Guest guides

  • Welcome to the Department

    A quick introduction to the Department of Bad Ideas for future guests.

  • Checklist for guests

    A quick checklist of things you will need to prepare as a guest on Department of Bad Ideas.

  • Introductions

    Before we get into the meat of the podcast, you will need to introduce yourself. This what you will be asked.

  • The Impossible Implementation Unit

    In the Impossible Implementation Unit, you have 5 minutes to pitch a to solution a real or fictional public policy problem that won’t work but that everyone would vote for.

  • The Unsaleable Policy Division

    In the Unsaleable Policy Division, you have 5 minutes to pitch a solution to a real or fictional public policy problem that would fix the problem but that no one would would vote for.

  • The Big Idea

    In The Big Idea, you get to pick any public policy problem you like and then you have 5 minutes to pitch the best solution you can come up with.

  • In the Thick of It

    In the Thick of It is a quick fire round. You will be given a series of problems and you will have to come up with a one-minute solution on the fly.

  • Wrapping up

    Before the outro, this will be how your podcast episode wraps up.

  • Other things to know

    A few other bits that are useful for you to know.

  • Being a guest over the internet

    Guidance on how to record episodes over the internet using Zencastr