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** ''A Siri-ous Soap Opera'', a dramedy about the personal lives of [[UsefulNotes/MacOS Siri virtual assistants]] written by Candor and performed entirely by synthesized voices of various Siri settings.
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** ''A Siri-ous Soap Opera'', a dramedy about the personal lives of [[UsefulNotes/MacOS [[Platform/MacOS Siri virtual assistants]] written by Candor and performed entirely by synthesized voices of various Siri settings.
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* CreatorThumbprint: [[spoiler:Martina reveals to B.K. that all Cam Candor podcasts that were actually made by them use the same, specific sound for scene transitions: a cymbal followed by a snare hit]].
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Episode 2 alludes to the 2024 U.S. presidential election being so hellish nobody even paid attention to the massive entertainment company mergers that took place, but no details have been given yet.
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* CreatorThumbprint: [[spoiler:Martina reveals to B.K. that all Cam Candor podcasts that were actually made by them use the same, specific sound at some point in the episode, usually for scene transitions: a cymbal followed by a snare hit]].
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Episode 2 alludes to the 2024 U.S. presidential election being so hellish that nobody even paid attention to the massive entertainment company mergers that took place, but no detailshave been are given yet.in Season 1.
* CrypticBackgroundReference: Episode 2 alludes to the 2024 U.S. presidential election being so hellish that nobody even paid attention to the massive entertainment company mergers that took place, but no details
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* AsHimself: Some real life podcasters appear as themselves in episode 4, specifically Shannon Perry, creator of ''Oz 9'', and David S. Dear, a voice actor on ''Civilized''.
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** ''Uncivilized'', a dark comedy sci-fi podcast not created by Cam Candor, but by ''Civilized'''s Sean Howard, about a queer former juggler who starts a marketing agency on a desolate planet. The cast of ''Civilized'' star in the clip we hear.
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* EthnicMenialLabor: In ''Bedminster'', the Trumps have a Hispanic maid named Rosa.
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* EthnicMenialLabor: In ''Bedminster'', the Trumps have a Hispanic maid housekeeper named Rosa.
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B.K. Will is a "Cultural Obscurist", someone who studies lost and overlooked art from years ago. The series is written as an investigative podcast created by her about her investigation into Cam Candor, the pseudonym of a podcast creator who produced literally hundreds of different podcasts in the 2000s and 2010s, never making more than a pilot episode of each, before disappearing from the public eye in late 2020. As the podcast goes on, we learn more about the entertainment climate in the near future in which B.K. makes the podcast and it becomes clear that there are greater forces at play.
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B.K. Will is a "Cultural Obscurist", someone who studies lost and overlooked art from years ago. art. The series narrative is written as an investigative podcast created by her about her investigation into Cam Candor, the pseudonym of a podcast creator who produced literally hundreds of different podcasts podcasts, starting in the 2000s and 2010s, but never making more than a pilot episode of each, before disappearing from the public eye in late 2020. As the podcast goes on, we learn more about the entertainment climate in the near future in which B.K. makes the podcast and it becomes clear that there are greater forces at play.
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* AsHimself: Some real life podcasters appear as themselves in episode 4, specifically Shannon Perry, creator of ''Oz 9'', and David S. Dear, a voice actor on ''Civilized''.
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* GenreMashup: Candor's podcasts tend to mix genres in strange ways: ''Mr. Fezziwhig Talks Crumpets'' is a combined Victorian-style comedy of manners and murder mystery told as a radio talk show, and there is a mention of a deep-sea NewAge thriller called ''Shaman Sharks of the South Pacific''.
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* WhamLine: In episode 6, the last episode of season 1, the response B.K. gets when she calls the phone number [[spoiler:on the thumb drive with Candor's last known message]]:
-->"[[spoiler:Good evening, you've reached the global offices of Redacted Corp. How may I direct your call?]]"
-->"[[spoiler:Good evening, you've reached the global offices of Redacted Corp. How may I direct your call?]]"
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''Who is Cam Candor?'' is a investigative {{Mockumentary}} comedy podcast.
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''Who is Cam Candor?'' is a investigative {{Mockumentary}} comedy podcast.
podcast created by Ann Sloan.
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** ''A Siri-ous. Soap Opera'', a dramedy about the personal lives of [[UsefulNotes/MacOS Siri virtual assistants]] written by Candor and performed entirely by synthesized voices of various Siri settings.
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** ''A Siri-ous. Siri-ous Soap Opera'', a dramedy about the personal lives of [[UsefulNotes/MacOS Siri virtual assistants]] written by Candor and performed entirely by synthesized voices of various Siri settings.
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B.K. Will is a "Cultural Obscurist", someone who studies lost and overlooked art from years ago. The series is written as an investigative podcast created by her about her investigation into Cam Candor, the pseudonym of a podcast creator who produced over a hundred different podcasts in the 2000s and 2010s, never making more than a pilot episode of each, before disappearing from the public eye in late 2020. As the podcast goes on, we learn more about the entertainment climate in the near future in which B.K. makes the podcast and it becomes clear that there are greater forces at play.
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B.K. Will is a "Cultural Obscurist", someone who studies lost and overlooked art from years ago. The series is written as an investigative podcast created by her about her investigation into Cam Candor, the pseudonym of a podcast creator who produced over a hundred literally hundreds of different podcasts in the 2000s and 2010s, never making more than a pilot episode of each, before disappearing from the public eye in late 2020. As the podcast goes on, we learn more about the entertainment climate in the near future in which B.K. makes the podcast and it becomes clear that there are greater forces at play.
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* ItsNotPornItsArt: When discussing Cam Candor's erotic drama ''Filthy Nuns of the Holy Roman Empire'', B.K. meets with Missy Abstract
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* ItsNotPornItsArt: When discussing Cam Candor's erotic drama ''Filthy Nuns of the Holy Roman Empire'', B.K. meets with Missy AbstractAbstract, an associate professor who teaches a feminist theory class that includes Candor and holds them up as a major figure in fourth wave feminism, seeing ''Filthy Nuns'' as a bold feminist manifesto. Martina Terkle, on the other hand, calls it porn, but likes it as much as any of Candor's other podcasts.
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** ''Bedminster'', despite taking place in the 2020s, is produced as a 1940s-style SoapOpera, featuring the same kind of over-dramatic acting and organ music typical of the time. In the story, Ivanka even gets a message via telegram, [[LampshadeHanging wondering who even sends telegrams anymore]].
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** ''Bedminster'', despite taking place in the early 2020s, is produced as a 1940s-style SoapOpera, featuring the same kind of over-dramatic acting and organ music typical of the time. In the story, Ivanka even gets a message via telegram, [[LampshadeHanging wondering who even sends telegrams anymore]].
* TheDitz: In ''Bedminster'', Eric Trump is characterized as a total dunce who keeps thinking Ivanka is Trump's first wife instead of his daughter and serves as Ivanka's personal chauffeur/henchman.
* ItsNotPornItsArt: When discussing Cam Candor's erotic drama ''Filthy Nuns of the Holy Roman Empire'', B.K. meets with Missy Abstract
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: B.K. buys the drive containing the Cam Candor podcasts in 2033. It's not said exactly when the podcast is produced, but we are gradually filled in on some of the events that happened between then and the present. Also, on podcast platforms, the podcast's copyright tag is dated 2035.
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** ''A Siri-ous. Soap Opera'', a dramedy about the personal lives of [[UsefulNotes/MacOS Siri virtual assistants]] written by Candor and performed entirely by synthesized voices of various Siri settings.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: B.K. buys the drive containing the Cam Candor podcasts in2033. It's not said exactly when 2033, and the official show notes say the podcast is produced, but made in 2035. As it progresses, we are gradually filled in on some of the events that happened between then and the present. Also, on podcast platforms, the podcast's copyright tag is dated 2035.
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: B.K. buys the drive containing the Cam Candor podcasts in
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* AlanSmithee: [[invoked]]InUniverse; episode 4, "An Alan Smithee-type Situation", reveals that [[spoiler:some podcast creators would take podcasts they made and were unhappy with and release them as a Cam Candor podcast in order to take their name off of it, like how movie directors used to release movies under the name Alan Smithee if they didn't want to keep their name on it]].
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* AlanSmithee: [[invoked]]InUniverse; episode 4, "An Alan Smithee-type Situation", reveals that [[spoiler:some podcast creators would take podcasts they made and were unhappy with and release them as a Cam Candor podcast in order to take their name off of it, like how movie directors used to release movies under the name Alan Smithee if they didn't want wanted to keep their name on disown it]].
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* {{Megacorp}}: The unnamed company that has completely monopolized entertainment in the time the podcast is made; it even owns the podcast network B.K. works for.
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* {{Megacorp}}: The unnamed company that has completely monopolized entertainment in the time the podcast is made; it even owns the podcast network that produces B.K. works for.'s podcast.
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* NoNameGiven: For some reason, the huge company that now seems to produce almost all entertainment is never named in the podcast; when it's referenced, its redacted as "''[bleep]'' Corp.".
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* NoNameGiven: For some reason, the huge company that now seems to produce almost all entertainment is never named in the podcast; when it's referenced, mentioned, its redacted as "''[bleep]'' Corp.", and the podcast show notes call it "Redacted Corp.".
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* AlanSmithee: [[invoked]]. InUniverse; [[invoked]]InUniverse; episode 4, "An Alan Smithee-type Situation", reveals that [[spoiler:some podcast creators would take podcasts they made and were unhappy with and release them as a Cam Candor podcast in order to take their name off of it, like how movie directors used to release movies under the name Alan Smithee if they didn't want to keep their name on it]].
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** The podcast also references real-life mega-corporations, like Amazon, Google and Apple, and features a timeline where all of those companies acquired or were acquired by each other, and the unnamed company then acquiring the last one standing, leading to the Great Podcasting Purge of 2025, where the company produced countless podcasts starring Creator/DaxShepard and almost every indie podcast were driven into the dirt.
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** The podcast also references real-life mega-corporations, like Amazon, Google and Apple, and features a timeline where all of those companies acquired or were acquired by each other, and the unnamed company then acquiring the last one standing, leading to the Great Podcasting Indie Podcast Purge of 2025, where the company produced countless podcasts starring Creator/DaxShepard and almost every indie podcast were driven into the dirt.
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** ''Bedminster'', a {{Telenovela}}-style SoapOpera about Ivanka Trump and her conflict with Melania.
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** ''Bedminster'', a {{Telenovela}}-style {{Telenovela}}[=-style=] SoapOpera about Ivanka Trump and her conflict with Melania.
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** The podcast also references real-life mega-corporations, like Amazon, Google and Apple, and features a timeline where all of those companies acquired or were acquired by each other, and the unnamed company then acquiring the last one standing, leading to the Great Indie Podcast Podcasting Purge of 2025, where the company produced countless podcasts starring Creator/DaxShepard and almost every indie podcast were driven into the dirt.
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** Red [=MacGuffin=], a [[FilmNoir Noir-style]] detective story.
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** Red [=MacGuffin=], ''Red [=MacGuffin=]'', a [[FilmNoir Noir-style]] detective story.
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* {{Mafiya}}: In Episode 5, "Oligarchs and Cucumbers", B.K.'s investigation takes her to Oligarch's, a caviar bar frequented by members of a Russian crime syndicate.
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* NoNameGiven: For some reason, the huge company that now seems to produce almost all entertainment is never named in the podcast; when it's referenced, its redacted as "''[bleep]'' Corp.".
* NoNameGiven: For some reason, the huge company that now seems to produce almost all entertainment is never named in the podcast; when it's referenced, its redacted as "''[bleep]'' Corp.".
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** ''Cucumber Facts'', a binaural podcast where a narrator just reads fun facts about cucumber; it seems to have been made as a sleeping aid.
** Red [=MacGuffin=], a [[FilmNoir Noir-style]] detective story.
** Red [=MacGuffin=], a [[FilmNoir Noir-style]] detective story.
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** ''Pincher'', a RomanticComedy about a kleptomaniac.
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* AlanSmithee: Episode [[invoked]]. InUniverse; episode 4, "An Alan Smithee-type Situation", reveals that [[spoiler:some podcast creators would take podcasts they made and were unhappy with and release them as a Cam Candor podcast in order to take their name off of it, like how movie directors used to release movies under the name Alan Smithee if they didn't want to keep their name on it]].
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B.K. Will is a "Cultural Obscurist", someone who studies lost and overlooked art from years ago. The series is written as an investigative podcast created by her about her investigation into Cam Candor, the pseudonym of a podcast creator who produced over a hundred different podcasts in the 2000s and 2010s, never making more than a pilot episode of each. As the podcast goes on, we learn more about the entertainment climate in the near future in which B.K. makes the podcast and it becomes clear that there are greater forces at play.
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B.K. Will is a "Cultural Obscurist", someone who studies lost and overlooked art from years ago. The series is written as an investigative podcast created by her about her investigation into Cam Candor, the pseudonym of a podcast creator who produced over a hundred different podcasts in the 2000s and 2010s, never making more than a pilot episode of each.each, before disappearing from the public eye in late 2020. As the podcast goes on, we learn more about the entertainment climate in the near future in which B.K. makes the podcast and it becomes clear that there are greater forces at play.
* AlanSmithee: Episode 4, "An Alan Smithee-type Situation", reveals that [[spoiler:some podcast creators would take podcasts they made and were unhappy with and release them as a Cam Candor podcast in order to take their name off of it]].
* AnachronismStew: Cam Candor's podcasts tend to play fast and loose with technology and production style relative to when the podcast is supposed to take place.
** ''Mr. Fezziwhig Talks Crumpets'' is set in UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain, but is framed as a radio show the main character runs - even though radios where obviously not available at the time.[[note]]Radio waves were identified in the 1880s, and the first ever commercial radio broadcast was done in 1920[[/note]]
** ''Bedminster'', despite taking place in the 2020s, is produced as a 1940s-style SoapOpera, featuring the same kind of over-dramatic acting and organ music typical of the time. In the story, Ivanka even gets a message via telegram, [[LampshadeHanging wondering who even sends telegrams anymore]].
* CreatorThumbprint: [[spoiler:Martina reveals to B.K. that all Cam Candor podcasts that were actually made by them use the same, specific sound for scene transitions: a cymbal followed by a snare hit]].
* AnachronismStew: Cam Candor's podcasts tend to play fast and loose with technology and production style relative to when the podcast is supposed to take place.
** ''Mr. Fezziwhig Talks Crumpets'' is set in UsefulNotes/VictorianBritain, but is framed as a radio show the main character runs - even though radios where obviously not available at the time.[[note]]Radio waves were identified in the 1880s, and the first ever commercial radio broadcast was done in 1920[[/note]]
** ''Bedminster'', despite taking place in the 2020s, is produced as a 1940s-style SoapOpera, featuring the same kind of over-dramatic acting and organ music typical of the time. In the story, Ivanka even gets a message via telegram, [[LampshadeHanging wondering who even sends telegrams anymore]].
* CreatorThumbprint: [[spoiler:Martina reveals to B.K. that all Cam Candor podcasts that were actually made by them use the same, specific sound for scene transitions: a cymbal followed by a snare hit]].
* EthnicMenialLabor: In ''Bedminster'', the Trumps have a Hispanic maid named Rosa.
* GenderBlenderName: The "Cam" in "Cam Candor" is equally possible as a male or female name; because of this, B.K. refers to Candor using gender-neutral pronouns.
* LoonyFan: Martina Terkle, the president of a Cam Candor fan club who worships Candor as an unappreciated genius. Every time B.K. talks to her, she has expanded the club to cover more and more of the U.S. (due to increased interest brought on by B.K.'s podcast), eventually declaring herself "Comandante".
* GenderBlenderName: The "Cam" in "Cam Candor" is equally possible as a male or female name; because of this, B.K. refers to Candor using gender-neutral pronouns.
* LoonyFan: Martina Terkle, the president of a Cam Candor fan club who worships Candor as an unappreciated genius. Every time B.K. talks to her, she has expanded the club to cover more and more of the U.S. (due to increased interest brought on by B.K.'s podcast), eventually declaring herself "Comandante".
* RecurringElement: As B.K. starts to notice, many of Cam Candor's podcasts feature [[spoiler:some sort of severed finger]].
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* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: B.K. buys the drive containing the Cam Candor podcasts in 2033. It's unknown exactly when the podcast is produced, but we are gradually filled in on some of the events that happened between then and the present.
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''Who is Cam Candor?'' is a investigative {{Mockumentary}} comedy podcast.
B.K. Will is a "Cultural Obscurist", someone who studies lost and overlooked art from years ago. The series is written as an investigative podcast created by her about her investigation into Cam Candor, the pseudonym of a podcast creator who produced over a hundred different podcasts in the 2000s and 2010s, never making more than a pilot episode of each. As the podcast goes on, we learn more about the entertainment climate in the near future in which B.K. makes the podcast and it becomes clear that there are greater forces at play.
The first season was released in 2021. The podcast is part of the Fable & Folly Network.
!!Tropes
* DrivingQuestion: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin In case the title didn't give it away]], the identity and fate of the mysterious Cam Candor.
* {{Megacorp}}: The unnamed company that has completely monopolized entertainment in the time the podcast is made; it even owns the podcast network B.K. works for.
* ShowWithinAShow: We hear samples of many of the Cam Candor podcasts that are discussed in the podcast:
** ''Mr. Fezziwhig Talks Crumpets'', a combination of a Victorian comedy of manners and MurderMystery.
** ''Bedminster'', a 1940s-styled SoapOpera about Ivanka Trump and her conflict with Melania.
** ''Filthy Nuns of the Holy Roman Empire'', an erotic drama set in a monastery.
* RecurringElement: As B.K. starts to notice, many of Cam Candor's podcasts feature [[spoiler:some sort of severed finger]].
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: B.K. buys the drive containing the Cam Candor podcasts in 2033. It's unknown exactly when the podcast is produced, but we are gradually filled in on some of the events that happened between then and the present.
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''Who is Cam Candor?'' is a investigative {{Mockumentary}} comedy podcast.
B.K. Will is a "Cultural Obscurist", someone who studies lost and overlooked art from years ago. The series is written as an investigative podcast created by her about her investigation into Cam Candor, the pseudonym of a podcast creator who produced over a hundred different podcasts in the 2000s and 2010s, never making more than a pilot episode of each. As the podcast goes on, we learn more about the entertainment climate in the near future in which B.K. makes the podcast and it becomes clear that there are greater forces at play.
The first season was released in 2021. The podcast is part of the Fable & Folly Network.
!!Tropes
* DrivingQuestion: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin In case the title didn't give it away]], the identity and fate of the mysterious Cam Candor.
* {{Megacorp}}: The unnamed company that has completely monopolized entertainment in the time the podcast is made; it even owns the podcast network B.K. works for.
* ShowWithinAShow: We hear samples of many of the Cam Candor podcasts that are discussed in the podcast:
** ''Mr. Fezziwhig Talks Crumpets'', a combination of a Victorian comedy of manners and MurderMystery.
** ''Bedminster'', a 1940s-styled SoapOpera about Ivanka Trump and her conflict with Melania.
** ''Filthy Nuns of the Holy Roman Empire'', an erotic drama set in a monastery.
* RecurringElement: As B.K. starts to notice, many of Cam Candor's podcasts feature [[spoiler:some sort of severed finger]].
* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: B.K. buys the drive containing the Cam Candor podcasts in 2033. It's unknown exactly when the podcast is produced, but we are gradually filled in on some of the events that happened between then and the present.
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