No Bad Ideas

Welcome to Episode 30! The gang celebrates this completely arbitrary milestone by picking three awful ideas to throw at each other for ten minutes each. First, Sarah challenges the boys to see what they can make of the power of free beer. Then, Zach clues us all into a possible supernatural conspiracy in the halls of New Zealand’s government. And finally, Gabriel gifts Zach and Sarah with a completely legitimate golden ticket and its $500 price tag. Plus Gabriel’s Australian accent, Zach's cover of Twisted Sister, and Sarah's desire to shoehorn kegs into all the action sequences.

Today’s Bad Ideas™:

https://news.sky.com/story/free-beer-offer-helps-track-down-brewerys-stolen-van-in-42-minutes-11721561

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2019/05/11yo-tries-and-fails-to-bribe-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-into-funding-dragon-research.html

https://ww.egyptindependent.com/zimbabwean-clergyman-arrested-for-selling-tickets-to-heaven/

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This week, the squad brings you two bad ideas for the price of one. First, an intricate game of cat and mouse that goes bam, zoom, straight to the moon! And then, a case of cops working undercover… way, way too much cover! Plus, solar systematic treasures, aggressively lawful neutral characters, and doves flying away as characters shoot in an upwards direction.

Today's Bad Ideas™: 

https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2019/05/the-moon-rock-hunter/

https://www.nhttps://internationalhighlife.com/undercover-cops-arrest-eachother/

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Our May experiments continue with two of the grossest, most horrifying, and most hilarious ideas the gang has tackled yet. With only fifteen minutes on the clock, first Sarah and Gabriel have to grapple with an unusual, alchemical way to get rich quick from Zach. Then Zach and Sarah have to contend with a startling home invasion story courtesy of Gabriel. Plus, the historical applications of urine, a cackling Alexa, late stage capitalism, and, obviously, a full page ad in Goop.

Today's Bad Ideas™: 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/02/02/465188104/phosphorus-starts-with-pee-in-this-tale-of-scientific-serendipity

https://www.npr.org/2019/04/10/711819433/oregon-man-called-police-about-a-burglar-armed-officers-found-a-rogue-roomba

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Avast! On today's No Bad Ideas, Gabriel brings Zach and Sarah a tale of love gone wrong and not-so-smooth sailing on the high seas. Will the three of them be able to take the strange tale of a woman's very unique divorce and turn it into a pirate ghost romantic comedy fueled by Bermuda Triangle craziness? Plus, the Ghost Rewrite of Paradise by the Dashboard Lights, method piracy, and the It's a Small World After All Cruise.

Today's Bad Idea™: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/amanda-teague-split-pirate-ghost_n_5c10257de4b00e17a533c8ae

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In this episode of No Bad Ideas, an experiment! In an effort to shake things up, the gang has brought not one, not two, but three bad ideas to the table and will try to turn each of them into stories in just ten minutes. How will our heroes cope with a criminal’s job interview, a library full of taxidermic animals, and the perils of pulling over an undercover cop? You’ll just have to listen to find out. Plus, sleep-stealing, the punishment for fracking, yet another deeply traumatizing family movie, and our favorite superhero, Florida Man.

Links: 

Dumb Robber Interviews For A Job At Police Station (https://allthatsinteresting.com/police-applicant-thief-arrested) 

This Library in Anchorage Lends Out Taxidermic Specimens (https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/library-anchorage-lends-out-taxidermy-specimens-180971948/)

Florida Man Pretended To Be An Officer (https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/florida-man-pretended-be-officer-then-tried-pull-over-undercover-n996791)

Let us know what you think of this episode format by getting in touch with us @feartheshame on Twitter. 

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In today's episode, the Bad Ideas Squad is joined by the great Brandon Grugle, audio producer extraordinaire at Multitude and Marvel. Together with him, Zach and Gabriel are thrown into a wild world of mashed potato intrigue and mystery in which they will find the basis for a wholesome, kid-friendly animated film. But will it stay that way? Or will Gabriel's irrational impulses to turn it into a macabre tale of death and vengeance be successful? Plus, a terrible murder cult, some really ripe avocados, and the crocodile lair of Doctor von Nasty McBadGuy.

LINKS: 

Today's Bad Idea™: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mashed-potatoes-jackson-mississippi_n_5cb0e094e4b0ffefe3b042c6

Follow Brandon at @BrandonGrugle and check out more of his work by visiting Multitude.Productions! 

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This week, Zach brings us a violent chapter of Chinese history that Gabriel and Sarah spin into conspiracy and intrigue in the Catholic Church. Together, the Bad Ideas squad imagine the pettiest hypothetical coup Vatican City will never see. Plus, staged escapes from heaven, Jude Law’s sexy beach pics, and shot-for-shot remakes of classics.

LINKS:

Today's Bad Idea™: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-19977188

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On today's episode... Sarah is away, but Gabriel and Zach are joined by Eli Barraza, creator of The Far Meridian! The three of them go on an odyssey of truly blasphemous proportion, following two embezzling nuns on the gambling, binge-drinking, hard-sinning Las Vegas trip of a lifetime. Sister Act meets the Hangover in this battle of good, evil, money, chance, destiny, and souls. Plus, God-like presences, the letter of the law, and The Divine Comedy (The Casino).

LINKS:

Today's Bad Idea™: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saint-james-catholic-school-says-nuns-embezzled-from-school-to-cover-las-vegas-trips/

Follow Eli over at https://twitter.com/EliLizzieLizbet and check out her show, The Far Meridian at https://www.whisperforge.org/thefarmeridian.

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No new episode today, but we'll be back next week! In the meantime, here's a little something from the archives we think you might enjoy...

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This week, Eric Silver - co-host of Horse, Dungeon Master for Join the Party, and all-around great Multi-Dude - joins the Bad Ideas team for a harrowing story of survival at sea and capitalistic conspiracy. But most alarming of all, the team takes on the challenge of spinning this yarn into their first video game pitch. Plus, oil companies that just don't give a shit, great skips, and the fact that the world isn't going to change because of a C+ grade. 

LINKS:

Today’s Bad Idea™: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-22888828 

Follow Eric over at https://twitter.com/El_Silvero, check out his shows Horse (https://www.horsehoops.com/) and Join The Party (https://www.jointhepartypod.com/), and learn about Multitude’s other fine podcasts over at https://www.multitude.productions/.

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