In this episode, host Jake Hounds takes listeners on a nostalgic and thought-provoking journey, blending film history, global events, and pandemic reflections in one thousand words or less. He recalls the summer of 1975 when Jaws splashed onto movie screens, redefining blockbusters and embedding a lasting fear of sharks in the cultural psyche. Jake explores these memories through the recent movie Under Paris, which has similar plot elements, and then unpacks how economic rather than public safety priorities have compromised our pandemic awareness. Jake offers fresh insight into how shared feelings of anxiety, hope, and perseverance define our times—told in one thousand words or less.
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10/04/24 • 7 min
1000 Words or Less - Shark Summer
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I’m Jake Hounds, and this is season two of One Thousand Words or Less
EPISODE 14: SHARK SUMMER
I was eleven years old when JAWS was released and that whole summer was electric around our neighborhood pool. Diving for coins was out; Marco Polo out. Shark attack in. This game is ubiquitous now, but in 1975 it was a brand new deal and our pool was a feeding frenzy of shark attacks.
We all bought the novel from the drug store paperback rack, and read it while laying on the con
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