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Underunderstood

Underunderstood

By: Select Works
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 There are questions the internet just can't answer. But that doesn't mean we can't find them. On each episode of Underunderstood, we find a question the internet can’t answer — maybe it’s a dead-end Wikipedia page, an abandoned Reddit thread, or an unanswered question on Twitter — and we fill in the gaps. It’s part chat show, part documentary, and almost always surprising.Select Works Social Sciences
Episodes
  • Update + LIVE show!

    Update + LIVE show!
    Jun 26 2023

    It's been a while! We have a quick update about our schedule, plus details about our first-ever LIVE SHOW!


    Underunderstood Live
    Tuesday August 1, 2023, 7pm
    Caveat, NYC (21+)
    Tickets (both live and virtual!) at Caveat's website
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    7 mins
  • Big Ideas Lost to Mini Rooms

    Big Ideas Lost to Mini Rooms
    May 18 2023

    Hollywood is stockpiling scripts for full seasons of unreleased television shows. Are they throwing them out or saving them for a rainy day?

    Want to support the show? Become a patron at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/underunderstood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Have a mystery? Email hello@underunderstood.com or leave a voicemail at 212-994-4882‬.


    Show notes:

    • Why Are TV Writers So Miserable? (The New Yorker)
    • Hollywood Writers Strike (Democracy Now!)
    •  Film and TV writers are striking (CNN)
    • Writers strike focuses on whether AI could take jobs from screenwriters (CBS News)
    • Writers On Set (George R. R. Martin’s Not A Blog)
    • Alex O’Keefe (Linktree)
    • The Bear (Hulu)
    • 2023 Writers Guild Award for Comedy Series (YouTube)
    • Reed Hastings on Colbert (YouTube)
    • Amazon? HBO? Netflix thinks its real competitor is… sleep (CNBC)
    • We Watched It All | Netflix (YouTube)
    • Writers Are Not Keeping Up (wgacontract2023.org)
    • Reed Hastings on Building a Streaming Empire (YouTube)
    • Hollywoodstrike.org
    • wgacontract2023.org
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    47 mins
  • Even If It's Fake, It's Real

    Even If It's Fake, It's Real
    May 10 2023

    Sometimes the truth is stranger than the hoax.


    Want to support the show? Become a patron at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://patreon.com/underunderstood⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Have a mystery? Email hello@underunderstood.com or leave a voicemail at 212-994-4882‬.


    Show notes:

    • even if it's fake it's real (sippey.com)
    • Street View Birth (Andy Wyeth)
    • turning random internet drama into songs, part 2 (Twitter)
    • Lubalin on TikTok
    • Meet The Musician Turning Random Internet Drama Into TikTok Bops (Buzzfeed News)
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    33 mins
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