

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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Apr 1, 2021 • 2h 14min
A Raft With Its Own Stamps: Micronations
This week Matt treats the lads to several examples of micronations; small, small, small, countries and the weirdos that start them. Really small countries. Like, smaller than your house. But before that, we get more calls from listeners to the Tiki Adult Theater!

Mar 26, 2021 • 1h 46min
Shoko Asahara: Aum Supreme Truth and The Search For Armageddon
This week Johnboy tells the lads about the charismatic half-blind cult leader that recruited brilliant minds in Japan and Russia to build weapons of mass destruction in anticipation of Doomsday. Yikes! Plus, we get an incredible fan interaction at the beginning of this episode!

Mar 19, 2021 • 2h 37min
Black Samurai: The Story Of Yasuke
This week Aaron tells the gripping story of the African bodyguard who served as the right hand to a Portuguese Jesuit missionary before becoming a samurai in feudal Japan! Plus we call the Tiki Adult Theater with a few questions!

Mar 13, 2021 • 2h 9min
Bloodbath and Beyond: The Cruel Saga of Elizabeth Bathory
This week John treats the boys to the legend of the noblewoman who may be the most prolific female murderer of all time. Bathing in the blood of her victims to keep her beauty or just torturing servants and eating their flesh? Either way, that's a dracala!

Mar 7, 2021 • 2h 24min
Eccentric Media IX: Turn Up The Volume Pills, All Is Paul
Anti-drug PSAs, pro-semen drug PSAs, nightmarish public access shows, a dive bar infested with reporters, a movie that never was, and a guidebook to having sex around the globe. You know the drill, it's a media episode with the peepee boys! *Be advised hearing the first part of the Elagabalus episode is necessary for one long ass joke.

Feb 20, 2021 • 1h 46min
Hans Münch: The Good Man Of Auschwitz
Courage and cowardice dominate the discussion during Johnboy's profile of the Nazi doctor who faked horrific experiments a la Angel of Death Josef Mengele in order to keep prisoners from being executed at Auschwitz concentration camp.

Feb 12, 2021 • 2h 57min
Bears Versus Ideology: The Free Town Project
This week Matt tells the lads about the New England hamlet that was flooded by libertarians seeking political refuge from government until bears showed up!

Feb 4, 2021 • 2h 6min
Elagabalus: It's Just Like Sol
This week John tells the boys about the decadent Roman emperor that was an occasional prostitute, appointed men with huge cocks to high government positions and went in search of a sex change! But before all of this, Aaron and John celebrate the iconic perv character played by Juliet Anderson in the Taboo series of pornographic films.

Jan 29, 2021 • 1h 34min
The Vagrant Photographer: Miroslav Tichy
This week Johnboy tells the lads about the Czech artist who became a dissident outcast after the invasion of the Soviet Union and created a massive trove of voyeur photography with cameras he built from trash!

Jan 22, 2021 • 3h 8min
Elizabeth Van Lew: Civil War Secret Agent
This week Matt treats us to the excellent story of a woman during the civil war who collaborated with a network of slaves, northerners and sympathizers to undermine the confederate forces in her local Virginia. She pretends to be a gator, but she's a beaver the whole time!