<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Chad Manley]]></title><description><![CDATA[Chad Manley]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/read</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 26 May 2026 03:39:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.chadmanley.com/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Election]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many of the greatest books and films ever made have been epics—vast, sweeping narratives that follow their characters for several years and take them across the world to witness firsthand grand changes in culture and society. Les Misérables, Gone with the Wind, and Ben-Hur, to name a few. Other great films aim to display those same social changes but do so by putting them on a tiny scale. If you want to make a statement about the leadership of the most powerful empire in the world, how can...]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/election</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0373eda4a34bdda06dde95</guid><category><![CDATA[Film]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2026 13:45:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_d26ef54c16744d899bdb49bb367e2c02~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_624,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bathroom Cabinet Remodel]]></title><description><![CDATA[After taking a cabinetmaking class, I decided to test out my new skills and give the bathroom cabinets a much-needed makeover.]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/bathroom-cabinet-remodel</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a031f65e889759477a6b2d0</guid><category><![CDATA[Member Exclusive]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 13:45:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://video.wixstatic.com/video/d3ae62_c00fead4a29d46cfa2844aa5fd1c35e6/1080p/mp4/file.mp4" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Zeitgeist: A Postmortem on Spirit Airlines]]></title><description><![CDATA[I’ve been wanting to write a couple of pieces on the airline industry for a few months, in particular about how small changes in airline policies have had snowball effects on the flying experience more broadly. With the sudden and shocking announcement of Spirit Airlines exiting the market for good, I decided that many of those piecewise tangents could be combined into a more coherent reflection on the industry. With that said, I believe we are ready for takeoff. Part I Spirit Airlines has...]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/zeitgeist</link><guid isPermaLink="false">665fdd5666e2811046f2ee14</guid><category><![CDATA[Math and Econ]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 03:36:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_777a5eddd3294df9839620c35a096e39~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best Harry Potter Movie (and Book)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone around my age has plenty of childhood memories that involve Harry Potter, both the books and the movies. Unless you were there, it’s hard to imagine the lines at Borders and how quickly the books flew off the pallets—not shelves, pallets. The bookstores would stack J.K. Rowling’s latest release in giant piles on pallets in the middle of the sales floor because they needed so many and they sold so quickly. When the films were released, movie theaters were packed for weeks, and even...]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/the-best-harry-potter-movie-and-book</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0376d62fe6e98eed4562b1</guid><category><![CDATA[Film]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 18:54:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_8e06fbb7644c47baa0aca484a8047870~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_608,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Napoleon: A Satire of Biopics?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Was this Ridley Scott film judged too harshly?]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/napoleon-a-satire-of-biopics</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0637c99f0dce7b599079bd</guid><category><![CDATA[Film]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 20 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_bb5d681ac5524ec281f806e46d0993e3~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Week in My Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey breaux, So this is a little different. I’ve seen plenty of the day-in-my-life videos on social media and while those give a glimpse into someone’s routines, I thought filming an entire week would show off my own routines a bit more. As you’ll notice in the video above, my days are very structured: set schedules, alarms and reminders for certain chores, a laundry list of things that need to get done every day (sometimes including laundry). As I say in my narration, it may seem from the...]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/a-week-in-my-life</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a031b6c2fe6e98eed4499c5</guid><category><![CDATA[Member Exclusive]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:17:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_751676d14da84e8aa608162b07e548de~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fitzcarraldo and the Nature of Fiction]]></title><description><![CDATA[What this German film reveals about the shortcomings of reality]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/fitzcarraldo-and-the-nature-of-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0638949f0dce7b59907bc7</guid><category><![CDATA[Film]]></category><category><![CDATA[Storytelling]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_1c6df4545ea348d19008518221914f77~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_675,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Between Two Gunwales]]></title><description><![CDATA[I will take a wild guess that most of you know me personally to one degree or another, and therefore it is most likely that you know that I spent a few years as a collegiate athlete. I rowed both at Purdue and Iowa State, and even though I had a wonderful time and passed four years with the sport, there exist very few photos of me actually rowing. There is a very easy explanation for this: I was the team photographer. Since I was also on the team, I didn’t get to take too many photos simply...]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/between-two-gunwales</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a05ef707f9a7d9d1229236f</guid><category><![CDATA[Member Exclusive]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 15:55:53 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_406ec41c03e8443d80ba6a2034f1ba7a~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_960,h_636,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Substance]]></title><description><![CDATA[Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle in The Substance (2024, dir. Coralie Fargeat) I must admit my more cynical side tends to come through when watching films that I’ve been told are great. I would not be surprised if I found a negative correlation between the number of accolades I knew a film had won and my personal scoring of the film itself. Sometimes those award nominations and wins signal to me as an audience member that I’m supposed to like the film, instead of simply recommending it. All...]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/the-substance</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a06395e7f9a7d9d1229ba55</guid><category><![CDATA[Film]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_a11d077619124bc2ad883a75cb6d68dc~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_796,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Shop on Main Street (Obchod na korze)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some great films are planned and even somewhat anticipated—visionary directors paired with talented screenwriters whose characters are brought to life by actors who have mastered their craft. While the creative process, especially one that is as collaborative as film, leaves room for well laid plans to flop at the box office, sometimes the opposite happens. Sometimes, towering achievements of cinema come from the most unlikely of places, such as the socialist republics of Czechoslovakia and...]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/the-shop-on-main-street-obchod-na-korze</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a063a5e0b9e4f37fd22e6f6</guid><category><![CDATA[Film]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_5aa3f3bcb8224cbaa0554df3f19e3819~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Film Photos of Yesteryear]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey breaux, During the fall of 2015, I was lucky enough to spend a semester studying in Vienna. On this European whirlwind which took me to Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Germany, Italy, Norway, and France (twice), I brought with me my Nikon FM film camera. At the time, I was just discovering and experimenting with my new hobby of photography and upon rediscovering some of these photos ten years later, I found most of them to be mediocre. At best. There were, however, a few salvageable, perhaps...]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/film-photos-of-yesteryear</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a05f11d0b9e4f37fd22521d</guid><category><![CDATA[Member Exclusive]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2026 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_ed8028e1d0914ae1a285852b002b2462~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Stereoscopy I]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey breaux, A couple years ago, I thought that it would be a fun side project to try to create some 3D images. I thought of the IMAX glasses one gets at a movie theater upon admission to a 3D movie. Could I make something similar at home? As I quickly learned, yes and no. Creating 3D images at home that could be viewable on my projector using the IMAX glasses from the movie theater was not a possibility. 3D IMAX images are created by two projectors flashing images so quickly that it looks...]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/stereoscopy-i</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a05f1960b9e4f37fd22531b</guid><category><![CDATA[Member Exclusive]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_f79348bc4e3e4bab94d1b52f6262781c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_598,h_466,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Does Plinketto Work?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Can Red Letter Media improve the randomness of this Best of the Worst game?]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/does-plinketto-work</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a062aa5875a6143a33927e5</guid><category><![CDATA[Math and Econ]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_22c0e9cf4fb849a9ac01b652008b5bce~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_873,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Metropolis]]></title><description><![CDATA[Metropolis is a film nearly everyone has heard of but very few have seen, let alone paid enough attention to appreciate. It’s a shame, really, when one considers the grand accomplishment that this film is, the technical feats it pulls off to build and immerse the viewer in its world, its achievement in being the first feature-length science fiction film, and how it tells its story despite existing in the early days of filmmaking when the language of cinema had yet to be defined in narrative...]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/metropolis</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a063b5bd8ac7fb66976088c</guid><category><![CDATA[Film]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_e3d292684ef24b73938c6cdb748c5ca1~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Want, Need, Ghost, Lie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Among the myriad methods that writers use to create fictional characters, one popular technique involves four elements that will define a character’s arc and build themes throughout a story. Those four elements are the Want, the Need, the Ghost, and the Lie. Here are their definitions. Want What the character wants to get out of the journey, or their personal motivation for continuing from one scene to the next. It can be deep (a character who wants to experience a spiritual awakening or...]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/want-need-ghost-lie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a062d2e9f0dce7b5990647c</guid><category><![CDATA[Storytelling]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2022 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_ead99a410da64fde83e129d0e338ad39~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bimbos and Himbos]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why there's more to gender swapping than gender swapping]]></description><link>https://www.chadmanley.com/post/bimbos-and-himbos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6a0631297f9a7d9d1229a92a</guid><category><![CDATA[Storytelling]]></category><pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2022 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/d3ae62_c27b49777b754f1d8826588d93d18a9d~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Chad Manley</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>