421: Fictional Jobs

The Popcast With Knox and Jamie

Knox McCoy and Jamie Golden

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4.8 • 6.9K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2021

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we do the very real job of discussing fictional jobs. We share which make-believe jobs we want, discuss the occupations that are overplayed, and wonder why there aren’t more podcasters in pop culture.

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Movies and tv shows mentioned: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Memory Deleter), Big Head of Silicon Valley (Co-head Dreamer), Charlie’s Angels (Charlie), Jurassic World (Raptor Wrangler), Hunger Games (Game Maker), Ghostbusters, Only Murders in the Building (Podcaster).
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Transcript

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0:00.0	So like it's like you're good at making scavenger hunts.
0:02.4	Are you good at making scavenger hunts?
0:03.4	No, I don't do scavenger hunts.
0:04.4	Because scavenger hunts are stupid.
0:05.4	Oh dear.
0:07.9	Whenever in youth group they would be like,
0:09.1	Hey, tonight we're gonna do like a big youth activity
0:11.4	and we're gonna do scavenger hun.
0:12.4	You're gonna have to go to Walmart and shake someone's hand.
0:13.9	I was going home.
0:14.9	Like, guess that wasn't my night.
0:16.6	Guess I don't find Jesus in this Walmart tonight.
0:26.4	Hello and welcome to episode number 421 of the podcast.
0:29.0	I'm when your host, Snox, McCoy.
0:30.2	And I'm your other host, Jamie Golden.
0:31.7	I feel like, do I miss drag racers?
0:33.3	Do you guys have drag racers out here now?
0:34.7	Oh yeah.
0:35.7	It's like classic viewers out here.
0:36.7	You know, that's what they do now.
0:38.2	Do you see Dom's son is gonna be like,
0:39.7	Vin Diesel's real life son is gonna be in a new fasten furious?
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