Profiles In Eccentricity

This week Matt delivers a history of chopped up baseball with the saga of the Pittsburgh Pirates 80s coke addiction!!

This week John shares the tale of the most offensive band in history.

This week the boys play the clips they've been mumbling and stuttering about for a while from eccentric films, songs and of course, porn.

Chris Crittenden shares the story of Steve Rocco, who built the culture of modern skateboarding despite facing challenges and discrimination. They discuss Rocco's strategic business moves, controversial ads, and the empowerment of skateboarders in the industry. They also explore the motivations of defiance and the unconventional drive behind Rocco's success. Discover the significance of enthusiasm and the potential for weaponizing it to inspire others.

This episode John profiles the combative art of Chris Burden, who willfully had himself shot to be taken seriously. Satirical and disturbing commercials, crucifixion to a Volkswagen and a habit of creating terrifying and visceral live performances and inventions were all a part of Burden's vision.

Matt delivers a maniacal portrait of a woman who left the Catholic church in Spain in the 16th century only to become a marauding menace to colonial South America, all while dressed as a man. She escapes death, incredibly meets family members a world away, and achieves glory and worldwide fame before death! Holy shit!

Special guest Adam Tod Brown talks about Vladimir Putin's secretly disturbing rise to power and the insane and sometimes (uncomfortably) hilarious things he does to expand that power.

John McAfee gets the profile treatment from Aaron in this episode and it is a wild, scary, fascinating and dirty ride! This is a hell of a story, folks, so get tucked in!

John tells the story of a 21 year old woman that fought Nazis in Germany at the height of the Second World War. Plus! Matt gives a history of piss in music!

John weaves a tale of Sex Pistols manager, artist, impresario and provocateur Malcolm McLaren and his loftiest aspirations to destroy pop music with a prank centered around the fetishization of children! Matt shares a funny porn clip! We announce the Patreon!