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Anthrax, Amnesia and Atomic Veterans

Episode - 260

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July 26, 2016 Books, Follow Up, Meta, News, QandA, Scriptnotes, So-Called Experts, Story and Plot

John and Craig implore screenwriters to think twice before using the phrase “begs the question.” We know it’s a losing battle, but if we learned anything from 300, sometimes those are still worth having.

We then dive into one of our favorite features, How Would This Be a Movie, looking at listener-suggested stories about anthrax, amnesia and atomic veterans.

Links:

  • Arlo Finch on TUMBLR
  • Duly Noted: Let’s Talk about Episode 259
  • Craig’s One Cool PI Thing
  • Latif Ullah’s Cut of Overboard
  • Begging the Question
  • Begging the Question Fallacy
  • Trip Gabriel
  • Oliver Sacks
  • The Answer to the Riddle Is Me: A Memoir of Amnesia on Amazon
  • Tom Hallman, Jr.
  • Clyde Haberman
  • 2001 Anthrax Attacks
  • Bruce Edward Ivins
  • macOS Sierra
  • Phased by Joe Capra
  • John August on Twitter
  • Craig Mazin on Twitter

  • Outro by Rajesh Naroth (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 8-1-16: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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