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The Probe

THE PROBE is a satirical take on popular magazine-style news podcasts, focused on telling a single story over the course of a season.
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Oct 26, 2016

THE PROBE

 

Season One

In an effort to uncover where corruption in American politics starts, The Probe goes deep inside an average high school student body presidential election. Listen as hosts Lisa Burton and Mary Beth Smith meet the candidates and their families, speculate on their motives for running, and unmask all the nasty aspects of running for office at any level.

Episode 5

With only one week left before the debate, The Probe takes on the biggest buffoon in the room, Thomas Buffington, Jr. The Buffington family has been influential in Indiana politics and business for decades, and like any family with such influence and history, there are skeletons in their closet. We'll delve deep into the bizarre and contradictory Buffington family. Do the Buffingtons live in a haunted mansion? What is the right age to show a child your face for the first time? How expensive is a sandwich really?

 

Credits:

 

Lisa Burton: Lisa Burton

Mary Beth Smith: Mary Beth Smith

 

Thomas Buffington, Jr.: Clayton Margeson

Charlotte Buffington: Jessye Mueller

Thomas Buffington Sr.: Tim Dunn

Glover Buffington: Matt Young

August Tooley-Anderson: Brian Holden

Vice Principal Curtis Hannigan: Ryan Ben

Faculty Liaison Eliza Schroeder: Meredith Stepien

 

Produced by Matt Young, Lisa Burton, Mary Beth Smith and Hannah Parsons

Editor: Hannah Parsons

Original Music: Hannah Parsons

Other Music: Final Cut Pro, iLife, and iMovie Sound Effects

 

The Probe Logo: Maxwell Hudetz

Special Thanks to Cards Against Humanity for allowing us to record in their beautiful space.

Oct 19, 2016

THE PROBE

 

Season One:

In an effort to uncover where corruption in American politics starts, The Probe goes deep inside an average high school student body presidential election. Listen as hosts Lisa Burton and Mary Beth Smith meet the candidates and their families, speculate on their motives for running, and unmask all the nasty aspects of running for office at any level.

 

Episode 4

Two weeks out from the big debate, SCANDAL rocks the FDRHS presidential election. One candidate bungled so badly their battle for student body glory may be toast. The tension couldn't be higher in The Probe studio, but with the help of some experts, Lisa and Mary Beth get to the bottom of the blunder as well as figuring out what exactly goes on at the home and in the mind of the apparent front-runner, Staci Kramer.

 

Credits:

Lisa Burton: Lisa Burton

Mary Beth Smith: Mary Beth Smith

Staci Kramer: Shira Wilson

Meryl Kramer: Allison Ringhand

Deacon Boxlightner: Tyler Samples

Thomas Buffington, Jr: Clayton Margeson

Thomas Buffington Sr: Tim Dunn

Glover Buffington: Matt Young

 

Produced by Matt Young, Lisa Burton, Mary Beth Smith and Hannah Parsons

Editor: Hannah Parsons

Original Music: Hannah Parsons

Other Music: Final Cut Pro, iLife, and iMovie Sound Effects

The Probe Logo: Maxwell Hudetz

Special Thanks to Cards Against Humanity for allowing us to record in their beautiful space.

 

Oct 12, 2016

THE PROBE

 

Season One:

 

In an effort to uncover where corruption in American politics starts, The Probe goes deep inside an average high school student body presidential election. Listen as hosts Lisa Burton and Mary Beth Smith meet the candidates and their families, speculate on their motives for running, and unmask all the nasty aspects of running for office at any level.

 

Episode 3:

 

During week two of what feels like a never-ending election cycle, The Probe team does more work in the field learning about the candidates and their motivations. This week: The anti-establishment outsider. Who is Cori Wilson? What about her upbringing made her want to run for student body president? Was it her biographer father? Her food scientist mother? One of her more nefarious classmates? Why does she seem to care so much more about the X Games than the Winter Olympics? The Probe leaves no stone unturned.

 

Credits:

 

Lisa Burton: Lisa Burton

Mary Beth Smith: Mary Beth Smith

 

Cori Wilson: Lauren Walker

Whitney Lamont-Wilson: Carly Olson

Christopher Wilson: Luis Cortes.

Thomas Buffington, Jr: Clayton Margeson

Staci Kramer: Shira Wilson

Artie Tooley-Anderson: John Thibodeaux

 

 

Robbie Walken: Matt Young

 

Produced by Matt Young, Lisa Burton, Mary Beth Smith, and Hannah Parsons

Original Music: Hannah Parsons

Other Music: Final Cut Pro, iLife, and iMovie Sound Effect.

Editor: Hannah Parsons

The Probe Logo: Maxwell Hudetz

Special thanks to Cards Against Humanity for allowing us to record in their beautiful space.


Oct 5, 2016

THE PROBE

 

Season One:

In an effort to uncover where corruption in American politics starts, The Probe goes deep inside an average high school student body presidential election. Listen as hosts Lisa Burton and Mary Beth Smith meet the candidates and their families, speculate on their motives for running, and unmask all the nasty aspects of running for office at any level.

Episode Two:

As the four candidates in the FDRHS presidential election gear up for week one of their campaigns, The Probe team goes deep into what influences their decisions and platforms. While a lot of time is spent unpacking the beige, malleable oddball August Tooley-Anderson in the form of an interview with him and his parents, the real fun starts when Lisa and Mary Beth review early campaign tactics and social media interactions between students and their options for president. Who is the early front-runner when it comes to resources? What do a candidate's influencers tell us about their ability to lead? Why is Ladysmith Black Mumbazo so calming?

 

Credits:

 

Lisa Burton: Lisa Burton

Mary Beth Smith: Mary Beth Smith

 

August Tooley-Anderson: Brian Holden

Artie Tooley-Anderson: John Thibodeaux

Adam Tooley-Anderson: Chris Rathjen

 

Principal Jonathan Benjamin Franklin: Eddie PiƱa

Vice Principal Curtis Hannigan: Ryan Ben

Faculty Liaison Eliza Schroeder: Meredith Stepien

 

Thomas Buffington, Jr: Clayton Margeson

Cori Wilson: Lauren Walker

Staci Kramer: Shira Wilson

 

Produced by Matt Young, Lisa Burton, Mary Beth Smith, and Hannah Parsons

Original Music: Hannah Parsons

Other Music: Final Cut Pro, iLife, and iMovie Sound Effect.

Editor: Hannah Parsons

The Probe Logo: Maxwell Hudetz

Special thanks to Cards Against Humanity for allowing us to record in their beautiful space.

 

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