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.

'This Is Like Middle School': Kids Analyze the Election

'This Is Like Middle School': Kids Analyze the Election

The hit YouTube series 'Kids React' collects adorable sound bites about the cadidates, their campaign ads, and more.   More »

A Haunting Time-Lapse Video of Seattle With No People

A Haunting Time-Lapse Video of Seattle With No People

The 'Empty America' series reveals what cities would look like if all the humans disappeared.  More »

How to Teach Yourself Lucid Dreaming

How to Teach Yourself Lucid Dreaming

A few simple strategies might help you take control of your dream world.  More »

What It Was Like to Work for Charles and Ray Eames

What It Was Like to Work for Charles and Ray Eames

Another husband and wife design team describe their experiences in the Eames Office and the evolution of their iconic, modern furniture.  More »

Fauna: A Heart-Melting Baby Elephant Rescue

Fauna: A Heart-Melting Baby Elephant Rescue

Watch as conservationists at Amboseli Trust for Elephants work to save a calf that has fallen into a well.  More »

Watch Psychedelic Explosions on the Sun's Surface

Watch Psychedelic Explosions on the Sun's Surface

NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory uses a gradient to reveal a gorgeous swirl of coronal loops.  More »

An Illustrator's Manifesto, in Poetry and Pictures

An Illustrator's Manifesto, in Poetry and Pictures

Reminiscent of Edward Gorey's illustrated verse, Temujin Doran's short video celebrates "the finest occupation." More »

A Time-Lapse Series Imagines American Cities Without People

A Time-Lapse Series Imagines American Cities Without People

Ross Ching's 'Empty America' series begins with a tour of San Francisco's most famous landmarks, unobscured by crowds.  More »

Trouble With Women in the Workplace? This 1950s Film Is Here to Help

Trouble With Women in the Workplace? This 1950s Film Is Here to Help

An instructional film teaches close-minded male managers how to "cope" with female employees.  More »

'Debates Are Better as Musicals': How the Gregory Brothers 'Songify' Videos

'Debates Are Better as Musicals': How the Gregory Brothers 'Songify' Videos

Watch the YouTube stars pull an all-nighter to remix political soundbites into an entertaining musical number. More »

Watch Tiny Drones Cooperate to Play Catch

Watch Tiny Drones Cooperate to Play Catch

Thanks to iterative learning, these three quadrocopters can throw and catch a ball with a net.  More »

A Smarter Way to Move Information: APIs Explained With Shipping Containers

A Smarter Way to Move Information: APIs Explained With Shipping Containers

Design firm MAYA makes the case for standardizing the transfer of information using a clever analogy: containerization.  More »

Just One More Seriously Breathtaking Video of the Earth From Space

Just One More Seriously Breathtaking Video of the Earth From Space

Christoph Malin "stacked" still images shot from the International Space Station to create stunning trails of light.  More »

ReConstitution 2012: Visualizing of the Language of the Debates in Real Time

ReConstitution 2012: Visualizing of the Language of the Debates in Real Time

A playful interactive app analyzes the presidential debates to tell you if the candidates sound like liars. More »

How CIA Analysts Spotted Missile Sites in Aerial Photos of Cuba

How CIA Analysts Spotted Missile Sites in Aerial Photos of Cuba

Dino Brugioni describes how his team interpreted reconnaissance images of Cuba during the Missile Crisis.  More »

Watch a 1962 Newsreel Reporting the Cuban Missile Crisis in Progress

Watch a 1962 Newsreel Reporting the Cuban Missile Crisis in Progress

Archival footage reveals the tense sequence of events that unfolded 50 years ago this month.  More »

Felix Baumgartner's Supersonic Space Jump—the LEGO Version

Felix Baumgartner's Supersonic Space Jump—the LEGO Version

Red Bull's record-setting free fall "from the edge of space" is reenacted with toy figures.  More »

What Does Marijuana Actually Do to Your Brain?

What Does Marijuana Actually Do to Your Brain?

How the psychoactive chemicals in pot mimic neurotransmitters to make you high. More »

The Genesis of 'Looper': Rian Johnson's Rough, Found-Footage Pitch Reel

The Genesis of 'Looper': Rian Johnson's Rough, Found-Footage Pitch Reel

After writing the script for 'Looper,' the director hashed out a teaser assembled from movie clips and hand-drawn sketches.  More »

Pyromaniacs, You'll Love This Visualization of Sound as Bursts of Flame

Pyromaniacs, You'll Love This Visualization of Sound as Bursts of Flame

A gorgeous experimental video draws on the hypnotic powers of fire and music. More »

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