Episode 24: Dawn on the Coast

The episode for "Dawn on the Coast" was originally released on August 8, 2016. **You can listen to it here.** This episode is 49:47 long.This week's ghostwriter: Jan Carr.

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## Official Episode Description

Dawn is forced to choose between the grey purgatory of Stoneybrook and the breathtaking paradise of California. Which is upsetting for Jack and Tanner because they frankly didn't realize they had a choice when they decided to spend every passing moment living, breathing, and dreaming about Stoneybrook. Besides, how can any of us think about leaving when we're still not sure whether Mr. Spier can get it together and tell Dawn's mom how he feels BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE.

## Music Credits

* Sadness, by Vak Karapeshian, CC
* Holy is the Lord of Host Union Choir, CC
* Love You Forever, by Yu Hsing Jow, CC
* Manslaughter, by Irish Zombie Pirates, CC
* Distorted Mirrors, by Moritz Demmer, CC
* Original Intro by Scott Lamb

## Segments

###  Burn Of The Week

Tripman doesn’t have a sense of humor, so of course he’d need to go hear a lecture about the topic.

Pronounciation burn

Burn on Baby Nation: it’s not pronounced “Pie-ear One”.

Jack: the lame “surprise” of Dawn’s old friends

Tanner: Jeff and Luke dropped a sand crab in Dawn’s lap when she was very emotional.

###  Tearful Moment

Tanner: this book has the most tearful moments since the incident that shall not be named.

Tanner: “like I was a long-lost friend returning from the Great War”

Tanner and Jack: “Dawn, I would’ve missed you so much.”

Tanner: “Welcome home, Dawn” from the BSC

Tanner: A light rain is falling and the sun is trying to peek through.

## Theories

###  Doll Theory

Literal living doll on the airplane: a “kewpie doll stewardess”. Stoneybrook is a doll-infested wasteland, on the plane things are broken up and dolls roam. The plane is a liminal space between the areas where the dolls play.

###  Witchcraft

* The increasing absence of Logan
* Ghost of Ben Brewer

## Jack's References

* Rappers: Tupac as opposed to Biggie (The Notorious B.I.G.)
* Bible verses re: Egypt: Isiah 19, Jeremiah 43 and 44
* California is a metaphor for paradise, Connecticut is a place where people still need the guidance of the Holy Ghost
* ”when you go to the DVD store”
* Transformers, the movie
* Jack’s brain has archived “Ulysses”
* Romeo in Joliet (Jack references a play; it’s also a 2017 song)

## Tanner's References

* NYC is in a “heatdome”.
* Tanner sing “Paradise City” by Guns N’ Roses
* ”I wanna be a Dawn. I am a Claudia.”
* Anaheim, home of Disneyland
* Parent Trap
* Tripman is like Patrick Bateman from American Psycho
* Christopher Hitchens, Christopher Dawkins
* Jack’s brain has archived Proust.
* Coppelia from Episode 17: Jessi's Secret Language
* Dante’s Paradiso

## Notes

* Jack’s favorite character is Dawn.
* Religious significance and Dawn books…this book is about Dawn’s relationship with paradise. Dawn is the light.
* Mr. Spier, go to her.
* Let’s All Come In, the game
* Discussion of who should be the new BSC biz dev person: Shannon Kilbourne, Alan Gray.
* Jack brings up The Bet again

## Notable Non-Sitters

Jeff Schaefer, Mrs. Schaefer, Disneyland Daddy, Mr. Spier, Tripman, We Heart Kids Club, Shannon Kilbourne

## References & Links

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/BSCCPodcast/status/754007006986534912

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