ken bone, pt. 1

Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

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Society & Culture

4.7 • 723 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2024

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

In 2016, one man in a red sweater became the nation's sweetheart... until he didn't. Ken Bone became a celebrity overnight after a star turn at the height of an October 2016 political nightmare. Just two days after the infamous Access Hollywood tape made many think Trump's first run for president was a lost cause, after a year of "her emails" and what felt like an infinity war of an election cycle, the world took comfort in a normal midwestern man who worked at a power plant and loved anime.

What made Ken so appealing, and -- apologies for taking us back to such a cursed period -- what shitstorm was he caught in the middle of? In part one, Jamie examines the media environment that made Ken a star, and the milkshake duck cycle and a Reddit scandal that made him one of the seminal internet main characters to this day.

Next week... we talk to Ken.

Donate to Ken's nonprofit of choice, the St. Patrick Center of St. Louis here: https://www.stpatrickcenter.org/donate

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0:04.8	I started asking questions.
0:06.9	What do you remember happening on that night of December 16th?
0:10.7	It actually rotated around our house, looking as if it was peering in each window of our home.
0:16.3	I'm Gabe Lenners.
0:17.4	From Imagine IHart Podcasts in Lenners Entertainment, Imagine, IHart Podcasts, and Lenners Entertainment.
0:22.8	Listen to Obscure them.
0:24.8	Invasion of the Drones.
0:26.6	Wherever you get your favorite podcasts.
0:30.5	I'm Mark Seale.
0:31.7	And I'm Nathan King.
0:32.8	This is Leave the Gun, Take the Canoli.
0:35.0	The five families did not want us to shoot that picture.
0:37.8	This podcast is based on my co-host Mark Seale's best-selling book of the same title.
0:42.2	Leave the Gun Take the Canoli features new and archival interviews with Francis Ford
0:46.1	Kobola, Robert Evans, James Kahn, Talia Shire, and many others.
0:50.8	Yes, that was a real horse's head.
0:52.5	Listen and subscribe to Leave the Gun Take the Can canoli, on the Iheart radio app,
0:56.9	Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:01.3	Hey, it's Alec Baldwin.
1:03.3	This past season on my podcast, Here's the Thing.
1:07.0	I spoke with more actors, musicians, policymakers, and so many other fascinating people,
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