Social media is rebooted on Mars, and it’s up to Paul Reeves (PR) to keep Earth “on-brand” with the Martians, which proves to be more difficult and dangerous than imagined. | © 2021 Audio Content Lab
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Credits/Cast
Written by Dan Beckley
Scored, Produced for Audio by Jacob Sanders
CAST
Narrator – Jason Fox
Paul Reeves – Dan Beckley
General Dusk – Jacob Sanders
All other voices – Text-to-Speech
SFX Library – SoundSnap
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Directors Notes / Resources
This episode is the only one completely written by another marketer, Dan Beckley, who is brilliant and whipped this concept together in a weekend. I met Dan a few years ago on Twitter and met someone who was talented and tenacious, and since then we’ve stayed in touch.
In “Social Recall,” Dan deconstructs the modern social media mishegas, and throws it on Mars, all to metaphorically outline the destructive, mimetic nature of the medium.
Dan’s character, PR, is trying to keep control of the communications, but the desire for fame and inflamed narratives in humans ends up being something inescapable, no matter how advanced the technology.
RESOURCES:
“Things Hidden Since The Foundation of The World” by Rene Girard
The Attention Merchants by Tim Wu
LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media by Peter W. Singer
