

Do By Friday
Merlin Mann and Alex Cox
A weekly challenge show hosted by Alex Cox and Merlin Mann.
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Jun 1, 2017 • 1h 15min
The Corner of Dingle and Dingle
This week's challenge: read something by Ron Jonson
Show Notes
Bob’s Burgers - Butts , Anus, Art Crawl - YouTube
Nest cams back from the dead with new home monitoring device - The Verge
Brian Regan- You Too! - YouTube
D.A.R.E. America
Nearly Half of Donald Trump’s Twitter Followers Are Fake Accounts and Bots
Edgar Wright - How to Do Visual Comedy - YouTube
Lara Trump’s controversial pet issue - POLITICO
Save the Wetlands
Steve Koczela on Twitter: “Modern politics in one chart: Last day of search traffic for Covfefe in red, Paris Agreement in blue.
Here’s what the pins that Sheriff Clarke wears actually mean - The Washington Post
Precious One 12 Week Fetal models
Humans vs. Zombies
Trump rode golf cart while G7 leaders walked through Sicily | TheHill
Trump, home all alone - CNN.com
The Italian Job Mini Cooper Scenes - YouTube
Tainted buffet at Jacksonville strip club blamed after severe diarrhea incident on stage
Fake News Story About Strippers Getting Diarrhea From Tainted Shrimp Duped The Internet
Did a Tainted Buffet Cause a ‘Severe Diarrhea Incident’ at a Strip Club? | Snopes
What Is Meow Meow, the Drug That Made a Teen Cut Off His Genitals? - Rolling Stone
Jon Ronson - Wikipedia
The Psychopath Test - Wikipedia
So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed - Wikipedia
The Elephant in the Room: A Journey into the Trump Campaign and the “Alt-Right”
Jonah Lehrer - Wikipedia
Malcolm Gladwell - Wikipedia
The Tipping Point - Wikipedia
Michael Lewis - Wikipedia
Moneyball - Wikipedia
The Big Short - Wikipedia
Guns, Germs, and Steel - Wikipedia
Hidden Brain : NPR
Freakonomics - The hidden side of everything Freakonomics | The hidden side of everything
Tom Wolfe - Wikipedia
New Journalism - Wikipedia
Gonzo journalism - Wikipedia
Hunter S. Thompson - Wikipedia
Dr. John Ioannidis Exposes the Bad Science of Colleagues - The Atlantic
This Power Generator Runs on Saltwater | Popular Science
Publication bias - Wikipedia
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations
» Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable Clay Shirky
Jon Ronson | This American Life
Jack Hitt | This American Life
Alex Blumberg | This American Life
Alix Spiegel | This American Life
Lulu Miller | This American Life
David Sedaris | This American Life
When Patents Attack! | This American Life
The Giant Pool of Money | This American Life
129 Cars | This American Life
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May 26, 2017 • 1h 28min
The Bentley Boys
This week's challenge: watch some superhero movies.
Show Notes
Apple designer Marc Newson made a $12,000 hourglass filled with nanoballs that are apparently too beautiful for words - The Verge
Apple’s New Campus: An Exclusive Look Inside the Mothership | WIRED
Bentley Motors Website: World of Bentley: Mulliner: Personal Commissioning: Bentayga Falconry by Mulliner
What is CBD Hemp Oil? | Medical Marijuana Inc.
No Matter Where Donald Trump Goes, Burned Steaks Will Follow | Vanity Fair
Tips for Leaders Meeting Trump: Keep It Short and Give Him a Win - The New York Times
Google’s New System Tracks Credit Card Transactions to See If Its Online Ads Are Working | Inc.com
Heritage House ’76, Pro-Life Supplies for the Pro-Life Movement
SnakeBite Causes $89,000 Hospital Bill for North Carolina Couple | Time.com
The Kids Are All Right (2010) - IMDb
Hoodie Hoop - Home
“Rules of Business” – Stewart Butterfield – Medium
Did Disney Ruin Pixar? - The Atlantic
Trump used to be more articulate. What could explain the change?
Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution - Wikipedia
The Backfire Effect – You Are Not So Smart
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) - IMDb
Logan (2017) - IMDb
Iron Man (2008) - IMDb
The Dark Knight (2008) - IMDb
How Age of Ultron Nearly Broke Joss Whedon — Vulture
Edgar Wright Here – The official blog of director edgar wright
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May 19, 2017 • 1h 13min
People Have Died Here
This week's challenge: try powders.
Show Notes
Obama’s Beach House
Caffeine Overdose Killed South Carolina Teen, Coroner Rules
Death Signs
The Cards Against Humanity Sign on Twitter
My Family’s Slave
Trump gets 2 scoops of ice cream, everyone else gets 1
Trump’s Mental Health
Trump Wants ‘Goddamned Steam,’ Not Digital Catapults on Aircraft Carriers
Better
Get Me Roger Stone: Official Trailer
The Elephant in the Room: A Journey into the Trump Campaign and the “Alt-Right”
Bohemian Grove
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany Voluptuous Panic: The Erotic World of Weimar Berlin
Your Shitty Kid
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May 12, 2017 • 1h 16min
The Milky Boys
The challenge: watch The Social Network.
Alex Jones’s Media Empire Is a Machine Built to Sell Snake-Oil Diet Supplements
Episode 06: Charlie Warzel discusses shocking weed revelations from Alex Jones’ custody hearings — Stoner — Overcast
Caveman True Paleo Formula
Ristretto - Wikipedia
David Fincher - And the Other Way is Wrong - YouTube
Real life 'blue man' Paul Karason dies aged 62; turned blue after drinking colloidal silver ... - WorldNews
SMALT-The smart home device that elevates your dining experience
Why Every Home Should Have Centerpieces — SMALT-The smart home device that elevates your dining experience
After Trump fired Comey, White House staff scrambled to explain why
The Social Network (2010) - IMDb

May 5, 2017 • 1h 12min
White King Screamy Face
This week's challenge: have a drink.
Show Notes
Clash Royale
Hulu TV
Ev Williams is the Forrest Gump of internet media.
Trump Walking Away from Dickerson
Nextdoor, the social network for neighbors, is becoming a home for racial profiling
Reducing Racial Profiling on Nextdoor | Nextdoor Blog
How Nextdoor reduced racist posts by 75%
Racial Profiling: Definition | American Civil Liberties Union
WATCH: Alex Jones holds bonkers press conference to rip reporters — and warn about ‘human animal chimeras’
This Monologue Goes Out To You, Mr. President - YouTube
The Backfire Effect – You Are Not So Smart
You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you - The Oatmeal
Dung midden - Wikipedia
Phenylalanine - Wikipedia
Cappuccino
Zevia
Why McDonald’s Coke Tastes So Great
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Apr 28, 2017 • 1h 5min
Google Saudi Prince Airplane Falcons
This week's challenge: use NextDoor.
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Apr 7, 2017 • 1h 45min
U-Haul Lesbian Moment
This week's challenge: cry.
Here are this week's show notes, but they contain SPOILERS.
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Mar 31, 2017 • 31min
Jimmy Jack’s Fried Sauce Palace
This week's challenge: call in from Harry Potter World.
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Mar 24, 2017 • 1h 45min
Metal Nature Shit
This week's challenge: use your voice.
Show Notes
The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 184, With Special Guest Merlin Mann
Grandmaster Flash breaks down Netflix’s new series “The Get Down.” | Mother Jones
Here comes the Judge! - YouTube
Naughty panda babies wrestling with basket and piles of leaves - YouTube
Planet Earth II | New Series | BBC Earth | BBC Earth
cordyceps (Parasitic Fungi) - YouTube
Did Mike Huckabee’s Son Kill a Dog?
Mike Huckabee’s 2008 Myspace Page Is Still Up And Still Amazing - BuzzFeed News
Still - Meditation Timer & Tracker on the App Store
Omo, Simply Meditate on the App Store
Missing Richard Simmons
HOUND Voice Search & Assistant on the App Store
An Exclusive Look at How AI and Machine Learning Work at Apple
Siri’s Inventors Are Building a Radical New AI That Does Anything You Ask | WIRED
The little-known iPhone feature that lets blind people see with their fingers
Marco’s Apple Rant on ATP
Roger Stone’s Nixon Tattoo
Why Was Steve Bannon’s Hot Tub Allegedly Filled with Acid?
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Mar 17, 2017 • 1h 43min
The Ennoblement of Water
This week's challenge: meditate like a venture capitalist.
Show Notes
PodcastMenu
Lucky Peach Magazine
The Magazine
MOLD
Gorilla Mindset
Periods in the Bible
Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich
Hitler Was ‘Blitzed’ on Cocaine And Opiates During The War, Author Says : Shots - Health News : NPR
[David “Avocado” Wolfe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Wolfe_(nutritionist)
Matthew Bischoff
Tommy Maranges
Philosophy Bro
Amazon.com: Thoughts Without A Thinker: Psychotherapy from a Buddhist Perspective
Pause App
Pacifica App
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