801 - Why Does Anyone Care if Mermen Hold Hands?

About this episode

The episode explores the whimsical question of why anyone cares if mermen hold hands in a world gone wrong.

Paaaaart of your woooooooooorld (gone wrong). === ⁠⁠You can get an ad-free feed and bonus material for the show by joining our Membership program here: https://audaciousmachinecreative.memberful.com/join Transcripts for this episode can be found on Apple Podcasts. ⁠⁠Content advisories for this episode can be found here.: www.audaciousmachinecreative.com/wgw-cw-801 Credits: Malik: Michael Turrentine Jamie: Hilary Williams Written by Jessica Best, directed and edited by Jeffrey Nils Gardner. Our theme song is "Falling in Love at the End of the World" by Olivia and the Lovers. Created and produced by Eleanor Hyde and Jeffrey Nils Gardner. From Audacious Machine Creative. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

People in this episode

Guests: Michael Turrentine, Hilary Williams

Topics covered

• friendship
• end of the world
• mermen
• hand holding
• fictional chat

Keywords

• mermen
• friendship
• end of the world
• fiction
• podcast

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Audacious Machine Creative

Books & works: Falling in Love at the End of the World

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