Three Separate Presidents Each Sold To One Direction (And Other Boy Bands)

About this episode

The episode humorously explores the concept of historical figures being sold to boy bands, particularly One Direction.

Episode Notes This week, a very sleep deprived group of Forecasters explore the "Sold to One Direction" genre, a small but very amusing category in the Archive. It turns out many people from across history have been sold to boy bands over time, we still don't know why but we do answer hard hitting questions, like Who got the best deal for selling their child to One Direction (or another boy band) Can Ten Pound pay off a mortgage with money to spare? How did we find a canon compliant One Direction fic?? All this and more, on this weeks Shipping Forecast And don't forget to watch us on YouTube, where we play visual novels and mystery games on our off weeks Enjoying the show? Got a fic you'd like us to read? Hate the show and you want to tell us anyway? Come find us on our social media; tumblr: the-shipping-forecasters tiktok: 'theshippingforecast' instagram: 'fanficsandchill' Bluesky: ShipForecast.bsky.social twitter theshipforecast

People in this episode

Host: Hull Breach Productions

Topics covered

• boy bands
• historical figures
• fan fiction
• comedy
• music industry

Keywords

• One Direction
• boy bands
• fan fiction
• historical figures
• comedy podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: One Direction

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