

Do By Friday
Merlin Mann and Alex Cox
A weekly challenge show hosted by Alex Cox and Merlin Mann.
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Feb 14, 2019 • 54min
Adult Magic
This week’s challenge: read Feed by M.T. Anderson.
You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!
Edited by Quinn Rose
Engineered by Cameron Bopp
Show Notes
Amy Klobuchar doesn’t deny ‘throwing’ binder amid reports of outbursts - Business Insider
TrackMan Indoor Golf Simulator – Tour Proven Technology
Fantasy Survivor
Reality Steve - My sarcastic, slanted, sophomoric, and skewed view on the world of reality television
Amazon.com: Survivor Buff -PURPLE Panama Exile Island Season Buff: Sports & Outdoors
The Life of an American Boy at 17
The Kamala Harris ‘Reefergate’ Scandal Is the Dumbest Story of the Year - VICE
Daniel Bryan - Wikipedia
Merlin Mann on Twitter: “People who regard honesty & hypocrisy as incompatible strike me as either dishonest, hypocritical, or both.Is that hypocritical?You bet.”
Fox & Friends host says he hasn’t washed hands in 10 years: ‘Germs are not a real thing — I can’t see them’
Animorphs - Wikipedia
How Jay-Z’s ‘Blueprint’ will always be linked to 9/11 - theGrio
Dolphins Might Be Chewing On Blowfish To Get High | HuffPost Australia
Amazon.com: Feed (9780763662622): M.T. Anderson: Books

Feb 7, 2019 • 1h 2min
WDBF
This week’s challenge: watch Paddington 2.
You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!
Edited by Quinn Rose
Engineered by Cameron Bopp
Show Notes
As a blackface scandal and sexual assault allegation threaten Virginia’s leaders, residents are reeling - The Washington Post
Alderman targets prostitution at massage businesses - Chicago Tribune
Whale fall - Wikipedia
What ever happened to Trump TV? - The Washington Post
Whale fall - Wikipedia
The Mueller Investigation: What We Know So Far
The Ineptitude of Donald Trump’s Co-Conspirators | The New Yorker
Waleed Shahid on Twitter: “Howard Schultz says billionaires should be referred to as “people of means” or “people of wealth.” https://t.co/I3apM0h7aa”
2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries - Wikipedia
Brick City (TV series) - Wikipedia
Sausage Night - Google Docs
Paddington 2 (2017) - IMDb

Jan 31, 2019 • 1h 14min
The Good Plastic
This week’s challenge: make bacon.
You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!
Show Notes
43 Folders Series: Inbox Zero | 43 Folders
Why Our Super Bowl Ad Failed – Cards Against Humanity – Medium
It’s Official, Chicago Is Colder Than Parts Of The Arctic, Yukon, And Mars – CBS Chicago
How to Sell Amazon Liquidation Pallets - The Atlantic
Trump on Hairspray and Ozone - FactCheck.org
You Can’t Get There From Here
Foxconn scraps plan to build factory in Wisconsin, will hire white-collar workers instead - The Washington Post
#132 Negative Mount Pleasant by Reply All from Gimlet Media
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: The Rolling Stone Interview – Rolling Stone
Major iPhone FaceTime bug lets you hear the audio of the person you are calling … before they pick up - 9to5Mac
Bacon Method
Oven Bacon Recipe - NYT Cooking
How I Make Bacon — Liss is More
Sausage Night - Google Docs

Jan 24, 2019 • 59min
Reply Guy
This week's challenge: find a weird SNL sketch.
You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!
Show Notes
New Video Shows MAGA Teens Are Just As Awful As Everyone Thought
Ben Collins on Twitter: “Two years ago (!) now, I made this chart about how bad actors launder rumors, talking points and disinformation through several channels by exploiting cracks in organizations with increasingly higher editorial standards. Nobody’s learned anything at all.… https://t.co/F7MCATrEib”
President Trump’s extravagant, $3,000, 300-sandwich celebration of Clemson University - The Washington Post
Home page - HumanCharger
ReviewMeta.com - Amazon Review Checker
iPhone XS Smart Battery Case - Black - Apple
Wells for Boys - SNL - YouTube
DBF - Good Weird SNL Sketches - YouTube
Saturday Night Live’s ‘Diner Lobster’: A Season Standout - The Atlantic
John Mulaney on the origins of “Lobster Diner,” his new walk, and bringing Kid Gorgeous to Netflix
The Shooting AKA Dear Sister - YouTube
Farewell Mr. Bunting - SNL - YouTube

Jan 18, 2019 • 1h 8min
Junk Boys
This week's challenge: wear the Muse headband.
You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!
Show Notes
Arrested Development - Blue Man 2 - YouTube
Detective Jigsaw - MBMBAM Animation - YouTube
Amazon.com : BREATH SAVERS 3-Hour Sugar Free Mints Spearmint, 1.27 Ounce, Pack of 1 : Breath Mints : Grocery & Gourmet Food
Amazon.com: Perfect Keto Ketone Testing Strips: Test Ketosis Levels on Low Carb Ketogenic Diet, 100 Urinalysis Tester Strips Best for Accurate Meter Measurement of Urine Ketones Tests: by Perfect Keto : Health & Personal Care
Dark Phoenix (film) - Wikipedia
CafeFantasia 💫 on Twitter: “You know that bathtub shot in #MaryPoppinsReturns you assumed was CGI? 😵😵😵 (via @disneyamore)… “
Sorry to Bother You (2018) - IMDb
We Believe: The Best Men Can Be | Gillette (Short Film) - YouTube
Brimley/Cocoon Line (@BrimleyLine) | Twitter
AutoWake
From hyperbaric oxygen chambers to HumanChargers: welcome to the wellness revolution | The Times Magazine | The Times
President Trump’s extravagant, $3,000, 300-sandwich celebration of Clemson University - The Washington Post
The Muse 2 Meditation Device - Meditation Made Easy
Italian Restaurant - SNL - YouTube
Career Day - SNL - YouTube

Jan 15, 2019 • 28min
BONUS: Patreon Aftershow
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Show Notes
Woke Italian Man ees'a so sorry! More Survivor talk, and then everybody gets all mad about Go-Fund-ing Captain Marvel. This leads to a deep dive on corporate charity as consumption absolution.
Then everybody gets all mad about the Scholastic Book Fair. What a shitshow.
Merlin shares an anecdote and cries a little (mark your BINGO card). Shit is complicated. Alex says she went to a gross private Catholic school that also invited capitalism in. Max recalls how you could tell who had money for Big Ski. Also, Max's school had a Jewish book fair. They sold megillas and biographies of directors.
This week's challenge is Alex's and it involves a cyber headband.
Apparently, Will Shortz is now problematic.
Merlin has backstory on the headband and why he got one.
Then, the gang takes a little trip to Hogwarts where we find Snape volunteering to help out at the book fair. [Insert fart noise]

Jan 11, 2019 • 1h 8min
Fantastic Beasts and Where They Urinate
This week's challenge: watch Tidying Up with Marie Kondo.
You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!
Show Notes
How Mark Burnett Resurrected Donald Trump as an Icon of American Success
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Responds to Viral Dancing Video
Second Black Man Found Dead in Home of Democratic Donor
Matt Binder on Twitter: “I’d tell them to watch out for the weirdo filming the bathroom outside https://t.co/D8qNOzxDsr”
Tidying Up with Marie Kondo | Netflix Official Site
KonMari – Founded by Marie Kondo.
It’s All Too Much: An Easy Plan for Living a Richer Life with Less Stuff: Peter Walsh: 8601419123933: Amazon.com: Books

Jan 3, 2019 • 1h 11min
Make America Candy Again
This week’s challenge: see Into the Spider-Verse.
You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!
Show Notes
Amazon.com : Candy Dots on Paper : Grocery & Gourmet Food
IT’SUGAR Candy Store
Reverse mortgage - Wikipedia
The Dream by Stitcher on Apple Podcasts
Synthetic cannabinoids - Wikipedia
Salvia - Wikipedia
Survivor (U.S. TV series) - Wikipedia
Coach Wade | Survivor Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
John Cochran | Survivor Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Survivor: Micronesia | Survivor Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Survivor: South Pacific | Survivor Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Survivor: David vs. Goliath | Survivor Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty | Survivor Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Rob Mariano | Survivor Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Anna Chlumsky - Wikipedia
Gold Diggers: The Secret of Bear Mountain - Wikipedia
Survivor Rulebook | Survivor Wiki | FANDOM powered by Wikia
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) - IMDb
Venom (2018) - IMDb
Warcraft: The Beginning (2016) - IMDb

Dec 20, 2018 • 1h 44min
Heavy Petting
This week’s challenge: have a holiday party.
You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!
Show Notes
Survivor (U.S. TV series) - Wikipedia
Remote Audio Data Is Here : NPR Extra : NPR
Tucker Carlson continues to lose advertisers after saying immigrants make America ‘dirtier’ – ThinkProgress
Goo & Adhesive Remover Spray Gel| Goo Gone
Baobab - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eggnog - Wikipedia
Tito’s Handmade Vodka
Betty Crocker Mug Treats Muffin & Cake Mixes - Variety Pack - Bundle of 8: Amazon.com: Grocery & Gourmet Food
Everclear (alcohol) - Wikipedia
Jungle juice - Wikipedia
Tippy Cow - Rum Cream
Microwave Scrambled Egg Breakfast Bowls | Just Crack An Egg
Oberweis Dairy
Campo Santo - Firewatch
Untitled Goose Game
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey Sent Beard Hair to Azealia Banks: Report | SPIN
E-scooters being dumped into Oakland’s Lake Merritt - Story | KTVU
Convert a Bird to a Personal Scooter - Xiaomi MIJIA M365 - Scooter Talk
Ep. 316: “Set Master to Relax” - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann
The McElroy Brothers Will Be In Trolls World Tour
Make Do #18: The Myth of the Tragic Artist - Relay FM
Reconcilable Differences #93: Forty Gronks - Relay FM
Mango Mania: How the American Mango Lost its Flavor—and How it Might Just Get it Back - Gastropod
Ira Glass: The Man Who Launched a Thousand Podcasts by Without Fail from Gimlet Media
Tone Control - Idle Thumbs Network
Accidental Tech Podcast
Top Four - Relay FM

Dec 13, 2018 • 53min
The Lady Will Have the Diet Plate
This week's challenge: eat out late.
You can hear the after show and support Do By Friday on Patreon!
Show Notes
Office air conditioning IS cold for women; science reveals why
Friendshipping!
Unattended Consequences
Jenn (@jenndangerous) | Twitter
Top Chef - Wikipedia
Project Runway - Wikipedia
Survivor (U.S. TV series) - Wikipedia
Notes from Japan – Maxistentialism Blog – Medium
Kaiseki - Wikipedia
The Extraordinary Science of Addictive Junk Food - The New York Times