Mass Daylight Savings errors. An atrocious traffic jam. Rampant occurrences of the bus scene from Whiplash. All of these highly-plausible scenarios could result in half of an orchestra not being able to attend a performance. In order to assist music directors around the world, the Modern Mucker sets off to determine the absolute worst-case scenario for a semi-orchestra so that they can plan to avoid this situation at all costs.

Thanks to our experts:

David Charles Abell

Boson Mo

Brandon Bell

Discussed in this episode:

The Sackbutt

Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer"

Tchaikovsky's "Waltz of the Flowers"

— Credits —

• Created, Hosted, and Produced by Mike Schubert

• Written and Researched by Ananya Hegde and Mike Schubert

• Editing, Scoring, and Sound Design by Brandon Grugle

• Senior Project Management by Fredia Lucas

• Theme by Evan Cunningham

• Art by Jessica E. Boyd

• Executive Production by Multitude

— Modern Muckraker Online —

• Website: https://www.modernmuck.com

• Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/modernmuck

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modernmuck

— About The Show —

Modern Muckraker is an investigative journalism podcast about pop culture questions no one has dared to ask. With the help of actual, highly-qualified experts, host Mike Schubert will apply excruciatingly thorough research methods and intense scrutiny to get to the bottom of these seemingly unanswerable questions. Season 1 releases new episodes on Mondays from Oct. 11 to Nov. 1 2021. Learn more at https://www.modernmuck.com

IHOP's National Free Pancake Day is perfect. However, no one has ever had the perfect National Free Pancake Day. Until now, as Mike Schubert the Modern Muckraker team lay the groundwork for how you can maximize pancake consumption on America's greatest annual tradition.

Thanks to our experts:

Lina Ehlermann

Allie Smith

Susan Chapman

Yvette Rippee

Discussed in this episode:

Sal’s GitHub project to calculate IHOP density

— Credits —

• Created, Hosted, and Produced by Mike Schubert

• Written by Salvatore Testa and Mike Schubert

• Editing, Scoring, and Sound Design by Brandon Grugle

• Senior Project Management by Fredia Lucas

• Research by Alyssa Esteban

• Theme by Evan Cunningham

• Art by Jessica E. Boyd

• Executive Production by Multitude

— Modern Muckraker Online —

• Website: https://www.modernmuck.com

• Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/modernmuck

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modernmuck

— About The Show —

Modern Muckraker is an investigative journalism podcast about pop culture questions no one has dared to ask. With the help of actual, highly-qualified experts, host Mike Schubert will apply excruciatingly thorough research methods and intense scrutiny to get to the bottom of these seemingly unanswerable questions. Season 1 releases new episodes on Mondays from Oct. 11 to Nov. 1 2021. Learn more at https://www.modernmuck.com

Our heads are in the game, our hearts are in the song, but is our budget in any realm of possibility? In today's episode of Modern Muckraker, Mike Schubert and the team dive into the details of this Disney classic to determine whether or not the Wildcats' school spending could reasonably exist in their New Mexican setting.

Thanks to our experts:

Haley Hastings

Gordon Cox

Jake Masters

Juliana Varner

— Credits —

• Created, Hosted, and Produced by Mike Schubert

• Written by Gracie Canaan and Mike Schubert

• Editing, Scoring, and Sound Design by Brandon Grugle

• Senior Project Management by Fredia Lucas

• Research by Alyssa Esteban

• Theme by Evan Cunningham

• Art by Jessica E. Boyd

• Executive Production by Multitude

— Modern Muckraker Online —

• Website: https://www.modernmuck.com

• Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/modernmuck

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/modernmuck

— About The Show —

Modern Muckraker is an investigative journalism podcast about pop culture questions no one has dared to ask. With the help of actual, highly-qualified experts, host Mike Schubert will apply excruciatingly thorough research methods and intense scrutiny to get to the bottom of these seemingly unanswerable questions. Season 1 releases new episodes on Mondays from Oct. 11 to Nov. 1 2021. Learn more at https://www.modernmuck.com