Month: September 2013

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TLDR - #1.5 – The Bonkers Conclusion to Pronunciation Book

One last update to episode 1 of TLDR. We all found out on Monday that Pronunciation Book (along with horse_ebooks) were part of a collaborative stunt between Jacob Bakkila and Thomas Bender to promote their art project Alternate Reality Game, Bear Stearns Bravo. The Daily Dot's Gaby Dunn, who we spoke to for our original story, figured out that Bakkila was the guy behind Pronunciation Book months ago. In order to convince her not to publish her story, Bakkila manipulated Dunn with a very elaborate series of lies. Weirdly, many of the people in her life were in on those lies, in varying capacities. We did a follow-up interview with Gaby about living her own personal version of the Truman Show, and you should listen because it is bonkers. 

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The Goods from the Woods - Episode #4 – “Quantum Leap” with Jim Bruce

In this episode, the Goods from the Woods Boys and their special guest, comedian Jim Bruce, gather 'round to discuss the early-90's TV classic, 'Quantum Leap' and to fill in the completely uninitiated Rivers. The episode also takes off into hilarious side tangents involving "Weird" Al Yankovic, the truly awful post-Jim Morrison incarnation of The Doors, Darwinism, and also the surprising effect Jim Bruce had on Pat as a kid back in 1999. Oh, boy! You can find Jim Bruce on Twitter @ComicJimBruce. You can also check out his AMAZING podcast on which Rivers and Pat have both been guests. The show is called "Who's This Now?" and you can find it on iTunes and on Twitter @WhoThisNow.  You can follow us on Twitter: @TheGoodsPod  Rivers is @RiversLangley  Dr. Pat is @PM_Reilly Mr. Goodnight is @SepulvedaCowboy  Pick up a Goods from the Woods t-shirt at: http://prowrestlingtees.com/TheGoodsPod

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More or Less: Behind the Stats - Formula 1 racing risk

'I accept every time I get in my car, there's a 20% chance I could die'. It's a line from the Formula 1 hit film, Rush. Spoken by racing driver Niki Lauda's character. Formula 1 was certainly a dangerous sport during the 1970s, but was it really that dangerous? Tim Harford and Hannah Barnes look at the data. Plus, is it true that it takes 1,000 years for a plastic bag to degrade? It's a popular claim, but More or Less finds the environmental facts about plastic bags are much less certain than that statistic suggests. This edition was first broadcast on the BBC World Service.

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Start the Week - Jamal Edwards on ‘digital natives’

On Start the Week Stephanie Flanders considers the impact of new technology on 'digital natives', a generation who have never known life without facebook and smartphones. Beeban Kidron's new film explores the lives of teenagers and the corporations that influence and manipulate their online lives for profit. The entrepreneur Jamal Edwards started filming his friends rapping when he was just 15, he's used the web to become a multi-million pound CEO. The academic Farida Vis researches the invisible algorithms that pervade the internet. And Adrian Hon attempts to predict the future - both human and technological - using the objects around us.

Producer: Katy Hickman.