Do By Friday

By Merlin Mann and Alex Cox

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

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How many episodes does Do By Friday have?

The podcast currently has 460 episodes available.

Do By Friday episodes:

May 13, 2026 Food and Swords
Please watch this space. Full dossier coming soon.
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1h 9min
May 06, 2026Butt Thorn
Links
“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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58min
April 29, 2026Factory Settings Mustache
Links
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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1h 24min
April 22, 2026A Beautiful Escalation
Links
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?
...more
1h 5min
April 15, 2026Coke 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
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1h 2min
April 08, 2026Lemon 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
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1h 21min
April 02, 2026Coxmas 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
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1h 45min
March 26, 2026My 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
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1h 31min
March 11, 2026The 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+
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1h 23min
March 05, 2026Bonus 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
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2h 5min

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How many episodes does Do By Friday have?

The podcast currently has 460 episodes available.

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