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 #1

Idea #2

If 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.

We&rsquo;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&hellip; about flightless birds.
Plus: pizzas from nowhere, the massacre ending, Bruce&rsquo;s apology video, malicious kabobs and schemes that are coming from the inside.
Today&rsquo;s Bad Ideas&trade;:
<a href="https://www.oddee.com/belgian-man-pranked-with-pizza-deliveries-for-9-long-years-53166/">Idea #1</a>
<a href="https://www.npr.org/2020/07/28/896235721/emus-have-been-banned-for-bad-behavior-a-hotel-in-australia-s-outback-says">Idea #2</a>
If you&rsquo;d like to check out more of Jackson&rsquo;s work, you can read <a href="http://bit.ly/SortedPaperback">Sorted,</a> (now in paperback!) and follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/jackisnotabird">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/loraxism">YouTube</a>.

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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The creators of Wolf 359 talk about the unceasing rollercoaster ride of pursuing creative careers in a time... that is now. In a world... that is this one. In a podcast... that you should totally subscribe and listen to.

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