What a City Would Look Like Without Any People in It

Paris is the city of love. It’s a city of style. A city of taste. It’s a city where life ballets itself around you. Now imagine that dreamy Paris without any people. Without any life. Without any love. Scary! Claire and Maxime of Menilmonde filmed Paris and deleted people, cars and life from the footage and came with this deeply unsettling short.

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John Hodgman explains the end of the world to you

John Hodgman explains the end of the world to you

John Hodgman is the world’s foremost expert on all things canny and uncanny, and everything in between. And today marks the release of Ragnarok, his one-hour comedy special about the apocalypse, via Netflix. To celebrate, we talked to him about the meaning of apocalyptic stories, and why he doesn’t love zombies.

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