Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg is a senior associate editor at The Atlantic. She curates the Video channel. More

Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg's work in media spans documentary television, advertising, and print. As a producer in the Viewer Created Content division of Al Gore's Current TV, she acquired and produced short documentaries by independent filmmakers around the world. Post-Current, she worked as a producer and strategist at Urgent Content, developing consumer-created and branded nonfiction campaigns for clients including Cisco, Ford, and GOOD Magazine. She studied filmmaking and digital media at Harvard University, where she was co-creator and editor in chief of H BOMB Magazine.

From 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' to 'You and Me Ain't Nothin' but Mammals'

From 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' to 'You and Me Ain't Nothin' but Mammals'

Half a century of "wooing women" in pop music, presented as a medley by the viral video collective cdza More »

Mapping the Brain's Neural Networks to Build an Artificial Nervous System

Mapping the Brain's Neural Networks to Build an Artificial Nervous System

Math meets neuroscience in the quest to recreate the connections in the human brain and develop smarter robots.  More »

Strangely Compelling: 8 More Animal Live Cams to Crush Your Productivity

Strangely Compelling: 8 More Animal Live Cams to Crush Your Productivity

Beluga whales, puffins, golden retriever puppies, and more More »

Think Today's Sports Announcers Are Too Much? Listen to the 1952 Olympics

Think Today's Sports Announcers Are Too Much? Listen to the 1952 Olympics

An archival clip from the TV series The Big Picture, produced by the U.S. Army, reveals how much the games have changed in 60 years.  More »

Quick! Watch Bears Hunting Salmon in Alaska, Streaming Live

Quick! Watch Bears Hunting Salmon in Alaska, Streaming Live

This is how bears get breakfast. More »

Adorable Advice for Robot Parents

Adorable Advice for Robot Parents

This robot dad just can't convince his robot kid to go down the slide.  More »

The Future of X: Anna Deavere Smith on Theater

The Future of X: Anna Deavere Smith on Theater

From supporting young, innovative talent to integrating new technologies, the actress and playwright reflects on what's to come in the world of theater.  More »

'Olympic Vermin': A Torch Relay for London's Squirrels, Pigeons, and Rats

'Olympic Vermin': A Torch Relay for London's Squirrels, Pigeons, and Rats

An animated short recasts the Greek tradition with a scrappy set of urban critters.  More »

The Next Best Thing to Jetting Around Europe: This Gorgeous Time-Lapse Video

The Next Best Thing to Jetting Around Europe: This Gorgeous Time-Lapse Video

David Kosmos Smith's EuroLapse is a lovely five-minute escape to London, Amsterdam, Paris, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Milan, and more More »

The Future of X: Moby on the Future

The Future of X: Moby on the Future

How do we think about the future? The musician and DJ discusses technology, climate change, and the fastest way to get from London to Los Angeles -- in the 1890s.  More »

A Montage of 75 Years of Manic Pixie Dream Girls in Cinema

A Montage of 75 Years of Manic Pixie Dream Girls in Cinema

A video from Flavorwire reveals that the trope of the charmingly unstable ingénue --attributed to recent indie cinema -- actually goes back decades.  More »

The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread: A Brief History of Sliced Bread

The Best Thing Since Sliced Bread: A Brief History of Sliced Bread

Sliced bread as we know it was invented in 1928. See the process in action at a 1940s industrial bakery in this archival clip.  More »

1 Small Step for a Cam: How Astronauts Shot Video of the Moon Landing

1 Small Step for a Cam: How Astronauts Shot Video of the Moon Landing

On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 beamed video from the moon back to Earth, live. Here's how they did it.  More »

NASA's 'Van Gogh' Data Visualization of the Sun

NASA's 'Van Gogh' Data Visualization of the Sun

Color-coding temperature shifts on the surface of the sun reveals striking patterns. More »

The Future of X: Peter Singer on Weapons

The Future of X: Peter Singer on Weapons

The director of the 21st Century Defense Initiative at Brookings describes technologies that will change the nature of conflict around the world. More »

Meet T-Rex, the 17-Year-Old Girl Boxer Headed to the Olympics

Meet T-Rex, the 17-Year-Old Girl Boxer Headed to the Olympics

A documentary in progress follows the rise of Claressa Shields, from Flint, Michigan, to the 2012 Olympics in London. More »

Zoom Around San Francisco in a Mesmerizing Music Video—and GIFs!

Zoom Around San Francisco in a Mesmerizing Music Video—and GIFs!

The filmmaker behind Hypno SF, the music video for Kalle Mattson's "Water Falls,"  reveals how they achieved the mind-bending zoom effect.   More »

A Journey to the 70 California State Parks in Danger of Closing

A Journey to the 70 California State Parks in Danger of Closing

A team of filmmakers hits the road to visit 70 parks in 120 days, before budget cuts force them to close. More »

The Future of X: Nicola Twilley on Food

The Future of X: Nicola Twilley on Food

The author of EdibleGeography.com describes how things like refrigeration and "probiotic cities" could shape the future of what we eat.  More »

We Are All Radioactive: Chapter 2

We Are All Radioactive: Chapter 2

A crowd-funded documentary series looks at how a fishing community in Japan has coped in the wake of the 2011 tsunami.  More »

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