Podcaster Carter Guensler has made it his mission to land an internship at NPR. Now, after creating a website and recording some audio for his ridiculous podcast, he’s feeling optimistic about his chances — “as long as I don’t f--k it up.”
This is the story of podcaster Carter Guensler and his quest to make a simple, yet seemingly impossible dream—being employed by his favorite radio station—come true. It’s a story about how he will use a podcast to make it happen. But above all, this is a story about trolls.
Yes: As Laura Bradley writes in her Vanity Fair piece, The Unbelievable True Story of How Three Podcasters Trolled Their Way into Trolls 2, the McElroy brothers finally did it! They successfully leveraged their absurd podcast to scheme speaking characters in a full-length DreamWorks film!
“After a year of toiling away behind their microphones, the McElroy brothers landed roles in the upcoming 2020 epic, Trolls World Tour—the sequel to 2016’s Trolls, which starred Justin Timberlake and Anna Kendrick.”
It occurred to Carter, an avid listener of the troll-themed podcast: If the McElroy Brother’s could do it… Why not him?
“In fairness, the McElroys are not exactly no-names,” Bradley writes. “They’re prolific, wildly popular podcasters who frequently tour with My Brother, My Brother and Me—an advice show in which the brothers field both personal questions from viewers and queries culled from Yahoo! Answers. The show has become notable for the McElroys’ wild, comic tangents and wealth of inside jokes.”
Oh.
It would seem the McElroy brothers had a bit of a head start in that sense… but Carter would not be deterred! He is a nobody, yes. His podcast hasn’t accumulated the extensive fan base of MBMBaM (nor even posted an episode yet), true. He doesn’t really have anything comparable to the small media empire of the McElroy Brothers, fine… but he DOES have a computer and a dream. Squarespace will serve as his canvas, and his upcoming podcast, Carter Will Be An NPR Intern, will be his live-recorded application.
Stay tuned as Carter makes his aspirations a reality.
This is a journey from humble beginnings to public radio fame and glory.
This is an elaborate ploy to impress Peter Sagal and Miles Doornbos.
This is a story about trolls.
This … is NPR.
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