Episodes

  • TRAILER: Untitled Dad Project

    TRAILER: Untitled Dad Project
    Jun 13 2019
    You can't figure out your title till you know your story.  From Spoke Media, Untitled Dad Project premieres July 1. Chapters drop weekly.  Untitled Dad Project is a Spoke Media original.
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    3 mins
  • PROLOGUE: A Prologue

    PROLOGUE: A Prologue
    Jul 1 2019
    Before you begin. Everything you need to know about everything we already know, so together we can figure out how to make it a good story. Chapter 1: Inciting Incident drops next week. Follow along at @untitleddadproject! Let us know your story at untitleddadproject@spokemedia.io!   Original music composed in response to each episode is by the incredible Rat Rios Our artwork is by Kevin Craft Co. Untitled Dad Project is a Spoke Media original.
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    12 mins
  • CHAPTER 1(B): Inciting Incident

    CHAPTER 1(B): Inciting Incident
    Jul 8 2019
    Jan activates her learnings from Robert McKee by talking to her Mom Character. A surprise, a big failure, a small miracle, and grapes. Follow along at @untitleddadproject! Tell us about your Inciting Incident(s) at untitleddadproject@spokemedia.io! Original music composed in response to each episode is by the incredible Rat Rios Our artwork is by Kevin Craft Co. Untitled Dad Project is a Spoke Media original.
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    52 mins
  • CHAPTER 1(A): Inciting Incident

    CHAPTER 1(A): Inciting Incident
    Jul 8 2019
    “What is the event that radically threw life out of balance?” Jan and Cat review an interview with story teacher Robert McKee, and learn where to begin her story. Oh and also, that Jan’s whole life is a lie? More of Robert McKee’s work, including his books and popular “Story Seminars”, can be found at https://mckeestory.com/ Follow along at @untitleddadproject! Let us know about your Inciting Incident(s) at untitleddadproject@spokemedia.io! Original music composed in response to each episode is by the incredible Rat Rios Our artwork is by Kevin Craft Co. Untitled Dad Project is a Spoke Media original.
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    41 mins
  • CHAPTER 2: Genre

    CHAPTER 2: Genre
    Jul 15 2019
    “And now I’m the... surprise bastard daughter in a soap opera?” Jan and Cat figure out how to embrace Jan’s new genre with actress and former soap opera star Taylor Anne Ramsey. Can Jan re-cast herself from scandalous side character to powerful protagonist? Is this how she confronts her Dad Character? Will she ever properly throw a drink in a man’s face? Follow along at @untitleddadproject! Tell us about your Genre at untitleddadproject@spokemedia.io! Original music composed in response to each episode is by the incredible Rat Rios Our artwork is by Kevin Craft Co. Untitled Dad Project is a Spoke Media original.
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    51 mins
  • MINI: “How Do We Make Art Inside Our Pain?” with Nora McInerny

    MINI: “How Do We Make Art Inside Our Pain?” with Nora McInerny
    Jul 22 2019
    This week, Carson and Jan share a favorite interview that doesn’t fit in a specific Chapter but matters to the narrative! Podcaster and author Nora McInerny has made a career out of sharing beautiful, honest stories about devastating losses, oftentimes her own. In 2017, Jan was at a crossroads and came to her with questions: Is it okay to make art about grief while you’re still *in* the grief? How bad does it hurt to tell your own story? And, when people ask about your podcast at dinner parties, do you just casually talk about your own trauma? Check out Nora’s excellent podcast Terrible Thanks for Asking, and non-profit @stillkickingco. Next week we get on-track and go off-script with CHAPTER 3: Script! Follow along at @untitleddadproject Original music composed in response to each episode is by the incredible Rat Rios Our artwork is by Kevin Craft Co. Untitled Dad Project is a Spoke Media original.
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    34 mins
  • CHAPTER 3: Script

    CHAPTER 3: Script
    Jul 29 2019
    What happens when the script fails you? Jan goes off-script with the Reverend who officiated and wrote the “script” for her Dad Character’s funeral. Carson and Jan discover what it means to bear witness to another’s story, even (especially) when words don’t work. Follow along at @untitleddadproject! Tell us about your experience with Scripts at untitleddadproject@spokemedia.io! Original music composed in response to each episode is by the incredible Rat Rios Our artwork is by Kevin Craft Co. Untitled Dad Project is a Spoke Media original. Check out Care/Of vitamins, and use the code DADPROJECT at checkout
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    53 mins
  • CHAPTER 4: Plot

    CHAPTER 4: Plot
    Aug 5 2019
    What do you do when your plot... twists? Janielle wrestles with her broken, no-good, dead-Dad plot, with help from plot expert Professor Peter Brooks. Carson and Jan confront the aftermath of a plot twist: Do you ever really “move on”? What do you do with all the “could have beens”? And how do you say goodbye to the plot you wanted? Learn more about Peter Brooks and check out his book “Reading for the Plot”. Follow along at @untitleddadproject! Tell us about your experience with Plot at untitleddadproject@spokemedia.io! Untitled Dad Project is a Spoke Media original. Note: Cat and Jan in no way believe they got string theory right. If you’d like to know what string theory *actually* is, check out String Theory. Thanks, string theory, for helping us figure out our story, even though we got you wrong!
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    54 mins