Profiles In Eccentricity

Hiro “Rocky” Aoki, Benihana founder, a successful immigrant story immersed in boat racing, gambling, backgammon, and women. The rise of Benihana, attracting celebrities like Muhammad Ali and Sean Connery. Aoki's interests in backgammon and speedboat racing, including a serious accident. Failed attempts at opening a seafood spin-off restaurant, involvement in other business ventures, and a lawsuit against Benihana. The success and influence of Steve Aoki, founder of Dim Mak Records. Conan the Barbarian movie and its connection to the sword and sorcery subgenre. An exclusive nightclub, Japanese humor, and a joyful birthday wish.

This week Matt brings us the story of Canada Lee, a gifted black child musician who abandoned the violin to become a jockey and then a pro boxer before ultimately turning to acting and becoming a pioneer in the art form alongside Orson Welles!

This week the boys submerge into the topical history of submarines with a look at the CSS Hunley, the craft used in the only successful submarine attack of the civil war - but it’s flawed design killed more working and testing the craft than Northern enemies and it’s designer would go on to the world of bomb makers and con men before mysteriously dying and reappearing in another scam!

This week Matt treats the lads to the saga of Crazy Eddie, the sales and advertising icon of New York who pioneered as much in advertising as he innovated inventory and tax scams while battling the jealousy within his own family!

Explore the scandalous tenure of Rob Ford, the former mayor of Toronto, known for his involvement in smoking crack cocaine and poor performance. Learn about Douglas's success in the stickers business and Rob's football aspirations. Delve into Rob Ford's early career, political aspirations, and campaign strategies. Uncover the controversies and eccentricities surrounding Rob Ford, his stance on gay rights, and controversial actions and statements. Discover his struggles with substance abuse and the factors that contributed to his troubled reign as mayor.

This week Johnboy tells the boys about the original health nut and tabloid news pioneer who eschewed medicine in favor of starvation and pseudoscience, wrestled his employees and brought news reporting to a whole new low!

The boys are back this week with yet another media episode! This time we’ve got a cross section of porn titles, a Japanese Twin Peaks coffee commercial series, a train enthusiast on YouTube, bizarre music videos, an NFL rap song, a penis pump pitchman and so much more! 

This week Matt treats the boys to the story of the prison that started a baseball team full of rapists, thieves and murderers - and one forger - to play for the public while the players awaited execution! But was their star player truly guilty of murder?

Matt brings the boys another South Pole dance; this time on a mission to cross the continent! Ernest Shackleton and his crew have lost their ship and spiral out into the ocean on ice flows! Now a small crew have decided to brave a passage of ocean to send for help - who will survive and what will be left of them?

This podcast explores the harrowing race to the South Pole between British and Norwegian explorers, filled with betrayal, poor decisions, and brutal weather conditions. They discuss the challenges of navigation, the differences in approach between Amundsen and Scott, the Terra Nova expedition and its scientific goals, the extreme conditions of Antarctica, collecting penguin eggs, the journey and challenges faced by the polar party, and the mysterious disappearance of the protagonist.