I'm Dan Pierce and this is pressure cooker.

I said I will never wear the e-job or give up my many skirts.

Never.

It's the outrageous story of two misfits living on the fringes and how they became the central

players in a sprawling terror investigation.

We just hung out and played video games and smoked weed and did what we do, you know.

Pressure cooker is available on the CBC Listen app,

or wherever you get your favorite podcasts.

This is a CBC podcast.

Hey, what's up? I'm Josh Gwyn. I'm a culture journalist and audio creative. I host a show called Back Issue for Pineapple Street Studios. I'm also the host of a brand new

podcast called Split Screen Kid Nation. Picture this. Producers took 40 kids into a makeshift desert town to fend for themselves and create their own society.

The controversial reality TV show known as Kid Nation, which borrows its premise from Lord of the Flies was cancelled after only one season.

Was the series an opportunity to discover what kids are truly capable of

or simply a ploy for ratings.

With access to former Kid Nation contestants, their families, and the show's creators

all uncover how this cult TV show became a lightning rod

for an ongoing debate about the ethics of reality TV.

Now here's the first episode of Split Screen Kid Nation.

Okay, so here's the deal. We already need a fresh meat and we're thinking about killing a chicken.

Killing the chicken?

No, let's go.

I am not killing a chicken.

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