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Your country, through our eyes.

True, surprising stories from countries around the world, painted like a film and checked fact by fact. If it's your country, we hope we got it right.

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Episode 001 · Istanbul

Why Istanbul Belongs to Its Cats

Our first story is on its way: how a whole city came to belong to its cats.

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How we make them

Three promises in every episode

True

Every fact traces to a source. When historians disagree, or nobody knows, we say so out loud.

Painted like a film

Layered paintings with a camera moving through them. We use AI-assisted painting and narration tools, directed, edited and fact-checked by people.

Told with respect

We are outsiders, and curious ones. If it's your country and we missed something, tell us. We'd rather be corrected than wrong.

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