A velvet-lined vault room with brass pigeonholes full of envelopes sealed with red wax, a vintage microphone under a spotlight and a worn leather armchair beside a table with two glasses of water.

A podcast from Scallywag Media · Now booking season one

Some opinions are true.
You're still not allowed to have them.

Every office, family and group chat has a vault of things everyone quietly believes and nobody says. We open the envelopes, one per episode, and argue about them like grown-ups: carefully, cheerfully, and with the door locked.

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House rules

This is not a shouting show.

Steelman first. Before anyone argues against an idea, they have to state it so well its fans would applaud.
Punch at ideas, never at people. Opinions are fair game. Your cousin is not.
Changing your mind is the highlight. We ring a little brass bell when it happens on air.
Evidence beats volume. If you're loud, bring a source. If you're right, bring two.
If everyone's nodding, we've failed. Agreement is lovely. It is not an episode.

The management

The Opinion Vault

Write the thing you think but don't say. Seal it in wax. It never leaves your device: nothing you type here is sent anywhere. It's just nice to get it out of your head and into an envelope.

My forbidden opinion

Before you seal it I think it's actually true, not just fun to say. I could explain the other side fairly. I'd say it kindly, to someone who disagrees.

Wax

Your opinion goes here.

Write something, tick the boxes you honestly can, and seal it.

Your pigeonholes (stored only in this browser)

Pick season one

Vote for the episodes you'd actually listen to. Vote as many as you like. We'll make the ones people pick.

Keep the vault open

We're figuring out how this show pays for its microphone. Tap what you'd actually do. Nothing is charged; this tells us what to build.

Some opinions are true.You're still not allowed to have them.