1 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: This is John Cameron Mitchell. My new fiction podcast series 2 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: Cancelation Island, recorded in front of a live audience, stars 3 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:13,920 Speaker 1: Holly Hunter as Karen, a wellness influencer who launches a 4 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:18,480 Speaker 1: rehab for the recently canceled, complete with a specially curated 5 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:19,760 Speaker 1: gen Z staff. 6 00:00:20,040 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 2: Karen, what I lack in life experience, I make up 7 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 2: for uncertainty. 8 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: Welcome to Cancelation Island, the hottest celebrity rehab this side 9 00:00:29,600 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: of the Bermuda Triangle. In the future, we will all 10 00:00:32,720 --> 00:00:36,240 Speaker 1: be canceled for fifteen minutes, but don't worry. We'll take 11 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:39,559 Speaker 1: you from broke to woke or your money back. Our 12 00:00:39,600 --> 00:00:42,520 Speaker 1: canceled clients are there to make a fresh start, whether 13 00:00:42,560 --> 00:00:43,519 Speaker 1: they want it or not. 14 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 3: You were, in effect canceled when a number of women 15 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:52,080 Speaker 3: came forward with charges of sexual harassment. They're all lying, 16 00:00:52,600 --> 00:00:55,720 Speaker 3: All two hundred and fifty one women are lying. Yeah. 17 00:00:56,040 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 4: So this Cancelation Island is your idea it Carl. 18 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:05,400 Speaker 3: It's a pilot project that will attempt to rehabilitate reputationally 19 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:10,319 Speaker 3: disadvantaged individuals on a beautiful, uninhabited island in the Gulf 20 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:10,880 Speaker 3: of Mexico. 21 00:01:10,959 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 4: Uninhabited. 22 00:01:11,760 --> 00:01:14,039 Speaker 3: Let's cut to the chase, Carl, you could very well 23 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 3: be a perfect candidate. 24 00:01:15,959 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 1: But a nine month program for the canceled isn't all 25 00:01:19,000 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 1: privileged walks and trust exercises. Strange things happen here, things 26 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:28,679 Speaker 1: that make our guests question if they're really here to 27 00:01:28,760 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 1: be healed? 28 00:01:31,400 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 3: What is that? 29 00:01:32,360 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 4: Jesus Christ? Is this part of the farrahae? 30 00:01:36,080 --> 00:01:41,760 Speaker 1: Cancelation Islands? Revolutionary rehab therapies like bad Touch Football, anti 31 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: Racism spin class, and mandatory ayahuasca ceremonies are designed to 32 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: force the cancel to confront their worst impulses. But everything 33 00:01:51,080 --> 00:01:54,240 Speaker 1: starts to fall apart when people start disappearing. 34 00:01:56,480 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 4: That sounded like Chris, What is going on? I'm scared, Karen? 35 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 4: What do we do? 36 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:02,240 Speaker 3: Please stay where you are, Karen. 37 00:02:02,280 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 4: There's no sign of Chris. Karen, where have you brought us? 38 00:02:06,800 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 1: From dubious healing rituals to conspiracy theories that seem uncomfortably real? 39 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 1: Things unravel quickly on Cancelation Island? 40 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 3: Cananon? Isn't it Quanon? 41 00:02:18,600 --> 00:02:18,680 Speaker 1: No? 42 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:19,520 Speaker 4: Karen? 43 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:23,079 Speaker 2: Q is over? KA is the new Q, and K 44 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:26,880 Speaker 2: is mostly concerned with the secret Blizzard people. 45 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,160 Speaker 4: The only person who defended me was K of that 46 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 4: Kookie cannon. 47 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 2: Are you ka? 48 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,720 Speaker 4: Are you U K? Are you k no? 49 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:36,080 Speaker 2: Are you UK? 50 00:02:36,760 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 4: I am not am I? 51 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 2: Were you vaccinated? 52 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 4: Of course I've at five fives ors, three monkey packs. 53 00:02:43,320 --> 00:02:45,160 Speaker 4: Is in a shingle? My dad refused every shot and 54 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:45,720 Speaker 4: now he's dead. 55 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: So hi one, Why are people vanishing without a trace? 56 00:02:50,320 --> 00:02:54,360 Speaker 1: Are they escaping the island or are they being picked off? 57 00:02:54,720 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 4: The ground is shaky? Shut up, kyoko, it's an earthquake. 58 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:08,919 Speaker 4: Get out of the bed. Oh my god, something's coming 59 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:09,800 Speaker 4: out of that hole. 60 00:03:12,320 --> 00:03:16,880 Speaker 1: Cancelation Island, where a second chance might just be your last. 61 00:03:20,560 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: Cancelation Island from Topic Studios and iHeart Podcasts starting on 62 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 1: February ninth, on the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever 63 00:03:30,320 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 1: you get your podcasts.