Today on No Bad Ideas: Phone calls! Arrests! Dystopias! Bad breakups! As many crimes as possible!

In our first bad idea, Gabriel brings the squad the tale of a man who called the police to ask why he hadn't been arrested... and was then promptly arrested. The team turns it into a film about a world so broken and destroyed that going to jail may be preferable to what you'll find in the "free" world. Then, Sarah presents a report of a heartbroken woman who went on a traffic-offense odyssey in her ex's car to get revenge. The squad barrels through the best way to adapt it into a story of stolen identity in the not-too-distant future. 

All of that, plus: raid ID, ten grizzled assassins, international incidents, an adult superstore, and public parental forgiveness. 

Today’s Bad Ideas™:

Idea #1 

Idea #2

Today on No Bad Ideas: Phone calls! Arrests! Dystopias! Bad breakups! As many crimes as possible!
In our first bad idea, Gabriel brings the squad the tale of a man who called the police to ask why he hadn't been arrested... and was then promptly arrested. The team turns it into a film about a world so broken and destroyed that going to jail may be preferable to what you'll find in the "free" world. Then, Sarah presents a report of a heartbroken woman who went on a traffic-offense odyssey in her ex's car to get revenge. The squad barrels through the best way to adapt it into a story of stolen identity in the not-too-distant future.&nbsp;
All of that, plus: raid ID, ten grizzled assassins, international incidents, an adult superstore, and public parental forgiveness.&nbsp;
Today&rsquo;s Bad Ideas&trade;:
<a href="https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Wyoming-man-calls-to-ask-why-he-wasn-t-arrested-16279057.php">Idea #1 </a>
<a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/woman-deliberately-runs-49-red-124311308.html">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.

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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