About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of creating a personal trophy after winning an award without receiving an official one.

If you win "Best Feature" at a film festival, but the festival doesn't give you a trophy, can you make your own trophy? Or is that too cringe?

People in this episode

Host: John Hodgman

Topics covered

• film festival
• trophy
• cringe
• creativity
• competition

Keywords

• Best Feature
• film festival
• trophy making
• cringe culture
• awards

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