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It's the roaring 20s. A time of wealth, partying, and a huge inequality gap. Fun, fun, and, uh...not-so-fun. Hit play to discover more about the se...

East Egg: East coast, old money, and ponies. Maybe unicorns. Those snotty East Eggers won’t tell us anything. West Egg: West coast, new money, an...

Wait. Tom and Daisy have a kid? Huh. ...Did anyone tell them that?

Partying, drinking, sleeping, lather, rinse, and repeat. Sounds like the life, right? ...We meant good hair care. That other stuff sounds exhausting.

How do you achieve the unachievable dream? Easy. Be wealthy, party everyday, and fake it ‘till you make it. We’ll let you get to work on that,...

Gatsby’s a man who throws huge parties and still has zero friends. Maybe they’re all like...Tupperware parties or something. Check out the vide...

Gatsby is a conundrum wrapped up in an enigma stuffed into a turkey. He’s like the turducken of people. The...turnungma. Watch this video to lear...

Finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for...Gatsby is kind-of sort-of revealing his origin story! ...Wait, seriously? That’s what we’ve...

What’s in a name? Usually letters...sometimes numbers, if you have creative parents. Some vowels, some consonants…oh. Sorry, we take things lit...

Women in The Great Gatsby are just pawns in a game. Click on the video to learn what role Daisy plays in the novel. Wait, didn’t we just tell...

How do you achieve wealth and popularity? Easy. Just become a bootlegger. Oh, hang on...alcohol is legal now? Hm. Perhaps obtaining an education is...

If Gatsby takes the fall for Daisy, is he a hero, or just really, really, really stupid? We’re betting a little of both, and we’re betting Kany...

Do you think Gatsby would have been super distracted by green traffic lights? Check out this video to (not) find out. ...Seriously. The answer is...

There’s no way to move forward because people are always looking back...unless you’re traveling with the Doctor from Doctor Who, which means th...

If we can’t rely on Nick to be a reliable narrator, then can we rely on anyone? Nick: the reason we have trust issues.

One could follow Gatsby’s example of reinventing oneself, but we hear there are weird side effects. Seriously, Carol from HR still hasn’t stopp...