

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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Oct 2, 2021 • 1h 27min
Surrealist Prank Caller: Longmont Potion Castle
This week John takes a look at the anonymous person behind the Longmont Potion Castle recordings of prank "phone work" dating back to 1986, spanning almost 20 albums and celebrated among the metal and punk underground communities as stupid-genius!

Sep 17, 2021 • 2h 17min
We Love You Norm Macdonald
This episode the boys reflect on the singular, fearless, comedian everyone loved and discuss his career, ethics and astonishingly subversive humor. Goodnight Norm, we love you.

Sep 2, 2021 • 1h 55min
Nazi Titanic: Night And Ice
This week John tells the boys about Joseph Goebbels and the Third Reich's film "Titanic," a movie that led to the director's execution and more deaths on board a ship than the Titanic itself.

Aug 26, 2021 • 2h 19min
A Better Story Than The Bible: Oscar Kiss Maerth
This week Matt treats the boys to the alternate history of mankind through the eyes of the author who believes we descended from cannibalistic apes whose brains grew too large for our skulls and set us on a path of de-evolution! Plus Aaron treats us to estranged twins on opposite ends of the second world war!

Aug 19, 2021 • 2h 12min
Deadly Duality: The Haunting Saga Of Stewart and Cyril Marcus
This week John tells the boys about the twin brothers who revolutionized fertility medicine and rose to celebrity before drug addiction codependency and denial led them to withdraw and spiral further into madness.

Aug 11, 2021 • 1h 34min
No Prison Can Hold Him: Richard Lee McNair
Join America's most accomplished prison escapee, Richard Lee McNair, as he shares his daring escape from a federal prison in Louisiana in 2006 by concealing himself in mailbags. The podcast also discusses scandalous incidents at a French restaurant, ethical complexities of observing individuals without consent, and playful banter on various topics like unconventional prison escapes and infamous criminals.

Jul 29, 2021 • 2h 53min
Ned Buntline: Don't Believe Everything That You Read
This week Matt regales the boys with the story of an upstart prolific writer who crafted stories of heroes and seduced the public and ultimately tried to seize power behind the wall of lies he'd created!

Jul 15, 2021 • 2h 5min
CIA Black Sorcerer: Sidney Gottlieb, LSD and MK Ultra
This week Aaron treats the lads to the tale of the Jewish chemist who tried to create a mind control program for the CIA, along the way dosing his unwitting coworkers with acid and developing torture methods that endure to this very day!

Jun 25, 2021 • 1h 48min
Eccentric Media X: Ice T Mantras and Maniacal Manifestos
This week the boys return for the tenth installment of Eccentric Media with obscure leaflets Aaron's childhood commercial acting, pearls of wisdom from Ice T and much more!

Jun 17, 2021 • 2h 18min
Joseph Knowles: Nature Man
This week Matt treats the boys to the story of a man who braved the wilderness and slayed creatures in order to survive as a publicity stunt...but was he lying to create hype or actually a survivor of the boonies?