Re:”The Program” first results – how I used HN to launch a f...
by donclark on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @04:16PM
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I too was confused when I read the title. "Fictional podcast" meant that there wasnt actually a podcast - which piqued my interest. I am still glad that I clicked the link to find out more about this podcast!
Re:”The Program” first results – how I used HN to launch a f...
by dang on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @04:39PM
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Ok, we've edited the title to be less fictional above.
> For those who haven’t heard (of) The Program audio series before, imagine Black Mirror as a podcast. Every episode is a standalone story set in a future in which Money, State, and God have been fused into a single entity called the Program. The world of the Program is neither a utopia nor a dystopia, as the new system produced both winners and losers - ordinary men and women who are sometimes heroes and sometimes the villains of their own lives. And to them, it is not this future they find terrifying - but our present.
For what it's worth, describing it as a "fictional podcast" is quite confusing. I think it would be better described as a fiction podcast. A "fictional podcast" makes it sound like you were promoting it as if it existed, without actually having made any episodes, i.e. the podcast is fictional rather than being a podcast of fiction.