Season 1 (2012)

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January 1, 1970

Episode 0 of Season 1 premiered on January 1, 1970

Super Mario Brothers is the World's Greatest Piece of Surrealist Art
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March 14, 2012

We all know who the Mario Brothers are but have you ever stepped back and tried looking at those games from a fresh perspective? L...Read more

Is Miku Hatsune a More Authentic Pop Star Than Lana Del Rey?
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March 28, 2012

Lana Del Rey might be The Girl Who Launched a Thousand Blog Posts but we think there might be something else really interesting he...Read more

Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art?
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April 11, 2012

We've all seen and shared a few LOLCats and Internet Memes in our time, but is it possible that these images and videos are actual...Read more

Is Instagram the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Photography?
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April 25, 2012

With its ability to make boring cellphone photos look "vintage" and "artsy", Instagram has exploded worldwide. Derided by its detr...Read more

Is Minimalism the Secret to Hello Kitty's Success?
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May 9, 2012

With her cute pink bow and huge noggin, Hello Kitty is one of the most recognizable characters in the world. She sells billions of...Read more

Are Hologram Tupac and Hologram Freddie Mercury Nostalgia or New Aesthetic?
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May 23, 2012

Everyone has already heard about the Tupac Hologram that played at Coachella earlier this year. But with Queen's recent announceme...Read more

Are Bronies Changing the Definition of Masculinity?
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June 6, 2012

You might assume that the animated TV series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" is for little girls, but Bronies would beg to d...Read more

Is Twitter the Newest Form of Literature?
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June 13, 2012

Everyone is familiar with Twitter, the uber-popular micro-blogging site, which limits the user to 140 characters. The tweet is per...Read more

Is the Web Browser Replacing the Art Gallery?
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June 20, 2012

For the past 200 years, the gallery has been the home of new and cutting-edge art, a place where the art community can come togeth...Read more

Are Mashups the End of Music Genres As We Know Them?
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June 27, 2012

Some of the best things to be found on the internet are music mashups! It's a strangely pleasing experience to listen to totally u...Read more

Does Nail Art Prove That Anything Can Be A Canvas for Artistic Expression?
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July 4, 2012

Nail Art is all over the internetz, and suddenly it is a THING. The crazier the nail art, the more we marvel at the technique and ...Read more

Does the Kinect Make Microsoft an Arts Benefactor?
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July 11, 2012

If you haven't had a chance to play with Microsoft's Kinect, you're missing out on some great video games and some amazing art! Th...Read more

How Did Sherlock Holmes Pave the Way for 50 Shades of Grey?
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July 18, 2012

You've probably heard of the risque novel "50 Shades of Grey" since it's now the best selling paperback of all time. But you may n...Read more

Will Minecraft and Makerbot Usher in the Post-Scarcity Economy?
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July 25, 2012

From the Jetsons to Cory Doctorow, science fiction writers of all stripes have imagined a world where any object could be instantl...Read more

Is Dubstep Avant Garde Musical Genius?
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August 1, 2012

Dubstep. Is. Awesome. While some people may hear noise, we hear amazing musical genius. The aural creativity of Dubstep, and its e...Read more

Are the Olympics A Model for Creating Geniuses?
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August 8, 2012

Everyone is obsessed with the Olympics right now, watching these geniuses push the boundaries of their field. Wait, did we say GEN...Read more

Is Nic Cage the Intersection of YOLO and Taoism?
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August 15, 2012

No one would argue that Nicolas Cage is one of the greatest actors of his generation, and simultaneously a very bizarre human bein...Read more

Are Memes & Internet Culture Creating a Singularity?
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August 22, 2012

Here on the internet, we love us some memes. But where do they come from? Yes we know, they are user generated. But to an internet...Read more

Is William Gibson A Modern Day Oracle?
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August 29, 2012

The science fiction writer William Gibson has not only written some fantastic scifi novels, but in the process predicted the inter...Read more

Is Homestuck the Ulysses of the Internet?
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September 5, 2012

If you're unfamiliar, Homestuck is a webcomic created Andrew Hussie that is over 5000 PAGES so far! And it's still not complete!! ...Read more

Is Facebook Changing Our Identity?
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September 12, 2012

Good old Facebook. With 955,000,000 worldwide users, it seems like just about everyone makes use of the social media giant to conn...Read more

Is Diablo III Turning Virtual Economies Into Real Ones?
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September 19, 2012

The U.S. economy may be in the dumps, but you can find solace in the fact that your Second Life avatar is living the life of the 1...Read more

What do MP3s and Magic Spells Have in Common?
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September 26, 2012

Ah, the MP3, everyone's favorite friendly musical file format. But there's something you might not know about the Mp3 - it has a l...Read more

Is Doctor Who a Religion?
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October 3, 2012

Dr. Who is one of the longest running TV shows on the BBC, and it's got a huge fandom surrounding it, called Whovians. And while i...Read more

Can Dungeons & Dragons Make You A Confident & Successful Person?
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October 10, 2012

There are some deeply ingrained stereotypes about Dungeons & Dragons, and those stereotypes usually begin and end with people shou...Read more

How are Justin Bieber, Franz Liszt and Jerusalem Connected?
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October 17, 2012

At first glance, Pop Wunderkind Justin Bieber aka "The Biebs" and revolutionary 19th Century pianist and composer Franz Liszt don'...Read more

Is CSS and Website Design a Fashion Statement?
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October 24, 2012

If you've never seen a website, you are a liar! (You're on one right now.) Consciously or not, the first thing you notice when you...Read more

How Will The Animated GIF Affect The Presidential Election?
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November 1, 2012

The animated GIF has had a long and fascinating history, but the GIF took a giant leap forward this year when it became part of th...Read more

Is YouTube Making Us Smarter?
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November 7, 2012

Did you know there's a place where you can learn just about anything you'd like? It's true! It's called YOU TUBE!!! Sure, YouTube ...Read more

Is Nostalgia the Reason for Adventure Time's Amazing Awesomeness?
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November 14, 2012

Adventure Time is an animated kids show on the Cartoon Network that is super popular, not just with the kids, but with full grown ...Read more

Should 'Happy Birthday' be Protected by Copyright?
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November 28, 2012

You know how chain restaurants always sing some weird unknown birthday tune, instead of the actual Happy Birthday song we know and...Read more

Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality?
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December 5, 2012

Can you live without your phone? We've all become pretty attached to our cellular devices: it's a GPS, a camera, a game console, a...Read more

What Do Santa and Wrestling Have In Common?
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December 12, 2012

Does Santa Have more in Common with Hulk Hogan than St. Nick? People love Santa. Christmas is the largest holiday in western cultu...Read more

Do We Want the World to End?
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December 19, 2012

The 2012 Mayan Apocalypse is only a few days away . . . and there are a lot of people wondering if it's going to happen. Sorry to ...Read more

Are Your New Year's Resolutions Bound to Fail?
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January 2, 2013

New Year's Resolutions are incredibly hard to keep.

Will Space Travel Save Us All?
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January 9, 2013

Will Space travel change our perspective on the human condition? Space, also known as The Final Frontier, has been in our collecti...Read more

Are You A Hipster?
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January 16, 2013

You're probably a hipster. We all hate hipsters, right? They seem so smug and arrogant, with their ray bans and scarves and ironic...Read more

Top 5 Most Artful Video Games
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January 23, 2013

Video Games have finally made it to the Museum of Modern Art, so we thought we'd celebrate and put together a list of our top 5 mo...Read more

Are MP3s & Vinyl Better Than Live Music?
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January 30, 2013

Vinyl vs MP3 vs Live If you've ever talked to a vinyl purist (or are one yourself) you know that people can be pretty passionate a...Read more

Is Futurama the Best Argument Against Transhumanism?
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February 6, 2013

Transhumanism is a scientific philosophy that says technology will solve all our human biological constraints and that immortality...Read more

Are Bitcoins and Unusual Hats the Future of Currency?
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February 13, 2013

If you've ever played Team Fortress 2, you know how valuable hats are. To those who haven't: yes, HATS! If a community agrees on t...Read more

There's No Such Thing As Offline?!?
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February 20, 2013

Are You Online? What an outdated question this has become! Of course you're online, unless you're an off-the-grid survivalist or a...Read more

What Does the Russian Meteorite Tell Us About Surveillance Culture?
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February 27, 2013

A meteorite crashed into earth!!!! This wasn't the first time and it won't be the last, but it is the first time such an event was...Read more

Is Minecraft the Ultimate Educational Tool?
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March 6, 2013

If you've watched past episodes of Idea Channel, you know we're huge fans of Minecraft. This totally amazing video game allows you...Read more

Do Knock-Offs Prove the Value of a Brand?
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March 13, 2013

Living in the consumer culture that we do, we've learned that specific brands can carry very different meanings and values. We're ...Read more