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A weekly challenge show hosted by Merlin Mann and Alex Cox.
- 1 hour 44 minutesRecursive Hallucination Loop
Links
- Ground loop (electricity) - Wikipedia
- Hallucination or Confabulation? Neuroanatomy as metaphor in Large Language Models - PMC
- Graze: Custom Feed Builder for Bluesky · Graze
- Serverless Statusphere: a walk through building serverless ATProto applications on Cloudflare’s Developer Platform
- AT Protocol
- How to Transfer Your ChatGPT Memory
- Works for ChatGPT Data - Google Drive
- Stewart Lee - Wikipedia
- Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle - Wikipedia
- Stewart Lee vs The Internet - Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle - Series 3 Episode 1 Preview - BBC - YouTube
- English Arrested for Being English? Stewart Lee's Humorous Take on British Culture | TikTok
- Stewart Lee S4E6 - Childhood - YouTube
- Stewart Lee S3E3 - Satire - YouTube
- Stewart Lee - [1/2] Give It To Me Straight, Like Pear Cider That's Made From 100% Pears - YouTube
- Stewart Lee - [2/2] Give It To Me Straight, Like Pear Cider That's Made From 100% Pears - YouTube
- Stewart Lee On The Challenge Of Stand-Up - YouTube
- Comedian Stewart Lee on why he won't tour Trump's America - YouTube
- Stewart Lee in Conversation with Alan Moore - YouTube
- Jerry Springer: The Opera - Wikipedia
- Taskmaster Origins - Rare Footage of the First Ever Show! (Edinburgh 2010) - YouTube
14 January 2026, 10:32 pm - 1 hour 18 minutesShiny Boob Beaver Book
Links
- I am the mucus man. | Do By Friday
- Playboy
- Penthouse
- Oui (magazine)
- Hustler
- Gent
- Liquid IV
- Imodium
- Mr. Microphone By Ronco (Commercial, 1978) - YouTube
- "Supply is limited" scene from The Simpsons (TV Episode 1992) - YouTube
- The Simpsons: Sending Our Love Down The Well - YouTube
- ROYGBIV - Wikipedia
- Stewart Lee - Wikipedia
- Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle - Wikipedia
- Stewart Lee's Comedy Vehicle - YouTube
- Stewart Lee - Emigrants - video Dailymotion
- Lazy Comedy Slags - 28 years old - YouTube
- I'm Alan Partridge - Wikipedia
- Mortimer & Whitehouse: Gone Fishing - Wikipedia
- The future of being trans on the internet | The Verge
- NetNewsWire: Free and Open Source RSS Reader for Mac and iOS
- Lumberjanes - Wikipedia
- Mallory Ortberg Accidentally Inspired A New Episode Of 'Black Mirror' By Making Fun Of The Show
- Next On "Black Mirror" - The Toast
- Brian Regan - Big Yellow One's the Sun - YouTube
- Brian Regan - The Emergency Room - YouTube
- MBMBAM / Adventure Time: Curse A Real Sword - YouTube
8 January 2026, 1:13 am - 49 minutes 34 secondsI am the mucus man.31 December 2025, 8:57 pm
- 1 hour 12 minutesA Considerate Dancer
Links
- Nurse Ratched - Wikipedia
- Ratched (TV series) - Wikipedia
- Sarah Paulson - Wikipedia
- Blue Lights (2023 TV series)
- The Now Habit a book by Neil Fiore - Bookshop.org US
- Getting Things Done a book by David Allen and James Fallows - Bookshop.org US
- Makebelieve Help, Old Butchers, and Figuring Out Who You Are (For Now) on Vimeo
- Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps (Official Music Video) - YouTube
- Ted Leo - Since U Been Gone / Maps - YouTube
- Margaret Qualley - Wikipedia
- Bleachers - Tiny Moves (Official) - YouTube
- Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley Take Us Behind the Scenes of "Tiny Moves"
- Jack Antonoff - Wikipedia
- Steel Train "I Feel Weird" - YouTube
- Kenzo World feat. Margaret Qualley - YouTube
- Kenzo Perfume BTS: Spike Jonze & Margaret Qualley’s Creative Journey - YouTube
17 December 2025, 10:31 pm - 1 hour 45 minutesThree-Eyed Raven of His Dreams
Links
- Ep. 1. "Shifty: The Land of Make Believe" (Adam Curtis, 2025) - YouTube
- Adam Curtis on the BBC, Politics & AI - YouTube
- Adam Curtis - Wikipedia
- HyperNormalisation - Wikipedia
- Can't Get You Out of My Head (TV series) - Wikipedia
- Shifty (TV series) - Wikipedia
- SHIFTY – A brand new Adam Curtis series - BBC - YouTube
- The True Story of the Aberfan Disaster in The Crown Season 3
- The Queen Learns of the Aberfan Disaster | The Crown (Olivia Colman) - YouTube
- Death of Diana, Princess of Wales - Wikipedia
- Ryan White - Wikipedia
- Oliver Sacks - Wikipedia
- Williams syndrome - Wikipedia
- Oliver Sacks: The Mind Traveller - 'Don't Be Shy, Mr Sacks' - YouTube
- Strong Songs – Season 07 Episode 08 - "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic" by The Police
- Mr Blobby - Wikipedia
- Jack Whitehall is Terrified of Mr Blobby - The Big Fat Quiz Of The '90s - YouTube
- The 10 Most Bizarre UK No. 1s of the 1990s - YouTube
- Sentencing Review: Deposition of the Captain | kung fu grippe
10 December 2025, 11:59 pm - 1 hour 6 minutesBasic Beaver Information
Links
- Mule Skinner Blues - Wikipedia
- Jimmie Rodgers - "Blue Yodel No. 8" (1930) - YouTube
- Jimmie Rodgers – Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
- Carter Family - Wikipedia
- It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - YouTube
- Carter Family picking - Wikipedia
- The Carter Family - "I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes" (1935) - YouTube
- The Carter Scratch – The Bluegrass Jamboree
- No More the Moon Shines on Lorena (Alex Chilton, Live) - YouTube
- Oliver - "Good Morning Starshine" - YouTube
- Randy Newman - "Sail Away" (1972) - YouTube
- Official Extended Trailer | Country Music | A Film by Ken Burns | PBS - YouTube
- The first minute of Ken Burns' "The Civil War"
- The Civil War (miniseries) - Wikipedia
- Ken Burns effect - Wikipedia
- Pan–tilt–zoom camera - Wikipedia
- Jodorowsky's Dune - Wikipedia
- Dr. Strangelove - Wikipedia
- The Knappett | Taskmaster - YouTube
- Gillian Anderson: Green glass jello and G Spots | Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster Podcast - YouTube
- Jovan Musk for Women Eau de Cologne Spray
- Beaver Lodge Construction Squad | Attenborough | BBC Earth - YouTube
3 December 2025, 10:30 pm - 2 hours 8 minutesPure Information
Links
- "Defying Gravity" - Wicked 20th Anniversary Edition | WICKED the Musical - YouTube
- Les Miserables 10th Anniversary "Dream Cast" [1080p Upscaled] - YouTube
- Guinness book of world records : McWhirter, Ross, 1925-1975 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
- Celebrity Heights - Google Sheets
- Four construction workers posing in President William Howard Taft's bathtub during renovations to the White House in 1909 : r/OldSchoolCool
- Trump’s on JB Pritzker - YouTube
- Full-length portrait of Lucia Zarate, Mexican Midget (Getty Museum)
- CHVRCHES - The Mother We Share - YouTube
- The Chokey | Roald Dahl Wiki | Fandom
- The Dust is Your Daddy | Do By Friday
- Sesame Street: I Don't Want to Live on the Moon - YouTube
- Letterkenny | Season 1 | Florida State Seminal Vesicles - YouTube
- Butterfly Curve -- from Wolfram MathWorld
- Top Four #4: Worst Weezer Singles - Relay
- Ricky Jay & His 52 Assistants [1996] - RF Rip : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
- iOS 26.2 Adds Alarms for Reminders - MacRumors
- Caps for Sale - Wikipedia
- Behaves So Strangely
- Sometimes Behave So Strangely Looped - YouTube
- Edward Dudley Metcalfe - Wikipedia
- The Crown on The Graham Norton Show - YouTube
- The Ultimate Miriam Margolyes Experience | The Graham Norton Show - YouTube
- The Wizard of Oz at Sphere Is Nightmare Fuel - YouTube
- Mr. Show - Mayostard / Mustardayonnaise / Mustmayostardayonnaise - YouTube
- Bob Mortimer & Richard in HYSTERICS over Bob's toilet story | Travel Man EXTRA - YouTube
- Richard Ayoade & Bob Mortimer's funniest moments in Hamburg | Travel Man - YouTube
- The Crown (TV series) - Wikipedia
- Audio Descriptions in The Crown actually add narrative insight, and it's awesome! | ResetEra
- Reid My Mind » Blog Archive Flipping the Script on Audio Description - Moving Beyond Just US
- Audio Description Style Guide v2.5 – Netflix | Partner Help Center
26 November 2025, 11:46 pm - 1 hour 44 minutesGratitude is My Kink
Links
- President Trump Delivers Remarks at McDonald's Impact Summit - YouTube
- Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich - Wikipedia
- US election: Donald Trump sorry for obscene remarks on women - BBC News
- Big Mac Index - Wikipedia
- Donald Trump Access Hollywood tape - Wikipedia
- No One Shows Up to Peter Brady's Party - YouTube
- Watchmen: Tales of the Black Freighter (2009) [1080p] - YouTube
- Adrian Veidt | Watchmen Wiki | Fandom
- The Hunting Wives Season 2 Trailer - SNL - YouTube
- Papillon (1973 film) - Wikipedia
- Terry Zwigoff
- Crumb (film) - Wikipedia
- Introducing Kafka - Wikipedia
- When Harry Met Sally... (3/11) Movie CLIP - Just Friends (1989) HD - YouTube
- The Book of Genesis (comic) - Wikipedia
- Ghost World (film) - Wikipedia
- Bad Santa - Wikipedia
- Crumb (1995) | The Criterion Collection
- Some Good Movies About Making Art, a list of films by Merlin Mann • Letterboxd
Aftershow Links
- Why Saudi Arabia Is Building a Floating City - YouTube
- Why Saudi Arabia Is Building a Linear City - YouTube
- Fingal's Cave - Wikipedia
- wisdom/3d.md at master · merlinmann/wisdom · GitHub
- Model Context Protocol - Wikipedia
- What is the Model Context Protocol (MCP)? - Model Context Protocol
- Prompt 3
- 🎙️ MacWhisper
- Jonathan Haidt - Wikipedia
- No Way Out (1987 film) - Wikipedia
- A Futile and Stupid Gesture (film) - Wikipedia
- How to Stop the Jellyfish! - Apple Community
- The Crown (TV series) - Wikipedia
- Audio Description for TV shows and movies | Netflix Help Center
20 November 2025, 5:31 am - 1 hour 17 minutesA Break from Myself
Links
- Tapas - Wikipedia
- Tokyo's highest-end Teppanyaki ? - YouTube
- Churrascaria - Wikipedia
- A Benihana Christmas - Wikipedia
- Domo 77 - Aurora Restaurant - Aurora, IL | OpenTable
- Spaghetti Warehouse - Wikipedia
- Kapok Tree Inn: Historic Clearwater Dining Adventure 1958-1991
- Bosco Sticks
- 1970s Fisher Price Play Family GARAGE #930 100% Complete w/ Box | eBay
- Melatonin - Wikipedia
- Cannabis strain - Wikipedia
- Strain Specific THC Gummies Delivered Nationwide | Lumi Labs – Lumi Gummies
- Vagus nerve - Wikipedia
- Can't Sleep? You're Not Alone : Fresh Air : NPR
- The Notorious B.I.G. - Ten Crack Commandments (Official Audio) - YouTube
Aftershow Links
- Testing EVERY BATTERY to Find the Winner - YouTube
- Panasonic BQ-CC65 Quick Charger with 4 AAA eneloop
- Panasonic eneloop pro High Capacity Power Pack K-KJ17KHC82A B&H
- Portable Power Stations - Anker SOLIX US
- Self-discharge - Wikipedia
- Forgetfulness - Billy Collins Animated Poetry - YouTube
- "Howl" read by Allen Ginsberg, 1975 - YouTube
- We Real Cool | The Poetry Foundation
- Gwendolyn Brooks reads We Real Cool - YouTube
- Behaves So Strangely
- Speech-to-song illusion - Wikipedia
- Every One of Kirk's Jobs on Gilmore Girls - YouTube
- a film by kirk | Gilmore Girls - YouTube
- Alex Horne's Reddit AMA - Part 1 | Taskmaster - YouTube
- Joe Wilkinson gets a POTATO into a GOLF HOLE | Taskmaster - YouTube
- Stevie Wonder’s first No. 1 hit was his least likely and most forgotten.
- Stevie Wonder - I Wish (the original version) - YouTube
- Robert Crumb - Wikipedia
- Terry Zwigoff - Wikipedia
- Crumb (1995) | The Criterion Collection
- Crumb
- Crumb (film) - Wikipedia
12 November 2025, 10:59 pm - 1 hour 32 minutesImmune to NarrativeThis week's challenge: Find a new use for a button.6 November 2025, 5:37 am
- 1 hour 20 minutesJ.J. Crumbletops, O.B.E.
Links
- Five ideas I’ve had for family theme restaurants | 5ives
- Lawn darts - Wikipedia
- Vintage Retro J A R T S Missile Game Box, NO TARGET Empty Box Only(See Desc.) | eBay
- Rules to Jarts:
- Slip 'N Slide - Wikipedia
- WHAM-O Backyard Water Slides Are Dangerous For Adults And Teenagers | CPSC.gov
- Banned Toys and Games - Lawn Darts, Slip 'N Slide, Cork Gun
- Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-In Dangers of the American Automobile - Wikipedia
- Ralph Nader is still punching companies where it hurts | The Verge
- On the Spot: Unhealthy School Lunches - SNL - YouTube
- The best of MAD MEN: Sally Draper with a plastic bag over her head | HD with subtitles - YouTube
- Downey Wrote That | Official Trailer | Peacock Original - YouTube
- Watch Downey Wrote That | Peacock
- Consumer Probe: Irwin Mainway - SNL - YouTube
- Adam Curtis - Wikipedia
- Russia 1985–1999: TraumaZone - Wikipedia
- HyperNormalisation - Adam Curtis [4K Remaster] - YouTube
- The Perfect Neighbor - Wikipedia
- The Perfect Neighbor | Official Trailer - YouTube
- Watts riots - Wikipedia
- Your Call Is Important to Us - 99% Invisible
- Don't Talk to the Police - YouTube
- Jesse Plemons Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters - YouTube
- Danny McBride Breaks Down His Most Iconic Characters | GQ - YouTube
- Empire Today Logo History (1977-Present) - YouTube
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