In a cozy little neighborhood coffee shop, a group of fun-loving friends get together — and get up to all kinds of adventures.

Books and Beyond immerses viewers in stimulating conversations and the exchange of ideas with recently published authors. Highlights include a talk with cartoonist and author Aline Crumb (who's married to the famous comic underground artist, R. Crumb), as well as a discussion with New Yorker author D. T. Max about the late author David Foster Wallace. Whether the topic is lighthearted or weighty, the common denominator is this: Books & Beyond plays to the sophisticated, knowledgeable 50+ viewer who's a lover of all things literary.

3blue1brown, or 3b1b for those who prefer less of a tongue-twister, centers around presenting math with a visuals-first approach. Rather than first deciding on a lesson then putting illustrations to it for the sake of having a video, almost all projects start with a particular visualization, with the narrative and storyline then revolving around this image. 　　Topics themselves tend to fall into one of two categories: 　　Lessons on topics people might be seeking out, like linear algebra, neural networks, calculus, Fourier transforms, the math of bitcoin, quantum mechanics, etc. 　　Problems in math which many people may not have heard of, and which seem really hard at first, but where some shift in perspective makes it both doable and beautiful. I try to keep track of these here. 　　Loosely speaking, I think of the first category as motivating math by its usefulness, and the second as motivating math as an art form. But of course, the line dividing these two is easily blurred.

A rookie cop inadvertently captures the murder of a young drug dealer on her body cam. After realizing that the murder was committed by corrupt cops, she teams up with the one person from her community who is willing to help her as she tries to escape both the criminals out for revenge and the police who are desperate to destroy the incriminating footage.

When a local black politician is murdered an undercover police officer unveils a web of police corruption which puts lives at risk and threatens the whole community.

A young mother from Arkansas is forced to travel across state lines in search of an urgent and necessary abortion.

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she hatches a plan — with help from a bail bondsman — to keep the money for herself.

Father Brown was a Catholic priest who doubled as an amateur detective in order to solve mysteries.

Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional newsmagazine FYI for the first time following a stay at the Betty Ford Clinic residential treatment center. Over 40 and single, she is sharp tongued and hard as nails. In her profession, she is considered one of the boys, having shattered many glass ceilings encountered during her career. Dominating the FYI news magazine, she is portrayed as one of America's hardest-hitting (though not the warmest or more sympathetic) media personalities.

Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.