Underunderstood

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Chaîne • 2 émissions

Culture et société

Culture et société

Chaque semaine
Culture et société

Culture et société

Chaque semaine

10/05/2023

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)

10/05/2023

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33 min
23/11/2021

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

23/11/2021

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48 min
26/06/2023 · BONUS

Update + LIVE show!

It's been a while! We have a quick update about our schedule, plus details about our first-ever LIVE SHOW! Underunderstood LiveTuesday August 1, 2023, 7pmCaveat, NYC (21+)Tickets (both live and virtual!) at Caveat's website

26/06/2023 · Bonus

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7 min
05/04/2023

MTV Cribs or MTV Fibs?

Billy shares a new (old) segment, we examine how real MTV Cribs was, and an important update about the missing broccoli game! 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: (02:56) MTV Cribs Inside Travis Barker's Surprisingly Tranquil Calabasas Abode (Architectural Digest) 'I'm Into Cadillacs' Travis Barker's Home & Car Collection (MTV on YouTube) I Just Found Out That "Cribs" On MTV Was Kinda Fake And I Feel So USED (Buzzfeed) MTV Cribs Ja Rule (YouTube) Lawyer: Ja Rule Innocent in Club Clash (E! Online) Tony Hawk, JoJo & Ryan Nyquist (MTV on YouTube) Redman's Staten Island 'De La Casa' (MTV on YouTube) Redman | Drink Champs (YouTube) Redman: MTV Tried to Get Me to Rent a House for "Cribs" (YouTube) (35:44) Broccoli Game Follow-up FirestarterMethod’s comment (Reddit) ハゲパラ Let’s 育毛 (Appget) ハゲパラ〜おっさんの毛栽培ゲーム〜【育成・放置】 (APKPure)

05/04/2023

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48 min
26/04/2023

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)

26/04/2023

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42 min
15/12/2020

Does Anyone Remember this Robot Vegetable Band?

Why does no one remember a set of singing vegetables from an Oklahoma grocery store in the 80s? We have a Patreon now! Sign up to support the show and get access to our bonus podcast, Overunderstood. Show notes: 01:27 - Homeland on Wikipedia 02:45 - Stew Leonard's on Wikipedia 05:46 - Matt's Reddit post 06:45 - Melody Farm Follies on YouTube 06:45 - Melody Farm Follies on YouTube 13:06 - An incredible promo video for Big Fresh 13:15 - Animatronics at Big Fresh 13:40 - Jungle Jim's 14:20 - Anti-drug animatronics at Mollie Stone's 15:22 - Stew Leonard's in Paramus, NJ 19:50 - Photo #1 20:35 - Photo #2 21:51 - Another Melody Farm Follies video 24:10 - VP Animations 28:00 - The old Homeland logo on a store 30:06 - Bobby Gosh's music credits 31:04 - Advanced Animations 37:25 - Dick McCormack on Wikipedia

15/12/2020

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47 min
30/07/2019

The 9/11 Hoax That Wasn’t

Billy’s sister thinks a photo that repeatedly goes viral on Reddit is suspicious. Show notes: 0:40 – All of the photos discussed in this episode are available on our website 2:02 – Snopes: “Is This a Photograph of a World Trade Center Tourist on 9/11?” 3:23 – Pinball Gallery 5:59 – The Balloon Saloon has nothing to do with this episode, but it is a place in Tribeca. 6:39 – In 2014, Austin Sansone popped up on Reddit to claim the photo. 8:05 – Former child actor Mark Lester 26:35 – r/AlternateAngles 26:45 – The photo got another boost of attention in 2018, when it showed up on Reddit again. 26:51 – Aol published an article that was also posted on Yahoo.

30/07/2019

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33 min
18/05/2023

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

18/05/2023

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47 min
13/10/2020

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

13/10/2020

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43 min
08/12/2020

The Case of the Blah Blah Blahs

A famous datset of Reuters articles from the 1980s includes “Blah blah blah.” in place of some stories. Why? We have a Patreon now! Sign up to support the show and get access to our bonus podcast, Overunderstood. Show notes: 00:31 - The link Jess sent 8:31 - SGML 8:46 - This is what the blahs look like and this is what all the entries look like. 24:00 - FTP 24:34 - Linguistic Data Consortium 29:00 - RCV1 at NIST and David D. Lewis’s README 30:22 - Construe-TIS: A System for Content-Based Indexing of a Database of News Stories (Phil Hayes and Steven Weinstein)

08/12/2020

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37 min

27/05/2022 • ABONNÉS UNIQUEMENT

MTV Fibs

Billy looks into the authenticity of "MTV Cribs."

27/05/2022

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40 min
15/08/2022 • ABONNÉS UNIQUEMENT

Raisin Hell

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

15/08/2022

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44 min
01/04/2023 • ABONNÉS UNIQUEMENT

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!)

01/04/2023

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54 min
15/12/2022 • ABONNÉS UNIQUEMENT

The Suite Life of Danimals

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

15/12/2022

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41 min
05/11/2020 • ABONNÉS UNIQUEMENT

Missing Chimp and Bananas

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

05/11/2020

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1 h
22/12/2022 • ABONNÉS UNIQUEMENT

Hello, Nana and Pop

Adrianne falls into a very dangerous wormhole for new parents.

22/12/2022

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34 min
24/02/2023 • ABONNÉS UNIQUEMENT

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!

24/02/2023

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40 min
10/11/2022 • ABONNÉS UNIQUEMENT

What's the Deal With Ketchup?

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

10/11/2022

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42 min
25/08/2022 • ABONNÉS UNIQUEMENT

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.)

25/08/2022

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37 min
09/12/2021 • ABONNÉS UNIQUEMENT

Department of Fun

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

09/12/2021

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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

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Update + LIVE show!

MTV Cribs or MTV Fibs?

What's the Deal With Airport Food?

Does Anyone Remember this Robot Vegetable Band?

The 9/11 Hoax That Wasn’t

Big Ideas Lost to Mini Rooms

Amazon's Next Top Model

The Case of the Blah Blah Blahs

MTV Fibs

Raisin Hell

Designated Butt Time

The Suite Life of Danimals

Missing Chimp and Bananas

Hello, Nana and Pop

Who is Patrick Parker?

What's the Deal With Ketchup?

Wider Than Jesus

Department of Fun

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