Profiles In Eccentricity

John Fahy, Aaron Pita, Matt Brousseau
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Apr 9, 2020 • 1h 20min

Self Made Double Agent: Juan Pujol Garcia

This week Aaron tells the boys about the Spaniard who faked spying on the British for the Nazis and created 27 imaginary fellow agents all reporting a mixture of truths and horseshit.
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Apr 6, 2020 • 1h 31min

Patreon Preview: Destroying NYC

In this episode from the Patreon vault: Matt runs down a list of how New York City has been destroyed through popular fiction, but then also some moments in popular non-fiction. Very popular stuff. Natural disasters, man-made disasters, laughable disasters, they're all there. Patreon.com/ProfilesInEccentricity $1 per month gets you an old patreon episode every weekday during quarantine and ad-free regular episodes. $5 per month gets you ALL patreon episodes, including new patreon episodes every weekend, and ad-free regulars. Plus, we have merch and we'll be tossing up extra dumb shit every week.
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Apr 1, 2020 • 1h 45min

Fraud, Porn, Murder: The Life And Associates of Navred Reef AKA Tom Van Der Feer

This week John tells the boys about the mysterious murder of a Dutch pornographer who linked up with the mafia and ran credit card scams when he wasn't rubbing elbows with Broadway stars! Patreon.com/ProfilesInEccentricity $1 per month gets you an old patreon episode every weekday during quarantine and ad-free regular episodes. $5 per month gets you ALL patreon episodes, including new patreon episodes every weekend, and ad-free regulars. Plus, we have merch and we'll be tossing up extra dumb shit every week.
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Mar 30, 2020 • 1h 14min

Patreon Preview: The Year Of The Spies and Filthy Civil War Letters

An old patreon episode for some extra listening this week. Great friend Laura Crawford joins to tell us about The Year Of The Spies. Matt brings some filthy Civil War letters for the whole gang to read. WARNING: Very Explicit. Patreon.com/ProfilesInEccentricity $1 per month gets you an old patreon episode every weekday during quarantine and ad-free regular episodes. $5 per month gets you ALL patreon episodes, including new patreon episodes every weekend, and ad-free regulars. Plus, we have merch and we'll be tossing up extra dumb shit every week.
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Mar 27, 2020 • 1h 54min

The Earth Is Concave: The Koreshan Unity Cult

This episode Matt shares the tale of the cult that believed the world was round, but inside out! Before that, Aaron shares the story of Ignaz Semmelweis, the doctor who popularized washing your fucking hands!!
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Mar 23, 2020 • 1h 9min

Patreon Preview: The Fat Man And The English Bastard: Jim Brady and Jack Churchill

In week two of the partial shutdown, we bring you another extra episode from the vault. This old Patreon features the profiles of Jim Brady, notorious fat, rich American and John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, infamous model, soldier, sword carrying member of the war.
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Mar 19, 2020 • 1h 3min

Knocked Out And Shipped Out: Shanghai Kelly

This week Johnboy tells the lads about the maniac who sold men into involuntarily working on ships by knocking them out with drinks, opium, or just a good old fashioned beating.
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Mar 17, 2020 • 1h 8min

Patreon Preview: Aaron Explains It All: Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey

In light of the virus we decided to dish up our first Patreon episode as an extra for fans stuck in their homes this week.
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Mar 11, 2020 • 1h 22min

Freaks and Geeks: Living Skeletons and Eating Machines

This week Matt treats the boys to a gallery of geeks, humans exhibited for their ability to eat anything, and the freaks known as living skeletons. Plus, Aaron adds more unkillable soldier tales!
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Mar 4, 2020 • 2h 26min

Nasal Reflex 101 with Shane Mauss

This week Shane Mauss is our guest and we get into his deep dive with psychedelic drugs that temporarily drove him to lose the plot while also discussing the bad science of nose-perv Wilhelm Fliess, the discovery of the x-ray, gravity-hater Roger Babson, and eugenics moron Sir Francis Dalton.

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