Gabriel is out this week, but stepping up to fill the void is a truly special guest star: the mastermind behind The Message, Steal the Stars, and the recently unleashed Give Me Away - it's Mac Rogers! 

 

In our first bad idea, Sarah brings us the story of a car company bringing old school smells kicking and screaming into the future. The squad turns it into a story about a one-of-a-kind event that immerses its patrons in the sights, sounds, and smells of the past. Then, in our second bad idea, Zach brings us the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, and the letters it's been sending promising enhanced accountability. The gang turns it into the story of two kids who are marked for failure from early on in life to a terrifyingly literal degree.

All of that, plus: the Goodwood Festival of Speed, moving character-driven things, scents on demand,self-fulfilling prophecies, and brutally depressing dramas about there being no way out. 

 

Today’s Bad Ideas™:

Idea #1

Idea #2

 

For more of Mac's work, check out the website for his production company Gideon Media or follow him on Twitter.

Gabriel is out this week, but stepping up to fill the void is a truly special guest star: the mastermind behind The Message, Steal the Stars, and the recently unleashed Give Me Away - it's Mac Rogers!&nbsp;
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In our first bad idea, Sarah brings us the story of a car company bringing old school smells kicking and screaming into the future. The squad turns it into a story about a one-of-a-kind event that immerses its patrons in the sights, sounds, and smells of the past. Then, in our second bad idea, Zach brings us the Pasco County Sheriff's Office, and the letters it's been sending promising enhanced accountability. The gang turns it into the story of two kids who are marked for failure from early on in life to a terrifyingly literal degree.
All of that, plus: the&nbsp;Goodwood Festival of Speed, moving character-driven things, scents on demand,self-fulfilling prophecies, and brutally&nbsp;depressing dramas about there being no way out.&nbsp;
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Today&rsquo;s Bad Ideas&trade;:
<a href="https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/16/22580508/ford-gas-perfume-premium-mach-eau#:~:text=According%20to%20Ford%2C%20you%20substitute,switch%20to%20an%20electric%20car.">Idea #1</a>
<a href="https://www.tampabay.com/investigations/2021/07/24/pasco-sheriffs-office-letter-targets-residents-for-increased-accountability/">Idea #2</a>
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For more of Mac's work, check out the website for his production company <a href="https://www.gideon-media.com/">Gideon Media</a> or follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/macwrites">Twitter</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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