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- We'll Be Back Next Week!Sorry folks! We're up to our eyeballs with work for the final hours of our Kickstarter (www.unseen.show) and don't want to sacrifice the quality of this show with a rush job on editing. We'll be back next week and wish you all well in the meantime!Support the show: http://patreon.com/NoBadIdeasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.1 min
- When Ideas Slap Too Hard (With Danielle Shemaiah)The Bad Ideas Team is once again joined by Danielle Shemaiah for two more bad ideas of misguided pranks and socially-distanced scares!In our first bad idea, Gabriel brings us a tale of a man who tries to win his girlfriend's parents over with an ill-advised prank... and then commits. And commits. And commits. The squad turns it into a starchy comedy of political error and appearances. Then, Sarah brings us a story about just how far haunted house aficionados are going to get their scares on during the pandemic. We turn it into a small scale story of office romance set against a macabre backdrop.All of that, plus: Maya Rudolph as an HR person, suits that need to get scared into cooperating, potato guns, radical honesty, and weird dad reactions.Today’s Bad Ideas™:Idea #1Idea #2If you’d like to follow more of Danielle’s work, check out The Whisperforge, especially The Far Meridian. You can also find her on Twitter and buy her a Ko-Fi.Support the show: http://patreon.com/NoBadIdeasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.37 min
- Evil Dr. Doofensmurch (With Danielle Shemaiah)We are honored and delighted to have a professional podcasting badass on the show this week, director of The Far Meridian, the voice actor who goes bump in the night, the fabulous Danielle Shemaiah!We begin, bending over backwards to avoid our shared loathing of mosquitos, and take a story of meddling with gene drives and make it a happier (for us) post-apocalyptic wasteland. Then, we take hostage crisis bring it down with some bad movie angst and a suspense sequence that requires all the President’s men.Plus: Corporate scientists, archivists from the world before, horrible crapsack universes, the Robert Frost fork in the road, and a simple demand for extreme action.Today’s Bad Ideas™:Idea #1Idea #2If you’d like to follow more of Danielle’s work, check out The Whisperforge, especially The Far Meridian. You can also find her on Twitter and buy her a Ko-Fi.Support the show: http://patreon.com/NoBadIdeasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.40 min
- Party No. 1 (With Lisette Alvarez)The Bad Ideas Squad is once again joined by Lisette Alvarez, creator of Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magick Services, who shocks the hosts with a bad idea of her own!In our first story, Lisette brings us the tale of a man who had a dream, a dream to create a unique joke flag for his home state of Mississippi. The gang takes this idea to its only logical conclusion: a cult that worships an evil, bloodsucking monster. Then, Zach brings us the tale of a group of kids who give a whole new meaning to the phrase, "bringing down the house," and the gang spins it into a heartwarming story about family, belonging, and property destruction.All of that, plus: the Free State of Mosquito, the perils of home improvement, monsters voices by Charlize Theron, beasts that get unchained, and stories that are unlikely but plausible.Today’s Bad Ideas™:Idea #1Idea #2If you’d like to check out more of Lisette’s work, you can head to both the site for Kalila Stormfire as well as her website, or follow her on Twitter.Support the show: http://patreon.com/NoBadIdeasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.40 min
- Kronk’s Time To Shine (With Lisette Alvarez)We are thrilled this week to be joined by one of our favorite audio drama creators, the wonderfully generous and incredibly talented Lisette Alvarez!We first tackle a story that could only have happened in 2020, but turn it into a gangster film of power, ambition, and double-crosses (and protein powder) that’s a tale as old as time. Then, we merge a punishing test of endurance and politics, and end up setting the most unconventional election in the universe… on the moon.Plus: The 94th Amendment, the return of the effete intellectual, a reanimated Sylvester Stallone, a rival Soul Cycle gang, and Brad Pitt.Today’s Bad Ideas™:Idea #1Idea #2If you’d like to check out more of Lisette’s work, you can head to both the site for Kalila Stormfire as well as her website, or follow her on Twitter.Support the show: http://patreon.com/NoBadIdeasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.41 min
- New Lease on Death (With Jackson Bird)The Bad Ideas Squad is joined once again by Jackson Bird, Youtube creator, writer, speaker, and Millennial Swiss army knife human being! Together, we tackle another bad idea and have a quick Creative Corner Chat.First, Sarah brings us the story of the most haunted house in Ireland, and how tough it can be to sell such a place. The gang spins it into a yarn about a weary realtor having to keep the peace between his living and dead tenants. Then, we talk for a little bit about Jackson's work, the balancing act of how much of yourself you share with the people who consume your work, and the coolest first job out of college ever.All of that, plus: cloven hooves, weird glitzy stories, very picky ghosts, bleeding paintings, and loud throat-clearing.Today’s Bad Ideas™:Idea #1If you’d like to check out more of Jackson’s work, you can read Sorted, (now in paperback!) and follow him on Twitter and YouTube.Support the show: http://patreon.com/NoBadIdeasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.41 min
- Get Sarah Koenig (With Jackson Bird)We’re delighted to be joined this week by an absolutely magical author, Youtuber, and haver-of-all-the-Millennial-jobs, the great Jackson Bird!We put Jackson to work immediately solving a Belgium mystery of prank pizza deliveries, which turns into a Count of Monte Cristo style revenge plot, with extra cheese. Then, we tackle a hospitality crisis from Down Under, and turn it into the biggest mafia/coming-of-age story around… about flightless birds.Plus: pizzas from nowhere, the massacre ending, Bruce’s apology video, malicious kabobs and schemes that are coming from the inside.Today’s Bad Ideas™:Idea #1Idea #2If you’d like to check out more of Jackson’s work, you can read Sorted, (now in paperback!) and follow him on Twitter and YouTube.Support the show: http://patreon.com/NoBadIdeasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.39 min
- Special Episode: The Story of UnseenTo continue the celebration of the unexpected smash success of the Unseen Kickstarter, we are back with another Special Episode! In this Creative Corner Chat, we talk a little bit about origin story of Unseen. How did the story come to be, how did it evolve, and how did we set out down the road towards making a new show?Want to hear more from Gabriel, Zach, and Sarah? Please help the Bad Ideas Team make more new content by pledging your support to or helping to spread the word about their new Kickstarter campaign.Support the show: http://patreon.com/NoBadIdeasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.19 min
- Special Episode: Kickstarter Bad Ideas!To celebrate Zach, Sarah, and Gabriel's own Kickstarter adventures to produce their new show,Unseen, we are making a special bonus episode, covering our favorite Kickstarter-themed bad ideas!First, Gabriel brings in a Kickstarter for a flying security device that is almost certainly a bigger hazard than anything it might conceivably protect you from. Then, Zach shares a project that is taking the concept of oral hygiene to an absolutely unnecessary, extremely extra level. Finally, Sarah presents the squad with what might be the greatest - and definitely the sketchiest - product update in the history of Kickstarter.All of that, plus: cat-licking, home invasions, the Pity Clause, simple definitions, and an amazing start to a movie.Today’s Bad Ideas™:Idea #1Idea #2Idea #3Want to hear more from Gabriel, Zach, and Sarah? Please help the Bad Ideas Team make more new content by pledging your support to or helping to spread the word about their new Kickstarter campaign.Support the show: http://patreon.com/NoBadIdeasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.38 min
- Creative Corner Chat with Sean HowardThe Bad Ideas Squad is once again joined by Sean Howard, founder of the Fable and Folly network and producer of Alba Salix, Royal Physician. Join us for a discussion about making new things, how to incorporate different formats into audio fiction, and the state of the podcasting ecosystem!If you’d like to check out more of Sean’s work, you can listen to Civilized, Alba Salix: Royal Physician, and the many fine podcasts on the Fable & Folly network! You can also find him on Twitter.Support the show: http://patreon.com/NoBadIdeasSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.42 min
About No Bad Ideas
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The No Bad Ideas Podcast is the creation of Gabriel Urbina, Sarah Shachat, and Zach Valenti, three writer and artist-types who, in order to stay fresh creatively, have an excuse to hang out with each…
other once a week, and check in on what they're working on, take a terrible idea they found on the Internet each week and turn it into a compelling narrative. Or as close as they can get in 30 minutes. If you're someone trying to be creative yourself or even if you just appreciate a good story, you'll enjoy listening to Zach, Sarah, and Gabriel figure out how to make sense of the best (or worst?) absurdities the internet has to offer. We guarantee there have definitely been worse ideas.
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