Underunderstood

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Channel • 2 Shows

Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Updated Weekly
Society & Culture

Society & Culture

Updated Weekly

05/10/2023

Even If It's Fake, It's Real

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)

05/10/2023

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33 min
11/23/2021

Lou Pearlman Tried to Send a Boy Band to Space

These pop singers thought they were going to be the first band in space. What happened? Support the show and listen to over 50 episodes of our bonus podcast by joining our Patreon! Show notes: 02:50 – NASA on mission to planet pop (New Scientist) 04:57 – Put Your Arms Around Me (Natural/YouTube) 06:32 – I Love the USA (Weezer/YouTube) 11:45 – Steve Kipner 15:35 – Claire's press release 19:48 – Journalism about Lou Pearlman from The New Yorker, Tyler Gray, and Lance Bass Productions 25:29 – Veit Renn 35:27 – Danny O'Donoghue (Wikipedia) 40:25 – Columbia Disaster: What happened and what NASA learned 47:25 – Jon Fuller's website / Spotify / Apple Music

11/23/2021

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48 min
04/26/2023

What's the Deal With Airport Food?

There’s a formula that dictates restaurant prices in New York City airports. Adrianne digs into what does — and doesn’t — add up. 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: Cooper Lund's tweet Concessionaire Street Pricing Manual (PDF) The Cibo Express website Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at the Airport? (Hell Gate)

04/26/2023

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42 min
05/18/2023

Big Ideas Lost to Mini Rooms

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

05/18/2023

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47 min
07/09/2019

Gas and Gains

After watching an episode of “Catfish: The TV Show,” Billy goes on a deep dive to find the meaning of a curious ankle tattoo, the eccentricities of the Philadelphia accent, and one man’s fixation with the word “gas.” Show notes: 00:40 - Catfish: The TV Show - Wikipedia 00:57 - Catfish - Season 7, Episode 18 - Nick and Jasmine (video) 01:35 - To Catch a Predator - Wikipedia 01:46 - Definition of Catfish by Merriam-Webster The scene (video) from Catfish (the 2010 documentary) where the term was coined 03:36 - "Gayus" video clip from Catfish (video) 05:27 - Wawa 06:46 - MFSB - South Philly 08:04 - Nick: @NickFresh215 / @NickFresh215 08:14 - Jimmy: @jimmyharrity / @jimmy_harrity 09:22 - Jordan Oplinger on Twitter 13:03 - Mean Girls - Stop trying to make fetch happen (video) 16:39 - Betsy Sneller's personal website 17:11 - William Labov - Wikipedia 17:23 - Sociolinguistics - Wikipedia 19:06 - Mechanisms of Phonological Change by Betsy Sneller 20:08 - /æ/ raising - Wikipedia 26:31 - Excerpt from The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams 28:01 - History of the Irish Americans in Philadelphia - Wikipedia 28:23 - Irish slang videos on YouTube Irish Time with Jack! (video) Irish Slang / Teaching Irish Slang (video) Irish Slang & Swear Words! (video) 32:50 - The Vocal Fries Episode 35: How Millennials are Destroying the Philly Accent (audio) Philadelphia magazine - Here’s How Millennials Are Changing the Philly Accent CBS Philly - Experts Seeing Shift In Philadelphia Accent Thanks To Millennials (video) 33:06 - Preston & Steve (12.11.18) (audio) 36:17 - L-vocalization - Wikipedia 38:48 - Send us your question!

07/09/2019

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41 min
05/03/2023

The Other Masked Magician

John revisits a wild pitch about a mysterious television performer. 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: The first special (YouTube) 2002 thread on The Magic Cafe It's No Secret (Chicago Tribune, 1998) The unmasking (YouTube) The Masked Magician on Diagnosis Murder (YouTube) Virginia Magicians Sue Fox TV To Stop Revelation of Secrets (Washington Post, 1998) Street Magic Finally Revealed (YouTube) A trick from the fifth special (YouTube)

05/03/2023

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32 min
10/13/2020

Amazon's Next Top Model

Once a photo gets on the internet, it could end up anywhere. 0:01 - We have a Patreon now! 2:13 - Product on Amazon 4:10 - Billy's tweet 4:22 - Hellicus's tweet 4:48 - Ryan Broderick 7:00 - CCbeauty's webpage 10:00 - HDcrafter link 1 11:20 - HDcrafter link 2 12:53 - Buzzfeed article 14:33 - Medium account 15:29 - About.me page 17:18 - Mr. Sparkle 25:53 - The guy who replaced Ryan is everywhere 26:46 - iFlashDeal bib 28:26 - Buzzfeed article translated into Chinese 29:19 - Francis on 17qq 31:56 - Graphika report (via Input) 34:07 - foreigner face on Google HK 34:26 - foreigner on Google HK 34:37 - foreigner face on Baidu 35:37 - Baidu source 38:15 - New photos from Ryan 38:40 - The photo on Amazon has been updated again to a 3rd guy 39:14 - Ryan on new products (screenshot) 41:03 - Patreon

10/13/2020

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43 min
11/09/2021

California License Plate 2SAM564

Why has the same California license plate been showing up in movies and TV shows for two decades? Support the show and listen to over 50 episodes of our bonus podcast by joining our Patreon! Show notes: 01:39 – Buffy the Vampire Slayer, "Villains" episode 02:16 – The Xandermobile 02:54 – A113 summary 03:43 – Screengrab of the plate in "A Star Is Born" 04:11 – Screengrab from "Matchstick Men" 04:52 – Screengrab from "Ray Donovan" 04:59 – "Furious 7" scene with 2SAM564 06:21 – Flim 26:19 – ISS Props 27:40 – Vehicle registration plates of California 29:27 – California DMV Sample License Plate Order Form (PDF) 33:52 – 2GAT123.com's License Plates 35:34 – Studio Graphics

11/09/2021

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38 min
02/22/2023

Raisin Suspicion

A Redditor starts receiving boxes full of 1980s memorabilia from the long-defunct California Raisins Fan Club. Who is sending this raisin mail? A different version of this story previously appeared in our bonus feed, Overunderstood. If you've already heard that episode, there's a lot of new material in this one. 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: The first California Raisins TV commercial (YouTube) I received two packages/letters from a seemingly defunct california raisins fanclub at my home address with very rare 1980s collectors items (Reddit) thecaliforniaraisins.com https://dizzodesigns.com Were the California Raisins Created Because of Systemic Racism?(Mandatory) Mail #1 and #2 Mail #3 UPDATE: I received another package & letter from a seemingly defunct california raisins fanclub (Reddit) Archive of the sweatshirt eBay listing Mail #4 UPDATE 2: The Seemingly Defunct california raisins fanclub Has Once Again Sent Me A Bunch Of Assorted 80s Merch (Reddit) USPS Letters from Santa Mail #5 Bart Baggett’s website Bart’s handwriting comparisons (PDF)

02/22/2023

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1h 9m
12/10/2019

43 Years in Biscuitville

A small town fights for internet justice by boycotting biscuits. 2:23 - LulaRoe Defective Fail on Facebook 3:29 - Biscuitville page on Wikipedia 4:51 - Petition: BRING ABED HASSAN BACK on Change.org 13:53 - The First Pizzaville vs. The First Biscuitville 17:47 - Biscuitville announces a new president 18:56 - Jim Metevier (LinkedIn) 19:59 - Zaxby's (BONUS: Zaxby’s made it on My Brother My Brother and Me’s Munch Squad segment.) 21:48 - Mountain Mike's announces a new president

12/10/2019

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26 min

08/25/2022 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Wider Than Jesus

Adrianne thinks too hard about her beach reading. Billy's beach reading can be seen at: https://underunderstood.com/podcast/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Image-from-iOS-2-scaled.jpg (Apple Podcasts doesn't support links in the show notes. For full access to show notes subscribe on Patreon.)

08/25/2022

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37 min
05/27/2022 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

MTV Fibs

Billy looks into the authenticity of "MTV Cribs."

05/27/2022

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40 min
08/15/2022 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Raisin Hell

No one knows where mystery packages full of 80s memorabilia are coming from. Editing, mixing, and original music by Ryan Manning.

08/15/2022

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44 min
11/05/2020 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Missing Chimp and Bananas

Adrianne's presents a decades-old unsolved mystery about a chimp, plus a look at advertising on bananas.

11/05/2020

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1 hr
02/24/2023 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Who is Patrick Parker?

Adrianne attempts to find out where a superhero villain's nickname really came from. This was recorded in our monthly live stream on Discord!

02/24/2023

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40 min
11/10/2022 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

What's the Deal With Ketchup?

Billy introduces a brand new segment, and we discuss a ubiquitous condiment.

11/10/2022

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42 min
12/15/2022 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

The Suite Life of Danimals

A listener called in about a 2000s kids sweepstakes. Billy Stops to examine.

12/15/2022

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41 min
04/01/2023 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Designated Butt Time

We're back with this month's live recording! In this stream, we look into three Mandela or the Man segments along with members of the audience. (Sorry we're late to post this!)

04/01/2023

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54 min
12/22/2022 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Hello, Nana and Pop

Adrianne falls into a very dangerous wormhole for new parents.

12/22/2022

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34 min
12/09/2021 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Department of Fun

"The internet's oldest mystery" brings us to a part of Wikipedia we'd never seen before.

12/09/2021

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41 min

The internet doesn't have all the answers. But that doesn't mean we can't find them.

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Even If It's Fake, It's Real

Lou Pearlman Tried to Send a Boy Band to Space

What's the Deal With Airport Food?

Big Ideas Lost to Mini Rooms

Gas and Gains

The Other Masked Magician

Amazon's Next Top Model

California License Plate 2SAM564

Raisin Suspicion

43 Years in Biscuitville

Wider Than Jesus

MTV Fibs

Raisin Hell

Missing Chimp and Bananas

Who is Patrick Parker?

What's the Deal With Ketchup?

The Suite Life of Danimals

Designated Butt Time

Hello, Nana and Pop

Department of Fun

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