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The art of the prank with the directors of 'Jury Duty' and 'Bad Trip'

(LEFT) Jake Szymanski attends the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024. (RIGHT) Director Kitao Sakurai from the film "Aardvark" poses for a portrait during AFI FEST 2010.

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(LEFT) Jake Szymanski attends the 75th Primetime Emmy Awards at Peacock Theater on January 15, 2024 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images)(RIGHT) Director Kitao Sakurai from the film "Aardvark" poses for a portrait during AFI FEST 2010 presented by Audi at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 7, 2010 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for AFI)

Pranking on television has been around for over 70 years. Starting with Candid Camera in the late 40s all the way through to Punk'd in the early 2000s.

Pranking has evolved to not only entertain, but to show off the goodness in people!

The directors of the movie Bad Trip, and the tv series, Jury Duty, talk about how they pull off physical stunts that leave a positive emotional impact.

For a full transcript of this show, click here.

Previous episode mentioned in the show: What's jury duty like? The verdict, well, it's case by case

GUESTS: 

  • Jake Szymanski: Director of the 2023 Amazon FreeVee series, "Jury Duty"
  • Kitao Sakurai: Director of the 2021 movie "Bad Trip", starring Eric Andre

Jessica Severin de Martinez, Khaleel Rahman, Meg Fitzgerald, Meg Dalton, and Catie Talarski contributed to this show, with help from our intern, Sajina Shrestha.

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Khaleel Rahman is a producer for 'Audacious with Chion Wolf.'
Jessica Severin de Martinez is a producer for Audacious with Chion Wolf.
Meg Dalton is the deputy director of storytelling for Connecticut Public where she provides editorial support for the station’s talk shows and podcasts, including the limited series 'In Absentia'.
Meg Fitzgerald is the senior project manager for Radio and Storytelling Originals. She works with Connecticut Public's senior director and talk show producers to ensure our audio stories are represented digitally. She helps strategize digital audience growth with other departments for our radio programs and podcasts. Meg also helps to manage and co-produce special projects like StoryCorps CT, NautiWeek, Where Art Thou?, and other programs produced by our storytelling unit.
Catie Talarski is Senior Director of Storytelling and Radio Programming at Connecticut Public.
Chion Wolf is the host of Audacious with Chion Wolf on Connecticut Public, featuring conversations with people who have uncommon or misunderstood experiences, conditions, or professions.