{"id":3752,"date":"2022-02-25T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?p=3752"},"modified":"2022-03-27T00:11:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T11:11:14","slug":"episode-one-hundred-and-seventy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/2022\/02\/episode-one-hundred-and-seventy\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode One Hundred And Seventy &#8211; Mad Science: Don&#8217;t try this at home kids"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6608\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3752-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-170-MadScienceDontTryThisAtHome.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-170-MadScienceDontTryThisAtHome.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-170-MadScienceDontTryThisAtHome.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-170-MadScienceDontTryThisAtHome.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=3752-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-170-MadScienceDontTryThisAtHome.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-170-MadScienceDontTryThisAtHome.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/170-MadScienceV2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"576\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/170-MadScienceV2-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Mad Science. Don't try this at home kids. Episode 170.\" class=\"wp-image-3798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/170-MadScienceV2-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/170-MadScienceV2-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/170-MadScienceV2-588x1046.jpg 588w, https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/170-MadScienceV2.jpg 614w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Heroes are defeated, ground down by a controlling society. As the last remaining bastion of &#8216;otherness&#8217;, Mad Scientists reach out to children through the medium of educational television, trying to spark a sense of rebellion in the only people who can still hear them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Educational Television in a world of Science Heroes, Supergenius Villains, and Pulp Adventurer-Explorers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For any problem, there&#8217;s a technical solution. Even the problems caused by the previous technical solution.<br>And sometimes the people coming up with those solutions need to be reigned in, before their backyard nuclear reactor contaminates the whole neighborhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alien scientists simultaneously guiding &amp; observing ( and occasionally running from the catastrophic actions of ) the human scientific community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>(Episode updated with actual audio!  Apologies, the mad science is strong with this lot. I hope you didn&#8217;t strain yourselves trying to hear the absent data. ~ T. 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Jones )<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bullypulpitgames.com\/games\/fiasco\/\">Fiasco<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6610\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-3752-3\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-170-MadScienceDontTryThisAtHome.mp3?_=3\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-170-MadScienceDontTryThisAtHome.mp3\">https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-170-MadScienceDontTryThisAtHome.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-170-MadScienceDontTryThisAtHome.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/?powerpress_pinw=3752-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-170-MadScienceDontTryThisAtHome.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"BRC-170-MadScienceDontTryThisAtHome.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/hoarde.net\/bigredcouch\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>https:\/\/hoarde.net\/BRC_episodes\/BRC-170-MadScienceDontTryThisAtHome.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS The Heroes are defeated, ground down by a controlling society. 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