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A Guide To The Wayward Guide Podcast: Chapter 5

Previous Chapter Guides: Prologue | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 Chapter length: ~16 minutes Release Dates:

Podcast: November 13th, 2020

YouTube: January 8th, 2021

Who Do We Hear From? Established Characters: Odie, Ags, Aubrey, Olivia, Riley, Vern, Helen, Jeremiah, Barney, Rita, Sybilus, Jewel, Donny, Truman, Ellis, and The Mayor

Guest Voices: None this week! Episode Transcript Link: Chapter 5 Placement in Continuity: Takes place mostly at the town election, between Artemis being chased in the beginning of Episode 5 and when she wakes up the next morning in the same episode.

Chapter Breakdown: Intro: Opens with Paul doing the intro again, this time imitating Artemis before finally saying “Psych! It’s me, Paul!”. She interrupts to have him explain why he’s taking the lead on this episode. They explain that Artemis tripped and fell the night before the town council election and was out of commission for the town election. She hit her head, skinned her knee, ruined her jeans, and broke the digital recorder when she fell. After the Theme Song: All about the election. Starts with a clip of Artemis getting Odie's take on the election the day before, then goes into Paul's coverage from town hall from 3:45 AM to 9AM on Election Day. Madison is no where to be seen and Riley talks about Madison shooting at a big dog the night before. Truman wins the seat and immediately calls for a vote for Miner Mole to start drilling.

Artemis interviewed Odie Dodie the day before the election, just after Madison entered the election.

Odie confirms there has never been so much campaign material before.

It seems everyone intends to vote in person from a lack of mail-in ballots, according to Odie.

Paul’s morning coverage goes into all the eccentric rules Connor Creek has for their local elections. Paul speaks with:

Ags provides most of the exposition about the town election rules

Olivia is looking for Riley to get her keys to open both of their stores and notes she and Riley don’t see eye-to-eye on the issues.

Vern comments on how the early election days help make it so the shopkeepers can still tend to their businesses for the most part.

Barney rants about how he expects business to be booming for him because elections get people interested in history.

Jeremiah chimes in, trying to relate elections to religion.

Donny thinks he’s speed dating.

Jewel has dressed up like an adult man to vote while underage and is caught by Aubrey.

Madison is nowhere to be seen and Paul notes that if she wasn’t on the ballot, you wouldn’t know she was running at all. While Truman was making a show just shy of active campaigning at a voting site. Then Paul covers the caucusing that Connor Creek does- which is not about WHO they vote for but HOW they vote. Around 6:30 AM, before the caucusing finished, Helen called Rita away from the council with “a situation”. The actual voting took roughly 30 minutes. Paul finds Riley and interviews her:

She has a massive hangover but still came

She dismissively remembers Madison shooting at a “big dog” or wild animal the previous night

Truman wins the council seat:

She gives her speech about wishing her father could see her entrusted with the town’s future, mentioned “the way forward is together”

She calls immediately for a vote to ease regulations to allow Miner Mole to start drilling. It passes.

The whole election was over before 9 AM, when Ags was looking for the mysteriously absent Odie to deliver the paper as soon as it’s printed with the results.

Artemis admits that her fall the night before and the incident Madison and Riley had with a “big dog” were the same event. And that as rumors spread at the election, “werewolf mania” had set into the town by the time she woke up the next day. Next Time: Ellis narrates his own investigation: The Ellis Files.

What Do We Learn About Connor Creek?

Odie was not seen alive on Election Day.

This is the first time the podcast has fully acknowledged that The Mayor is a dog.

The Mayor has been in her role for a decade, despite those with dog allergies campaigning hard for the roadside kitten.

The Mayor was re-elected and changed her stance on climate control.

Ags seems to be the one making sure everyone sticks to the rules.

Donny considered Paul a match when he thought they were speed dating.

Donny kisses with his eyes open.

Rita mentions a precedent for Henry raiding her formaldehyde to get buzzed.

98% of eligible voters showed up for the election in person.

The Connor Creek Constitutional Charter (or C4 as Ags calls it) has some really weird rules for elections:

They start at 3:45 AM

The Mayor gives opening remarks

They caucus on odd issues including but not limited to:

Ink color

Paper or plastic ballots

Voting oldest to youngest

Playing music during voting

Use of “I voted” stickers or pins

Voting with your dominant hand or non-dominant.

The political parties in Connor Creek:

The Conservatitve Conservation Party of Connor Creek (Represented by Olivia with 14 delegates)

The Liberal Use of Federal Filibuster Party of Connor Creek (Represented by Vern with 16 delegates)

The EggCeptional Independent Party of Connor Creek (Represented by Barney with 1 delegate. He is within his rights)

Sheriff Reynolds victory t-shirts were printed in the time between her stepping into the election and losing.

When Sybilus struggled to announce the results through his stutter, Aubrey patronizingly took over for him.

What Do We Learn About Artemis and Paul?

Paul sends in a tape for SNL every year and never hears back.

Artemis confirms her fondness for the same inspirational quotes twitter account from Episode 5.

No pun name introduction for Paul this week, as he just pretended to be Artemis instead.

#wayward guide #wayward guide for the untrained eye #tin can bros #tab #a guide to the wayward guide podcast #chapter 5 #sorry for the delay in getting these chapters out #this one was rough and still the formatting is bad #is it actually helpful to anyone? #is it understandable?

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Every time someone posts a Starkid reaction video on YouTube, I make little wagers with myself over what misinformation about the production is being re-told to them in the comments by well-meaning people that have never researched anything before repeating it.

#i love you all #keep doing what you're doing #love the enthusiasm #I'm just very concerned about your critical reasoning skills #not what prompted this but also: #the giant candy bar cost them nothing in AVPM

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Yes, absolutely, I've had similar worries recently. I've been trying to make an effort to start speaking up at times like these because of it, to try and actually make there be a conversation and try to fill in context so that informed opinions can be considered.

Starkid content is such a fascinating mixed bag, I wish more conversations were about appreciating it while challenging it instead of either appreciating it blindly or writing it off completely as horrible.

@ starkid stans, are we finally admitting in this year of dead wizard g-d 2021 that lauren lopez’ character in starship was a harmful racist stereotype, or are y’all still trying to ignore that

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I guess this is a good conversation starter for how Taz is 100% a commentary on Vasquez from Aliens. Because while I won't disagree that Taz is a racist depiction, Taz is a parody and I would argue an improvement on the source material that is Vasquez and that might be why you don't see a lot of discourse around Taz.

This is Vasquez. Looks familiar already, right? She speaks with the exact same cliche accent as Taz, gets asked by her male peers if she ever gets mistaken for a man ("no, do you?") and, despite being a badass, does not live to the end of the film.

Vasquez, according to the official backstory, was only in the United States Colonial Marine Corps because she was in JUVENILE PRISON FOR MURDER (which she committed while she was part of street gang, sure why not add that on top of everything else) and then took part in the Service or Jail Act order and joined the Marines to get out of prison. A century in the future, and this was the best they could think of for why a latina badass would be on the mission.

On top of all that?

She is played by a caucasian actress in brown face and dark contacts.

Yeah.

This is what the same actress, Jenette Goldstein, looks like in Titanic, where she played an Irish Mother. This actress is not Irish either, I should note. But this is her natural skin, hair, and eyes.

And while she was great in the role and seems to be a great person in life (Aliens was her very first movie), I find it hard to believe there wasn't a latina actress that could've done just as well.

Personally, I'd much rather have the parody version that's played by a woman actually partially of Mexican descent (while also being Jewish like the original actress, which is kind of a fun coincidence), spouting completely nonsensical Spanish cliches like they're punctuation, with the backstory that she enlisted with the Starship Rangers after meeting Up when he saved her from a robot invasion during her quinceañera. And she actually survives the entirety of Starship while remaining a badass.

Is Taz a great parody? No, there's still problems with her and the show in general. Starship came out in the era where people thought The Hangover films were the height of comedy. And I feel it's worth having conversations about how a parody of a racist depiction is not automatically absolved of racism itself and may cause further damage. But let's have the full conversation with the source material considered as well as the source material actually did far more damage and yet is still lauded as a classic by most people.

@ starkid stans, are we finally admitting in this year of dead wizard g-d 2021 that lauren lopez’ character in starship was a harmful racist stereotype, or are y’all still trying to ignore that

#starkid #starship #aliens #james cameron #lauren lopez #jenette goldstein #I genuinely love Aliens #and Jenette Goldstein #but even she admits it's messed up she was hired for the role #yeah I'm just now that millennial explaining millennial references aren't I?

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Yes! And so much of the joy of watching TGWDLM is seeing the references and twists on what was done in that film, but I'm realizing there are people that just don't know why Charlotte's pointing and singing a sustained note right before she's shot by Hidgens.

Do... do most fans of the Starkid Hatchetfield stories not know Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Either the 1955 or 1978 versions?

If you're feeling a need for Hatchetfield-adjacent content, these are DEFINITELY films you should check out.

Nick Lang has stated a few times that The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals was heavily influenced by the 1978 version but actually BOTH films have so many fun connections to Hatchetfield stuff, they're really worth checking out and are both available completely free online (1955 is on Crackle and 1978 is on Youtube) and I promise they do not feel like homework to watch.

The 1955 one is pretty safe for all ages to watch. The 1978 version has about three scenes that are kind of gory/intense (and one messed up body horror moment but you can literally blink and miss it), so be prepared for a little gory but not nearly as much as more modern movies. Both are really good films but the 1978 version is truly great in that "summer blockbuster" sort of feeling. Plus Jeff Goldblum is in it!

And both actually have pretty decent/sweet/tragic core relationships for the main characters that are really interesting to watch while they go through story.

You'll recognize a lot of little influences in both films (and not just for TGWDLM, there's some Black Friday and Nightmaretime in there, too), which each have almost completely different takes on the story trope, and are still pretty different from TGWDLM. The 1978 version is also a point of influence for basically... all of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's Cornetto Trilogy. So if you like those films as well... you want to watch these films.

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Do... do most fans of the Starkid Hatchetfield stories not know Invasion of the Body Snatchers? Either the 1955 or 1978 versions?

If you're feeling a need for Hatchetfield-adjacent content, these are DEFINITELY films you should check out.

Nick Lang has stated a few times that The Guy Who Didn't Like Musicals was heavily influenced by the 1978 version but actually BOTH films have so many fun connections to Hatchetfield stuff, they're really worth checking out and are both available completely free online (1955 is on Crackle and 1978 is on Youtube) and I promise they do not feel like homework to watch.

The 1955 one is pretty safe for all ages to watch. The 1978 version has about three scenes that are kind of gory/intense (and one messed up body horror moment but you can literally blink and miss it), so be prepared for a little gory but not nearly as much as more modern movies. Both are really good films but the 1978 version is truly great in that "summer blockbuster" sort of feeling. Plus Jeff Goldblum is in it!

And both actually have pretty decent/sweet/tragic core relationships for the main characters that are really interesting to watch while they go through story.

You'll recognize a lot of little influences in both films (and not just for TGWDLM, there's some Black Friday and Nightmaretime in there, too), which each have almost completely different takes on the story trope, and are still pretty different from TGWDLM. The 1978 version is also a point of influence for basically... all of Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's Cornetto Trilogy. So if you like those films as well... you want to watch these films.

#starkid #hatchetfield #invasion of the body snatchers #tgwdlm #black friday #nightmare time #if I had more bandwidth #I could go into all the similarities #but trust me on this

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Mind if I hop in with my thoughts on which Michigan islands (because there are SO MANY) I think Hatchetfield is inspired by?

Mackinac Island is the one most people would think of- it's super quaint, you have to take a ferry to get to it and there are no cars in the town (it's very cute to see everyone's snowmobiles parallel parked in the winter) but it's only like 3 miles across.

But I've always imagined something closer to Beaver Island. Which is 55 sq miles , has an interesting history with its settlers, AND has a biology research facility on it. It also requires a ferry to access (unless you want to take a puddle jumper).

But it's probably more like Drummond Island, which is like 130 sq miles and has an interstate as well as a ferry to access it.

I'm not on twitter so don't murder me if this has already been discussed there.

In Watcher World, Bill says that the roller coaster is the tallest in the MIDWEST.

Hatchetfield is an ISLAND.

They only drove through the Witch Wood to get to Watcherworld.

Now you could argue that Hatchetfield is just located somewhere in the great lakes as an island of michigan, but personally I'd like to imagine,

The midwest in the hatchetfield universes is partially underwater due to the return of the atlantic interior seaway.

#but no one has the accent for Hatchetfield to be that far north #not even Lauren

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Granted, the bar is so low, but I'm always so impressed with how Nick Lang responds whenever someone from a marginalized group points out a misstep in a Starkid production that perpetuated a harmful stereotype about their group. He responds with compassion, validation, a checked ego, and a pledge to learn and do better. Literally basic human decency.

So many creators could take notes from how he responds. In fact, probably, basically everyone Starkid emulated in the early days (all that 90s and 00s shock comedy especially) should take notes from how he responds.

Please do not sleep on how special it is for a creator like him to exist.

#nick lang #starkid #apparently this is now a starkid respect blog specifically? #I'm still working on the Wayward podcast guide #but I've been under the weather and it's killed my attention span #I genuinely hope Nick Lang doesn't get chewed up and spit out by the industry #his work has matured so much over the years and it shows #especially considering Starkid shows don't get workshopped

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Hey, hi, I don't know who needs to hear this but:

Remember in your yearning for Nightmare Time S2 that they also have to factor in everyone's schedules. Many of the involved individuals are returning to their day jobs and/or new gigs have opened up that weren't on the horizon back in October.

Yes, we all want to see the stories Nick teased about a few months back, but please be patient and remember they're actually a very small operation and all have other work that comes first for paying the bills.

I know we all mean well and are just excited with anticipation, but it doesn't hurt to remember, every once in a while, that they're not actually holding out just to mess with your emotions.

#watch them drop a trailer half an hour after posting this #starkid #nightmare time #I do not envy them figuring out that schedule #I am a tired adult just recognizing other tired adults

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Yes! "One Thousand Eyes" is Jeff doing his ultimate 90s blockbuster end credits song just like how "The Web I Spin" is an early 2000s anime end credits song.

I have no proof for either of these statements, I just feel them in my soul whenever I hear them.

this is a 'One thousand Eyes' appreciation post

#Starkid #Nightmare time #One Thousand Eyes sends me straight into a sense memory #of seeing Batman Forever in a crowded movie theater #that was super cold because it was super muggy out

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A Guide To The Wayward Guide Podcast: Chapter 4

Previous Chapter Guides: Prologue | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3

Chapter Length: ~20 minutes

Release Dates:

Podcast: November 6th, 2020

YouTube: January 5th, 2021

Who Do We Hear From?

Established Characters: Prism, Riley, Truman, Sybilus, Donny, and Lesly

Guest Voices:

Clark Baxtresser as the campaign ad narrator

Speakers in the Truman campaign ads: Jane Leach, Bob Richter, Denise Richter, Lindsey Etheridge, Ed Powell, and Liz Siron (Joey confirmed that his parents did give to the kickstarter at the appropriate reward level to have parts in the podcast).

Episode Transcript Link: Chapter 4

Placement in Continuity: The Prism audio is from their visit to her in Episode 2, then they discuss the aftermath of the end of Episode 3 before going on to discussing the town council meeting from Episode 4.

Chapter Breakdown:

Intro: Paul does the intro this time, explaining the observer effect with various different examples from tire pressure, reality tv, and finally the behavior of the Connor Creek citizens. He explains that the pressure on the town council election made it hard to figure out who was lying to them and who was telling the truth.

After the Theme Song: The twins discuss what little Paul remembers of when he and Prism were attacked. Artemis admits to her journalistic faux pas of getting actively involved at the town council meeting. The bulk of the episode is about Truman having a history in small town politics and long allegiance to the fossil fuel industry.

Paul introduces himself as: “The All Knowing All Paul-werful Paul Shue-Horyn.”

Artemis starts speaking here, asking Paul why he was talking about the observer effect in relation to their investigation.

They introduce the audio from their visit to see Prism together from Episode 2, going back over how they had a fight on the next day that led Paul to go back to Prism.

Artemis explains that all they could really tell from meeting Prism is that she was anti-Miner Mole by her gloomy predictions but they thought she might be hiding something.

Paul explains that the difficulty reading Prism was part of what made him go back to her after the fight with Artemis, in addition to her connection to the paranormal due to his interest in the werewolf angle.

He tells of the attack and how Prism was murdered while he got away only with some scratches.

They wonder about the attack happening right around/after when Silas threatened their safety at the end of Artemis’s time in his office and if Prism would’ve been killed if Paul wasn’t there.

Paul explains that the attacker was behind him and all he saw was the look of horror on Prism’s face before he was knocked out until the next morning.

Artemis fills in that when she went to Prism’s to meet Dr. Henry and Sheriff Madison that she saw that Prism’s body was still there and the injuries were similar to Ryan’s.

Artemis theorizes that it had to be a calculated attack by a human as an animal would’ve gone after both of Prism and Paul.

Paul theorizes that it could be a human with the strength of a beast.

A check-in voicemail from Lesly is inserted, telling Artemis to not stray off-path from the initial notes and to stick to their high standard of journalistic integrity. And how he’d possibly like to be in the podcast as a mentor, possibly under an alias.

They bring it back around to the observer effect and how Artemis blew entirely past just the observer effect and got fully involved at the town council meeting while Paul recovered from his attack on Day Four.

They play a clip of Truman’s election ad filled with glowing endorsements to cover some of her backstory:

She was a recent transplant

Has a history of working her way up in small local governments.

Never stays for more than a couple years.

Always favors the fossil fuel industry and free market growth.

Artemis also covers what few personal details she could find about Truman, that she had just moved to town the fall before, and some surface history about her father and maternal grandfather both having histories in the mining industry.

Between leaving Silas’s office and finding out about Paul’s attack, Artemis called Truman’s election office for a phone interview and Truman actually engaged her request, much to Artemis’s surprise.

The audio of the phone interview shows what a politician Truman is.

She knew who Artemis was and what she was covering.

Truman goes out of her way to praise how quickly a small town’s government can function compared to a bigger entity as her motivation for running for the open council seat.

Artemis explains to the audience that the town council was purposely opening an election for a long vacant seat because they’d been in a stalemate for over a year over making a decision about Miner Mole and that’s when Truman stepped in.

Truman expresses polite remorse over Ryan’s death

Artemis confirms that Truman seemed to care about Connor Creek unlike Silas.

Another Truman testimonial campaign ad is run. This time naming that the ad was paid for by Truman For Connor Creek.

Artemis explains that TFCC was Truman for Connor Creek and Truman’s campaign was where the money from Miner Mole went.

Paul jokes that Truman and Miner Mole’s plan to expand silver mining in Connor Creek was the first step to world domination.

Artemis cuts back to audio from the council meeting and shares her motivation for speaking up at the meeting and nominating Madison.

She plays audio of herself confronting Truman after the meeting about Silas and Truman tells Artemis off for “disrupting our peaceful little town”.

The twins contemplate that if Miner Mole had bought Truman, who else might they be controlling in town to get their way?

Next Time: Election Day audio where Donny is conflicted about filling in his martial status on his ballot.

What Do We Learn About Connor Creek?

Riley answers the phone at the Truman campaign headquarters.

Riley is still calling Artemis "Fartemis".

Truman likes puns.

Truman has been in town since “last fall”.

Truman’s ad paid for by Truman for Connor Creek includes “move forward together” as part of her campaign statement.

Donny is of legal voting age for Connor Creeks’ local elections.

What Do We Learn About Artemis and Paul?

Artemis’s preferred drink is a neat scotch.

Paul likes a tequila sunrise.

Paul notes that Prism’s store smells like the twins’ mee-ma’s poker den.

Paul suggests this isn’t the first time Artemis’s sense of justice overtook her journalistic integrity.

Artemis is embarrassed that she got involved and tried to cut it from the podcast entirely.

What Do We Learn About the Universe the Show Takes Place In?

APN couldn’t afford to license AC/DC for Paul’s reference to “Highway to Hell”.

Truman Backstory Specific Info:

Truman’s ad says she has 15 years of experience in civil service.

It also states that she has a track record with helping towns recover financially by working with the private sector.

She has a history of running for local government offices in small towns, staying only a year or two for political experience

Her career started in a town south-east of San Diego where she climbed the ladder to chief of staff of the (now deceased) mayor.

Her political allegiances always favor the fossil fuel industry and free market growth.

Truman’s maternal grandfather was a “glorified prospector” with a business called “Mine Your Own Business”.

Her father was a policy maker for the Department of the Interior.

#a guide to the wayward guide podcast #wayward guide for the untrained eye #chapter 4 #tin can bros #tcb

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i am not saying it's misogyny but it is a little suspicious that so many people discount firebringer, say its boring, say its not funny, etc, when its the single primarily women led starkid show

#starkid #firebringer #the songs in firebringer are top tier #I constantly wish #we had a sung-through concert version of Firebringer #no costumes no book just the music and maybe a bit of dancing #because it's strong enough for it #that said the fact that no one ever talks about how HMB has NO FEMALE LEAD CHARACTER #like the biggest role played by a woman is Commissioner Gordon #and still a much smaller role than Batman and Robin and Superman and Green Lantern and Alfred and Sweettooth #yeah Jaime's both Ivy and Candy but neither get much to do #That's... not good #but they were babies just trying to make a show without going broke #my kingdom for the Langs to be more interested in revisiting shows #to correct issues like that #(also to remove the racist jokes)

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A Guide To The Wayward Guide Podcast: Chapter 3

Previous Chapter Guides: Prologue | Chapter 1 | Chapter 2

Chapter length: ~18 minutes

Release Dates:

Podcast: October 30th, 2020

YouTube: January 1st, 2021

Who Do We Hear From?

Established Characters: Henry, Cliff, Rocky, Jewel, Silas, Ags, and The Mayor

Guest Voices:

Emily Darvill as the news announcer

Jaime Lyn Beatty as Jacobsen (newscaster that breaks the story of Silas being hired at Miner Mole)

Jeff Blim as the host of Stock Jock Radio.

Episode Transcript Link: Chapter 3

Placement in Continuity: This episode opens after the final events of Episode 3 then goes back to cover when they visited Miner Mole Inc earlier that same day and spoke with the Irons family as well as Silas.

Chapter Breakdown:

Intro: Artemis alone talks about how even though she and Paul are very different for twins, they have “twintuition” for sensing what’s going on with each other, noting it’s usually mundane little things but sometimes it’s something bigger- like when Paul was involved in an accident on their third day in Connor Creek.

Artemis intercuts her monologue with phone audio from a drunken burping Dr. Henry Edwards about “an accident.”

Artemis could sense it was related to Paul when she got the call about two hours after they had separated.

The argument they had before separating, according to Artemis, was due to not agreeing on what leads to follow on their third day in Connor Creek.

Artemis notes it was the evening when she got the call and she was reviewing the tape from earlier in the day when she got it.

After the Theme Song: Paul is still alive. The Irons Family are very pro-Miner Mole as the mining industry in town is dying. Artemis and Paul share their research on Miner Mole Inc and Silas, the recently-demoted trust fund bro regional manager that is passionate about climbing back up the corporate ladder. Artemis and Paul muse about the mysterious large payment he made to TFCC. Silas threatened Artemis and Paul before Artemis left his office that day.

Paul introduces himself as: “ Your una-paul-agetic co-host." and goes on to spoil that he clearly survived his attack as he has been doing half of the post-production narration all along.

The Irons family members are interviewed as pro-Miner Mole citizens:

Cliff and Rocky blame the previous town council for limiting mining to only souvenirs when tourism was dropping.

Jewel has been pulled out of school to work in the mine with them as money is tight and she’s not very bright.

Jewel had previously worked at the marionette theater but was creeped out by the puppets.

Cliff got the council (as a council member himself) to lift the child labor laws so Jewel could work full-time in the mine.

The Irons felt things turn around when Miner Mole started airing an ad before, during, and after Barney’s daily radio show. 350 times in one summer.

The ad, voiced by Silas himself, about a job fair at the upcoming council meeting. It impressed the Irons family.

Artemis and Paul did look into Miner Mole and Silas before going over to Silas’s office:

Miner Mole’s parent company is Chimera World Wide, originally a silicon processing company that was essential to ushering in the use of computers in central Europe.

Chimera expanded to many different field over 60+ years but their fossil fuel division was on the verge of bankruptcy in nearly a fifth of their portfolio due to the clean energy push.

They play news coverage of Silas being named president of domestic sales for Miner Mole and how it surged Chimera’s stock.

It’s also revealed that Silas is the son of an oil tycoon.

Previously he had used his inheritance to create a pilates franchise brand and a bolo tie subscription service.

Artemis and Paul go on to explain Silas’s “All American, All Mine” plan which targeted rural communities with midsize aging mining infrastructure and exploited the low income communities by monopolizing their primary resource.

Audio from Stock Jock Radio is played saying to not buy Chimera’s stock due to how Silas spent over 300K in a single quarter on personal expenses as president of Miner Mole and was demoted to regional manager of the Connor Creek mining location.

Then they play additional audio from when Artemis interviewed Silas:

Silas points out he’s not the only enemy Ryan made on his crusade against mining.

Silas goes on to defend that he’s trying to save the town with mining so that he can get re-promoted out of Connor Creek once it succeeds.

Artemis mentions the note about the $122,123 payment to TFCC and she and Paul consider what TFCC could be

They also wonder who the “we” Silas was referring to when talking about how they were going to do big things.

It ends with audio of Silas threatening Artemis and Paul for Artemis continuing to record after he said the conversation was over.

Next Time: Ags re-introduces herself to Artemis

shares that she’s the minute keeper for the town council

She responds to the Mayor barking for her

What Do We Learn About Connor Creek?

Henry notes Sheriff Madison told him about Artemis and Paul’s arrival as he had been to the Dead Canary earlier that day and “lost track of time” (aka, doesn't remember meeting them)

Jewel calls Paul’s digital recorder a “walkman” despite having been born in the 21st century.

Jewel worked at the same marionette theater that Madison and Ryan’s father did his Pirates of Penzance production at.

Cliff had to sell family heirloom tools and Rocky tried tutoring to make extra money and mining became less lucrative as tourism fell locally.

Cliff and Rocky both had miners for parents as well.

Barney’s daily radio show was called “Local Yokel, No Joke-yl”

Ag’s introduces herself not only as a travel agent but also a broach enthusiast and minute keeper for the council.

It took Ags four viewings of Starlight Express to realize the characters were trains.

What Do We Learn About Artemis and Paul?

This is the first time the podcast has mentioned that they’re twins in addition to siblings

Paul is the older twin by an hour and forty-six minutes.

They consider the time between births as the basis in their differences that remain outside their twintuition.

Artemis mentions their parents also felt this way.

Artemis did the research on Miner Mole Inc and Paul peer reviewed.

Paul guesses TFCC stood for “Torsen Fracking Compressor Corporation”

Artemis guesses TFCC stood for “Travel Funds Credit Card”

What Do We Learn About the Universe the Show Takes Place In?

Chimera World Wide, the massive parent company of Miner Mole, is a reference to Spies Are Forever.

Their slogan “Chimera: a little bit of everything” is a specific reference to a line of dialogue in Act 2 Part 5 of the musical.

In the past 60 years, Chimera has expanded from their original silicon business to be involved in many fields- including fossil fuels hence Miner Mole.

Chimera technology is likely in all personal electronics used.

Extra info on Silas:

He has won twitter fights with TMZ over “fake news tricks”

Silas is the son of an oil tycoon and grew up in the rich suburbs of Nashville.

Silas’s previous business: pilates franchise (Torsen’s Torso) and bolo necktie subscription service (Stylas)

He spent over $300,000 in Q1 on personal expenses as President of Finance, including:

$85K for “Western Footwear”

$150,000 for Lil Nas X to perform at his birthday party. (which would mean 1) He got demoted VERY RECENTLY 2)He was absolutely in on the ground floor of Lil Nas X’s rise in fame. Like… before demos of “Old Town Road” were even recorded.

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A Guide to The Wayward Guide Podcast: Chapter 2

Previous Chapter Guides: Prologue | Chapter 1

Chapter length: ~20 minutes

Release Dates:

Podcast: October 23rd, 2020

YouTube: December 29th, 2020

Who Do We Hear From?

Established Characters: Lesly, Rita, Helen, Barney, Jeremiah, Desmond, Quinn, Aubrey, and Sybilus

Guest Voices: None, all voices are by actors in the show this week.

Episode Transcript Link: Chapter 2

Placement in Continuity: Mostly missing/expanded scenes from Episode 2 of the YouTube show. Artemis and Paul’s second day (first full day) in Connor Creek.

Chapter Breakdown:

Intro: History of Connor Creek- a silver mining town dating back to the Oregon Trail era that is a bit behind the times still.

Artemis explains the limited known history of Connor Creek

It was originally a trading post along the Oregon Trail

Used to be managed by the McMahon and Connor families who eventually had a falling out over the silver mines.

It still has horse hitches and dirt roads from those days and doesn’t see many visitors anymore but it remains mostly self-sustained and time capsuled for better or worse.

After the Theme Song Plays: Artemis and Paul interview Rita, Helen, Barney, Jeremiah, Desmond, and Aubrey about Ryan's death and find out Miner Mole Inc might be involved as Ryan was radically against expanding the silver mining in town. Quinn briefly interjects during Desmond's interview.

(please excuse the limits of the formatting here as I tried to break up each interview as it's own segment)

Paul introduces himself as: “I’m your pretty and playful podcast peddler, Paul Shue-Horyn.”

Artemis and Paul talk about how shocking it was that their lead was found dead outside the place they were staying at.

Paul muses that he thinks he and Ryan would’ve enjoyed each other’s company.

Artemis finds it suspicious that Ryan was killed right as they showed up.

They play voicemails from Lesly to Paul:

The messages are on Paul’s voicemail just because Artemis isn’t picking up.

Lesly pressures them about their progress and budgeting- the previous season had gone over-budget.

Lesly still thinks it’s the real Ryan Reynolds and Artemis and Paul don’t want to tell him their lead is dead.

Lesly remembers Paul is vegan despite forgetting multiple times that he was leaving messages for Paul instead of Artemis.

Rita, the town’s mortician, is the first townsperson interviewed after Ryan’s death:

She finds Ryan’s death unusual but also says it’s a thrilling professional opportunity to work on a young person, as accidents rarely seem to happen in town- usually natural causes deaths are all she sees.

Rita stumbles over saying bee stings are the closest Connor Creek usually comes to animal attacks.

Paul includes a few extra creepy-possibly-threatening quotes from Rita for texture, as well as mentions of her taxidermy projects.

Helen is interviewed:

She’s the only official civil servant in town

She was off-duty at home when Ryan was attacked

Helen brings in 20% of the town council budget with her ticketing.

She writes Paul a ticket for questioning her in addition to the ticket from Episode 2.

Barney is interviewed:

He lives near the outskirts of town near his museum

He is the local radio DJ in addition to owning the town roadside attraction.

He’s excited that the news of the murder will bring in business for him.

Barney mentions a missing river rock as the start to his theory that Ryan was murdered.

Barney claims Ryan had been getting more radical due to pressing interest in the silver deposits from Miner Mole Inc.

He says Ryan wanted drastic increases to the town’s mining oversight, and was growing more radical about it hence his staged protests and choice to run for the council

Artemis and Paul now feel Ryan was less irrational than they initially thought.

Artemis and Paul paid (not with company money) to see Barney’s egg out of their personal funds to keep Barney as an ally.

Jeremiah is interviewed:

Ryan’s services will not be held in the town church

People in Connor Creek do not like Jeremiah’s church

Jeremiah has admittedly desperate hopes that when Miner Mole Inc starts drilling that a congregation will come with the new job opportunities in town.

Desmond is interviewed:

He stresses that people just don’t like Jeremiah specifically as a spiritual leader.

Desmond refuses to voice his opinion on Miner Mole on the record when asked.

Quinn is heard from briefly:

He’s making special craft cocktails to honor Ryan

Quinn is frustrated with Desmond who just laughs him off affectionately.

Artemis muses on Madison’s loss and her sympathy for her. The Reynolds parents are both gone as well.

Artemis realizes the major subsets in town are pro and anti-mining. Ryan wasn’t alone in not being a fan of the mining expansion:

Rita is quoted as believing more mining will ruin the town’s charm.

Helen is quoted while stating it’s greedy considering the town’s budget is already balanced.

Aubrey says he may just need more info but he’s against whatever “hooey” Miner Mole has planned.

Conclusion:

Paul brings up that they stumbled across the book at Aubrey’s that mentioned werewolves as a third factor to consider in the town’s fractured factions

Artemis reluctantly agrees they did have to then consider the unthinkable possibility of werewolves into their investigation, much to her surprise, as there was a mounting death count to come.

Next Time: Paul asks Sybilus about Miner Mole.

Sybilus asks if they can instead talk about the hiking trails and other things about Connor Creek that are less controversial

He mentioning that he just was talking about the sites to see locally with Olivia.

Sybilus gives up quickly on distracting Paul and then offers to give some dirt on his job as an accountant.

What Else Do We Learn About Connor Creek?

A lot! Basically the whole episode was an info dump on Connor Creek.

It is repeatedly stated that the residents are unusually talkative.

Ryan’s Rye Manhattans are made with cinnamon and a lemon twist.

The missing river rocks are mentioned by Barney.

Desmond is pretty good at knowing not to say opinions.

What Else Do We Learn About Artemis and Paul (and Lesly)?

Paul is going to have a new funny way to introduce himself every week of the podcast.

Lesly doesn’t respect Paul as much as Artemis but he does know Paul is vegan.

Paul is curious as to what Artemis would say at his funeral.

We also learn Lesly forgot his anniversary with his wife until the last moment.

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A Guide to the Wayward Guide Podcast: Chapter 1

Previous Chapter Guides: Prologue

Chapter Length: ~15 minutes

Release Dates:

Podcast: October 16, 2020

YouTube: December 25, 2020

Who Do We Hear From?

(Assume at this point that Artemis and Paul are heard from unless otherwise mentioned)

Established Characters: Madison, Desmond, Wallis, Garmin, and Barney

Guest Voices: Jon Matteson as Andrew, Jaime Taylor as tollbooth worker/gas station customer (I’m assuming on this- there are two one-line women characters but only one additional person credited)

Episode Transcript Link: Chapter 1

Placement in Continuity: Events take place between scenes from Episode 1 of the Youtube show and a little after the end of the episode.

Chapter Breakdown:

Intro: The theme is FOMO (fear of missing out)

Artemis muses about how fears usually keep us safe but she feels FOMO led to her decision to follow the Connor Creek story instead of their original idea and she worried she’d regret the decision when she committed to it.

She also confirms they had barely vetted Ryan when they decided to follow the story.

After the Theme Song Plays: Artemis and Paul drive to Connor Creek, their car dies and the talkative Sheriff Madison helps them get to town before they discover Ryan, their story lead and Madison's brother, has been killed.

Paul introduces himself as: “Get ready for take-off, I’m her co-paul-it, Paul Shue-Horyn.”

Paul jokes about how very small Connor Creek is, confirming the town doesn’t even have a Starbucks.

Artemis and Paul explain further that they’ve been in the business long enough to have honed their ability to sense a good story when it’s in front of them and that did factor into their decision to investigate Connor Creek for Ryan Reynolds.

They play audio from their long drive to Connor Creek in the mountains of California, mostly Paul singing “American Pie” or asking “Would you rather...?”-type questions while Artemis is grouchy and car sick.

They briefly talk with a man at a gas station only to find out the rest of the drive is on small winding roads around a mountain range.

They still do not know why their car broke down.

This is when they meet “Sheriff Madison”, who shares a lot about herself and her family’s history with being sheriff in the town as she drives them into town.

She tells them her brother goes against the grain like their father did, but never names her brother.

She also says the town is quiet other than the city council election- one that even has two human candidates this year.

Artemis heavily implies she didn’t know if she could trust Sheriff Madison yet.

Their drive into town gets diverted further when Madison is called to assist Wallis and Garmin with diverting traffic away from a turtle crossing a road.

Artemis explains the layout of Connor Creek and where their lodging, the Dead Canary, was.

They confirm the Dead Canary is almost always empty and only Desmond, Quinn, and “the town drunk” were in it upon arrival.

Then they recap the info they get from Desmond about the Reynolds family from the YouTube episode- It’s still only then that they find out Madison’s last name in Reynolds.

Then they somberly and somewhat graphically describe what the crime scene outside the Dead Canary was like once they got the sound equipment right after the YouTube episode ended.

You hear Madison sobbing in the background

Artemis immediately changes her mind about recording such a moment as soon as Paul turns on the equipment.

Paul believes no human could’ve caused Ryan’s injuries.

They explain they realized how dangerous a situation they were in now that the man that brought them to town was dead but they felt a need to continue investigating.

Next Time:

A voicemail is played of Barney rambling about how he’s got what no one else has got and to not listen to Ags.

He also assumes Artemis and Paul are married.

He accidentally threatens them before correcting himself “FOMO be gone!”

What Else Do We Learn About Connor Creek?

Most businesses are on the main drag of Center Road, which crosses in the middle of town with Main Street. The Dead Canary is at the far end of Center Road.

There are only four roads total in Connor Creek according to Madison.

Madison has been sheriff for eight years and both her grandfather and great-grandfather were sheriff of the town before her.

Madison’s father wasn't sheriff but an actor that played a sheriff once in a film, which the town declared “good enough”.

Madison’s father also put on a one-man marionette version of Pirates of Penzance at some point.

Wallis and GPS have the ability to radio the sheriff directly.

Ryan’s injuries were much more gruesome than what was shown.

What Else Do We Learn About Artemis and Paul?

Artemis gets car sick.

Paul was physically ill at the sight of Ryan’s body.

What Do We Learn About the Universe the Show Takes Place In?

Artemis and Paul stop at a gas station and speak to a man named Andrew who runs the gas station with his boyfriend. This is a reference to Solve It Squad, where the Squad stops at a gas station on their way to the hotel they’re investigating and speak with a cowboy who works at a gas station and has a boyfriend named Andrew. So, in a way, we now have Jon Matteson and Brian Rosenthal playing boyfriends in this extended universe but not sharing scenes.

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A Guide to the Wayward Guide Podcast: Prologue

This is the first of eleven-ish guides I'll be posting for the episodes of the Wayward Guide podcast. Tumblr is... not the greatest for formatting for easier reading consumption.

But I've tried to make it so you can skim to just the basic descriptions or go into the bullet points for further details and bolding items of note. It gets very unwieldy as the chapters go on. I'm very open to input for adjustments to make before I post the next few.

Chapter Length: ~9 minutes

Release Dates:

Podcast feed: October 13th, 2020

YouTube: December 22nd, 2020

Who do we hear from?

Established Characters: Artemis, Paul, and Ryan.

Guest Voices: Grace Taswell, Kyle Resstman, Katie Engelby, Christa Barrett, and Matt Glenn all guest as other people that left voicemails about potential show ideas.

Episode Transcript Link: Prologue

Placement In Continuity: Should be listened to BEFORE Episode 1 of the YouTube show. The characters clearly speak from the perspective that they did record it after the events of the YouTube show.

Chapter Breakdown:

Intro: Hosts Artemis and Paul Shue-Horyn tease about investigating a small silver mining town.

Artemis waxes poetically about the significance of our key chains. She narrows in on a specific keychain- a silver alloy keychain with the letters “CC” engraved on one side.

She then moves on to musing about silver in general, gives some basic facts about silver and how there’s more to it than meets the eye.

Then she transitions to the intrigue of a small silver mining town “with a hairy history” full of secrets surrounding blackmail, bribery, -Paul injects about werewolves here-, and Artemis finishes with adding murder.

After the Theme Song Plays: Artemis and Paul explain how Ryan's insistent behavior in contacting them was what led to them finding the story they're covering on this sophomore season of the hit show The Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye on the American Podcasting Network.

Artemis and Paul introduce themselves as siblings and the new hosts and producers of the American Podcasting Network’s second season of Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye.

Paul covers the general concept of the show “The Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye”: bringing stories hiding in plain sight into focus.

They talk about how they searched for the story to pitch for their season of the podcast.

They go on to tease that the small town’s story was first brought to their attention by insistent voicemails, which they play, from a man named Ryan Reynolds.

Ryan says he has an unbelievable story he doesn’t want to share on a non-secure line and also doesn’t have a cell phone to be called back on.

Artemis goes on to detail that Ryan kept constantly trying to contact them in various ways: 18 voicemails, 4 letters, 9 faxes, 3 packages, and the cheapest Edible Arrangement.

Ryan eventually showed up in the office unannounced and that’s where the prologue ends.

What do we learn about Connor Creek?

That it exists, has a lot of dark secrets, that Ryan is trying to expose some of those secrets.

The town has something to do with silver mining.

We also learn Ryan’s kind of kooky and very insistent.

What do we learn about Artemis and Paul?

They’re siblings

Paul is the goofy dreamer and Artemis is more serious and grounded.

What do we learn about the universe the show exists in?

That the American Podcasting Network has a show called The Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye that is somewhat like a This American Life/Serial-type show where each season focuses on a different story and this is one of the seasons.

#wayward guide for the untrained eye #wayward guide #tin can bros #tcb #a guide to the wayward guide #please let me know how we feel about this formatting? #I may switch to doing it as images so that I can format it more than tumblr allows #I've forgotten more about posting to tumblr than I could ever believe #would pictures help?

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@ my anon asking for help clarifying the connection between Silas and Truman: hang tight! I should have the podcast chapter guides starting to post this week, (if I can get the pinched nerve in my arm to calm down a bit) and I’ll specifically try to answer your question while doing so once I have it all organized.

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