HeyJaredThe Weirdest Thing
Writer/filmmaker Scotty Milder and actor/theatre director Amelia Ampuero are weird. They like weird things.
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"Ghosts cannot kill you...but they can touch you." (opens the original)
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Happy Spooky Season, everybody! Amelia kicks it off this year with her story about the very abandoned--and most likely VERY haunted--Lake Shawnee Amusement Park in West Virginia...and describes her epic foray into early-2000s reality TV. Plus, she and Scotty talk a bit about the new season of "Monster: The Lizzie Borden Story" on Netflix, and discuss how most serial killers are, in the end, really not all that interesting. To see Amelia be an absolute dork on television, check out her 2005 episo
"Furious." (opens the original)
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The recent series "Furious" has been a huge critical and commercial hit for Hulu. Amelia and Scotty do a dive dive into the show and talk about its superlative performances, the balance of humor and darkness, its handling of difficult subject matter, and more. CONTENT WARNING: This episode features discussions of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, and human traffficking. SPOILER WARNING: Heavy spoilers start at 39:00 into the episode. Human trafficking resources: • https://polarisproject
"The dark phantom that haunts you..." (opens the original)
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Inspired by Amelia's story about the "Killing All the Right People" episode of "Designing Women," Scotty considers the phenomenon of the Very Special Episode, from its inception in the 1970s through its long (and often absurd) evolution. He and Amelia look back at a four different Very Special Episodes across several TV shows -- from arguably the best to the undisputed worst. CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses depictions of sexual assault, child abuse, substance abuse, and mental illness.
"Surprise! You're a writer." (opens the original)
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In 1985, aspiring actor Robert Harling's sister Susan passed away. Harling decided to process his grief through writing about it. Just a few years later, an entire Southern town and a Hollywood film crew rallied together to honor her memory. Amelia takes Scotty through the making of 1989's "Steel Magnolias." WARNING: This episode contains spoilers for the play and the movie.
"A few bad apples..." (opens the original)
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The 1969 Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, NY, has gone down in history as one of the most iconic concerts in history, and stands as perhaps the central event of the late 1960s. Thirty years later, original producer Michael Lang tried to recapture the magic...and provoked disaster. This week, Scotty tells Amelia the dark, quasi-apocalyptic story of Woodstock '99. CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses violence, misogyny, and sexual assault.
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