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 Best Videos of 2012, From People Who Have the Best Taste in Videos

The Best Videos of 2012, From People Who Have the Best Taste in Videos

Just kidding! "Best of" lists are dumb. This is better. More »

How Heavy Metal Went Global

How Heavy Metal Went Global

Jörg Brüggemann's photographs document the worldwide popularity of metal culture.  More »

The Rice Terraces of Yunnan Province

The Rice Terraces of Yunnan Province

The Perennial Plate, a series about sustainable food, learns about  the value in 1,300-year-old techniques of farming rice. More »

A Stunning Video Travel Diary of a Road Trip Across South America

A Stunning Video Travel Diary of a Road Trip Across South America

Vincent Urban's envy-inducing video traces a journey through Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay and Southern Brazil. More »

Eclectic Method's Spectacular Mashup of Hollywood Visions of the Future

Eclectic Method's Spectacular Mashup of Hollywood Visions of the Future

The remix gurus at Eclectic Method have spun both utopian and nightmarish scenarios into one mesmerizing video.  More »

Jaw-Dropping Dancers Move as If Possessed by Music in 'Happy'

Jaw-Dropping Dancers Move as If Possessed by Music in 'Happy'

Dancers' movements seem to bend the laws of physics in Wendy Morgan's video for C2C's latest track featuring Derek Martin.  More »

The Birth of America's Favorite Media Technology

The Birth of America's Favorite Media Technology

A 1956 documentary from RCA celebrates the rise of television.  More »

Why the Morning After Pill Is Not Abortion: The Science of Plan B

Why the Morning After Pill Is Not Abortion: The Science of Plan B

How emergency contraception pills prevent sperm from reaching the egg altogether  More »

An Adorable, Heartbreaking Cartoon Celebrates Laika, the First Dog in Space

An Adorable, Heartbreaking Cartoon Celebrates Laika, the First Dog in Space

Based on the true story, this animation imagines a happier ending for the first animal astronaut.  More »

This Is a .223-Caliber Rifle

This Is a .223-Caliber Rifle

The gunman at Sandy Hook Elementary School allegedly used a .223 caliber rifle. This is one example of a gun that uses this caliber. More »

An Awe-Inspiring Time-Lapse Journey Through California's Redwood Groves

An Awe-Inspiring Time-Lapse Journey Through California's Redwood Groves

The perfect three-minute escape  More »

NASA Patiently Explains Why the Mayan Apocalypse Is *Definitely* Not Happening

NASA Patiently Explains Why the Mayan Apocalypse Is *Definitely* Not Happening

NASA made a video about why the world didn't end on December 21, 2012. They released it early.  More »

The Icky Internet: The Rise of Trolls and Cyberbullying

The Icky Internet: The Rise of Trolls and Cyberbullying

The PBS series Off Book explores the dark side of social media.  More »

Just Blowing Up a Huge, Scientific Model of the Hindenburg (No Big Deal)

Just Blowing Up a Huge, Scientific Model of the Hindenburg (No Big Deal)

A teaser for the Discovery show Curiosity describes how recreating the historic disaster might solve the mystery of how it happened.  More »

Re-Imagining a 1969 Mustang for the 21st Century

Re-Imagining a 1969 Mustang for the 21st Century

Bodie Stroud, a custom hot rod builder, transforms a classic muscle car.  More »

Retro Sound Technology Meets Modern Pop in a Dizzying Audio/Video Remix

Retro Sound Technology Meets Modern Pop in a Dizzying Audio/Video Remix

Ithaca Audio mixes 16 tracks live on a 23-year-old Tascam tape machine. More »

VHS Nostalgia: The 1990 Family Disney Vacation That Never Gets Old

VHS Nostalgia: The 1990 Family Disney Vacation That Never Gets Old

Chris Zabriskie reflects on a favorite, timeworn home video.  More »

A Beautiful, Color-Saturated Video Diary of Life in Hong Kong

A Beautiful, Color-Saturated Video Diary of Life in Hong Kong

Gregory Kane created this video as a 'farewell love letter' to the city he lived in for six years. More »

A 1948 Cartoon Explains Why Capitalism Is the Best Thing Ever

A 1948 Cartoon Explains Why Capitalism Is the Best Thing Ever

Classic Cold War propaganda, Make Mine Freedom promotes free enterprise as the secret to American prosperity.  More »

A Tumbleweed-Like Toy Detonates Mines in Afghanistan

A Tumbleweed-Like Toy Detonates Mines in Afghanistan

Inspired by the wind-powered toys he made as a child in Kabul, Massoud Hassani designed a revolutionary way to rid the desert of old explosives.  More »

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Photos of Tornado Damage in Moore, Oklahoma

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