Profiles In Eccentricity

Join Alfonso de Portago, a dashing race car driver from Spain, Denham Fouts, the charming socialite, and Gunter Sachs, a charismatic figure in the playboy elite, as they recount thrilling tales of their extravagant lives in mid-20th century Europe. Listen to Portago's dramatic racing escapades and tragic end at the Mille Miglia, Fouts's bohemian journey through art and addiction, and Sachs's glamorous adventures that shaped high society. It's a lively discussion brimming with humor, romance, and the indulgent allure of a bygone era.

Chemistry prodigy turned nuclear threat, David Hahn, showcases his DIY nuclear energy experiments, earning him an Eagle Scout badge. The podcast touches on his childhood fascination with chemistry, resourcefulness in acquiring radioactive materials, and dangerous endeavors building a breeder reactor in his mother's shed.

Rod Ansell, a young Australian boy, survived in the hostile wilderness for two months, inspiring the film Crocodile Dundee. His life took a dark turn with legal troubles and drug abuse, leading to a fatal confrontation with law enforcement due to meth-induced paranoia.

This week Matt profiles a time and place! The Mississippi River in the early 1800s takes in crime, geological aberrations, natural disasters and local politics in fascinating ways and identifies river folk as their own unique breed!

Explore the scandalous life of Porfirio Rubirosa Ariza, a charismatic Latin lover with a reputation for his legendary anatomy and extravagant lifestyle. Delve into his forbidden love affairs, diplomatic adventures, and scandalous relationships with wealthy women, offering a glimpse into a bygone era of glamour and mystery.

This week Matt shares the story of three Polish American boys- Butch, Pops and Peanuts -who grew up poor in Chicago, stealing food to survive and later went on to be responsible for some of the largest robberies in American history with endless arrests, schemes, bribes, chases, prison terms, bullet wounds, and heists in between!

This week Johnboy shares the story of the chain-smoking combative talk show host that courted controversy and violence in the brief time his show soared in popularity before burning out abruptly!

We're off this week, but here's a little extra episode from our patreon. We talk wild nature, porn blocking, bee facts, SBF, and more. Only $5 per month. Find us at https://www.patreon.com/profilesineccentricity

This week Aaron treats the lads to the far out ideas of John Kellogg, from his progressive ideas about diet, cleanliness and exercise to his problematic notions about sex, genetics and masturbation prevention through genital mutilation! 

This week Johnboy assembles a team of vengeance-driven eccentric characters from the recent past, including a 60s femme fatale film star, an abused-child-turned-abuser-hunter and a man with a chip on his shoulder, meth in his system, and the know-how to wage a one man war on the town that let him down!