Hecklers, Fake Podcast Drama & the Race to Go Viral on Dam Internet, You Scary!

Episode 366 · Aug 13, 07:00 PM

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Tahir Moore and Patrick Cloud get into the strange new rules of going viral: hecklers trying to become part of the show, comedians manufacturing audience moments, podcasts staging drama, and the uncomfortable question of whether simply making good content is still enough.

They even put the theory to the test with their own intentionally staged podcast confrontation.

Elsewhere, the guys react to a jet ski crash at Lake Lanier, a man surviving a jump from the Brooklyn Bridge, two Forest Service employees being taken hostage, a rare shrimp-virus story, Switzerland’s surprisingly strict guinea pig rules, and the never-ending battle between frightening headlines and common sense.

Tahir also looks back on sleeping in a running car during an early comedy audition trip, appearing on MTV’s Yo Momma, and the roasting culture surrounding the early All Def days.

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00:00 Phoenix Heat and Sleeping in a Car for Comedy
02:24 MTV Yo Momma and the Reality of Reality TV
04:12 How Roasting Changed the All Def Culture
05:48 Kids, Parenting and Seventh Grade Chaos
10:02 Looking Back at the DIYS Backlog
12:06 Factor
15:02 The Lake Lanier Jet Ski Crash
20:24 A Brooklyn Bridge Jump With a Trash Bag
22:48 A Heckler Gets Removed From Tahir’s Show
24:30 Are Viral Crowd Clips Creating More Hecklers?
28:38 Scripted Drama and Manufactured Viral Moments
30:08 Tahir and Patrick Stage Their Own Fake Podcast Drama
32:30 Mint Mobile
35:46 Forest Service Employees Taken Hostage
40:27 The Shrimp Virus Story
41:59 Tahir Refuses to Give Up Taco Bell
44:07 In The Cloud
47:11 Switzerland’s Guinea Pig Rule
50:26 Can Domesticated Animals Become Depressed?
52:32 Pet Laws and a Government-Control Detour
54:34 Politics, Protest and America’s Relationship With Conflict
57:16 Why Negativity Beats Positive Content Online
59:07 Tahir and Patrick’s Upcoming Projects
01:00:33 Outro