How strong is your satire?
CONSUME: Two podcasts: "A Very Fatal Murder" and "This Sounds Serious." Both podcasts are a riff on the true crime podcast format. Both use satire. Listen to the first episode of each of those shows, and think about what you learn from each satirical take on true crime.
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Jan 2022
Ben Suffers From Imposter Syndrome
Have you ever gotten some level of success or admiration, but felt like it was all a big lie? This week, Ben discusses what it's like to have a popular YouTube and TikTok following, but not feeling like you deserve it. He also comes face-to-face with the idea that it might all en ... Show More
36m 50s
Sep 2021
S9E010 – "Uncomfortable Truths" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
I'm your host, Otis Jiry – and in this episode, I'll be performing FOUR tales to terrify you, courtesy of author Matt Dymerski, about malevolent mysteries, rancid rewards, deadly disappearances, and social survival.
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1h 10m
Jun 2023
When you can't separate art from artist
What do we do when an artist we love does something monstrous? Constance Grady, a culture writer at Vox, talks with Claire Dederer, the author of Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma. They discuss how to reckon with the facts and feelings of consuming art by someone who's done something bad ... Show More
53m 27s
Apr 2022
S10E015 – "Always the Quiet Ones" – Scary Stories Told in the Dark
Tonight's featured author: Christopher "Slimebeast" Wolf. The evening consists of two devilish delights: first up, what appears at first glance to be an unpleasant, dreary summer working on the farm isn't that at all...it's much, much worse. In the second, a very popular fellow a ... Show More
1h 16m