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Season 1

EpisodeNameAirdate
S01E01Super Mario Brothers is the World's Greatest Piece of Surrealist ArtMar 14, 2012
S01E02Is Miku Hatsune a More Authentic Pop Star Than Lana Del Rey?Mar 28, 2012
S01E03Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art?Apr 11, 2012
S01E04Is Instagram the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Photography?Apr 25, 2012
S01E05Is Minimalism the Secret to Hello Kitty's Success?May 9, 2012
S01E06Are Hologram Tupac and Hologram Freddie Mercury Nostalgia or New Aesthetic?May 23, 2012
S01E07Are Bronies Changing the Definition of Masculinity?Jun 6, 2012
S01E08Is Twitter the Newest Form of Literature?Jun 13, 2012
S01E09Is the Web Browser Replacing the Art Gallery?Jun 20, 2012
S01E10Are Mashups the End of Music Genres As We Know Them?Jun 27, 2012
S01E11Does Nail Art Prove That Anything Can Be A Canvas for Artistic Expression?Jul 4, 2012
S01E12Does the Kinect Make Microsoft an Arts Benefactor?Jul 11, 2012
S01E13How Did Sherlock Holmes Pave the Way for 50 Shades of Grey?Jul 18, 2012
S01E14Will Minecraft and Makerbot Usher in the Post-Scarcity Economy?Jul 25, 2012
S01E15Is Dubstep Avant Garde Musical Genius?Aug 1, 2012
S01E16Are the Olympics A Model for Creating Geniuses?Aug 8, 2012
S01E17Is Nic Cage the Intersection of YOLO and Taoism?Aug 15, 2012
S01E18Are Memes & Internet Culture Creating a Singularity?Aug 22, 2012
S01E19Is William Gibson A Modern Day Oracle?Aug 29, 2012
S01E20Is Homestuck the Ulysses of the Internet?Sep 5, 2012
S01E21Is Facebook Changing Our Identity?Sep 12, 2012
S01E22Is Diablo III Turning Virtual Economies Into Real Ones?Sep 19, 2012
S01E23What do MP3s and Magic Spells Have in Common?Sep 26, 2012
S01E24Is Doctor Who a Religion?Oct 3, 2012
S01E25Can Dungeons & Dragons Make You A Confident & Successful Person?Oct 10, 2012
S01E26How are Justin Bieber, Franz Liszt and Jerusalem Connected?Oct 17, 2012
S01E27Is CSS and Website Design a Fashion Statement?Oct 24, 2012
S01E28How Will The Animated GIF Affect The Presidential Election?Nov 1, 2012
S01E29Is YouTube Making Us Smarter?Nov 7, 2012
S01E30Is Nostalgia the Reason for Adventure Time's Amazing Awesomeness?Nov 14, 2012
S01E31Should 'Happy Birthday' be Protected by Copyright?Nov 28, 2012
S01E32Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality?Dec 5, 2012
S01E33What Do Santa and Wrestling Have In Common?Dec 12, 2012
S01E34Do We Want the World to End?Dec 19, 2012
S01E35Are Your New Year's Resolutions Bound to Fail?Jan 2, 2013
S01E36Will Space Travel Save Us All?Jan 9, 2013
S01E37Are You A Hipster?Jan 16, 2013
S01E38Top 5 Most Artful Video GamesJan 23, 2013
S01E39Are MP3s & Vinyl Better Than Live Music?Jan 30, 2013
S01E40Is Futurama the Best Argument Against Transhumanism?Feb 6, 2013
S01E41Are Bitcoins and Unusual Hats the Future of Currency?Feb 13, 2013
S01E42There's No Such Thing As Offline?!?Feb 20, 2013
S01E43What Does the Russian Meteorite Tell Us About Surveillance Culture?Feb 27, 2013
S01E44Is Minecraft the Ultimate Educational Tool?Mar 6, 2013
S01E45Do Knock-Offs Prove the Value of a Brand?Mar 13, 2013

Season 2

EpisodeNameAirdate
S02E01Is Piracy Helping Game of Thrones?Mar 20, 2013
S02E02Will Kickstarter Replace Hollywood?Mar 27, 2013
S02E03Is Community a Postermodern Masterpiece?Apr 3, 2013
S02E04Is Buying Call of Duty a Moral Choice?Apr 10, 2013
S02E05Is a Tagged Instagram More Than Just a Photo?Apr 24, 2013
S02E06Is a DOS Attack a Weapon?May 1, 2013
S02E07Is Sad Music Actually Sad?May 8, 2013
S02E08Is Developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethical?May 29, 2013
S02E09Is Math a Feature of the Universe or a Feature of Human Creation?Jun 3, 2013
S02E10Is the Universe a Computer?Jun 12, 2013
S02E11Why Do We Love Zombies?Jun 19, 2013
S02E12Can Video Games Become the Next Great Spectator Sport?Jun 26, 2013
S02E13Is the Discovery of Global Warming Our Greatest Scientific Achievement?Jul 3, 2013
S02E14Does Animal Crossing Promote Otaku Citizenship?Jul 10, 2013
S02E15Is BMO From Adventure Time Expressive of Feminism?Jul 17, 2013
S02E16How Does Glitchy Art Show Us Broken is Beautiful?Jul 24, 2013
S02E17How is Jurassic Park a Commentary on Capitalism?Jul 31, 2013
S02E18Does it Matter What Evangelion's Creator Says?Aug 5, 2013
S02E19Is the Internet Cats?Aug 14, 2013
S02E20Is Google Knowledge?Aug 21, 2013
S02E21Are There TWO Nikola Teslas?Sep 11, 2013
S02E22Are the Titans from Attack on Titan Evil?Sep 18, 2013
S02E23How Does Night Vale Confront Us With the Unknown?Sep 25, 2013
S02E24Is There An Introvert Craze Because of Technology?Oct 2, 2013
S02E25Can You Actually Enjoy Breaking Bad?Oct 9, 2013
S02E26Did Horse_ebooks Show Us that SPAM is the Webs Native ArtformOct 16, 2013
S02E27Controlling vs 'Being' Your Video Game AvatarOct 24, 2013
S02E28How is Slender Man Internet Folklore?Oct 30, 2013
S02E29How is Seeing Ender's Game a Political Action?Nov 6, 2013
S02E30Is Pop Music Holding You Hostage?Nov 13, 2013
S02E31What Does The Doctor Mean to You?Nov 20, 2013
S02E32Sandwiches, Modernity, and Lyrics: A Thanksgiving EpisodeNov 27, 2013
S02E33Your Questions Answered! (1)Dec 4, 2013
S02E34Your Questions Answered! (2)Dec 4, 2013
S02E35Do 'Digital Natives' Exist?Dec 11, 2013
S02E36Can Bullet Hell Games Be Meditative?Dec 18, 2013
S02E37Holiday Media BingeJan 2, 2014
S02E38How Powerful Are Algorithms?Jan 8, 2014
S02E39Does Reality TV Affect Our View On Surveillance?Jan 15, 2014
S02E40The Experience of Being TrolledJan 22, 2014
S02E41Is Avatar: The Last Airbender Anime?Jan 29, 2014
S02E42Why Do We Hate Selfies?Feb 5, 2014
S02E43What's the Deal With Unboxing Videos?Feb 12, 2014
S02E44What is Fiction? (ft. War of the Worlds)Feb 19, 2014
S02E45Does Fiction Exist? (ft. Harry Potter)Feb 26, 2014
S02E46Does Twitch Plays Pokemon Give You Hope for Humanity?Mar 5, 2014
S02E47When Do Memes Stop Being Funny?Mar 12, 2014

Season 3

EpisodeNameAirdate
S03E01Do We Need a Better Archive of the Internet?Mar 19, 2014
S03E02How Is Technology Changing TV Narrative?Mar 26, 2014
S03E03How is Ms. Marvel Changing Media for the Better?Apr 2, 2014
S03E04How Much Can Data Improve Your Health?Apr 9, 2014
S03E05Did HIMYM Earn Its Ending?Apr 16, 2014
S03E06Can You Make a Movie So Bad It's Good On Purpose?Apr 23, 2014
S03E07Do You 'Choose' To Have Your Privacy Invaded By Using Tech?Apr 30, 2014
S03E08The Future of FandomsMay 7, 2014
S03E09How Is Orphan Black An Illustration of the Simulacrum?May 14, 2014
S03E10100th-ish Episode SpecialMay 21, 2014
S03E11SRSLY What Does IKEA Say About The Human Condition?Jun 4, 2014
S03E12Why Are There So Many Super Hero Movies?Jun 12, 2014
S03E13Net Neutrality: Is the Internet a Public Utility?Jun 25, 2014
S03E14When Will We Worry About the Well-Being of Robots?Jul 2, 2014
S03E15Are There Rules For Spoilers?Jul 9, 2014
S03E16Could Sports Ever Replace War?Jul 16, 2014
S03E17Is Cosplay a Form of Theatre?Jul 23, 2014
S03E18Why Were People & Critics So Infatuated With Frozen?Jul 30, 2014
S03E19Are There Internet Dialects?Aug 6, 2014
S03E20A Love Letter To The SimpsonsAug 13, 2014
S03E21Is Kill La Kill a Warning about Wearable Technology?Aug 20, 2014
S03E22What is a tweet worth? #ALSIceBucketChallengeAug 27, 2014
S03E232 Short Ideas: Art, Distance and The Daily ShowSep 3, 2014
S03E24Does Pop Culture Need To Be 'Popular'?Sep 10, 2014
S03E25Furthermore: The Return of Bronies, Homestuck, Avatars, Hipsters & Old MemesSep 17, 2014
S03E26Related Videos: The GIF's Visual Language In Music VideosSep 24, 2014
S03E27What Do Hot Sauce Labels Say About America?Oct 1, 2014
S03E28How To Create Responsible Social CriticismOct 8, 2014
S03E29Are Videogames About Their Mechanics?Oct 15, 2014
S03E30Five FallaciesOct 22, 2014
S03E31What Do Horror Movies and Cable News Networks Have in Common?Oct 29, 2014
S03E32LITERALLY OUR MOST AMAZING EPISODE EVER!!!Nov 5, 2014
S03E33Hell is Quoting Other PeopleNov 12, 2014
S03E34What Does Too Many Cooks Say About the Meaning of Life?Nov 19, 2014
S03E35Your Questions Answered! Part IINov 26, 2014
S03E36How Mighty is Taylor Swift's Pen?Dec 3, 2014
S03E37Is Over The Garden Wall About Having Faith?Dec 10, 2014
S03E38Coffee, Mesmerism, and Morning RoutinesDec 17, 2014
S03E39Even More Fallacies!Jan 7, 2015
S03E40The Uncertain Connection Between North Korea and HackersJan 14, 2015
S03E41How Objective Is The Law? Serial: Part 1Jan 21, 2015
S03E42Should Journalism Be Objective? Serial: Part 2Jan 28, 2015
S03E43Do You Have the Right to Be Forgotten?Feb 4, 2015
S03E44Love Bending and Fan Fiction with KorraFeb 11, 2015
S03E45Why Makeup Isn't SuperficialFeb 18, 2015
S03E46Bored Americans Using Teleporters! (3 Shorts)Feb 25, 2015
S03E47How Do We and The Sims Perform Gender?Mar 5, 2015
S03E48Is Reality TV The Future of Space Travel?Mar 11, 2015

Season 4

EpisodeNameAirdate
S04E01Are Comic Book Characters Like D&D Players?Mar 18, 2015
S04E02Do Upvotes Show Democracy's Flaws?Mar 25, 2015
S04E03How Does Steven Universe Expand Our Ideas of Family?Apr 1, 2015
S04E04Why Are You Ignoring My iMessages??Apr 8, 2015
S04E05Is The LEGO Movie Anti-Copyright?Apr 15, 2015
S04E06What's the Deal With Amiibos?Apr 22, 2015
S04E07What Does The SAT Really Test?Apr 29, 2015
S04E08Is A Thor By Any Other Name Still Thor?May 6, 2015
S04E09Why Do Americans Love Road Trips?May 13, 2015
S04E10Country Music: The Good, The Bad, and The UglyMay 20, 2015
S04E11Do We Live In The Future?May 27, 2015
S04E12DON'T CLICK THIS VIDEO!Jun 3, 2015
S04E13Why Are There So Many Remakes?? (besides $$$)Jun 10, 2015
S04E14Comment Responses: "Do We Live in The Future?" & "r/TheButton"Jun 10, 2015
S04E15How Accurate Should Movies Be?Jun 24, 2015
S04E16Comment Responses: "How Accurate Should Movies Be?"Jul 1, 2015
S04E17When Does Play Become Work?Jul 1, 2015
S04E18Comment Responses: "When Does Play Become Work?"Jul 8, 2015
S04E19Three Laws of The Internet Explained!Jul 8, 2015
S04E20Comment Responses: "Three Laws of The Internet Explained!"Jul 15, 2015
S04E21What If We're All Minions??Jul 15, 2015
S04E22Comments Responses: "What If We're All Minions?"Jul 22, 2015
S04E23100% Organic Idea Channel EpisodeJul 22, 2015
S04E24Comment Responses: "100% Organic Idea Channel Episode"Jul 29, 2015
S04E25Should You Watch Leaks?Jul 29, 2015
S04E26Comment Responses: "Should You Watch Leaks"Aug 5, 2015
S04E27Are All Hotel Rooms The Same Place?Aug 5, 2015
S04E28Comment Responses: "Are All Hotel Rooms The Same Place?"Aug 12, 2015
S04E29If There Are No Pics, Did It Happen?Aug 12, 2015
S04E30Comment Responses: "If There Are No Pics, Did It Happen?"Aug 26, 2015
S04E31Is Rick from Rick & Morty The Ideal Scientist?Aug 26, 2015
S04E32Comment Responses: "Is Rick from Rick & Morty The Ideal Scientist?"Sep 2, 2015
S04E33Do Makers Propose a More Open Source Future?Sep 2, 2015
S04E34Comment Responses: "Do Makers Propose A More Open Source Future?"Sep 16, 2015
S04E35What's The Deal With Classroom Trigger Warnings?Sep 16, 2015
S04E36Comment Responses: What's The Deal With Classroom Trigger Warnings?Sep 23, 2015
S04E37Are 400+ TV Shows Happening in the Same Universe?Sep 25, 2015
S04E38Comment Responses: Are 400+ TV Shows Happening in the Same Universe?Sep 30, 2015
S04E39Are You Literally What You Post?Sep 30, 2015
S04E40Comment Responses: Are You Literally What You Post?Oct 7, 2015
S04E41Does Pokemon Start After a Massive War?Oct 7, 2015
S04E42Comment Responses: Does Pokemon Start After a Massive War?Oct 14, 2015
S04E43Have #Brands™ Become Mythological?Oct 14, 2015
S04E44Comment Responses: Have #Brands™ Become Mythological?Oct 21, 2015
S04E45Do All Horror Monsters Fit Into 5 Categories?Oct 21, 2015
S04E46Comment Responses: Do All Horror Monsters Fit Into 5 Categories?Oct 28, 2015
S04E47Why Do Stormtroopers Have Bad Aim?Oct 28, 2015
S04E48Comment Responses: Why Do Stormtroopers Have Bad Aim?Nov 4, 2015
S04E49Were They Dead the Whole Time??Nov 4, 2015
S04E50Comment Responses: Were They Dead the Whole Time??Nov 11, 2015
S04E51To AdBlock, Or Not to Adblock...Nov 11, 2015
S04E52Comment Responses: To AdBlock, Or Not to Adblock...Nov 18, 2015
S04E53Is Ron Dumbledore??Nov 18, 2015
S04E54Holidays Be Creepin'Nov 25, 2015
S04E55Comment Responses: Christmas Creep & Is Ron Dumbledore??Dec 9, 2015
S04E56Is Language a Virus? Starring PunishedDec 9, 2015
S04E57Comment Responses: Is Language a Virus?Dec 16, 2015
S04E58Eleventy Reasons Listicles Are GreatDec 16, 2015
S04E59The Ruins of Las VegasJan 6, 2016
S04E60Comment Responses: Eleventy Reasons Listicles Are GreatJan 6, 2016
S04E61Do You Want to Believe?Jan 13, 2016
S04E62Comment Responses: The Ruins of Las VegasJan 13, 2016
S04E63Comment Responses: Do You Want to Believe?Jan 20, 2016
S04E64Is Undertale The Most Violent Game This Year?Jan 20, 2016
S04E65Comment Responses: Is Undertale The Most Violent Game This Year?Jan 27, 2016
S04E66Related Videos: Devour, Digest, YouTube PoopJan 27, 2016
S04E67Comment Responses: Related Videos: Devour, Digest, YouTube PoopFeb 3, 2016
S04E68Which Reaction GIF Are You??Feb 3, 2016
S04E69Comment Responses: Which Reaction GIF Are You??Feb 10, 2016
S04E70Fallout 4: Is the Transistor a Symbol of Peace?Feb 10, 2016
S04E71Comment Responses: Fallout 4: Is the Transistor a Symbol of Peace?Feb 17, 2016
S04E72How Does Deadpool Know He's a Comic Book Character?Feb 17, 2016
S04E73What is ~A E S T H E T I C~ Experience?Feb 24, 2016
S04E74Comment Responses: How Does Deadpool Know He's a Comic Book Character?Feb 24, 2016
S04E75Comment Responses: What is ~A E S T H E T I C~ Experience?Mar 2, 2016
S04E76Is Jar Jar Binks a Sith Lord?Mar 2, 2016
S04E77Comment Responses: Is Jar Jar Binks a Sith Lord?Mar 9, 2016
S04E78Why Aren't All Cocktails Served in the Same Glass?Mar 9, 2016
S04E79Comment Responses: Why Aren't All Cocktails Served in the Same Glass?Mar 16, 2016

Season 5

EpisodeNameAirdate
S05E01Is It Okay To Mourn Celebrity Death Online?Mar 16, 2016
S05E02Comment Responses: Is It Okay To Mourn Celebrity Death Online?Mar 23, 2016

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