PBS Idea Channel - Season 3

PBS Idea Channel - Season 3

Season 3

Network
DatesMar 19, 2014 - Mar 11, 2015
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Episodes

Do We Need a Better Archive of the Internet?
Season 3Episode 1

Do We Need a Better Archive of the Internet?

Mar 19, 2014
How Is Technology Changing TV Narrative?
Season 3Episode 2

How Is Technology Changing TV Narrative?

Mar 26, 2014
How is Ms. Marvel Changing Media for the Better?
Season 3Episode 3

How is Ms. Marvel Changing Media for the Better?

Apr 2, 2014
How Much Can Data Improve Your Health?
Season 3Episode 4

How Much Can Data Improve Your Health?

Apr 9, 2014
Did HIMYM Earn Its Ending?
Season 3Episode 5

Did HIMYM Earn Its Ending?

Apr 16, 2014
Can You Make a Movie So Bad It's Good On Purpose?
Season 3Episode 6

Can You Make a Movie So Bad It's Good On Purpose?

Apr 23, 2014
Do You 'Choose' To Have Your Privacy Invaded By Using Tech?
Season 3Episode 7

Do You 'Choose' To Have Your Privacy Invaded By Using Tech?

Apr 30, 2014
The Future of Fandoms
Season 3Episode 8

The Future of Fandoms

May 7, 2014
How Is Orphan Black An Illustration of the Simulacrum?
Season 3Episode 9

How Is Orphan Black An Illustration of the Simulacrum?

May 14, 2014
100th-ish Episode Special
Season 3Episode 10

100th-ish Episode Special

May 21, 2014
SRSLY What Does IKEA Say About The Human Condition?
Season 3Episode 11

SRSLY What Does IKEA Say About The Human Condition?

Jun 4, 2014
Why Are There So Many Super Hero Movies?
Season 3Episode 12

Why Are There So Many Super Hero Movies?

Jun 12, 2014
Net Neutrality: Is the Internet a Public Utility?
Season 3Episode 13

Net Neutrality: Is the Internet a Public Utility?

Jun 25, 2014
When Will We Worry About the Well-Being of Robots?
Season 3Episode 14

When Will We Worry About the Well-Being of Robots?

Jul 2, 2014
Are There Rules For Spoilers?
Season 3Episode 15

Are There Rules For Spoilers?

Jul 9, 2014
Could Sports Ever Replace War?
Season 3Episode 16

Could Sports Ever Replace War?

Jul 16, 2014
Is Cosplay a Form of Theatre?
Season 3Episode 17

Is Cosplay a Form of Theatre?

Jul 23, 2014
Why Were People & Critics So Infatuated With Frozen?
Season 3Episode 18

Why Were People & Critics So Infatuated With Frozen?

Jul 30, 2014
Are There Internet Dialects?
Season 3Episode 19

Are There Internet Dialects?

Aug 6, 2014
A Love Letter To The Simpsons
Season 3Episode 20

A Love Letter To The Simpsons

Aug 13, 2014
Is Kill La Kill a Warning about Wearable Technology?
Season 3Episode 21

Is Kill La Kill a Warning about Wearable Technology?

Aug 20, 2014
What is a tweet worth? #ALSIceBucketChallenge
Season 3Episode 22

What is a tweet worth? #ALSIceBucketChallenge

Aug 27, 2014
2 Short Ideas: Art, Distance and The Daily Show
Season 3Episode 23

2 Short Ideas: Art, Distance and The Daily Show

Sep 3, 2014
Does Pop Culture Need To Be 'Popular'?
Season 3Episode 24

Does Pop Culture Need To Be 'Popular'?

Sep 10, 2014
Furthermore: The Return of Bronies, Homestuck, Avatars, Hipsters & Old Memes
Season 3Episode 25

Furthermore: The Return of Bronies, Homestuck, Avatars, Hipsters & Old Memes

Sep 17, 2014
Related Videos: The GIF's Visual Language In Music Videos
Season 3Episode 26

Related Videos: The GIF's Visual Language In Music Videos

Sep 24, 2014
What Do Hot Sauce Labels Say About America?
Season 3Episode 27

What Do Hot Sauce Labels Say About America?

Oct 1, 2014
How To Create Responsible Social Criticism
Season 3Episode 28

How To Create Responsible Social Criticism

Oct 8, 2014
Are Videogames About Their Mechanics?
Season 3Episode 29

Are Videogames About Their Mechanics?

Oct 15, 2014
Five Fallacies
Season 3Episode 30

Five Fallacies

Oct 22, 2014
What Do Horror Movies and Cable News Networks Have in Common?
Season 3Episode 31

What Do Horror Movies and Cable News Networks Have in Common?

Oct 29, 2014
LITERALLY OUR MOST AMAZING EPISODE EVER!!!
Season 3Episode 32

LITERALLY OUR MOST AMAZING EPISODE EVER!!!

Nov 5, 2014
Hell is Quoting Other People
Season 3Episode 33

Hell is Quoting Other People

Nov 12, 2014
What Does Too Many Cooks Say About the Meaning of Life?
Season 3Episode 34

What Does Too Many Cooks Say About the Meaning of Life?

Nov 19, 2014
Your Questions Answered! Part II
Season 3Episode 35

Your Questions Answered! Part II

Nov 26, 2014
How Mighty is Taylor Swift's Pen?
Season 3Episode 36

How Mighty is Taylor Swift's Pen?

Dec 3, 2014
Is Over The Garden Wall About Having Faith?
Season 3Episode 37

Is Over The Garden Wall About Having Faith?

Dec 10, 2014
Coffee, Mesmerism, and Morning Routines
Season 3Episode 38

Coffee, Mesmerism, and Morning Routines

Dec 17, 2014
Even More Fallacies!
Season 3Episode 39

Even More Fallacies!

Jan 7, 2015
The Uncertain Connection Between North Korea and Hackers
Season 3Episode 40

The Uncertain Connection Between North Korea and Hackers

Jan 14, 2015
How Objective Is The Law? Serial: Part 1
Season 3Episode 41

How Objective Is The Law? Serial: Part 1

Jan 21, 2015
Should Journalism Be Objective? Serial: Part 2
Season 3Episode 42

Should Journalism Be Objective? Serial: Part 2

Jan 28, 2015
Do You Have the Right to Be Forgotten?
Season 3Episode 43

Do You Have the Right to Be Forgotten?

Feb 4, 2015
Love Bending and Fan Fiction with Korra
Season 3Episode 44

Love Bending and Fan Fiction with Korra

Feb 11, 2015
Why Makeup Isn't Superficial
Season 3Episode 45

Why Makeup Isn't Superficial

Feb 18, 2015
Bored Americans Using Teleporters! (3 Shorts)
Season 3Episode 46

Bored Americans Using Teleporters! (3 Shorts)

Feb 25, 2015
How Do We and The Sims Perform Gender?
Season 3Episode 47

How Do We and The Sims Perform Gender?

Mar 5, 2015
Is Reality TV The Future of Space Travel?
Season 3Episode 48

Is Reality TV The Future of Space Travel?

Mar 11, 2015

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