Looking for: Co-creator and host. Equal partner. US person in the same age range (mid-20’s to late 40’s). Critically interested in a big circle of topical news, entertainment, and politics. Generally critical and eager to ask questions. Able to assume the perspective of a character and speak on the above topics with that perspective.
Enough technical skills to work with documents and files online. Good microphone. Experience is preferable, but not necessarily required, as long as you’re willing to learn. LGBT-friendly. Conservatives are welcome, but MAGAts need not apply.
Project: A two-character, semimonthly, loosely-scripted discussion of current events. Features honest analysis and conflict, metanarrative elements, hixian ambiguity, and character work to demonstrate perspectives. Appx 20 minutes long and lightly edited.
Subjects include the best cuts pulled from the toxic crowded rivers of headline news, events in cultural/consumer nerdspace, and US politics.
Hook: This is a discussion of current events that avoids the pitfalls of the current landscape. Ie, NOT two nerds jerking each other off over whatever the nerdwank of the moment is, NOT a cerebral recitation of facts devoid of context or feeling, NOT self-indulgent cheerleading, and NOT culture war pugilism over the issue of the day. (If you happen to know of productions that avoid these pitfalls already, please share them below).
Tone: Something easily digestible, engenders positive engagement, and that is credible. Distributed via Anchor and available to both contributors for modification and distribution via other means (YouTube, Soundcloud, etc).
Demographic: Late-20’s to 30’s busy folks who don’t have time or trust for regular news sources.
Time Cost: Estimated production time is 90 minutes per episode. Approximately 30 minutes of recording, 10-15 minutes of management/admin, 30 minutes of scripting, and 20 minutes of research and reading above and beyond your existing media diet.
Long-Term: Recording can start as soon as on Friday evening. I will work with various co-creators until late February 2020, at which point, I’ll reevaluate the project and decide whether or not to continue it.
Please reply via comment or DM. I’m asking that you keep responses to 4-5 sentences. That’s an honest request; I’ll read whatever you send, but 4-5 sentences sets a fair, explicit expectation. Include some information about yourself (preferably w/a link to socials. Mine can be googled), past productions, and maybe one way to improve this posting. Also, while it would never be the topic of an episode, comics/movies are generally within the project’s remit, so please include a 1-2 sentence analysis of a Black Panther v Batman fight.
