Episode Eight: "Hay Bales (Parts I & II)"

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06/23/22 • 99 min

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Downlowd: The Rise and Fall of Harry Knowles and Ain't It Cool News

Part I (0:00) - In September of 2017, a perfect storm of controversies threaten to destroy the Alamo Drafthouse, Fantastic Fest, and Ain't It Cool News.

Part II (50:07) - The bravery of the women who stepped forward to speak out against Harry Knowles helped one woman to gain new context for events that transpired in 2004. Plus an examination of the culture that enabled sexual harm in the Austin film and internet movie geek communities for more than two decades.

Written, narrated, and edited by Joe Scott.

Executive produced by Kristina Bell

With production and sound engineering by Eddie Garcia.

Editorial assistance by Erin Poythress.

Production assistance by Abrar Mubashar

And Online production by Janessa Smith.

With Ben Jones as the voice of Harry Knowles.
AJ Schraeder as James Gunn

Jake Steward as Devin Feraci

Cabell Wilkinson as Caroline

Jon Chenoweth as Todd Brown

Kristen Korkowski as Jen

And Jasmine O'Connell as Diane.

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Part I (0:00) - In September of 2017, a perfect storm of controversies threaten to destroy the Alamo Drafthouse, Fantastic Fest, and Ain't It Cool News.

Written, narrated, and edited by Joe Scott.

Executive produced by Kristina Bell

With production and sound engineering by Eddie Garcia.

Editorial assistance by Erin Poythress.

Production assistance by Abrar Mubashar

And Online production by Janessa Smith.

With Ben Jones as the voice of Harry Knowles.
AJ Schraeder as James Gunn

Jake Steward as Devin Feraci

Cabell Wilkinson as Caroline

Jon Chenoweth as Todd Brown

Kristen Korkowski as Jen

And Jasmine O'Connell as Diane.

Got questions or comments?

Visit our website at www.downlowdpod.com

Previous Episode

Episode Seven: "The Anti-Social Network (Part Two)"

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Through his website’s only technological innovation, Harry Knowles exploits a secret that will eventually transform future social media platforms into billion dollar companies. And Drew McWeeny 'fixes' one last major film production before leaving AICN for good.

Written, narrated, and edited by Joe Scott.

Executive produced by Kristina Bell with sound engineering by Eddie Garcia.

Production assistance by Reis Allyn and Abrar Mubashar as well as online production by Janessa Smith.

Featuring Ben Jones as the voice of Harry Knowles with a chorus of angry ‘Talkbackers’ played by AJ Schraeder, John Chenoweth, Reid Pegram, and David Decareax.

Visit our website at https://www.downlowdpod.com/.

Next Episode

Episode Nine: "The Air We Breathe"

The emotional conclusion of "The Rise and Fall of Harry Knowles and Ain't It Cool News." Even after Harry Knowles destroys his website twice, there are lingering influences from AICN that few could have expected.

Written, narrated, and edited by Joe Scott.

Executive produced by Kristina Bell

With production and sound engineering by Eddie Garcia

Production assistance by Abrar Mubashar

Online production by Janessa Smith.

With Ben Jones as the voice of Harry Knowles

And Jake Steward as The Christmas Eve Poet

Got questions or comments?

Visit our website at www.downlowdpod.com