We Can't Have Nice Things - Radio Contests (ep. 193)
Your Brain on Facts
English - April 26, 2022 12:12 - 36 minutes - ★★★★★ - 156 ratingsHistory Education factoid facts history trivia truestory Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
It's the return of our occasional series, We Can't Have Nice Things. This week, we look at radio contest and promotions that went badly wrong, often at the draft stage. Free nude wedding anyone?
1-star review shirt! and shirt raising money for Ukraine Red Cross at yourbrainonfacts.com/merch
02:45 Radio Luxembourg's Ice Block Challenge
06:02 Bait & switch
10:12 Rules are rules
17:36 Review and news
20:40 No accounting for taste
22:15 Library of Chaos
27:27 Good, better, breast
30:08 Playing matchmaker
Links to all the research resources are on the website.
Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs. Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi. Or buy the book and a shirt.
Music: Kevin MacLeod, Bobby Richards .
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It's the return of our occasional series, We Can't Have Nice Things. This week, we look at radio contest and promotions that went badly wrong, often at the draft stage. Free nude wedding anyone?
1-star review shirt! and shirt raising money for Ukraine Red Cross at yourbrainonfacts.com/merch
02:45 Radio Luxembourg's Ice Block Challenge
06:02 Bait & switch
10:12 Rules are rules
17:36 Review and news
20:40 No accounting for taste
22:15 Library of Chaos
27:27 Good, better, breast
30:08 Playing matchmaker
Links to all the research resources are on the website.
Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs. Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.
Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi. Or buy the book and a shirt.
Music: Kevin MacLeod, Bobby Richards .
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices