Today on No Bad Ideas... Imprisonment! Dystopias! Literature! Very intense judges! And more!

In our first bad idea, Zach presents the horrific news story of an alternative to prison that may end up being even worse (and more exploitative) than jail-time. The gang tries to turn it into the story of an exploiter who is hoisted by his own exploitative petard. Then, Sarah brings us the story of a young ne'er-do-well who a judge attempts to rehabilitate by subjecting him to the greatest works of Western literature. The squad considers different ways to tell stories of enforced art-consumption making people better. 

All of that, plus: vandals with too much destructive energy, things that are entirely made up, empathy training programs, Dickensian poorhouses, super downers, and old, explosive fertilizer. 

Today’s Bad Ideas™:

Idea #1

Idea #2

Today on No Bad Ideas... Imprisonment! Dystopias! Literature! Very intense judges! And more!
In our first bad idea, Zach presents the horrific news story of an alternative to prison that may end up being even worse (and more exploitative) than jail-time. The gang tries to turn it into the story of an exploiter who is hoisted by his own exploitative petard. Then, Sarah brings us the story of a young ne'er-do-well who a judge attempts to rehabilitate by subjecting him to the greatest works of Western literature. The squad considers different ways to tell stories of enforced art-consumption making people better.&nbsp;
All of that, plus: vandals with too much destructive energy, things that are entirely made up, empathy training programs, Dickensian poorhouses, super downers, and old, explosive fertilizer.&nbsp;
Today&rsquo;s Bad Ideas&trade;:
<a href="https://tulsaworld.com/news/state-and-regional/the-judge-called-it-rehab-but-it-ended-up-being-a-slave-camp-in-oklahoma/article_cd5c942d-db47-55c0-9c63-0afccafc91dd.html">Idea #1</a>
<a href="https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/leicester-news/white-supremacist-sentenced-read-pride-5853738">Idea #2</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.

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