Checklist for guests
To be a guest on the Department of Bad Ideas you’ll need to do a little bit of homework. Below is a quick checklist of things you’ll need to do. Read the more detailed guidance on each task for more information.
Prepare your Impossible Implementation pitch.
You will be given a policy problem to solve ahead of time. Prepare a solution to this problem that will take roughly 5 minute to explain, but do not write a verbatim script. The solution must be impossible to implement but very electorally attractive.
Prepare your Unsaleable Policy pitch.
You will be given another policy problem to solve ahead of time. Prepare a solution to this problem that will take roughly 5 minute to explain, but do not write a verbatim script. The solution must be workable but politically unattractive.
Prepare your Big Idea pitch.
Pick any policy problem you like. Prepare a solution to this problem that will take roughly 5 minute to explain, but do not write a verbatim script. The solution must be the biggest, boldest, best solution you can come up with.
Practice for the quick fire round.
You will be given a series of small policy issues to solve during recording. You will be asked to pitch a solution to those problems on the fly. Practice talking about solving problems without umm-ing or err-ing for 1 minute at a time.