PBS Idea Channel host Mike Rugnetta examines the popularity of fidget spinners and gadgets, specifically defining the origins of the work, the growing fascination with…
To explain the meme of editing versions of Bee Movie in absurd and technically specific ways, PBS Idea Channel created “The Bee Movie But Every…
In a Westworld-themed episode of PBS Idea Channel, host Mike Rugnetta dug deep into the questions that the series posed about finding oneself and the…
PBS Idea Channel considers whether the game No Man’s Sky could be a simulation within a simulation. The game lets players explore an entire simulated universe,…
PBS Idea Channel host Mike Rugnetta sat down with journalist Rose Eveleth to explore how humans use technology and ask, “Are we all cyborgs?” Rugnetta…
PBS Idea Channel host Mike Rugnetta took a look at the line between internet trolling and harassment, and whether that line even exists. The video…
PBS Idea Channel host Mike Rugnetta had a recurrent neural network program write an episode of the show to explore the idea of whether computers…
On a recent episode of PBS Idea Channel, host Mike Rugnetta explains what we can learn from video game boss battles. The Boss Fight (or…
PBS Idea Channel host Mike Rugnetta gives an argument for how and why millennials ruin everything. His video also explains the concept of generations, and…
PBS Idea Channel host Mike Rugnetta looks at the phenomenon of people commenting “First!” on YouTube videos. Rugnetta provides a defense of the habit, and breaks…