The Pudding

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The Pudding is a digital publication that explains ideas debated in culture with visual essays. https://pudding.cool/ Email: sup@pudding.cool Support us: http://patreon.com/thepudding

A screenshot of the winning project Benford's Law with announcement details
A screenshot of the winning project The Legisaltive Network Behind State Trans Laws with announcement details
A screenshot from the winning project Dithering — Part 1 along with announcement text
Family tree of samples for Hit Em Up
James Brown sample that connects to a bass line for Don’t Look Any Further, which is a sample for Hit ‘Em Up by 2pac.
A screenshot of a survey form that reads: "In the 1980s, there was a study that produced surprising results about our predictive tendencies. We’re conducting a similar study today. Instructions: Complete the line below. What did the bird do? Your response can be up to three sentences. ...and then the bird said, 'I must go to the river.' Upon arriving," with a blank box for your response.
A drawing of thousands of Indian voters from The Pudding Cup winning project Votes in a Name
A Kit-Kat bar chart from The Pudding Cup winning project Battle of the Chocolate Bars
A drawing of thousands of Indian voters from The Pudding Cup winning project Votes in a Name
A sudoku heatmap from The Pudding Cup winning oroject Here's tot he Next 100 Sudokus
A custom crokinole board from Tracey Boards with The Pudding’s logo against a rustic wood panel background. The board is light wood with black lines, black logos, and a black rim. Overlaying text reads: “This crokinole board could be yours!” There is a hint to go to the next slide that says “What you get” paired with an arrow, along with Tracey Boards and The Pudding’s logos.
Text on a black background that reads: “We’re excited to announce our 2024 Cohort, a 10-week summer fellowship for aspiring visual storytellers to author a project on The Pudding.” There are three black and white photos of the Cohort members on the right from top to bottom: Ahmed, Vivian, and Andrew.
at left: a dot plot of when the song "stereo" was played by the band pavement during their set. the set opener is at the top and the encore and closers are at the bottom. stereo, denoted by a star is most often played during the middle of the set. text at right reads: "Winner! Pavement 1933–2023, By Denise Lu, The Pudding Cup 2023"
at left: a strip plot of the average amount of text on vogue magazine covers. the percentage of text is the y axis and the year is the x axis. text coverage peaked around 2005 at 35%. today it is just 10%. text at the right says: "Winner! Since When Does Vogue Hate Text? By Jess Carr The Pudding Cup 2023."
a gold plated cup of pudding from a snack pack that looks like a trophy on a black circular stage with gold confetti and streamers around it. text reads: announcing the 2023 winners.