Gothic, Capitalism, Fractal, Bar, Bubble
An insane 60s B-movie, the cult of Randian libertarianism, the sounds of fractals, janky progress bars, and an otherworldly explosion of color.
Satan, Debussy, Twitter, Football, Astronaut
The origins of Satan, French rule-breakers, the dangers of empathy, the dangers of football, and a lonely astronaut.
Lighthouse, Face, Nazi, Stove, Sound
The secret of lighthouses, faceless characters, Hitler biographies, energy-efficient stoves, and the quirks of the English language.
Rome, Stock, Emu, Future, Beef
Tall tales of ancient Rome, the perils of the stock market, Australia's Great Emu War, paranoid androids, and a cozy winter recipe.
Evil, Vertigo, Energy, Fresco, Babel
Weighing the benefits of nuclear energy, Hitchcock's Vertigo, genocidal complacency, Chagall's controversial fresco, and a tour through an otherworldly library.
Corset, Pace, Iraq, Air, Supermoon
Corset-condemnation, cinematic pacing, the origins of the Iraq war, the inefficiencies of air ambulances, and supermoons.
Shanty, Neo, Siege, Wiki, Vacation
The history of sea shanties, a mangled masterpiece, footage of the Capitol siege, Wikipedia's donations, terrifying cinematic vacations.
Godzilla, Radiohead, War, Imagine, Robot
Godzilla's politics, a Radiohead masterpiece, the democratization of war memorials, decoding our imagination, and dancing robots.
Portrait, Tiger, Introvert, Magic, Age
Deceptive portraits, Japanese tiger prints, being an introverted filmmaker, the dangers of false prophets, and a lonely reimagining of a Scorsese film.
Paint, Mexico, Pixar, Test, Freeze
Empty cities, the history of the Mexican border, juicy cinematic details, China's hardest test, and ice-cutters.
Mariners, Great, Antikythera, Night, Dry
A weird baseball team, a magnificent title sequence, ancient Greek lunar calendars, a COVID Christmas, and organisms drying out.
Zodiac, China, Santa, Booze, Island
The Zodiac killer's cypher, the death of recycling, Santa denialism, the weird history of Prohibition, and a trip to South Korea.
Pop, Zoom, Soul, Vandal, Sculpture
An animated dolly zoom, King Arthur's legacy, a night in the life of James Brown, fascist art vandalism, and digital sculptures.
Mank, Math, Money, Marijuana, Mayer
Citizen Kane, lessons in mathematical child-rearing, counterfeit money in films, the ethics of marijuana, and a John Mayer crooner
Thailand, Monk, 100, Voodoo, Stories
Thailand's political instability, music advice from Thelonious Monk, a laborious lasagna recipe, the demonization of voodoo, and six-word stories.
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