The Fake in the Crowd (False Alarm! part iv)

Benjamen Walker's Theory of Everything

Benjamen Walker & Radiotopia

Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.4 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

The power of the fake person, multiplied! Curator Karen Patterson puts a fake outsider artist in the museum and artist David Levine puts on a museum show about the fake crowd. We hear from a 1937 radio play that featured both Orson Welles and the first fake crowd ever broadcast on the radio. And backstage on our Radiotopia live tour, your host turns to fellow ‘topes Roman Mars and Helen Zaltzman for help deciphering an unexpected laugh. PLUS!!!! The long awaited return of ToE’s original extra: Peter Choyce.

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0:00.0	You are listening to Benjamin Walker's Theory of Everything.
0:05.0	At Radiotopia, we now have a select group of amazing supporters that help us make all our shows possible. If you would like to have your company or
0:14.8	product sponsor this podcast then get in touch drop a line to sponsor at radiotopia
0:21.4	fm. F. F.
0:22.5	Thanks.
0:23.5	Hey there dear listener, it's me, Benjamin Walker,
0:26.5	and I just want to jump in with a quick thank you.
0:29.5	To everyone who's already donated to Radiotopias 2023 fall fundraiser.
0:36.4	If you've never donated to Radiotopi before, you might wonder where exactly your dollars
0:41.9	go. The short answer is this. where exactly your dollars go?
0:43.1	The short answer is this.
0:45.5	Your donation goes to me at the Theory of Everything,
0:50.1	actually to all of the shows in this network
0:52.6	so that we can keep making the audio that you love listening to.
0:57.2	The longer answer is that it just takes
0:59.2	an investment of time, energy, and yes money
1:02.2	to create even a single episode.
1:05.8	In my case, it's really easy to tell you about this longer answer because this January,
1:11.2	I will be finally debuting my new mini series, Not All Propaganda is Art, a mini series that I have been working on for three years.
1:22.0	Without the support of Radiotopia I never ever ever would have been able to even
1:27.2	contemplate pulling something like this off. I've visited archives all over the world.
1:32.1	I've interviewed over a hundred people. I've visited archives all over the world. I've interviewed over 100 people.
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