Do By Friday

Merlin Mann and Alex Cox

A weekly challenge show hosted by Alex Cox and Merlin Mann.

  1. Coke Fight

    17 MIN AGO

    Coke Fight

    Links 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

    1hr 1min
  2. Lemon Difficult

    8 APR

    Lemon Difficult

    Links 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

    1hr 20min
  3. Coxmas 2026

    2 APR

    Coxmas 2026

    You 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

    1hr 45min
  4. My Little Pantryman

    26 MAR

    My Little Pantryman

    Share 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

    1hr 31min
  5. The Pitiless World

    11 MAR

    The Pitiless World

    Links 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+

    1hr 23min
  6. Bonus Dog

    5 MAR

    Bonus Dog

    Links 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

    2h 5m
  7. Not the Horse's Problem

    26 FEB

    Not the Horse's Problem

    Links NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE Final Results | 2025 Sanrio character ranking Official Website Badtz-Maru | Hello Kitty Wiki | Fandom Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal: The Newsnight Interview - BBC News Scoop (2024 film) - Wikipedia Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair (2025) Official Trailer - Uma Thurman South Devon Pike Adventure | Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer | Gone Fishing 605 "The Pokémon Company Group Reveals 2026 Pokémon Day Plans, Including Pokémon Presents Video Presentation Celebrating 30 Years of the Brand" - The Pokémon Company North America Official Press Site “I've missed an old website of mine, so it will be back soon.” - Bluesky Disney's Living Characters: A Broken Promise Seven Dwarfs Costumes Through the Years | Disney Wiki | Fandom David Naughton - Makin' It - 1978 Dr. Pepper - "I'm a Pepper" TV Commercial 70's MASH - The Last Supper (1970) The Greatest American Hero Theme Song | 1981 Moist and Worried - Corner of the Sky #25 - The Incomparable Homes & YoYo (1976) Master and Commander - Russell Crowe observes a walking stick. Kākāpō - Wikipedia Kakapo: Flightless Parrot | Benedict Cumberbatch | BBC Earth Kea - Wikipedia Parrot Bites Off Car Antenna New Zealand's Meat Eating Parrot

    56 min
  8. Enthusiastic Horse

    19 FEB

    Enthusiastic Horse

    LinksBilly Preston: That's The Way God Planned It Official Trailer - YouTubeThe Paragons - "The Tide Is High" - YouTubeBlondie - The Tide Is High - YouTubeThe Number Ones: Blondie's "The Tide Is High" (Stereogum)I've Never Seen A USB-C Charger This Good! - YouTubeIt's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Chirping - YouTubeOff Menu_ podcast - Lucia KeskinLinksys WRT54G: The Router That Accidentally Went Open Source (Tedium)Aldus Pagemaker - The Interface Experience: Bard Graduate CenterDesktop Publishing: The PageMaker Revolution (Computer History Museum)https://www.computerhistory.org/revolution/personal-computers/17/306Butterick's Practical TypographyLibrary of Congress Classification - WikipediaMLA Style CenterThe Chicago Manual of StyleThe Remarkable Story of Roget's Thesaurus (Merriam-Webster)Guardian style guide: A | Information | The GuardianDavid RemnickDavid Remnick once suggested 'reconsidering' New Yorker's diaeresis! - The Washington PostEustace TilleyThe True History of Eustace Tilley (The Comics Journal)The Elements of Style, by William Strunk--A Project Gutenberg eBookThe Elements of Style PDF

    1hr 4min
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About

A weekly challenge show hosted by Alex Cox and Merlin Mann.

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  • Creator
    Merlin Mann and Alex Cox
  • Years Active
    2016 - 2026
  • Episodes
    456
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Do By Friday

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