17: Plasticity

ars PARADOXICA

Mischa Stanton

Fiction, Science Fiction

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2016

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

**WARNING: This episode contains depictions of manipulation & implied harm of children. Listener discretion advised.

Petra and Carmen have been recruited for a special training protocol within ODAR. Their mission: Grow up through history backwards, make no connection with the world around them, in an attempt to Stave Off the deadly effects of Butterfly Syndrome. Helped along by their chaperone Van, their peers, and a mysterious guide who offers lemon drops with a side of dissenting opinions on the way things ought to be, can the girls become proper ODAR agents before their last connection to anything in the world–each other–falls apart?

Created by Daniel Manning & Mischa Stanton. Written by Eli Barraza. Directed & produced by Mischa Stanton.

Featuring:
Elyse Cain & Lia Peros as Petra,
Ai-Chan & Gabriela Milo as Carmen,
Ian McQuown as Van,
Katie Speed as Esther Roberts,
and Arjun Gupta as Nikhil Sharma,
as well as Richard Malmos, Katie Hume, On Shiu, Bonnie Williams, David Gallic, Billy Finn, and Erin Bark,
with special thanks to Isabel Atkinson.

Production help from Danielle Shemaiah, Ryan Estrada, and David Rheinstrom. Thanks to Mykki and her kids at the Khan Lab School. Original music by Mischa Stanton and by Eno Freedman-Brodmann.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Before we begin, as part of our continuing commitment to make ours paradoxica as accessible and inclusive as possible, we'd like to give a content warning for this episode.
0:08.5	If you don't mind a few spoilers, more details can be found in the description. Thank you and enjoy.
0:13.9	Previously, on ARS Paradoxica.
0:17.3	Why doesn't anyone from ODAR communicate with me past the 90s?
0:20.5	The agency's documentation refers to adverse effects on the mental state of the operator over prolonged or heavy use.
0:26.0	What's the weirdest time travel event you can think of?
0:29.0	Based on context, I'm assuming it's talking face to face with your future self,
0:32.0	it's going to be called Butterfly Syndrome
0:33.6	it messes you up big time I hope Odar never gets smarter than this they do by a lot The I'm going to be here. Oh, Would anyone like to share what their favorite movie will be in 1985?
1:20.0	Labyrinth?
1:21.0	That is a good movie, but can someone tell me why that answer is incorrect?
1:26.0	Oh yes, Jonah.
1:27.0	Labyrinth came out in 1986.
1:29.0	Sharp.
1:30.0	What would a more appropriate answer be?
1:33.0	Well, my favorite is the Goonies, for sure,
1:35.0	but since we're landing a bit before that came out in June,
1:38.0	I'd have to be careful and say something like the Black Cauldron.
1:42.0	No, it's not. say something like the black cauldron.
1:42.6	No it's not.
1:44.8	You're just trying to defend the fact that you cried when Gerge died.
1:47.6	Please, let's not argue in front of our guests.
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