Would It Fly Podcast

Would It Fly: Product line of on-the-go full meal replacements? Holiday travel can always be rough, so here on WIF Airlines, we try our best to make it just a little bit easier on you.  Here, our Thanksgiving 2019 special, is to be a feast for both you ears and your stomach as we discuss fast paced culinary futures.  #StuffYourWad Co-pilot: Andrew Abbott

Would It Fly: The Practicality of a Chainsaw as a Melee Weapon?   Attention boys and ghouls, as we take off on our second Halloween spooktacular episode. We draw this year's horrorific topic from a cult classic, 'Evil Dead'.  Jump on this flight, as we delve into a staple of the film's hero, Ash Williams, and his fight against evil.    Co-pilots: Andrew Abbott & Andrew Stickler Audio clips provided by: SoundBible.com

Would It Fly: A real vigilante Batman? (continued) It's not the name of the podcast, but the content we do that defines us.  Already underway, we conclude our flight from last episode and bring the discussion in for a landing on a real life Batman. Co-Pilot: Paddy Bukowski   Sound-clip from the 1960s Batman television series, produced by 20th Century Fox Television.

Would It Fly: A real vigilante Batman? Holy pop-culture podcast, listeners! On today's episode we begin our journey on this two-legged flight into a fan-boy discussion as to whether or not the Dark Knight himself, could exist in real-life. Co-Pilot: Paddy Bukowski   Sound-clip from the 1960s Batman television series, produced by 20th Century Fox Television.

Would It Fly: An amusement park featuring genetically-engineered 'dinosaurs'? God creates dinosaurs. God destroys dinosaurs. God creates man. Man destroys God. Man creates podcasts. The Would It Fly podcast inherits the earth. Listeners, welcome to this week’s flight to a little island in the Pacific where you’re going to experience what it was like in prehistoric times, thats right, the 1990s, when Jurassic Park was released in theaters. Co-pilot: Andrew Stickler   Music and Soundclips from Jurassic Park, produced by Universal Pictures.

Would It Fly: An electric muscle stimulation sleep-suit? Good evening listeners, and welcome to the WIF Airlines red-eye flight.  For your convienence, we are offering a brand new feature on this flight; a full body work out, while you sleep.  Through the technology of EMS, we're able to provide you with the latest and greatest fitness device that send electrical currents to your muscles, toning and strengthening, but while you lay back and catch some Zs.   Co-Pilot: Anna Bukowski Soundclip of 'Pumping Up with Hanz & Franz' from Saturday Night Live on NBC, played by Dana Carvey and Kevin Nealon.

Would It Fly: A national transportation infrastructure, for flying cars?   WIF passengers, what's more convenient that relaxing in a comfortable seat while you're flown from one location to another? Absolutely nothing.  So just keep that in mind during todays episode, as we discuss our very first topic about something that literally flies.  I won't give it away (more than the first sentence already has, but just know: Where we're going, we don't need "roads".   Co-pilot: Andrew Abbott

Would It Fly: A 24-hour reality show based around stars who are on-air unaware?   For your in-flight viewing pleasure, WIF Airlines likes to provide the latest and greatest that pop-culture has to offer.  If you'd look to your left, and then to your right, it's quite possible one of those people is being filmed and exploited, without their knowledge or consent.  But hey, that's just how television is made.  On this flight, I'm joined by my lovely wife, as we discuss the potential of a real-life Truman show, and whether we think the reality tv fans would tune in, or turn off.   Co-Pilot: Anna Bukowski

Would It Fly: A dining experience in which you first chose your meal, by hunting it yourself?   Attention listeners, we’ve made yet again another change to our in-flight meals. You are now able to choose absolutely any meal you want, you just gotta kill it and bring it to us. If you have any questions, our highly trained staff of trackers, hunters, and guides will come to assist you. Thank you for flying WIF Airlines, and happy hunting. Co-Pilot: Andrew Stickler Soundclip of ‘Friggin Chicken’ from action role-playing game ‘Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines’, developed by Troika Games and published by Activision.

Would It Fly: The Kumite? The tournament may be invitation only, but this flight isn't. Another Jean-Claude Van Damme inspired episode takes us on a journey; this time discussing the potential of that honorable, yet secretive under-ground full-contact bloodsport, the kumite! Co-pilot: Paddy Bukowski

Would It Fly: A human-based food product as a solution to ending world hunger?   On today’s flight we are pleased to offer our newest meal option, from the fine people at Soylent Co.; now available, Soylent Green. That’s right, in the battle against hunger and starvation, we’re looking to new innovative means to saving humanity. Here at WIF Airlines, we’re always looking for the latest and greatest solutions, to all the world’s problems.   Co-Pilot: Paddy Bukowski

Would It Fly: A judicial system in which legal disputes are handled by a quick-draw shoot-out?   The stars at night are big and bright, here as we soar above the hypothetical alternative universe in which the Republic of Texas not only remained an independent nation, but grew to a world power. This universe became the inspiration for today’s topic as we fly towards our destination of a legal system where lawyers are gunslingers, and laws are settled at the end of a gun.   Co-pilot: Andrew Stickler

Would It Fly: Regulated trial periods built into long-term property rental agreements?   Today we return to our full-length episodes, and while we take off to new heights, we do so by being down to earth with an almost realistic and practical destination. Climb aboard as we take flight into the simple concept of rental trial periods.   Co-pilot: Anna Bukowski

Would It Fly: A consumer good technology that allows animals to talk?   If the simple flick of a switch would allow you to understand what your household pets are trying to tell you, would that simply be the latest advancement in the bonding with man’s best friend, or the advancement of the inevitable overthrow of humans, leading to the rise of the planet of the pets? Decide for yourself, as we take off, on today’s minisode.   Co-pilot: Andrew Abbott Recreated “Love, Death + Robots” icon graphics provided by designers, Michael Chernyak and Ofer Ariel. (https://medium.muz.li/love-death-robots-iconfont-free-fan-art-5dba6a40db61)

Would It Fly: The peaceful integration of supernatural entities into the business world?   WIF Airlines, now boarding all were-class passengers, anyone traveling with child-sized creatures, and all spectral beings that require special assistance with corporeal luggage. Our flight is completely business class seating, and we at Would It Fly provide the same great treatment to all passengers, regardless of species, associated lore, or magical orientation.   Co-pilot: Andrew Stickler Recreated “Love, Death + Robots” icon graphics provided by designers, Michael Chernyak and Ofer Ariel. (https://medium.muz.li/love-death-robots-iconfont-free-fan-art-5dba6a40db61)

Would It Fly: Genetically-engineering monsters for blood-sport? Well listeners, we hope you enjoy this quick trip, as we begin our series of mini-episodes (minisodes), over the next several weeks. A please pay no attention to the roars, snarls and deep gutteral growls, that you may hear; that’s just a special cargo that we’re transporting towards this week’s destination.   Co-pilot: Andrew Stickler Recreated “Love, Death + Robots” icon graphics provided by designers, Michael Chernyak and Ofer Ariel. (https://medium.muz.li/love-death-robots-iconfont-free-fan-art-5dba6a40db61)

Due to extenuating circumstances, our regularly scheduled flights will be taking detours for a short foreseeable future. Our normal full-length episodes will be replaced by condensed, shortened, mini-episodes for a limited time. For updates on returns to our full-length flights, follow our Twitter @WouldItFly.

Would It Fly: Lowering the US legal drinking age?   Happy St. Patty’s Day, listeners. While drinking and driving is dangerous and by no means something we condone; drinking and flying is just standard here at WIF Airlines. And what better way to enjoy a drink this St. Patty’s Day then by sharing it with friends and family, and based on where you land, following the discussion of today’s topic, sharing it with friends who, hypothetically, may not be 21 years of age. (WIF Public Service Announcement: Statements made by our drunk pilots, do not represent the views of WIF Airlines.)   Co-pilot: Paddy Bukowski Soundclip of ‘Beer, Beer, Beer’ from action role-playing game ‘The Bard’s Tale, developed and published by inXile Entertainment.

Would It Fly: Time Cops?   We’ve reached our final destination, though it’s not a question of where, but of when. Our third and final leg of the three-parter ‘future of law enforcement’ concludes with a discussion of a regulatory enforcement organization for time itself.   Co-pilot: Paddy Bukowski Audio Music Clip Provided By: Rocky Horror Picture Show, and is not the property of The Would It Fly Podcast.

Would It Fly: The Men in Black? For those of you just boarding, this is the second leg of our journey into the future of law enforcement. We’re taking off for a comfortable cruising altitude of 100 km, at the border between Earth’s atmosphere and space itself. Hopefully, this will be a seamless flight and we don’t need to worry about a check point from earth’s extraterrestrial enforcement agency, the Men in Black. So sit back, relax, and keep all arms, legs, and tentacles, inside the craft, at all times.   Co-pilot: Andrew Stickler Soundclips provided by: MovieWavs, from the original film ‘Men In Black’ (1997)

Would It Fly: A mechanized/robotic police force? Attention WIF passengers. we’re switching this flight over to auto-pilot, since we all know we can trust computers with our lives. This journey is our first of three discussions into the future of law enforcement. Our first destination, Robo-Cops, or as we refer to them, a RoBoPoPoPoFo (Robotic-Police Police Force). Dead or alive, you’re coming with us, punk.   Co-pilot: Andrew Abbott Soundclips provided by: MovieWavs, from the original film ‘RoboCop’ (1987)

Would It Fly: A federal DNA database, recording the profiles of every U.S. citizen? This week we take off towards an evolutionary step in an already present idea.  Millions of U.S. citizens, primarily criminal offenders, currently have DNA profiles within a federal database.  However, we're talking about taking this further an encompassing, every citizen. I apologize for the quality of this episode, as it wasn’t brought to my attention, until after we landed, that my co-pilot had failed to fully pressurize the cabin, and allowed some heavy air-flow causing some interference in the sound quality. Maybe recording from an open cockpit rather than an actual sound studio, wasn’t the best choice for a audio-based media.   Co-pilot: Rick Pearson

Would It Fly: The Purge? Happy New Year listeners, and welcome back to flying WIF Airlines.  As we've shaken the 2018 cobwebs off our wings, we're ready for our first flight of 2019.  Like probably most of you, we here at Would It Fly are determined to look ahead and resolve to bettering both ourselves and society as a whole.  So come with us on a journey following that same positive outlook, as we discuss a potential solution for bettering the rate of crime within our society, in order to provide a brighter future. We are talking, the purge.    Co-Pilot: Andrew Stickler

Would It Fly: Clean Burning?  Attention WIF passengers, please ensure you know how to use the oxygen-masks that drop from over-head, as this episode may get a little smokey.  We're joined by new co-pilot, Max Pearson, who's going to fly us into uncharted territory regarding a pollution solution, CLEAN BURNING. So put you ears and minds in an open, yet relaxed, position and listen as we discuss a new perspective in environmental consciousness.   Co-Pilot: Max Pearson Audio Clips Provided By: Christopher Lloyd, from the film Back to the Future, and is not the property of The Would It Fly Podcast.

Would It Fly: Medieval Times off-shoot dinner theaters?   Whether you’re still traveling home from the family holiday, or you’d managed to already escape earlier in the weekend, please relax with this week’s in-flight entertainment, from WIFAirlines; historic dinner theater. Now we know this is not entirely a new concept and there are existing examples that prove the potential, but this week, joined by co-pilot Andrew Stickler, we’re steering into a discussion on how our own versions would match up comparably. So if you’ve ever wanted to watch a high noon showdown while chomping away at meat and potatoes, or dine on sushi and sake while witnessing a warrior regain his honor through seppuku, then this is an episode for you.     Co-Pilot: Andrew Stickler

Would It Fly: Vault-Tec Corporation? Today's flight is a very special one, passengers.  It will be completely automated, courtesy your friends at "Vault-Tec." However, your hosts will still be riding along with you, as they prepare for the release of Besthesda Software's newest, 'Fallout 76'. That's right, with the release date of 'Fallout 76' being right around the corner, two days from this release, in fact, we're taking you on a journey into the potential of a Fallout staple, the realistic possibility of the Vault-Tec Corporation itself.   Co-Pilot: Andrew Stickler Audio Clips Property of, and Provided By: Bethesda Softworks (And not an actual sponsor of this podcast, though we would love to have them).

Would It Fly: Horror-themed Amusement Park? Attention passengers, please buckle your seat belts and prepare for the ‘fright’ of your life. We're taking off on an extended flight for our very special and spooky Halloween episode. We’ll be discussing a way to keep the frights going all year round, with a 365 horror amusement park.   Co-Pilot: Andrew Abbott  Audio clips provided by: SoundBible.com.

Would It Fly: Running Man?  Good news, listeners.  We just received confirmation from the ground crew that our flight is cleared for take off.  So please, climb aboard so that we can finally reach our final Inmate Entertainment destination.  With co-pilot, Andrew Stickler, we're using this episode to workshop the potential of our newest game show, the Human Target.  The only gameshow were getting out alive is not only a struggle, but a literal fight for survival.   Co-Pilot: Andrew Stickler

Would It Fly: Legalized Prostitution? We apologize for the delay, WIF listeners.  Due to unforseen circumstances, control of our flight has been 'surrendered' to this week's co-pilot.  So please relax, and don't panic. I repeat, do not panic.  This is not a hijacking; we at WIF Airlines are allowing our rookie co-pilot to take control and take us on this week's flight.  We will be discussing the concerns surrounding the safety and security of legalizing prostitution, within our country.   Co-Pilot: Rick Pearson

Would It Fly: Office Linebacker?  Attention, Would It Fly listeners: Due to some technical issues, WIF Airlines has been forced to ground flight 008, to final destination Inmate Entertainment.  However, that's opened up the runway for flight 009 as we offer a Final Solution...(to sexual harassment in the worplace). This week we're discussing the proposal of using a government-regulated 'office line-backer' workforce, as a means to combat sexual harassment in the workplace.   Co-Pilot: Paddy Bukowski

Would It Fly: Prison Fights for Sport? Attention WIF flight 007 passengers. This is your Captain with just a little announcement.  It was brought to my attention that we have overbooked this flight, and as WIF Airlines pride's itself in only serving the deserving, seating will be determined by survival of the fitest.  So please, take this opportunity to look around for your belongings that may be able to be weaponized as you fight for your survival, and a seat n this flight. Once that issue has been resolved we'll be taking off on the second connection of our eventual destination of Inmate Entertainment.  This week's short hop will land us in the topic of deathmatch, or as we've come to call it 'Prison Games.'   Co-Pilot: Andrew Stickler

Would It Fly: Death Race? Reluctantly crouched at the starting line. Engines pumping and thumping in time. The green light flashes, the flags go up. Churning and burning, they yearn for the cup. Join us this week, listeners, as we deftly maneuver and muscle for rank on the popuarity boards of internet podcasts. For those of you who did not recognize the lyrics of Cake's 'The Distance', I highly recommend a listen to get you in the mood for this journey on WIF Airlines. And where exactly are we headed? On the first of three legs into the realm of inmate entertainment; guiding you through the first marketable event of economic-driven dystopian privatized prison systems, that is...the Death Race.   Co-Pilot: Andrew Stickler  

Would It Fly: Digital/Transferable Human-Consciousness? Attention listeners, this is your Captain speaking.  I would just like to take this opportunity to remind you that while flying WIF Airlines is indeed the safest means of transport, it never hurts to back-up your mind prior to any long distance travel.  Once you've done so, you'll have peace of mind knowing that if your body is destroyed, WIF Airlines insurance policies will provide you a new sleeve in which you can then be downloaded. On today's episode were blasting off to a hypothetical, yet reasonable path of future technology and discussing the potential of such tech that would allow the computer mapping of the human mind.  If possible, could humanity practice the ability to move ones mind from body to machine to other.  The downloadable conciousness, would it fly?   Co-Pilot: Andrew Abbott

Would It Fly: Gun-kata? Passengers, please ensure all selt belts and Nines are strapped, because where we're headin, you're going to need both.  On today's episode we discuss Christian Bale's life as a Cleric, in the movie 'Equilibrium' and just how realistic it would be to implement the Cleric's Gun-Kata teachings, into the tactics of military and law enforcement today. Gun Kata, or Gun Fu, is a form of martial arts in which firearms are used as an extension of ones self in order to defeat ones oppenent(s), not only in hand-tohand combat, but in a fire-fight as well.  Well, atleast that's what it has been since Director John Woo introduced us all to it in the film 'A Better Tomorrow' in 1986.  Since then it has become a staple of the 2000s and late 90s action movies, in which firefights are choregraphed like dances. As we've seen, GunKata works great in the movies, but when it comes to real life: Will it Fly?   Co-Pilot: Paddy Bukowski

Would It Fly: DIY fireworks? Although we may be experiencing some turbulence and some technical difficulties with our in-flight speaker systems, we're still pushing ahead in order to land an episode on time. This week, I'm joined by a vetern pilot, who will be coming out of retirement, for a single flight aboard WIF Airlines, in order to help navigate us through the 4th of July-centric topic of fireworks.  Since Independence Day happened less than a week ago, we're making a retroactive flight to a themed destination to cover the dream every American child has at some point in their life: the ability to build your own fireworks.   Co-Pilot: John Bukowski

Would It Fly: A Fallout movie?  Alright videogame fans, we may have recorded this episode prior to Bethesda Game Studios announcing their plans for Fallout 76, but that doesn't change our expert opinions in how we would make our ideal Fallout Movie.  That's right! In Episode 002 of Would It Fly, I, your brave and only slightly tipsy Captain, am joined by a returning co-pilot, as we take off to discuss the potential of the Fallout videogame franchise coming to the big screen.  One important bit of information before we get this episode in the air, I want to reassure you, our dedicated listening passengers, that although both this and the episode prior, both involved the transference of a specific topic, into a cinematic feature, that is not a pattern to expect, and is only a small slice of which we're capable.  That all being said, sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride.   Co-Pilot: Andrew Abbott

Would It Fly: A Deathstroke movie?  In this episode, we're taking off into a rather niche topic of DC comic and film fans alike. However, if your nerdy interests differ than our own, and don't necessarily fall into either of those categories, don't let that deter you.  This week, we discuss the potential of a standalone film in the DC cinematic universe; a standalone film...for Deathstroke the Terminator!   Co-Pilot: Andrew Stickler

Would It Fly: A 'Would It Fly' Podcast? This is the release of the Would It Fly Podcast teaser episode, in which you listeners are introduced to the type of listening pleasures to expect from full-length episodes to follow.  Join the Pilot Episode's hosts, as they discuss the very podcast itself in the same 'Fly or Fail' manner of every future topic.   Pilot: Sean Bukowski Co-Pilot: Andrew Abbott