

Profiles In Eccentricity
John Fahy, Aaron Pita, Matt Brousseau
A show about weirdos. Hosted by comedians John Fahy, Aaron Pita, and Matt Brousseau, each episode tells a tale about someone who lives afoul of the rules most of us live by.
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Jun 22, 2023 • 1h 50min
“Crazy” Eddie Antar: Insane Price
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!

Jun 15, 2023 • 2h 3min
Rob Ford: The Mayor Is On The Pipe
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.

Jun 8, 2023 • 1h 19min
Workout Demon: Bernarr “Body Love” MacFadden
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!

Jun 1, 2023 • 1h 45min
Eccentric Media XIV: Barely Getting Bi
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!

May 25, 2023 • 1h 36min
Death Row Baseball: The Wyoming State Penitentiary All-Stars
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?

May 18, 2023 • 2h 5min
Another Antarctic Ice Capade: Ernest Shackleton
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?

May 11, 2023 • 2h 26min
The Doomed Expedition: Robert Falcon Scott
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.

May 4, 2023 • 1h 23min
The Man To Beat: Oofty Goofty
This week Johnboy shares the story of the man who destroyed his body with tar while portraying a racist monstrosity and found that the disaster left him immune to pain and made a career out of being thrown, kicked, beaten by bats, fists, cudgels and even the world heavyweight boxing champion with a pool cue!

Apr 27, 2023 • 1h 30min
Four Irish Maniacs: John Curran, James "Butt" Riley, John "One Lung" Curran, James Leo "One Eyed" Connelly
This week Johnboy provides four Irish lads that are all a bit off! The thug who used his head to break down doors! The one eyed man who successfully snuck into political and sporting events! The unofficial prison tour guide and "jail groupie!" The man who attacked cops and wrote poetry about it! Featuring Werner Squirts-Hog!!!!

Apr 20, 2023 • 1h 29min
Nazi Nicky Crane: Secretive Skinhead
This week Johnboy treats the lads to the story of a bigoted thug whose reputation was so fearsome that nobody dared challenge him when his double life and hypocrisy were exposed! But first, Matt goes mango mad in Cultural Revolution-era China!