Monthly Archives: September 2015

For our second assignment I’ve decided to discuss the effects of the Y2K hoax and how it successfully many going into the 21st century. I’ve decided to keep a very laid back and informal tone, similar to that in the … Continue reading →

I would like to make my podcast about an article called “Jimmy’s World” from the Washington Post.   The article was about a young kid named Jimmy with a drug addiction, and the author won a pulitzer prize for the article, … Continue reading →

The Hoax that I have chosen to create a podcast on is “The Hundred-Million-Dollar Robbery of the U.S Treasury”. It was an April Fools hoax, set in 1905 where newspapers published a fabricated story of a crime that had taken … Continue reading →

I would like to do my podcast on Genpets. People are still confounded by them and are not entirely sure whether to believe them or not. Through a podcast, not only would I be able to include my persuasive tone … Continue reading →

My podcast will be based on the 1981 26-day marathon hoax. Kimo Nakajimi, a Japanese long distance runner, misinterpreted the directions as running for 26 days rather than 26 miles. The director knew very little Japanese, so his translation had … Continue reading →

I would like to do my podcast on an approaching apocalypse; basing my conclusion on the blood moon prophecy, and explaining how the recent lunar eclipse is signaling the ending of the world. I plan on taking advantage of the … Continue reading →

I’ve decided to make my podcast about the IPhone Wave hoax that circulated the internet a few moths ago. The hoax describes a new and easy way to charge the IPhone 6: heating it up in the microwave. I want … Continue reading →

My hoax will be based on the Cornell’s rhinoceros prank, where a student, Hugh Troy, faked rhinoceros tracks in the snow around campus and fooled many professors and students. However, my hoax will be set on the Emory campus instead … Continue reading →

There’s apparently an endangered tree-dwelling octopus living in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. The tree octopus resides in Washington’s state parks. Its appetite is fairly normal, consisting of frogs and rodents, which could potentially convince some people that … Continue reading →

Park City, Utah is one of my favorite places in the world due to the incredible ski conditions and the close friends that my family has there. One part of the city that has always stood out to me though … Continue reading →