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Do By Friday
Hosted by Merlin Mann and Alex Cox · ENGLISH
A weekly challenge show hosted by Alex Cox and Merlin Mann.
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Food and Swords
Today01:08:08Tap to summarizePlease watch this space. Full dossier coming soon.
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Butt Thorn
1w ago00:57:18Tap to summarizeLinks “I know it when I see it” - Wikipedia Antonin Scalia - Wikipedia Clarence Thomas - Wikipedia Mycroft Holmes (Gatiss) | Baker Street Wiki | Fandom Zizing 'Em Up: Hughes brothers molded early on by Toronto's hockey culture | NHL.com Spotlight (film) - Wikipedia Toy Story 3 | The Incinerator - YouTube The Kinks - Wikipedia Unholier Than Thou | Crooked Media John Mulaney: Peace Be With You What the Cuck?! | Decoder Ring - YouTube Does Every Hotel Room Have a Cuck Chair? - Thrillist Venial sin - Wikipedia Mortal sin - Wikipedia Ninety-five Theses - Wikipedia Eucharistic adoration - Wikipedia St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | Wood Statue Hand Carved St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Statue Linden Wood St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Sculpture Bryon Noem Camgirl Interview (Lydia Love) - YouTube "I wish she had an only fans." Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle Red Button Extras Season 1 - YouTube Stewart Lee Complete Red Button Extras SLCV S2 - YouTube BBC Red Button - Wikipedia Taskmaster Season 7 - Full Episodes - YouTube Julian Clary - Wikipedia Kevin Eldon - Wikipedia Chris Morris (satirist) - Wikipedia Paul Sinha - Wikipedia
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Factory Settings Mustache
2w ago01:23:07Tap to summarizeLinks Loopback Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster Off Menu — Amy Gledhill episode Off Menu — Florence Pugh episode Off Menu — Amanda Seyfried episode Off Menu — Maisie Adam Off Menu — Bob Mortimer Off Menu — Claudia Winkleman Mean Girls (2004) Fleabag (the play) Edinburgh Festival Fringe The Absolute Casserole Book Saturday Night Live UK The Prince Andrew Plan Cold Open | SNL UK - YouTube The Last Supper | SNL UK - YouTube Another 45 Seconds with Fouracres | SNL UK - YouTube George Fouracres - What Kind Of Irish Is Your Grandad - SNL UK - YouTube SNL: The Rundown Studio 8H tour with Chloe Fineman Mystery Show Roderick on the Line ROTL 624 — Links Quotidian Public Radio) Found My Place - Blog - Song: "Lost in Space" Merlin Mann - "Just Fine" - YouTube Matthew Butterick typefaces Hüsker Dü New Order The Smiths Perks of Being a Wallflower "Asleep" by The Smiths "Hand in Glove" Hatful of Hollow Buzzcocks – Singles Going Steady Fugazi Sunny Day Real Estate Descendents Introducing Showboat and Rodney, so agents can demo what they’ve built Rushmore (1998) Slaughterhouse-Five: The Graphic Novel by Ryan North and Albert Monteys Ryan North Kurt Vonnegut Slaughterhouse-Five (1972 film) Lyle Lovett – Joshua Judges Ruth Thomas Flight Why Do Wes Anderson Movies Look Like That? - YouTube Moonrise Kingdom The Grand Budapest Hotel The Darjeeling Limited Wes Anderson American Express commercial The Testament of Ann Lee Trash Theory (YouTube) Trash Theory —Before My Chemical Romance: How Emo Became Emo Trash Theory — "The Universal Appeal of Ever Fallen In Love" Olivia Rodrigo — "drivers license" Fake Problems (Chris Farren) — Too Cold To Hold Merlin's Vibe Playlist, "Ann Lee-Adjacent" Alex's Vibe Playlist, "Unstuck"
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A Beautiful Escalation
3w ago01:04:57Tap to summarizeLinks Spider League on Late Night: Tim Robinson, Brooks Wheelan and Zach Kanin Talk Battle of the Spiders - YouTube Do By Friday Fiverr Songs I Think You Should Leave - Hot Dog Car I Think You Should Leave - Brian's Hat Adventure Time - Card Wars Jeff Foxworthy - You Might Be A Redneck If...(1993)(Music City Tonight 720p) - YouTube 45 Seconds with Fouracres - SNL UK "You're Not Our Natural Born Son" Opening of The Jerk - YouTube Lucia Keskin (Chi WIth A C): Tiny things and boiled pasta | Off Menu Podcast - YouTube Taskmaster Shorts Chris Fleming on Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend - YouTube Chris Fleming “Lightly Toasts” Seth in His Comedy Special; Reenacts Their New England Upbringings - YouTube Chris Fleming on Nightmare Stand-Up Gig, Jacob Elordi Kissing Jimmy & Being in a Super Bowl Ad - YouTube Chris Fleming and Drew Barrymore Share a Kiss in Wacky Game of Bingo! | The Drew Barrymore Show - YouTube Chris Fleming: Showpig Chris Fleming: Hell | Peacock Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace | HBO Max The Roches - Hammond Song - YouTube The Roches (1979 album) The Testament of Ann Lee Sybil (Schreiber book) - Wikipedia Sybil (1976 film) - Wikipedia Dissociative identity disorder Songs from the Big Chair — Tears for Fears God's eye (craft) Sand mandala Bill Paxton Bill Pullman Paxton or Pullman?
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Coke Fight
4w ago01:01:01Tap to summarizeLinks What's the difference between Coca-Cola Zero Sugar and Diet Coke? George Michael - Careless Whisper The Simpsons — "Team Homer" The Office — "Fun Run" Deep Dish Swift (Chicago Swift conference) Blackmagic Design cameras Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive AP Bio (NBC/Peacock series) Sam Campbell — TEDx "The Humpty Dance" — Digital Underground Sam Altman May Control Our Future—Can He Be Trusted? | The New Yorker Simon Willison's Weblog Gavin & Stacey Last One Laughing Taskmaster Season 21, Episode 1 - 'Cube is good.' | Full Episode - YouTube
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Lemon Difficult
Apr 801:20:09Tap to summarizeLinks Video Heaven (2025) — dir. Alex Ross Perry Lucia Keskin (Chi With A C) doesn’t learn ANYTHING the hard way | Off Menu Podcast - YouTube "Difficult difficult lemon difficult" - YouTube Jury Duty Todd's Chants - Jury Duty Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Nirvana the Band the Show (TV series) Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie Movie Clip - Hardware - YouTube The Testament of Ann Lee Space Ghost Coast to Coast Difficult difficult lemon difficult - In the Loop Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist Blackberry (film) F for Fake F for Fake (1973) - How to Structure a Video Essay - YouTube Sam Campbell Wanted To Be Diane Morgan’s Servant on Last One Laughing - BBC - YouTube George Fouracres - What Kind Of Irish Is Your Grandad - SNL UK - YouTube Kathy - SNL - YouTube I’ll Never Buy A Low Quality Phone Case Again! $1,300 Phone Ruined! - YouTube Spotlight (film) Doubt Ben Hur Snails and Oysters Scene in Spartacus Gore Vidal and Bill Buckley face off, 1968 DNC The Lifelong Feud Between Truman Capote and Gore Vidal, Explained | Vanity Fair Irma Vep (TV series) Going Clear — dir. Alex Gibney Repo Man — dir. Alex Cox Ex Machina — dir. Alex Garland HyperNormalisation — dir. Adam Curtis Hamlet 2000 Hamlet with Kenneth Branagh Hamlet with David Tennant Technology Connections — CD series Technology Connections — LaserDisc series
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Coxmas 2026
Apr 201:44:51Tap to summarizeYou should watch this episode on YouTube if you want to understand most of what’s happening. Links Relay Challenge Coin The Power Broker Breakdown Wrap-Up - 99% Invisible Robert Moses Sam Campbell Wanted To Be Diane Morgan's Servant on Last One Laughing - BBC - YouTube "In the Year 2525" -- Zager and Evans "In the Year" Futurama Parody Nick Lowe "Cruel to Be Kind" -- Nick Lowe Carlene Carter _The Body Keeps the Score_ -- Bessel van der Kolk _You're Wrong About_ - The Year of the Bimbo No Such Thing as a Fish The Talk Show ✪: Ep. 443, With David Pogue Cydia WidgetSmith Fantastical Obsidian CARROT Weather Overcast Readwise Reader Parcel Ivory Tapestry Mango Baby Long Play Drafts Day One FlightRadar24 Gentler Streak Pokémon GO YNAB (You Need a Budget) Pocket Casts 1Password Kagi Proton Mail Libby BookPlayer App - App Store Garth Marenghi's Darkplace Descript The Social Network (2010) - Full Expanded soundtrack (Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross) Operation Mincemeat Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend
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My Little Pantryman
Mar 2601:30:34Tap to summarizeShare your homescreens here: https://forms.gle/QxVwL2S1Namvsinz9 Links Not even wrong - Wikipedia Wolfgang Pauli - Wikipedia Ep. 620: "Blown Glass Float" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann Jargon File Resources Koala Baby Changing Station - YouTube Best Philomena Cunk Moments - YouTube Lucia Keskin (Chi WIth A C): Tiny things and boiled pasta | Off Menu Podcast - YouTube Autoclave - Wikipedia Scullery maid - Wikipedia Pantryman Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster Capstan (nautical) - Wikipedia How an 18th Century Sailing Warship Works (HMS Victory) - YouTube How an Early 20th Century Steam Ship Works - YouTube Triangle of Sadness - Sails (2022) - YouTube The Titanic's Best Lifeboat - 99% Invisible Titanic: 25 Years Later with James Cameron - YouTube The Amazing Evolution of Lifeboats: From Titanic to Today! - YouTube Paregoric - Wikipedia Syrup of ipecac - Wikipedia Battery Daddy® - Store, Organize, and Protect ALL Your Batteries! Blackwing - Pencils and tools for a balanced life Jury Duty (2023 TV series) - Wikipedia Jury Duty S1E1 Full Episode "Voir Dire" | Prime Video - YouTube It's All Too Much a book by Peter Walsh Getting Things Done a book by David Allen and James Fallows
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The Pitiless World
Mar 1101:22:41Tap to summarizeLinks Oscar the Grouch's cousin, Herkimer Monster Battle of Oriskany The Rest Is Entertainment Graham Norton Show The Claudia Winkleman Show – Trailer QI 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Stephen Fry: The Secret Life of the Manic Depressive SNL March 7th hosted by Ryan Gosling Washington's Dream - SNL Mikey Day on Heidi Gardner Breaking During Beavis and Butt-Head Sketch with Ryan Gosling - YouTube Bill Hader Skipped 'SNL50' Because Anxiety, Had Migraines, Vision Loss Inside SNL's Iconic Studio 8H Tom Shales — Live from New York Chris Fleming: HELL - Trailer Chris Fleming: Live at the Palace LUDO'S Broken Bride: A Rock Opera Werner Herzog Grizzly Man (2005) Fitzcarraldo (1982) Burden of Dreams (1982) Aguirre, the Wrath of God (1972) Cave of Forgotten Dreams (2010) Into the Abyss (2011) My Best Fiend (1999) Klaus Kinski Radical Dreamer (2023) Free Solo (2018) Like Stories of Old — "The Inner Chronicle of What We Are" (YouTube) Like Stories of Old — "When Two Filmmakers Make the Same Movie" (YouTube) The Outsiders — S.E. Hinton The Westing Game — Ellen Raskin Stargirl — Jerry Spinelli ECT (Electroconvulsive Therapy) How To Ban Conversion Therapy Pavlok wristband Shiatsu Lactic acid Wake Out app Apple Fitness+
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Bonus Dog
Mar 502:04:41Tap to summarizeLinks Knot (unit) - Wikipedia Matthew Walker knot - Wikipedia Knotter Notes - YouTube New molecular knot is most complex yet - Science News NAUGHT Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster Pizza Hut Take Fans on a Trip to the Past - The New York Times Blondie - Dreaming - YouTube Last One Laughing UK Season 2 | Official Trailer | Prime Video - YouTube Alan Carr and Bob Mortimer stand out in Last One Laughing season 2's hilarious brand-new trailer - Digital Spy 8 Out of 10 Cats - YouTube Epstein island Pokémon Go stop removed after fan outrage - Polygon Chonk - SNL - YouTube The art of misdirection | Apollo Robbins | TED - YouTube A Chorus Line (1985) - Dance: Ten, Looks: Three Scene (4/8) | Movieclips - YouTube CARROT Weather for iOS and Android The Body Keeps the Score a book by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. - Bookshop.org US Buddhism Is Not What You Think a book by Steve Hagen - Bookshop.org US Opinion | This Conversation Will Change How You Think About Trauma - The New York Times What Went Wrong Podcast | The Behind-the-Scenes Drama Behind Your Favorite Films A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms (TV series) - Wikipedia How To Ban Conversion Therapy | Philosophy Tube - Nebula Philosophy Tube - YouTube
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