There are questions the internet just can't answer. But that doesn't mean we can't find them.
On each episode of Underunderstood, we find a question the internet can’t answer — maybe it’s a dead-end Wikipedia page, an abandoned Reddit thread, or an unanswered question on Twitter — and we fill in the gaps. It’s part chat show, part documentary, and almost always surprising.
It's been a while! We have a quick update about our schedule, plus details about our first-ever LIVE SHOW!
Underunderstood Live
Tuesday August 1, 2023, 7pm
Caveat, NYC (21+)
Tickets (both live and virtual!) at Caveat's website (https://www.caveat.nyc/events/underunderstood-8-1-2023)
18 May 2023
Big Ideas Lost to Mini Rooms
Hollywood is stockpiling scripts for full seasons of unreleased television shows. Are they throwing them out or saving them for a rainy day?
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Have a mystery? Email hello@underunderstood.com or leave a voicemail at 212-994-4882.
Show notes:
Why Are TV Writers So Miserable? (https://www.newyorker.com/culture/notes-on-hollywood/why-are-tv-writers-so-miserable) (The New Yorker)
Hollywood Writers Strike (https://youtu.be/C-HyBvGfkAo) (Democracy Now!)
Film and TV writers are striking (https://youtu.be/Ci68TWZAAxA) (CNN)
Writers strike focuses on whether AI could take jobs from screenwriters (https://youtu.be/sQuBGjsjp4Y) (CBS News)
Writers On Set (https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/05/08/writers-on-set/) (George R. R. Martin’s Not A Blog)
Alex O’Keefe (https://linktr.ee/alexokeefe) (Linktree)
The Bear (https://www.hulu.com/series/the-bear-05eb6a8e-90ed-4947-8c0b-e6536cbddd5f) (Hulu)
2023 Writers Guild Award for Comedy Series (https://youtu.be/Rh5ls0c2zhg) (YouTube)
Reed Hastings on Colbert (https://youtu.be/5H8XmXuljCs) (YouTube)
Amazon? HBO? Netflix thinks its real competitor is… sleep (https://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/17/amazon-hbo-netflix-thinks-its-real-competitor-is--sleep.html) (CNBC)
We Watched It All | Netflix (https://youtu.be/IYx8Keoxl50) (YouTube)
Writers Are Not Keeping Up (https://www.wgacontract2023.org/updates/bulletins/writers-are-not-keeping-up) (wgacontract2023.org)
Reed Hastings on Building a Streaming Empire (https://youtu.be/jYhP08uuffs) (YouTube)
Hollywoodstrike.org (https://hollywoodstrike.org/)
wgacontract2023.org (https://www.wgacontract2023.org/)
10 May 2023
Even If It's Fake, It's Real
Sometimes the truth is stranger than the hoax.
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Have a mystery? Email hello@underunderstood.com or leave a voicemail at 212-994-4882.
Show notes:
even if it's fake it's real (https://sippey.com/2010/11/even-if-its-fake-its-real.html) (sippey.com)
Street View Birth (https://andywyeth.com/project/street-view-birth) (Andy Wyeth)
turning random internet drama into songs, part 2 (https://twitter.com/lubalin_vibe_co/status/1344325643119587329?s=20) (Twitter)
Lubalin on TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@lubalin)
Meet The Musician Turning Random Internet Drama Into TikTok Bops (https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidmack/lubalin-tiktok-videos-broccoli-casserole) (Buzzfeed News)
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