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To kick off Season 2, we discuss what essayistic things we\u2019ve been up to over the summer--including our spinoff podcast--before moving on to the \u201cBad Idea Essay,\u201d a term coined (we think) by S1E3 guest Ander Monson. Our example essay is David LeGault\u2019s \u201cOn Excess\u201d (link below), an essay we both wound up liking, for reasons we try to explain. Also: our own attempts at Bad Idea Essays, famous examples of the form, and more.

Links to some things we mention:\nDavid LeGault\u2019s essay, \u201cOn Excess\u201d: https://thespectacle.wustl.edu/?p=262 \nDavid LeGault\u2019s book, 10,000,000 Maniacs: http://outpost19.com/OneMillionManiacs/ \nFollow David on Twitter: https://twitter.com/legaultd \nSex in the Living Room: https://sex-the-living-room.pinecast.co\nGreat Outdoors Steak Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gc_5tx7xRlg\nElena\u2019s \u201cbad idea essay\u201d about the Stella shouting contest: https://www.oxfordamerican.org/magazine/item/1154-this-is-yelling\nJustin\u2019s \u201cbad idea essay\u201d about Capote: https://tinhouse.com/murder-tourism-middle-america/ \nWill Slattery\u2019s essay about Elena\u2019s March Fadness essay: https://www.essaydaily.org/2017/04/a-close-reading-of-essayist-under-self.html

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