No Bad Ideas

We are overjoyed this week to be joined by the host of Radio Drama Revival, critic extraordinaire, and one of the flat-out smartest folks we know, Elena Fernández Collins!

We put her story sense to extremely silly use, as our first idea begins with some hapless thieves who may or may not have realized they were making off with 20,000 pounds of Wisconsin cheese. But by the end, we set up a Best In Show-style mockumentary building up to a prestigious conference of food thieves. Next, we dive into a particularly morbid fundraising scam, and, naturally, add some magic to it.

Plus: Creepy death scams, the newest member of Silicon Valley, airhead Chris Evans, that one chaos child, and not enough cheese.

Today’s Bad Ideas™:

Idea #1

Idea #2

If you’d like to explore more of Elena’s work, then definitely check out her website, subscribe to Radio Drama Revival, and follow her on Twitter.

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Today on No Bad Ideas: we're once again joined by Mischa Stanton, podcast creator and sound designer extraordinaire! Join us for a discussion on how to pull off really nice creative heists, audio production in the era of COVID, and the way the passage of time affects our work.

If you’d like to check more of Mischa’s work, you can visit their website and follow them on Twitter. You can also check out their many, many podcasts - including Ars Paradoxica, The AM Archives, and MARVELS.

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This week we are excited to have a true podcasting powerhouse join us. Sound designer of many, many shows, the great Mischa Stanton has agreed to step (virtually) into the NBI hot seat! 

And oh do we have some tall tales for Mischa to turn into good stories. We begin with a pan flute orchestra, trapped in a haunted castle, surrounded by wolves, which could all be stories in themselves. But together we create a heartwarming battle of the bands that solves a feud between supernatural beings. Then, we look at a fantasy of a very different sort, and an address mix-up that leads us to a slice of life mini-series anthology about a group of people who have all shared a truly bizarre experience.

Plus: vampire conventions, rag-tag bands, standard equipment for Australians, real franchise potential, and clear eyes, pumping hearts, can’t lose. 

Today’s Bad Ideas™:

Idea #1

Idea #2

If you’d like to check more of Mischa’s work, you can visit their website and follow them on Twitter. You can also check out their many, many podcasts - including Ars Paradoxica, The AM Archives, and MARVELS.

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The Bad Ideas Squad is once again joined by Sara Ghaleb, co-creator of Arden and Historical Hookups! Tune in for a discussion about our experiences writing for audio fiction, how it overlaps and differs from writing for television, and adventures in getting information across to the audience. Plus, a bit tantalizing conversation about what we might expect in Arden's upcoming second season! 

If you’d like to follow more of Sara’s work, check out Arden and Historical Hookups, find her on her website, and follow her on Twitter!

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This week we’re delighted to be joined by co-creator of the fabulous Arden podcast and official Very Funny Person, Sara Ghaleb!

We begin with a road trip for the ages (specifically the ages of 5-13) and turn it into a heartwarming, if slightly Freaky Friday, family drama. Then we embark on our first two part bad idea - a tale of tension between two countries, and the pigeon caught between them. Naturally, we turn it into the teen romance Armando Iannucci doesn’t know he needs to make.   

Plus: Digital detox, the whisper network, the best codebreakers in the world, the problem with Fast Five, and reasons we’re done with birds. 

Today’s Bad Ideas™:

Idea #1

Idea #2, Part #1

Idea #2, Part #2

 

If you’d like to follow more of Sara’s work, check out Arden and Historical Hookups, find her on her website, and follow her on Twitter!

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Today on No Bad Ideas, special guest star Meghan Fitzmartin returns to help us tackle another bad idea!

Sarah brings us a story of one person's telecommunication identity mix-up, one with possibly very far-reaching implications. The team does their best to come up with a story that balances great responsibility in the face of great power and taking the privileged around you for all their worth. Then, we have a conversation with Meghan about her approach to writing and creativity, as well as the recurring themes that pop up in our work over and over and over again.

All of that, plus: wholesome creatures, raised eyebrows, recurring thematic worries, extreme versions of reality, and the challenge of proving a negative. 

Today’s Bad Ideas™:

Idea #1

If you’d like to enjoy more of Meghan’s work, check out Red Rhino and follow her on Twitter.

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Happy Monday! We’re delighted to be joined this week by one of our favorite podcast pals/agents of chaos, the extraordinary writer, Meghan Fitzmartin!

We’re especially excited because we’ve roped Meghan into a pair of truly absurd notions today. First, Gabriel introduces us to the concept (and the very real architectural examples) of spite houses. We find them charming, because of course we do, and create a Ghibli-style love story where there’s more than just a Castle In The Sky. Then, Zach brings us the tale of an unusual audience for a sporting event, and we turn it into a tale of identity, personhood, and robot sex dolls. 

Plus: Miyazaki’s physics, next-level attempted scapegoating, New Yorker think-piece friendly, the philosophical zombie question, and the Beatrice and Benedict of Houses.

Today’s Bad Ideas™:

Idea #1

Idea #2

If you’d like to enjoy more of Meghan’s work, check out Red Rhino and follow her on Twitter.

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Listen To Some Fantastic Audio Fiction Podcasts By Black Creators:

Janus Descending by Jordan Cobb 

Harlem Queen by Yhane Smith 

Fan Wars: The Empire Claps Back by Shenee Howard 

Childish: The Podcast Musical by Rye Dorsey and Zachary Goldburg 

Null/Void Podcast by Cole Burkhardt

Flyest Fables by Morgan Givens

Vega: A Sci-Fi Adventure Podcast by Ivuoma Okoro

Margaritas & Donuts by Faith McQuinn 

Nightlight by lots of amazing black writers! 

A Ninth World Journal by David S. Dear 

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To celebrate No Bad Ideas's 100th episode, Zach, Sarah, and Gabriel take a bit of time to talk about the origins of this show, share some of their favorite moments from the first hundred episodes, and discuss the way the podcast has changed and evolved.

Thank you so much to all our friends, listeners, and guests for their support and for helping us make one hundred episodes of No Bad Ideas. We hope you've all had as much fun as we have, and we can't wait to share even more bad ideas with all of you! 

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Today on No Bad Ideas: it's part one of our hundredth episode celebration!

To mark the occasion, the Bad Ideas Team plays a game of Bad Ideas Royale. We revisit three of our favorite ideas from past episodes of the show, and try to turn them into a single, massive story that brings them all together. So what do enterprising salesmen, apex predators, and innovative car mechanics all have together? Tune in and find out!

All of that, plus: fantastic abstractions, escalating wars, dream houses, eccentric adventures, and atomic spice. 

Today’s Bad Ideas™:

Idea #1

Idea #2

Idea #3

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