Do By Friday
by Merlin Mann and Alex Cox
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Catered Intervention
About this podcast
A weekly challenge show hosted by Alex Cox and Merlin Mann.
Episodes
The newest 50 of 484 episodes
- Bent Necklady · 1 h 1 min · Episode 472This week's challenge: get yourself a treat. (Recorded Wednesday, October 28th, 2026)
- Ghosts of Bad Expectations · 1 h 24 min · Episode 471This week's challenge: explore masculinity. (Recorded Wednesday, October 21st, 2026)
- Zero Shits and Half Coffee · 1 h 11 min · Episode 470This week’s challenge: junk journal. (Recorded Wednesday, October 14th, 2026)
- It's Mostly Gambling · 1 h 1 min · Episode 469This week’s challenge: play. (Recorded Wednesday, October 7th, 2026)
- Stress as a DLC · 1 h 12 min · Episode 468This week’s challenge: THINK. (Recorded on Wednesday, September 30th, 2026)
- Super Measles · 1 h 8 min · Episode 467This week's challenge: watch the first episode of Taskmaster, Series 22. (Recorded Wednesday, September 23rd, 2026)
- Vacation Bottom · 1 h 38 min · Episode 466This week's challenge: make the perfect TV channel. (Recorded Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026)
- Lifestyle Baby Reporter · 1 h 46 min · Episode 465This week's challenge: watch "Predators" (2025). (Recorded Wednesday, August 26th, 2026)
- Seasonal Chicago Honesty · 59 min · Episode 464This week's challenge: think about transitions. (Recorded Wednesday, August 19th, 2026)
- Cockney Surgeon · 1 h 1 min · Episode 463This week's challenge: look at old files. (Recorded Wednesday, August 5th, 2026)
- Multiple Magician Situation · 1 h 9 min · Episode 462This week's challenge: find someone you’d like to be compared to. (Recorded Wednesday, July 29th, 2026)
- Childhood Whore · 1 h 0 min · Episode 461This week's challenge: watch episode one of "The World at War." (Recorded Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026)
- Generational Lemonade Money · 1 h 23 min · Episode 460This week's challenge: use your handwriting (again). (Recorded Wednesday, July 15th, 2026)
- Epistolary Audience · 1 h 8 min · Episode 459This week's challenge: use your handwriting. (Recorded Wednesday, July 8th, 2026)
- Moist Loaves · 1 h 24 min · Episode 458This week's challenge: organize a library. (Recorded Wednesday, July 1st, 2026)
- Strathspeys and Jigs · 1 h 6 min · Episode 457This week's challenge: find or make something that fits perfectly in your hand. (Recorded Thursday, June 25th, 2026)
- Show Me on the Paper · 1 h 14 min · Episode 456This week's challenge: develop thank you behaviors . (Recorded Thursday, June 18th, 2026)
- Lady COBOL · 1 h 4 min · Episode 455This week's challenge: revisit sleep. (Recorded Wednesday, June 10th, 2026)
- The Biggles Protocol · 1 h 24 min · Episode 454This week's challenge: design your dream outfit. (Recorded Wednesday, June 3rd, 2026)
- Dried Grudge · 1 h 22 min · Episode 453This week's challenge: identify legacy behaviors. (Recorded Wednesday, May 27th, 2026)
- Legs Is Gone · 1 h 28 min · Episode 452This week's challenge: share something nice. (Recorded Wednesday, May 20th, 2026)
- Butt Thorn · 57 min · Episode 450This week's challenge: church stuff you miss. (Recorded Wednesday, May 6th, 2026)
- Factory Settings Mustache · 1 h 23 min · Episode 449This week's challenge: make a vibe playlist. (Recorded Wednesday, April 29th, 2026)
- A Beautiful Escalation · 1 h 4 min · Episode 448This week's challenge: do "Spider League." (Recorded on Wednesday, April 22, 2026)
- Coke Fight · 1 h 1 min · Episode 447This week's challenge: declare an intentionality. (Recorded on Wednesday, April 15th, 2026)
- Lemon Difficult · 1 h 20 min · Episode 446This week's challenge: watch "Video Heaven" (Alex Ross Perry, 2025) (Recorded on Wednesday, April 8th, 2026)
- Coxmas 2026 · 1 h 44 min · Episode 445This week's challenge: celebrate Coxmas. (Recorded on Wednesday, April 1st, 2026)
- My Little Pantryman · 1 h 30 min · Episode 444This week's challenge: clean the shit out of something. (Recorded on Wednesday, March 25th, 2026)
- The Pitiless World · 1 h 22 min · Episode 443This week's challenge: stretch. (Recorded on Wednesday, March 11th, 2026)
- Bonus Dog · 2 h 4 min · Episode 442This week's challenge: use an air fryer. (Recorded on Wednesday, March 4th, 2026)
- Not the Horse's Problem · 56 min · Episode 441Links • NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE • Final Results | 2025 Sanrio character ranking Official Website • Badtz-Maru | Hello Kitty Wiki | Fandom • Prince Andrew & the…
- Enthusiastic Horse · 1 h 4 min · Episode 440This week's challenge: start the Do By Friday style guide. (Recorded on Wednesday, February 18, 2026)
- Theymaphrodite · 1 h 24 min · Episode 439This week's challenge: watch "Marty Supreme." (Recorded on Wednesday, February 11, 2026)
- Your Session Crashed · 1 h 30 min · Episode 438This week’s challenge: Find something you never thought you'd see again. (Recorded on Wednesday, February 4, 2026)
- Future Clowns of America · 1 h 0 min · Episode 437This week's challenge: figure out why another dumb thing is happening. (Recorded on Wednesday January 28, 2026)
- Backpack Full of Stones · 1 h 54 min · Episode 436This week's challenge: figure out why a dumb thing is happening. (Recorded on Friday, January 23, 2026)
- Recursive Hallucination Loop · 1 h 44 min · Episode 435This week's challenge: find some Stewart Lee bits you like. (Recorded on Wednesday, January 14, 2026)
- I am the mucus man. · 50 min · Episode 433Happy New Year, I guess? (Recorded Wednesday, December 31, 2025)
- Three-Eyed Raven of His Dreams · 1 h 45 min · Episode 431This week's challenge: review your year in media. (Recorded on Wednesday, December 10, 2025)
- Basic Beaver Information · 1 h 6 min · Episode 430This week's challenge: make a book. (Recorded on Wednesday, December 3, 2025)
