| Saison 1 - épisode 1 | Super Mario Brothers is the World's Greatest Piece of Surrealist Art We all know who the Mario Brothers are but have you ever stepped back and tried looking at those games from a fresh perspective? Like you've never... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 2 | Is Miku Hatsune a More Authentic Pop Star Than Lana Del Rey? Lana Del Rey might be The Girl Who Launched a Thousand Blog Posts but we think there might be something else really interesting here. How is it that... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 3 | Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art? 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 actually a new form of... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 4 | Is Instagram the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Photography? With its ability to make boring cellphone photos look "vintage" and "artsy", Instagram has exploded worldwide. Derided by its detractors as a tool... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 5 | Is Minimalism the Secret to Hello Kitty's Success? With her cute pink bow and huge noggin, Hello Kitty is one of the most recognizable characters in the world. She sells billions of dollars worth of... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 6 | Are Hologram Tupac and Hologram Freddie Mercury Nostalgia or New Aesthetic? Everyone has already heard about the Tupac Hologram that played at Coachella earlier this year. But with Queen's recent announcement of a Hologram... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 7 | Are Bronies Changing the Definition of Masculinity? You might assume that the animated TV series "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" is for little girls, but Bronies would beg to differ. Bronies are... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 8 | Is Twitter the Newest Form of Literature? Everyone is familiar with Twitter, the uber-popular micro-blogging site, which limits the user to 140 characters. The tweet is perfect for sharing... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 9 | Is the Web Browser Replacing the Art Gallery? 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 together and share new... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 10 | Are Mashups the End of Music Genres As We Know Them? Some of the best things to be found on the internet are music mashups! It's a strangely pleasing experience to listen to totally unrelated artists... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 11 | Does Nail Art Prove That Anything Can Be A Canvas for Artistic Expression? 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 time that went... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 12 | Does the Kinect Make Microsoft an Arts Benefactor? 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! The Kinect is a... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 13 | How Did Sherlock Holmes Pave the Way for 50 Shades of Grey? 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 not know that it's... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 14 | Will Minecraft and Makerbot Usher in the Post-Scarcity Economy? From the Jetsons to Cory Doctorow, science fiction writers of all stripes have imagined a world where any object could be instantly created. Modern... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 15 | Is Dubstep Avant Garde Musical Genius? Dubstep. Is. Awesome. While some people may hear noise, we hear amazing musical genius. The aural creativity of Dubstep, and its embrace of... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 16 | Are the Olympics A Model for Creating Geniuses? Everyone is obsessed with the Olympics right now, watching these geniuses push the boundaries of their field. Wait, did we say GENIUSES? Yes! We... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 17 | Is Nic Cage the Intersection of YOLO and Taoism? No one would argue that Nicolas Cage is one of the greatest actors of his generation, and simultaneously a very bizarre human being. It's not just... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 18 | Are Memes & Internet Culture Creating a Singularity? 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 layman, they seem... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 19 | Is William Gibson A Modern Day Oracle? The science fiction writer William Gibson has not only written some fantastic scifi novels, but in the process predicted the internet, Miku Hatsune,... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 20 | Is Homestuck the Ulysses of the Internet? If you're unfamiliar, Homestuck is a webcomic created Andrew Hussie that is over 5000 PAGES so far! And it's still not complete!! It has a strong... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 21 | Is Facebook Changing Our Identity? Good old Facebook. With 955,000,000 worldwide users, it seems like just about everyone makes use of the social media giant to connect with friends,... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 22 | Is Diablo III Turning Virtual Economies Into Real Ones? 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%. But what if the... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 23 | What do MP3s and Magic Spells Have in Common? Ah, the MP3, everyone's favorite friendly musical file format. But there's something you might not know about the Mp3 - it has a lot in common with... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 24 | Is Doctor Who a Religion? 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 it might not seem... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 25 | Can Dungeons & Dragons Make You A Confident & Successful Person? There are some deeply ingrained stereotypes about Dungeons & Dragons, and those stereotypes usually begin and end with people shouting "NERD!!!" But... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 26 | How are Justin Bieber, Franz Liszt and Jerusalem Connected? At first glance, Pop Wunderkind Justin Bieber aka "The Biebs" and revolutionary 19th Century pianist and composer Franz Liszt don't seem to have... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 27 | Is CSS and Website Design a Fashion Statement? 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 visit a website... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 28 | How Will The Animated GIF Affect The Presidential Election? 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 the 2012... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 29 | Is YouTube Making Us Smarter? 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 has hundreds of... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 30 | Is Nostalgia the Reason for Adventure Time's Amazing Awesomeness? Adventure Time is an animated kids show on the Cartoon Network that is super popular, not just with the kids, but with full grown adults too! Why... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 31 | Should 'Happy Birthday' be Protected by Copyright? You know how chain restaurants always sing some weird unknown birthday tune, instead of the actual Happy Birthday song we know and love? It's... | |
| Saison 1 - épisode 32 | Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality? 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 social media... | |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 33 | What Do Santa and Wrestling Have In Common? Does Santa Have more in Common with Hulk Hogan than St. Nick? People love Santa. Christmas is the largest holiday in western culture, and Santa... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 34 | Do We Want the World to End? 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 burst your bubble,... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 35 | Are Your New Year's Resolutions Bound to Fail? New Year's Resolutions are incredibly hard to keep. Watch this special episode to find out why! |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 36 | Will Space Travel Save Us All? Will Space travel change our perspective on the human condition? Space, also known as The Final Frontier, has been in our collective dreams and... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 37 | Are You A Hipster? You're probably a hipster. We all hate hipsters, right? They seem so smug and arrogant, with their ray bans and scarves and ironic t-shirts. Even... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 38 | Top 5 Most Artful Video Games 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 most artful video... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 39 | Are MP3s & Vinyl Better Than Live Music? 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 about what format... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 40 | Is Futurama the Best Argument Against Transhumanism? Transhumanism is a scientific philosophy that says technology will solve all our human biological constraints and that immortality is right around... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 41 | Are Bitcoins and Unusual Hats the Future of Currency? 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 the value of... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 42 | There's No Such Thing As Offline?!? 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 remote tribesmen!!... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 43 | What Does the Russian Meteorite Tell Us About Surveillance Culture? 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 captured by SO... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 44 | Is Minecraft the Ultimate Educational Tool? If you've watched past episodes of Idea Channel, you know we're huge fans of Minecraft. This totally amazing video game allows you to build your own... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 45 | Do Knock-Offs Prove the Value of a Brand? Living in the consumer culture that we do, we've learned that specific brands can carry very different meanings and values. We're willing to pay... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 1 | Is Piracy Helping Game of Thrones? Here's an idea: Game Of Thrones owes its success to piracy. If you're like us, you LOVE Game of Thrones. But if you're also like us, you may not,... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 2 | Will Kickstarter Replace Hollywood? You may have heard about the recent overwhelming success of the Veronica Mars movie Kickstarter, or you might be a "Marshmallow" yourself and have... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 3 | Is Community a Postermodern Masterpiece? Here's an idea: Community is a postmodern masterpiece. Though the TV show Community has never achieved huge ratings, it has a passionate cult... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 4 | Is Buying Call of Duty a Moral Choice? If you play video games, you've shot a gun. And those guns are REALISTIC. So real that many are actually LICENSED by IRL arms dealers. Which means... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 5 | Is a Tagged Instagram More Than Just a Photo? Here's an idea: a tagged Instagram is more than just a photo. Sure, Instagram is pretty awesome, but it's even more #INTERESTING than you think! The... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 6 | Is a DOS Attack a Weapon? Here's an idea: a DOS attack is a weapon. Denial of Service (DOS) or Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS) attacks take down servers by distracting... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 7 | Is Sad Music Actually Sad? Be it Elliott Smith or Queen, classical or dub step, there's usually a clear understanding that some songs are sad, and some songs are happy. But... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 8 | Is Developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethical? If you're even the slightest bit familiar with pop culture from the past 50 years, you know that we've been anxiously awaiting robots to become a... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 9 | Is Math a Feature of the Universe or a Feature of Human Creation? Math is invisible. Unlike physics, chemistry, and biology we can't see it, smell it, or even directly observe it in the universe. And so that has... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 10 | Is the Universe a Computer? The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is about everything. Life, the Universe, everything. If you've read these amazing books, you know the answer is... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 11 | Why Do We Love Zombies? Zombies are EVERYWHERE!! Wait, don't panic- we mean in pop culture, not outside your window. But why is that? Bad guys and monsters seem to go... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 12 | Can Video Games Become the Next Great Spectator Sport? As our South Korean friends can confirm, video games can most definitely be a spectator sport. But will they ever catch on in a huge way in the good... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 13 | Is the Discovery of Global Warming Our Greatest Scientific Achievement? Global warming exists! But how do we know that? It may seem like a simple process of just looking at the temperature from year to year, but it is SO... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 14 | Does Animal Crossing Promote Otaku Citizenship? Like us, you may not have initially realized the significance of Animal Crossing. Sure it's a simple game for kids, with cute animals and bright... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 15 | Is BMO From Adventure Time Expressive of Feminism? Yes he's a video game system, but she is so much more than that!! BMO from the fantastic show Adventure Time identifies as both male and female, and... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 16 | How Does Glitchy Art Show Us Broken is Beautiful? We all love broken things. WAIT WHAT?! Yes, you read that correctly. You may have noticed this thing called "glitch", where people purposely push... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 17 | How is Jurassic Park a Commentary on Capitalism? They spared no expense!! It doesn't matter if it was intended or not, the film Jurassic Park (and book it's based on) accurately illustrate... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 18 | Does it Matter What Evangelion's Creator Says? Hideaki Anno says Neon Genesis Evangelion is meaningless. For #GeekWeek we ask if we should listen to him. Neon Genesis Evangelion may be the MOST... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 19 | Is the Internet Cats? We can all agree that the Internet has an intense, borderline obsessive, appreciation for cats. With felines as its spirit animal, the internet can... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 20 | Is Google Knowledge? "Google it" seems to be the quick and easy answer for every question we could possibly ask, but is finding facts the same thing as KNOWING? Having... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 21 | Are There TWO Nikola Teslas? Unless you're new to the internet, you probably know that Tesla was an incredibly popular scientist and inventor who was WAY ahead of his time. But... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 22 | Are the Titans from Attack on Titan Evil? The titans, from the anime series Attack on Titan, are most definitely the bad guys. But can we call them EVIL? If you're unfamiliar, the titans are... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 23 | How Does Night Vale Confront Us With the Unknown? Night Vale's masterful balance of mystery, humor, and horror has made it the #1 podcast in America. Night Vale employs the techniques of H.P.... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 24 | Is There An Introvert Craze Because of Technology? Introverts are super popular right now, celebrated to the point of meme-level. Stereotypically quiet, smart, and reserved, they are often conflated... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 25 | Can You Actually Enjoy Breaking Bad? We love Breaking Bad. So so much. But do we ENJOY it? The show undoubtedly satisfies, and over the past 6 years, the show has been a roller coaster... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 26 | Did Horse_ebooks Show Us that SPAM is the Webs Native Artform Horse_ebooks was a twitter spambot par excellence. It was algorithmic assembled poetry. It was the soul in the machine. But we recently learned that... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 27 | Controlling vs 'Being' Your Video Game Avatar Do you control or *are* you your video game avatar? Avatars have increased in complexity over the years, from paddles and Pacman to highly rendered... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 28 | How is Slender Man Internet Folklore? Slender Man very well may have been "invented" by the internet, but he's been a part of our subconscious forever! Like cultures across the globe,... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 29 | How is Seeing Ender's Game a Political Action? The science fiction novel "Ender's Game" has been a part of the sci-fi canon for the past 30+ years and with it's huge new blockbuster movie... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 30 | Is Pop Music Holding You Hostage? Love or hate pop music, it's pretty hard to escape. From Katy Perry to Lady Gaga, pop songs are recorded, packaged, and sold down a well worn... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 31 | What Does The Doctor Mean to You? It's the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who!!! Whovians everywhere are excited to see what the newest Doctor will bring to the character, and that got... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 32 | Sandwiches, Modernity, and Lyrics: A Thanksgiving Episode In honor of Thanksgiving, we present two ideas to discuss with your loved ones around the dinner table. First up: sandwiches. They are the perfect... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 33 | Your Questions Answered! (1) Ask and you shall receive... ANSWERS!!! We've compiled your submitted Qs, and responded to as many as we could. How did Idea Channel get started?... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 34 | Your Questions Answered! (2) MORE of Your Questions Answered! |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 35 | Do 'Digital Natives' Exist? Is there such a thing as a "DIGITAL NATIVE"? Some experts have suggested a clear divide between "digital native" (the Millennial tech experts) and... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 36 | Can Bullet Hell Games Be Meditative? Bullet Hell games are crazy. Their onslaught of lasers, bullets, aka DAKKA, seems overwhelming or even IMPOSSIBLE to the uninitiated. Is playing... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 37 | Holiday Media Binge Ah the glorious down time of the holidays. The perfect opportunity for binge watching! Why do we binge watch, and what media do you like binging on? |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 38 | How Powerful Are Algorithms? If you've ever used Google, Netflix, Facebook, or Amazon (and we're guessing that you have), then you've come into contact with algorithms. In fact,... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 39 | Does Reality TV Affect Our View On Surveillance? What have you been watching lately? There's a good chance (whether you admit to it or not) that you've been watching some reality TV. The "Reality... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 40 | The Experience of Being Trolled In a very special episode this week, Mike rethinks his approach to the episode. Most of you have heard the phrase "Don't Feed the Trolls", but do... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 41 | Is Avatar: The Last Airbender Anime? What IS Anime? After binge watching the american produced Avatar: The Last Airbender & Avatar: Legend of Korra, the question seems more complicated.... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 42 | Why Do We Hate Selfies? Are we really about to defend SELFIES?! Yup. Despite being possibly the world's most annoying habit, selfies are undeniably a major part of modern... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 43 | What's the Deal With Unboxing Videos? With every new product release comes a glorious wealth of new Unboxing videos. For the uninitiated, unboxing videos are exactly what they sound like.... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 44 | What is Fiction? (ft. War of the Worlds) What IS fiction? That's the question that popped into our minds when thinking about Orson Welles' radio War of the Worlds performance, which set off... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 45 | Does Fiction Exist? (ft. Harry Potter) We all know who Harry Potter is, and can conjure an image of him in our minds. There are specific properties that make a Harry THE Harry (glasses,... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 46 | Does Twitch Plays Pokemon Give You Hope for Humanity? You asked, and we delivered: a Pokemon episode!!! Specifically Twitch Plays Pokemon, which it turns out is a metaphor for ... well, lots of stuff.... |
 | Saison 2 - épisode 47 | When Do Memes Stop Being Funny? Old meme is old. But why is this such a bad thing? Once the height of internetiness, the sight of a LOLCat now is unforgivable. Memes become passé... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 1 | Do We Need a Better Archive of the Internet? The internet is an archive, but it may not be all that great at it. Sure, it saves any media we can imagine (text, photographs, films, etc). But... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 2 | How Is Technology Changing TV Narrative? Watching our favorite TV shows is one of the most fundamental ways we entertain ourselves. And for most of TV history, these stories were simple and... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 3 | How is Ms. Marvel Changing Media for the Better? Popular media generally has a problem with representation. Fictional worlds are often designed by and for straight white males, and this can subtly... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 4 | How Much Can Data Improve Your Health? ou may have heard of the Jawbone, Fitbit, Nike Fuelband or one of the myriad of other wearable self-tracking gadgets. Heck, you might even be... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 5 | Did HIMYM Earn Its Ending? First of all, spoilers. MASSIVE SPOILERS! How I Met Your Mother is a popular sitcom that has been running 9 years, teasing its audience the whole... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 6 | Can You Make a Movie So Bad It's Good On Purpose? It's easy to make a bad movie. Budget, talent, time, know-how... there are so many factors that can potentially sink a film. But every once in a... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 7 | Do You 'Choose' To Have Your Privacy Invaded By Using Tech? CHANGE YO PASSWORDS! The recent Heartbleed bug was, for many, just another reminder that our information will never be secure on the internet. We... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 8 | The Future of Fandoms What is THE FUTURE of Fandoms? Excited, interested, and devoted to a piece of the world, fandoms have an ever growing presence and power in our... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 9 | How Is Orphan Black An Illustration of the Simulacrum? SPOILERS FOR ORPHAN BLACK AHEAD... OK, so "Orphan Black" features clones brilliantly portrayed by Tatiana Maslany, and while watching their search... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 10 | 100th-ish Episode Special An Idea Channel episode ABOUT Idea Channel? It was inevitable, I guess. Since we've reach our one-hundredth(ish) episode, we thought'd we'd turn the... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 11 | SRSLY What Does IKEA Say About The Human Condition? You may have seen our April Fools video... sorry for disappointing you back then when we didn't have an actual discussion about IKEA and the human... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 12 | Why Are There So Many Super Hero Movies? The past 15 years have produced a pantsload of superhero films. It's hard to even remember a time before Batman, Spiderman, and Captain America... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 13 | Net Neutrality: Is the Internet a Public Utility? The views discussed in this episode do not necessarily reflect the views of PBS or its member stations. All thoughts and opinions presented are the... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 14 | When Will We Worry About the Well-Being of Robots? Do you worry about your vacuum? Not in the way where you're concerned about breaking a valuable object - but in an emotional, empathetic concern for... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 15 | Are There Rules For Spoilers? Spoilers can be infuriating because they can ruin the suspense in a piece of media. But some people like them, actually preferring to have the... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 16 | Could Sports Ever Replace War? The recent excitement over the World Cup made us think: could a competitive sporting event ever replace war? It's easy to see the similarity between... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 17 | Is Cosplay a Form of Theatre? COMICON SEASON IS UPON US!! Tens of thousands of fans will fill convention centers, stand in endless lines, and many will even dress up as their... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 18 | Why Were People & Critics So Infatuated With Frozen? What to say about Frozen that hasn't been said… well let's get meta and talk about the fact that so much has been said about Frozen!! Seriously,... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 19 | Are There Internet Dialects? We consider ourselves natives of INTERNETLAND, which made us wonder if there's such a thing as an internet dialect. Not pronunciation, per se (since... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 20 | A Love Letter To The Simpsons When you truly love a piece of media, be it a TV series, movie, song, or YouTube Channel, you want it to be remembered and enjoyed in a tender and... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 21 | Is Kill La Kill a Warning about Wearable Technology? There's a lot to talk about when discussing the anime series Kill la Kill. If you're not familiar with the show, the lead character, Ryuko Matoi,... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 22 | What is a tweet worth? #ALSIceBucketChallenge By now, EVERYONE knows about the Ice Bucket Challenge (unless you've somehow avoided contact with the internet for the past month). While it has... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 23 | 2 Short Ideas: Art, Distance and The Daily Show Takin' a little break to enjoy summer weather, but never fear, we wouldn't leave you with NOTHING TO TALK ABOUT!!! So… here are a couple thoughts to... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 24 | Does Pop Culture Need To Be 'Popular'? What is 'Popular Culture'? Despite what the term may lead you to think, it is NOT just media that is numerically popular! Tom Waits most certainly... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 25 | Furthermore: The Return of Bronies, Homestuck, Avatars, Hipsters & Old Memes You've continued talking, and we're still listening!!! Even though each week we move on to new episodes, the comment sections of our old videos just... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 26 | Related Videos: The GIF's Visual Language In Music Videos Whether you pronounce "gif" with a hard or a soft “G”, I think we can all agree that they're a good/jood way to find entertainment and expression on... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 27 | What Do Hot Sauce Labels Say About America? Peppers are the essence of hot sauce, and hot sauce is the essence of spicy. You might be a hot sauce lover, but how much thought have you given... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 28 | How To Create Responsible Social Criticism The recent matter of Sam Pepper's "social experiment" videos has inspired a lot of discussion and debate. Here at Idea Channel, we thought we'd take... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 29 | Are Videogames About Their Mechanics? Are videogames actually about their mechanics? As we play games over and over again, we spend a lot of time getting pretty darn good at the... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 30 | Five Fallacies Arguing on the internet, everyone’s favorite pastime! But unfortunately, some people don’t do it very well — or at least they could do it better.... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 31 | What Do Horror Movies and Cable News Networks Have in Common? Halloween is almost here, and 'tis the season for copious horror movie viewing!! Lots of awesome smart people have talked about the reasons we love... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 32 | LITERALLY OUR MOST AMAZING EPISODE EVER!!! "This is literally the best episode of Idea Channel EVER." Is it? Or are we just continuing the cultural trend of hyperbole? (side note: the episode... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 33 | Hell is Quoting Other People Here at Idea Channel we enjoy thinking about things, so it was inevitable we'd start thinking about... thinking. Or rather, what were philosophers... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 34 | What Does Too Many Cooks Say About the Meaning of Life? Adult Swim's "Too Many Cooks" is awesome, bizarre, and like so many other things on the internet, ABSURD. The video is perfectly suited for internet... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 35 | Your Questions Answered! Part II It's that time of year again, when we eat Turkey and answer your crazy, fun questions about Idea Channel and Mike's favorite things. What music does... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 36 | How Mighty is Taylor Swift's Pen? Check your cynicism at the door!! We're talkin' bout Taylor Swift today. The mega-popstar seems to be OWNING the music industry lately, with her... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 37 | Is Over The Garden Wall About Having Faith? You guys REALLY like the Over the Garden Wall series on Cartoon Network (as indicated by all your comments and tweets). WE DO TOO!!! Wirt and Greg's... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 38 | Coffee, Mesmerism, and Morning Routines This episode is about glorious morning coffee. Or more specifically, about our time-tested morning routines. Everybody has their morning routine... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 39 | Even More Fallacies! There's lots of... um... let's say "discussion" on the web, and I think we can all agree that it's not always constructive. You may have seen our... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 40 | The Uncertain Connection Between North Korea and Hackers The recent release of The Interview could have been a movie unto itself (possibly a better movie), involving hackers, a secretive foreign nation, an... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 41 | How Objective Is The Law? Serial: Part 1 "Serial", the hugely popular podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig, has prompted much discussion and debate about the murder case of Hae Min Lee and... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 42 | Should Journalism Be Objective? Serial: Part 2 Welcome to PART DEUX of our discussion of "Serial", the insanely popular podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig. Last week we discussed objectivity in the... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 43 | Do You Have the Right to Be Forgotten? Diamonds are forever, and so is posting to the internet. But sometimes this permanent archive of our lives can come back to haunt us. Some argue... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 44 | Love Bending and Fan Fiction with Korra FAN FICTION! The wonderful domain of art and creativity where all of our dreams about all of our favorite characters come true. Harry and Draco,... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 45 | Why Makeup Isn't Superficial When someone puts on makeup there is no easy way to know why they've done it. Or why they've made the decisions they have about their makeup.... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 46 | Bored Americans Using Teleporters! (3 Shorts) It’s time to come in from the cold and put on your thinking cap, because we have THREE new ideas for you to consider this week. 1) What’s so bad... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 47 | How Do We and The Sims Perform Gender? The Sims have always allowed for characters to choose their sexual orientation, but what about their gender? Why is it that after all these years... |
 | Saison 3 - épisode 48 | Is Reality TV The Future of Space Travel? Okay, Mars One is decidedly cool, but also kind of crazy right? Nearly everyone with clout in the scientific community has spoken with extreme... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 1 | Are Comic Book Characters Like D&D Players? Dungeon Masters rule over Tabletop RPGs, but who watches the Watchmen? Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, Spiderman, Thor... all famous comic book... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 2 | Do Upvotes Show Democracy's Flaws? Are upvotes democratic? Supposedly, YikYak is a democratic social network, following the lead of forums like reddit that use upvoting as “community... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 3 | How Does Steven Universe Expand Our Ideas of Family? We love Steven Universe! But what makes it so great? It's a story of mismatched characters trying to save the world, but maybe there's more to it... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 4 | Why Are You Ignoring My iMessages?? Why are you ignoring my messages? Are read receipts AMAZING or INFURIATING? When you check iMessage on your iPhone, iWatch, iMac, iPad, i…WHATEVER,... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 5 | Is The LEGO Movie Anti-Copyright? EVERYTHING IS AWESOME in the LEGO™ movie, except when it isn't and LORD BUSINESS gets in the way and wants to control everything and stifle... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 6 | What’s the Deal With Amiibos? The insane popularity of Nintendo’s Amiibos, Amiibo Hunting, and Amiibo Hunters (both in stores and on places like the Amiibo Reddit) proves that... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 7 | What Does The SAT Really Test? THE SAT. How’s that SAT prep going? Need some SAT tips? Well, here’s one: The SAT may not actually be measuring your…anything. That’s right, your... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 8 | Is A Thor By Any Other Name Still Thor? Female THOR made a lot of people go kind of…crazy. But gender issues aside, people seemed most perturbed with labeling someone other than the male... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 9 | Why Do Americans Love Road Trips? Planning on going on a road trip across America at some point? Well, you’re not alone, because for some reason AMERICANS LOVE ROAD TRIPS. Planning... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 10 | Country Music: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Country music is awesome! BUT there’s a weird stigma attached to even the best country music and we at Idea Channel want to understand why. Not only... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 11 | Do We Live In The Future? We spend a lot of time thinking about THE FUTURE. But spoilers, maybe the future is now! Forget hoverboards, flying cars, jetpacks, and structures... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 12 | DON'T CLICK THIS VIDEO! THE BUTTON! Has there ever been such a weird thing on the internet? Well, we did have Twitch Plays Pokemon, and then there was rickrolling, and... |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 13 | Why Are There So Many Remakes?? (besides $$$) Fantastic Four, Jurassic World, The Hulk, Star Trek, Spiderman… is it just me or does it seem like remakes are EVERYWHERE? And not only that, but it... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 14 | Comment Responses: "Do We Live in The Future?" & "r/TheButton" Since Mike had to skip comment responses in last week's episode, we decided to respond to comments for the past 2 weeks in their own video! | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 15 | How Accurate Should Movies Be? Neil DeGrasse Tyson has made a small game out of decrying the factual inaccuracies of popular movies, but do these noted inaccuracies actually…matter?... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 16 | Comment Responses: "How Accurate Should Movies Be?" Mike responds to comments from our "How Accurate Should Movies Be?" episode | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 17 | When Does Play Become Work? I'm only one person, and there are only so many hours in the day. Why does entertainment increasingly feel like work? The Witcher 3 literally... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 18 | Comment Responses: "When Does Play Become Work?" Mike responds to comments from our "When Does Play Become Work?" episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 19 | Three Laws of The Internet Explained! Godwin’s Law, Lewis’s Law & Poe’s Law GODWIN’S LAW, LEWIS’S LAW, POE’S LAW, and… RUGNETTA’S LAW? It’s not often that we think RULES govern the way... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 20 | Comment Responses: "Three Laws of The Internet Explained!" Mike responds to comments from our "Three Laws of The Internet Explained!" episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 21 | What If We're All Minions?? Is hateful Minion press still good Minion press? THE MINIONS. The internet’s most ubiquitous… things? What exactly is a minion, and, despite... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 22 | Comments Responses: "What If We're All Minions?" Mike responds to comments from our "What If We're All Minions??" episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 23 | 100% Organic Idea Channel Episode The Organic Feels! The "Organic Movement" has become nothing short of MASSIVE in recent years, from whole foods to "raw diets", its popularity is... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 24 | Comment Responses: "100% Organic Idea Channel Episode" Mike responds to comments from our "100% Organic Idea Channel Episode" episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 25 | Should You Watch Leaks? To Leak Or Not To Leak? Leaked material hit an all time high this past year with four episodes from HBO's season 5 premiere of Game of Thrones... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 26 | Comment Responses: "Should You Watch Leaks" Mike responds to comments from our "Should You Watch Leaks" episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 27 | Are All Hotel Rooms The Same Place? Guests or Ghosts? Is every hotel room the same place? Despite being associated with exciting travel or relaxing getaways, the point of a hotel room... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 28 | Comment Responses: "Are All Hotel Rooms The Same Place?" Mike responds to comments from our "Are All Hotel Rooms The Same Place? " episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 29 | If There Are No Pics, Did It Happen? Pics Or It Didn't Happen! Pictures are the gold standard by which we measure all evidence and happenings. With sites like Facebook, Imgur, and the... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 30 | Comment Responses: "If There Are No Pics, Did It Happen?" Mike responds to comments from our "If There Are No Pics, Did It Happen? " episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 31 | Is Rick from Rick & Morty The Ideal Scientist? Rick and Morty! Rick Sanchez, the erratic scientist from Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty is nothing short of brilliantly talented, but his crazy antics... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 32 | Comment Responses: "Is Rick from Rick & Morty The Ideal Scientist?" Mike responds to comments from our “Is Rick from Rick & Morty The Ideal Scientist? " episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 33 | Do Makers Propose a More Open Source Future? Tractor Hacking Is Illegal! ‘Open Source’ is a licensing and development model which allows its inner-workings to be open to the public, and even... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 34 | Comment Responses: "Do Makers Propose A More Open Source Future?" Mike responds to comments from our “Do Makers Propose A More Open Source Future? " episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 35 | What's The Deal With Classroom Trigger Warnings? Trigger Warnings In College! TRIGGER WARNINGS! The internet’s method of warning viewers that the discussion or content they are about to view may... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 36 | Comment Responses: What's The Deal With Classroom Trigger Warnings? Mike responds to comments from our “What's The Deal With Classroom Trigger Warnings?" episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 37 | Are 400+ TV Shows Happening in the Same Universe? Is it possible that over 400 television shows all take place in the same universe? Every other week for the next few weeks, Mike is going to tackle... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 38 | Comment Responses: Are 400+ TV Shows Happening in the Same Universe? Mike responds to comments from our “Are 400+ TV Shows Happening In The Same Universe?" episode. | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 39 | Are You Literally What You Post? “Me rn”: the internets self-recognition phenomenon where pictures and gifs are used to represent feelings, reactions, and internal states. But could... | |
| Saison 4 - épisode 40 | Comment Responses: Are You Literally What You Post? Mike responds to comments from our “Are You Literally What You Post?" episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 41 | Does Pokemon Start After a Massive War? Pokemon might not be what you thought it was. On this episode of Idea Channel, Mike continues our fan-theory series by looking at the Pokemon,... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 42 | Comment Responses: Does Pokemon Start After a Massive War? Mike responds to comments from our “Does Pokemon Start After A Massive War" episode | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 43 | Have #Brands™ Become Mythological? Modern brands such as clothing, food, technology and even celebrities, have permeated almost every aspect of our culture as the intangible asset of... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 44 | Comment Responses: Have #Brands™ Become Mythological? Mike responds to comments from our “Have #Brands™ Become Mythological?" episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 45 | Do All Horror Monsters Fit Into 5 Categories? Halloween is upon us and we all know what that means! Scary monsters everywhere! But while we're all used to seeing hundreds of different horror... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 46 | Comment Responses: Do All Horror Monsters Fit Into 5 Categories? Mike responds to comments from our “Do All Horror Monsters Fit Into 5 Categories?" episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 47 | Why Do Stormtroopers Have Bad Aim? Shots fired! Stormtroopers might not actually be as bad at shooting as you thought. On this episode of Idea Channel, Mike continues our fan-theory... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 48 | Comment Responses: Why Do Stormtroopers Have Bad Aim? Mike responds to comments from our “Why Do Stormtroopers Have Bad Aim?" episode. | |
 | Saison 4 - épisode 49 | Were They Dead the Whole Time?? Why do so many fan theories postulate that the main character has been dead the whole time? In our 4th installment of Idea Channel Fan Theory... |
| Saison 4 - épisode 50 | Comment Responses: Were They Dead the Whole Time?? Mike responds to comments from our “Were They Dead The Whole Time??" episode. | |
 | Saison 5 - épisode 1 | Is It Okay To Mourn Celebrity Death Online? As we progress further into the age of technology and social media, some new trends have emerged around how we as a society deal with death. The... |
| Saison 5 - épisode 2 | Comment Responses: Is It Okay To Mourn Celebrity Death Online? Mike responds to comments from the "Is It Okay To Mourn Celebrity Death Online?” episode. |
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