PBS Idea Channel

PBS Idea Channel (2012)


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  • Creator: Mike Rugnetta
  • First Air Date: 2012-03-14
  • Last Air Date: 2013-09-25
  • Total Seasons: 2
  • Total Episodes: 69
  • Status: Ended
  • Production Company: PBS Digital Studios
  • Network: YouTube
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Summary

Here's an idea: a PBS show that examines the connections between pop culture, technology and art.

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PBS Idea Channel Seasons

Season 0

First Air Date: 2012-10-17
8 Episodes

Season 1

First Air Date: 2012-03-14
46 Episodes

Season 2

First Air Date: 2013-03-20
23 Episodes

PBS Idea Channel Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1Super Mario Brothers is the World's Greatest Piece of Surrealist Art min
Season 1Episode 2Is Miku Hatsune a More Authentic Pop Star Than Lana Del Rey? min
Season 1Episode 3Are LOLCats and Internet Memes Art? min
Season 1Episode 4Is Instagram the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Photography? min
Season 1Episode 5Is Minimalism the Secret to Hello Kitty's Success? min
Season 1Episode 6Are Hologram Tupac and Hologram Freddie Mercury Nostalgia or New Aesthetic? min
Season 1Episode 7Are Bronies Changing the Definition of Masculinity? min
Season 1Episode 8Is Twitter the Newest Form of Literature? min
Season 1Episode 9Is the Web Browser Replacing the Art Gallery? min
Season 1Episode 10Are Mashups the End of Music Genres As We Know Them? min
Season 1Episode 11Does Nail Art Prove That Anything Can Be A Canvas for Artistic Expression? min
Season 1Episode 12Does the Kinect Make Microsoft an Arts Benefactor? min
Season 1Episode 13How Did Sherlock Holmes Pave the Way for 50 Shades of Grey? min
Season 1Episode 14Will Minecraft and Makerbot Usher in the Post-Scarcity Economy? min
Season 1Episode 15Is Dubstep Avant Garde Musical Genius? min
Season 1Episode 16Are the Olympics A Model for Creating Geniuses? min
Season 1Episode 17Is Nic Cage the Intersection of YOLO and Taoism? min
Season 1Episode 18Are Memes & Internet Culture Creating a Singularity? min
Season 1Episode 19Is William Gibson A Modern Day Oracle? min
Season 1Episode 20Is Homestuck the Ulysses of the Internet? min
Season 1Episode 21Is Facebook Changing Our Identity? min
Season 1Episode 22Is Diablo III Turning Virtual Economies Into Real Ones? min
Season 1Episode 23What do MP3s and Magic Spells Have in Common? min
Season 1Episode 24Is Doctor Who a Religion? min
Season 1Episode 25Can Dungeons & Dragons Make You A Confident & Successful Person? min
Season 1Episode 26How are Justin Bieber, Franz Liszt and Jerusalem Connected? min
Season 1Episode 27Is CSS and Website Design a Fashion Statement? min
Season 1Episode 28How Will The Animated GIF Affect The Presidential Election? min
Season 1Episode 29Is YouTube Making Us Smarter? min
Season 1Episode 30Is Nostalgia the Reason for Adventure Time's Amazing Awesomeness? min
Season 1Episode 31Should 'Happy Birthday' be Protected by Copyright? min
Season 1Episode 32Are Cell Phones Replacing Reality? min
Season 1Episode 33What Do Santa and Wrestling Have In Common? min
Season 1Episode 34Do We Want the World to End? min
Season 1Episode 35Are Your New Year's Resolutions Bound to Fail? min
Season 1Episode 36Will Space Travel Save Us All? min
Season 1Episode 37Are You A Hipster? min
Season 1Episode 38Top 5 Most Artful Video Games min
Season 1Episode 39Are MP3s & Vinyl Better Than Live Music? min
Season 1Episode 40Is Futurama the Best Argument Against Transhumanism? min
Season 1Episode 41Are Bitcoins and Unusual Hats the Future of Currency? min
Season 1Episode 42There's No Such Thing As Offline?!? min
Season 1Episode 43What Does the Russian Meteorite Tell Us About Surveillance Culture? min
Season 1Episode 44Is Minecraft the Ultimate Educational Tool? min
Season 1Episode 45Do Knock-Offs Prove the Value of a Brand? min
Season 2Episode 1Is Piracy Helping Game of Thrones? min
Season 2Episode 2Will Kickstarter Replace Hollywood? min
Season 2Episode 3Is Community a Postermodern Masterpiece? min
Season 2Episode 4Is Buying Call of Duty a Moral Choice? min
Season 2Episode 5Is a Tagged Instagram More Than Just a Photo? min
Season 2Episode 6Is a DOS Attack a Weapon? min
Season 2Episode 7Is Sad Music Actually Sad? min
Season 2Episode 8Is Developing Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethical? min
Season 2Episode 9Is Math a Feature of the Universe or a Feature of Human Creation? min
Season 2Episode 10Is the Universe a Computer? min
Season 2Episode 11Why Do We Love Zombies? min
Season 2Episode 12Can Video Games Become the Next Great Spectator Sport? min
Season 2Episode 13Is the Discovery of Global Warming Our Greatest Scientific Achievement? min
Season 2Episode 14Does Animal Crossing Promote Otaku Citizenship? min
Season 2Episode 15Is BMO From Adventure Time Expressive of Feminism? min
Season 2Episode 16How Does Glitchy Art Show Us Broken is Beautiful? min
Season 2Episode 17How is Jurassic Park a Commentary on Capitalism? min
Season 2Episode 18Does it Matter What Evangelion's Creator Says? min
Season 2Episode 19Is the Internet Cats? min
Season 2Episode 20Is Google Knowledge? min
Season 2Episode 21Are There TWO Nikola Teslas? min
Season 2Episode 22Are the Titans from Attack on Titan Evil? min
Season 2Episode 23How Does Night Vale Confront Us With the Unknown? min
Season 2Episode 24Is There An Introvert Craze Because of Technology? min
Season 2Episode 25Can You Actually Enjoy Breaking Bad? min
Season 2Episode 26Did Horse_ebooks Show Us that SPAM is the Webs Native Artform min
Season 2Episode 27Controlling vs 'Being' Your Video Game Avatar min
Season 2Episode 28How is Slender Man Internet Folklore? min
Season 2Episode 29How is Seeing Ender's Game a Political Action? min
Season 2Episode 30Is Pop Music Holding You Hostage? min
Season 2Episode 31What Does The Doctor Mean to You? min
Season 2Episode 32Sandwiches, Modernity, and Lyrics: A Thanksgiving Episode min
Season 2Episode 33Your Questions Answered! (1) min
Season 2Episode 34Your Questions Answered! (2) min
Season 2Episode 35Do 'Digital Natives' Exist? min
Season 2Episode 36Can Bullet Hell Games Be Meditative? min
Season 2Episode 37Holiday Media Binge min
Season 2Episode 38How Powerful Are Algorithms? min
Season 2Episode 39Does Reality TV Affect Our View On Surveillance? min
Season 2Episode 40The Experience of Being Trolled min
Season 2Episode 41Is Avatar: The Last Airbender Anime? min
Season 2Episode 42Why Do We Hate Selfies? min
Season 2Episode 43What's the Deal With Unboxing Videos? min
Season 2Episode 44What is Fiction? (ft. War of the Worlds) min
Season 2Episode 45Does Fiction Exist? (ft. Harry Potter) min
Season 2Episode 46Does Twitch Plays Pokemon Give You Hope for Humanity? min
Season 2Episode 47When Do Memes Stop Being Funny? min
Season 3Episode 1Do We Need a Better Archive of the Internet? min
Season 3Episode 2How Is Technology Changing TV Narrative? min
Season 3Episode 3How is Ms. Marvel Changing Media for the Better? min
Season 3Episode 4How Much Can Data Improve Your Health? min
Season 3Episode 5Did HIMYM Earn Its Ending? min
Season 3Episode 6Can You Make a Movie So Bad It's Good On Purpose? min
Season 3Episode 7Do You 'Choose' To Have Your Privacy Invaded By Using Tech? min
Season 3Episode 8The Future of Fandoms min
Season 3Episode 9How Is Orphan Black An Illustration of the Simulacrum? min
Season 3Episode 10100th-ish Episode Special min
Season 3Episode 11SRSLY What Does IKEA Say About The Human Condition? min
Season 3Episode 12Why Are There So Many Super Hero Movies? min
Season 3Episode 13Net Neutrality: Is the Internet a Public Utility? min
Season 3Episode 14When Will We Worry About the Well-Being of Robots? min
Season 3Episode 15Are There Rules For Spoilers? min
Season 3Episode 16Could Sports Ever Replace War? min
Season 3Episode 17Is Cosplay a Form of Theatre? min
Season 3Episode 18Why Were People & Critics So Infatuated With Frozen? min
Season 3Episode 19Are There Internet Dialects? min
Season 3Episode 20A Love Letter To The Simpsons min
Season 3Episode 21Is Kill La Kill a Warning about Wearable Technology? min
Season 3Episode 22What is a tweet worth? #ALSIceBucketChallenge min
Season 3Episode 232 Short Ideas: Art, Distance and The Daily Show min
Season 3Episode 24Does Pop Culture Need To Be 'Popular'? min
Season 3Episode 25Furthermore: The Return of Bronies, Homestuck, Avatars, Hipsters & Old Memes min
Season 3Episode 26Related Videos: The GIF's Visual Language In Music Videos min
Season 3Episode 27What Do Hot Sauce Labels Say About America? min
Season 3Episode 28How To Create Responsible Social Criticism min
Season 3Episode 29Are Videogames About Their Mechanics? min
Season 3Episode 30Five Fallacies min
Season 3Episode 31What Do Horror Movies and Cable News Networks Have in Common? min
Season 3Episode 32LITERALLY OUR MOST AMAZING EPISODE EVER!!! min
Season 3Episode 33Hell is Quoting Other People min
Season 3Episode 34What Does Too Many Cooks Say About the Meaning of Life? min
Season 3Episode 35Your Questions Answered! Part II min
Season 3Episode 36How Mighty is Taylor Swift's Pen? min
Season 3Episode 37Is Over The Garden Wall About Having Faith? min
Season 3Episode 38Coffee, Mesmerism, and Morning Routines min
Season 3Episode 39Even More Fallacies! min
Season 3Episode 40The Uncertain Connection Between North Korea and Hackers min
Season 3Episode 41How Objective Is The Law? Serial: Part 1 min
Season 3Episode 42Should Journalism Be Objective? Serial: Part 2 min
Season 3Episode 43Do You Have the Right to Be Forgotten? min
Season 3Episode 44Love Bending and Fan Fiction with Korra min
Season 3Episode 45Why Makeup Isn't Superficial min
Season 3Episode 46Bored Americans Using Teleporters! (3 Shorts) min
Season 3Episode 47How Do We and The Sims Perform Gender? min
Season 3Episode 48Is Reality TV The Future of Space Travel? min
Season 4Episode 1Are Comic Book Characters Like D&D Players? min
Season 4Episode 2Do Upvotes Show Democracy's Flaws? min
Season 4Episode 3How Does Steven Universe Expand Our Ideas of Family? min
Season 4Episode 4Why Are You Ignoring My iMessages?? min
Season 4Episode 5Is The LEGO Movie Anti-Copyright? min
Season 4Episode 6What's the Deal With Amiibos? min
Season 4Episode 7What Does The SAT Really Test? min
Season 4Episode 8Is A Thor By Any Other Name Still Thor? min
Season 4Episode 9Why Do Americans Love Road Trips? min
Season 4Episode 10Country Music: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly min
Season 4Episode 11Do We Live In The Future? min
Season 4Episode 12DON'T CLICK THIS VIDEO! min
Season 4Episode 13Why Are There So Many Remakes?? (besides $$$) min
Season 4Episode 14Comment Responses: "Do We Live in The Future?" & "r/TheButton" min
Season 4Episode 15How Accurate Should Movies Be? min
Season 4Episode 16Comment Responses: "How Accurate Should Movies Be?" min
Season 4Episode 17When Does Play Become Work? min
Season 4Episode 18Comment Responses: "When Does Play Become Work?" min
Season 4Episode 19Three Laws of The Internet Explained! min
Season 4Episode 20Comment Responses: "Three Laws of The Internet Explained!" min
Season 4Episode 21What If We're All Minions?? min
Season 4Episode 22Comments Responses: "What If We're All Minions?" min
Season 4Episode 23100% Organic Idea Channel Episode min
Season 4Episode 24Comment Responses: "100% Organic Idea Channel Episode" min
Season 4Episode 25Should You Watch Leaks? min
Season 4Episode 26Comment Responses: "Should You Watch Leaks" min
Season 4Episode 27Are All Hotel Rooms The Same Place? min
Season 4Episode 28Comment Responses: "Are All Hotel Rooms The Same Place?" min
Season 4Episode 29If There Are No Pics, Did It Happen? min
Season 4Episode 30Comment Responses: "If There Are No Pics, Did It Happen?" min
Season 4Episode 31Is Rick from Rick & Morty The Ideal Scientist? min
Season 4Episode 32Comment Responses: "Is Rick from Rick & Morty The Ideal Scientist?" min
Season 4Episode 33Do Makers Propose a More Open Source Future? min
Season 4Episode 34Comment Responses: "Do Makers Propose A More Open Source Future?" min
Season 4Episode 35What's The Deal With Classroom Trigger Warnings? min
Season 4Episode 36Comment Responses: What's The Deal With Classroom Trigger Warnings? min
Season 4Episode 37Are 400+ TV Shows Happening in the Same Universe? min
Season 4Episode 38Comment Responses: Are 400+ TV Shows Happening in the Same Universe? min
Season 4Episode 39Are You Literally What You Post? min
Season 4Episode 40Comment Responses: Are You Literally What You Post? min
Season 4Episode 41Does Pokemon Start After a Massive War? min
Season 4Episode 42Comment Responses: Does Pokemon Start After a Massive War? min
Season 4Episode 43Have #Brands™ Become Mythological? min
Season 4Episode 44Comment Responses: Have #Brands™ Become Mythological? min
Season 4Episode 45Do All Horror Monsters Fit Into 5 Categories? min
Season 4Episode 46Comment Responses: Do All Horror Monsters Fit Into 5 Categories? min
Season 4Episode 47Why Do Stormtroopers Have Bad Aim? min
Season 4Episode 48Comment Responses: Why Do Stormtroopers Have Bad Aim? min
Season 4Episode 49Were They Dead the Whole Time?? min
Season 4Episode 50Comment Responses: Were They Dead the Whole Time?? min
Season 4Episode 51To AdBlock, Or Not to Adblock... min
Season 4Episode 52Comment Responses: To AdBlock, Or Not to Adblock... min
Season 4Episode 53Is Ron Dumbledore?? min
Season 4Episode 54Holidays Be Creepin' min
Season 4Episode 55Comment Responses: Christmas Creep & Is Ron Dumbledore?? min
Season 4Episode 56Is Language a Virus? Starring Punished min
Season 4Episode 57Comment Responses: Is Language a Virus? min
Season 4Episode 58Eleventy Reasons Listicles Are Great min
Season 4Episode 59The Ruins of Las Vegas min
Season 4Episode 60Comment Responses: Eleventy Reasons Listicles Are Great min
Season 4Episode 61Do You Want to Believe? min
Season 4Episode 62Comment Responses: The Ruins of Las Vegas min
Season 4Episode 63Comment Responses: Do You Want to Believe? min
Season 4Episode 64Is Undertale The Most Violent Game This Year? min
Season 4Episode 65Comment Responses: Is Undertale The Most Violent Game This Year? min
Season 4Episode 66Related Videos: Devour, Digest, YouTube Poop min
Season 4Episode 67Comment Responses: Related Videos: Devour, Digest, YouTube Poop min
Season 4Episode 68Which Reaction GIF Are You?? min
Season 4Episode 69Comment Responses: Which Reaction GIF Are You?? min
Season 4Episode 70Fallout 4: Is the Transistor a Symbol of Peace? min
Season 4Episode 71Comment Responses: Fallout 4: Is the Transistor a Symbol of Peace? min
Season 4Episode 72How Does Deadpool Know He's a Comic Book Character? min
Season 4Episode 73What is ~A E S T H E T I C~ Experience? min
Season 4Episode 74Comment Responses: How Does Deadpool Know He's a Comic Book Character? min
Season 4Episode 75Comment Responses: What is ~A E S T H E T I C~ Experience? min
Season 4Episode 76Is Jar Jar Binks a Sith Lord? min
Season 4Episode 77Comment Responses: Is Jar Jar Binks a Sith Lord? min
Season 4Episode 78Why Aren't All Cocktails Served in the Same Glass? min
Season 4Episode 79Comment Responses: Why Aren't All Cocktails Served in the Same Glass? min
Season 5Episode 1Is It Okay To Mourn Celebrity Death Online? min
Season 5Episode 2Comment Responses: Is It Okay To Mourn Celebrity Death Online? min
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