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.

Spooky Glow-in-the-Dark Grass With an Environmental Message

Spooky Glow-in-the-Dark Grass With an Environmental Message

To call attention to issues of light pollution and the lack of green space in cities, Luzinterruptus, a street art collective in Spain, created an eerie sidewalk installation of "mutant weeds."   More »

The Craziest Scenes From the Original 'Reefer Madness'

The Craziest Scenes From the Original 'Reefer Madness'

The cult classic film Reefer Madness is part anti-drug propaganda and part salacious exploitation flick. More »

Fauna: BBC's 'Planet Earth' Narrated by Kids

Fauna: BBC's 'Planet Earth' Narrated by Kids

The epic nature series gets an adorable twist with new voiceover by children.  More »

A Hilarious 1968 Anti-Marijuana PSA Hosted by Sonny Bono

A Hilarious 1968 Anti-Marijuana PSA Hosted by Sonny Bono

By the late sixties, anti-drug films adopted a new strategy to reach kids -- an accepting attitude and groovy vibe.  More »

The Weird World of Stock Photography Is Even More Awkward in Person

The Weird World of Stock Photography Is Even More Awkward in Person

In The World's Most Downloaded Man, a promotional film for a photo studio, a photographer tracks down the most ubiquitous male model in stock photography.  More »

Perhaps the Most Epic HD Time-Lapse Video of the Northern Lights Ever

Perhaps the Most Epic HD Time-Lapse Video of the Northern Lights Ever

As solar storms reach a maximum in 2012-2013, the northern lights are more beautiful than ever. More »

Recovered Letters Reveal the Lost History of the Hindenburg

Recovered Letters Reveal the Lost History of the Hindenburg

As we near the 75th anniversary of the Hindenburg disaster, the Smithsonian shares its discovery of the sole surviving map of the airship's final voyage. More »

Stunning Images of Saturn's Rings in Crisp Detail

Stunning Images of Saturn's Rings in Crisp Detail

Sander van den Berg pairs images from NASA's Cassini and Voyager missions with music by the Cinematic Orchestra.  More »

A Real-Life Jetman Soars Through Swiss Airspace

A Real-Life Jetman Soars Through Swiss Airspace

The world-famous "jetman," Yves Rossy, claims to be the "the first and only man in the history of aviation to fly with a jet-propelled wing." More »

What Is That 'Old Books Smell'? Chemistry Has Answers

What Is That 'Old Books Smell'? Chemistry Has Answers

Based on research by scientists at University College, London, a video from AbeBooks explains the causes of the characteristic odor of old books.  More »

A Haunting Time-Lapse Study of an Abandoned Asylum

A Haunting Time-Lapse Study of an Abandoned Asylum

Two filmmakers used HDR (high dynamic range) photography to capture amazing contrast and detail inside a century-old mental institution.  More »

How a NASA Space Shuttle Hitches a Piggyback Ride on a Boeing 747

How a NASA Space Shuttle Hitches a Piggyback Ride on a Boeing 747

A space shuttle flying low on the back of a plane is a sight to behold -- here's how it works.  More »

Holi, the Festival of Color, Explodes in Ultra Slow Motion

Holi, the Festival of Color, Explodes in Ultra Slow Motion

The Hindu celebration is captured with a Phantom Flex, a high-speed camera that can record upwards of 10,000 frames per second.  More »

How Blind People Use the iPhone 4S

How Blind People Use the iPhone 4S

Tommy Edison, who has been blind since birth, provides a new perspective on the iPhone's interface. More »

When a Lifetime of Health Care Cost Just $1,700

When a Lifetime of Health Care Cost Just $1,700

Dialogue With Life, a documentary from the late fifties or early sixties, looks back at medicine in 1931 before health insurance.  More »

Fauna: The Amazing, Freaky World of Plankton

Fauna: The Amazing, Freaky World of Plankton

A short film by marine biologist Tierney Thys dramatizes "the secret life of plankton" with jaw-dropping footage of the ocean's microscopic organisms.  More »

A Psychedelic Claymation Music Video Channels 'Gumby' on LSD

A Psychedelic Claymation Music Video Channels 'Gumby' on LSD

A vibrant, inventive little world blossoms in a music video for Vadoinmessico's "Teeo."  More »

The Meteoric Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Go-to Hand Model

The Meteoric Rise and Fall of Hollywood's Go-to Hand Model

Steve Hershon made a name for himself as "the Hands of Hollywood" doing hand insert modeling for the TV hits of the seventies and eighties.  More »

A Time-Lapse Study of Hawaii's Spectacular Clouds

A Time-Lapse Study of Hawaii's Spectacular Clouds

Take a mini-vacation to Hawaii and watch color-saturated cloudscapes zoom by.  More »

A Mind-Bending Story of Perception, Illusion, and Plastic Surgery

A Mind-Bending Story of Perception, Illusion, and Plastic Surgery

The Wonder Hospital, a visually stunning short animated film, tells a surreal and twisted story. More »

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Photos of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma

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