug 2015
- 27Are All Hotel Rooms The Same Place?5 Aug 2015
- 28Comment Responses: "Are All Hotel Rooms The Same Place?"12 Aug 2015
- 29If There Are No Pics, Did It Happen?12 Aug 2015
- 30Comment Responses: "If There Are No Pics, Did It Happen?"26 Aug 2015
- 31Is Rick from Rick & Morty The Ideal Scientist?26 Aug 2015
- 32Comment Responses: "Is Rick from Rick & Morty The Ideal Scientist?"2 Sep 2015
- 33Do Makers Propose a More Open Source Future?2 Sep 2015
- 34Comment Responses: "Do Makers Propose A More Open Source Future?"16 Sep 2015
- 35What's The Deal With Classroom Trigger Warnings?16 Sep 2015
- 36Comment Responses: What's The Deal With Classroom Trigger Warnings?23 Sep 2015
- 37Are 400+ TV Shows Happening in the Same Universe?25 Sep 2015
- 38Comment Responses: Are 400+ TV Shows Happening in the Same Universe?30 Sep 2015
- 39Are You Literally What You Post?30 Sep 2015
- 40Comment Responses: Are You Literally What You Post?7 Oct 2015
- 41Does Pokemon Start After a Massive War?7 Oct 2015
- 42Comment Responses: Does Pokemon Start After a Massive War?14 Oct 2015
- 43Have #Brands™ Become Mythological?14 Oct 2015
- 44Comment Responses: Have #Brands™ Become Mythological?21 Oct 2015
- 45Do All Horror Monsters Fit Into 5 Categories?21 Oct 2015
- 46Comment Responses: Do All Horror Monsters Fit Into 5 Categories?28 Oct 2015
- 47Why Do Stormtroopers Have Bad Aim?28 Oct 2015
- 48Comment Responses: Why Do Stormtroopers Have Bad Aim?4 Nov 2015
- 49Were They Dead the Whole Time??4 Nov 2015
- 50Comment Responses: Were They Dead the Whole Time??11 Nov 2015
- 51To AdBlock, Or Not to Adblock...11 Nov 2015
- 52Comment Responses: To AdBlock, Or Not to Adblock...18 Nov 2015
- 53Is Ron Dumbledore??18 Nov 2015
- 54Holidays Be Creepin'25 Nov 2015
- 55Comment Responses: Christmas Creep & Is Ron Dumbledore??9 Dec 2015
- 56Is Language a Virus? Starring Punished9 Dec 2015
- 57Comment Responses: Is Language a Virus?16 Dec 2015
- 58Eleventy Reasons Listicles Are Great16 Dec 2015
- 59The Ruins of Las Vegas6 Jan 2016
- 60Comment Responses: Eleventy Reasons Listicles Are Great6 Jan 2016
- 61Do You Want to Believe?13 Jan 2016
- 62Comment Responses: The Ruins of Las Vegas13 Jan 2016
- 63Comment Responses: Do You Want to Believe?20 Jan 2016
- 64Is Undertale The Most Violent Game This Year?20 Jan 2016
- 65Comment Responses: Is Undertale The Most Violent Game This Year?27 Jan 2016
- 66Related Videos: Devour, Digest, YouTube Poop27 Jan 2016
- 67Comment Responses: Related Videos: Devour, Digest, YouTube Poop3 Feb 2016
- 68Which Reaction GIF Are You??3 Feb 2016
- 69Comment Responses: Which Reaction GIF Are You??10 Feb 2016
- 70Fallout 4: Is the Transistor a Symbol of Peace?10 Feb 2016
- 71Comment Responses: Fallout 4: Is the Transistor a Symbol of Peace?17 Feb 2016
- 72How Does Deadpool Know He's a Comic Book Character?17 Feb 2016
- 73What is ~A E S T H E T I C~ Experience?24 Feb 2016
- 74Comment Responses: How Does Deadpool Know He's a Comic Book Character?24 Feb 2016
- 75Comment Responses: What is ~A E S T H E T I C~ Experience?2 Mar 2016
- 76Is Jar Jar Binks a Sith Lord?2 Mar 2016
- 77Comment Responses: Is Jar Jar Binks a Sith Lord?9 Mar 2016
- 78Why Aren't All Cocktails Served in the Same Glass?9 Mar 2016
- 79Comment Responses: Why Aren't All Cocktails Served in the Same Glass?16 Mar 2016
Season 5
16 Mar 2016 – 23 Mar 2016 · 2 episodes
- 1Is It Okay To Mourn Celebrity Death Online?16 Mar 2016
- 2Comment Responses: Is It Okay To Mourn Celebrity Death Online?23 Mar 2016
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