Etiquette has a new judge.
Graham Cameron and Neil Zumwalde investigate improvised social lawbreaking in a moderately thrilling, low-stakes fictional true crime podcast. We weekly and boldly prosecute the most innocuous violations of social decorum in a world that’s both too polite for its own good, and too shamelessly chaotic to continue unpunished.
In each episode, one of us brings a "case file", an unlegislated social law. We collectively create a scene in which this law is broken, leaving the other to react to the unfolding etiquette crime with shock, confusion, support, or judgment.
Then we drop the act and deliberate on the correct legal consequences.
The crime? Social faux pas that we all secretly fear.
The trial? Ten to fifteen minutes of litigation.
We bravely dig into these micro-crimes, cross-examine experts (ourselves), and debate whether these laws should be upheld, expanded, or struck from the record entirely.
Tune in for untrue crime, biting social commentary, courtroom drama (minus the stakes and education), and the gratification of seeing manners put on trial. It’s a procedural where the crime is petty, but the crossexaminations are also petty.
In a world teeming with rules you didn't even know existed, Premeditated is your court of last resort.
Etiquette has a new judge.
Graham Cameron and Neil Zumwalde investigate improvised social lawbreaking in a moderately thrilling, low-stakes fictional true crime podcast. We weekly and boldly prosecute the most innocuous violations of social decorum in a world that’s both too polite for its own good, and too shamelessly chaotic to continue unpunished.
In each episode, one of us brings a "case file", an unlegislated social law. We collectively create a scene in which this law is broken, leaving the other to react to the unfolding etiquette crime with shock, confusion, support, or judgment.
Then we drop the act and deliberate on the correct legal consequences.
The crime? Social faux pas that we all secretly fear.
The trial? Ten to fifteen minutes of litigation.
We bravely dig into these micro-crimes, cross-examine experts (ourselves), and debate whether these laws should be upheld, expanded, or struck from the record entirely.
Tune in for untrue crime, biting social commentary, courtroom drama (minus the stakes and education), and the gratification of seeing manners put on trial. It’s a procedural where the crime is petty, but the crossexaminations are also petty.
In a world teeming with rules you didn't even know existed, Premeditated is your court of last resort.
Ding Dong! No, it’s not the death of the Wicked Witch. It’s the arrival of the elevator at a non-schedule floor.
But, oh poop! Someone’s trying to get on!
Act Quick! Do you:
A) Hammer Door Close
B) Heroically throw your arm in between the Jaws of Death
C) Pretend to do a NYT mini crossword
D) Offer your fellow rider a Laffy Taffy
This week’s leather dossier was brought to our desk by the undisputed first chair cellist, Jasmine Elist (@jasmineelist), who graciously stepped away from the Vienna Philharmonic to lay some ground rules about elevator etiquette.
It’s a hot button topic, and the elevator buttons are hot too! This is a civil case you DON’T want to miss.
Hosted by Graham Cameron and Neil Zumwalde
Guest: Jasmine Elist (@jasmineelist)
Insta: @premeditatedpod