

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.
Episodes
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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?

Jun 3, 2021 • 1h 56min
Rich And Dangerously Insane: Harry Kendall Thaw
In this episode, John tells the boys about the rivalry between two mega-rich scumbags and their obsession with the same model which culminated in a murder at Madison Square Garden and "The Trial Of The Century!"

May 21, 2021 • 1h 29min
Queen Of The Desert: Lady Hester Stanhope
This week Johnboy treats the lads to the saga of a woman who escaped British aristocrat life to become an adventurer in the middle east! Before walling herself into her own home to die, Hester Stanhope would pioneer archaeological excavations and become a local legend decades before Lawrence of Arabia.

May 6, 2021 • 1h 32min
Caligula: Incest, Torture and All Types Of Ill Shit
This week Johnboy treats the lads to the saga of Caligula, the most murderous, perverted, maniacal Roman emporer of all! Throwing people to their deaths and banging all of his sisters and making the senate pimp their wives and daughters - does this guy know how to party or what?

Apr 23, 2021 • 3h 6min
Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet
This week Aaron tackles the famed turn-of-the-20th-century clairvoyant who gave sick patients miraculously accurate treatments and remedies while locked in a hypnotic state! An extensive discussion about the unexplained ensues, but before all that we have a phone interview with a couple who visited a famously romantic getaway; The Tik'!

Apr 16, 2021 • 3h 30min
Rube Waddell: Baseball's Pitching Savant
This week Matt brings the story of the hard drinking, hard fishing Hall of Fame pitcher, gator rassler, and brick thrower who tormented both teammates and opponents alike. Get the outfielders off the field!

Apr 10, 2021 • 2h 16min
Jacques Mesrine: Man Of A Thousand Faces
This week Johnboy tells the lads about a man known as the kamikaze of crime, Jacques Mesrine. International bank robbery and multiple prison escapes happen across continents as Mesrine eludes capture with endless disguises...and wigs! Plus another phone call to the Tik!