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.

The Future of X: Charlie Rose on the Conversation

The Future of X: Charlie Rose on the Conversation

From the Aspen Ideas Festival, the PBS host describes his vision for the role of television in the years to come.  More »

The Future of X: Lauren Bush on World Hunger

The Future of X: Lauren Bush on World Hunger

From the Aspen Ideas Festival, Lauren Bush shares her thoughts on social entrepreneurship and fighting hunger around the globe.  More »

The Future of X: Adam Lerner on Art Museums

The Future of X: Adam Lerner on Art Museums

From the Aspen Ideas Festival, the director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver explains that traditional notions of art are breaking down.  More »

The Future of X: Eric Schmidt on YouTube

The Future of X: Eric Schmidt on YouTube

From the Aspen Ideas Festival, the Executive Chairman of Google talks about the philosophy of YouTube and what media might look like in 50 years. More »

The Future of X: Matt Thompson on Journalism

The Future of X: Matt Thompson on Journalism

From the Aspen Ideas Festival, NPR's Matt Thompson weighs in on the challenges and ideas that are shaping the future of media. More »

Preserving the Wheaties Box That (Finally) Honored Olympian Jim Thorpe

Preserving the Wheaties Box That (Finally) Honored Olympian Jim Thorpe

The National Museum of the American Indian celebrates Jim Thorpe's victories at the 1912 Olympic Games.  More »

Watch 7,067 Dominoes Recreate Van Gogh's 'Starry Night,' Then Fall Over

Watch 7,067 Dominoes Recreate Van Gogh's 'Starry Night,' Then Fall Over

YouTube user FlippyCat spent 11 hours building the ultimate tribute to the painter's masterpiece.  More »

Who Do You Like? A Filmmaker Revisits the Notes He Got in 6th Grade

Who Do You Like? A Filmmaker Revisits the Notes He Got in 6th Grade

Alex Mallis got a lot of notes from girls back in the day, so he decided to bring them to life as a short video. The quotes are "95% verbatim."  More »

Only 301 Views? Why That YouTube Video Is Actually Going Viral

Only 301 Views? Why That YouTube Video Is Actually Going Viral

A YouTube project manager explains that the mysterious glitch hinges on what constitutes a "real" view.  More »

Vintage 'Dating Dos and Don'ts:' Tips for Teens in the 1940s

Vintage 'Dating Dos and Don'ts:' Tips for Teens in the 1940s

A classic educational film guides kids through the complexities of dating, with plenty of amusing (and sexist) advice.  More »

Stunning Photos of Lions in Kenya, Snapped via a Remote-Control Car

Stunning Photos of Lions in Kenya, Snapped via a Remote-Control Car

Will Burrard-Lucas created the armored "BeetleCam" to get up close and personal with dangerous animals. More »

An Amazing Visualization of the Ocean's Surface Temperature

An Amazing Visualization of the Ocean's Surface Temperature

Data from NOAA's Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory reveals how ocean currents are powered by changing temperatures throughout the year.  More »

Taryn Simon's Art Traces Family Bloodlines Around the World

Taryn Simon's Art Traces Family Bloodlines Around the World

In a video collaboration with Art.sy Films, Taryn Simon discusses her latest work, A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters. More »

Engineering the Perfect McDonalds Burger, and a Marketing Win

Engineering the Perfect McDonalds Burger, and a Marketing Win

Why does a Quarter Pounder with Cheese look so much better in the ads than out of the box? Their marketing team wants to show you.  More »

A LEGO Turing Machine Calculates 2+2

A LEGO Turing Machine Calculates 2+2

Jeroen van den Bos and Davy Landman honor the computer scientist Alan Turing by recreating his calculating machine with LEGOs.   More »

Cai Guo-Qiang's Explosive Art Blends Ritual and Gunpowder

Cai Guo-Qiang's Explosive Art Blends Ritual and Gunpowder

Art.sy's portrait of Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang explores his unique creative process.  More »

Tour Wes Anderson's High School, a.k.a. the Set of 'Rushmore'

Tour Wes Anderson's High School, a.k.a. the Set of 'Rushmore'

A.V. Club's Pop Pilgrims series travels to Houston, Texas, the filmmaker's hometown, to check out some of the locations in his second film.  More »

A Vintage Look at 'Modern Map Making' in the 1940s

A Vintage Look at 'Modern Map Making' in the 1940s

Caught Mapping, produced by Chevrolet in 1940, explores how roadmaps are made.  More »

The Forgotten Joy of Winding a Mechanical Watch

The Forgotten Joy of Winding a Mechanical Watch

A short documentary from Etsy's Handmade Portraits series introduces David Sokosh, who restores antique watches.  More »

In Search of Pakistan's Missing Girls

In Search of Pakistan's Missing Girls

A journalist reflects on growing up female in Pakistan, where some families resort to extreme measures to avoid having daughters. More »

The Biggest Story in Photos

Protests Spread Across Brazil

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