

History Hyenas with Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas
Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas
Comedians Yannis Pappas and Chris Distefano are smoothie-drinking history cuties who bring wild energy to every episode of their podcast, History Hyenas! Join these two as they blend history and humor like never before. Get ready to laugh and learn with the boys!
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Nov 4, 2020 • 1h 9min
175 - The Electoral College is WILD!
It’s an F&B History Hyenas Halloween! The guys are late with celebrating but, hey they’re wild, just like the things they say in today's episode! Recorded a day before Election Day, Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas discuss the Electoral College and how we are the only country that votes this way. Chris is dressed up like Colonial Chrissy and Yannis is a Hyena fan, our guy Richie G! What’s going to happen, are we going to get sold to China like Chris says or get 4 more years of Donny T?! It is Biden vs. Trump and baby it's hard to say right now who is going to win! It’s hard to say because people are just horrible! They need celebrities to get naked in order to vote?! I mean come on people what are we doing?! But really, what are we doing? Should we still have the electoral college? It’s a system created in the 1700s and people have been trying to get rid of it as it is based on slavery. How do we fix this? Be like Elsa and just let it go? Should we have a popular vote? Politics are hard to understand, but the boys try their hardest to break it down! But let's be real DON'T EXPECT TOO MUCH HISTORY CUZ THEY GO FULL HYENA! Want more Hyena content? Check out www.patreon.com/bayridgeboys where things get really WILD! Follow us!: 🙆🏼♂️🐕🙆🏻♂️ 🙆🏼♂️Chris Distefano on Instagram, Twitter, website 🙆🏻♂️Yannis Pappas on Instagram, Twitter, website 🐕History Hyenas on Instagram, Twitter, website 🎥 Mike Lavin our producer on Instagram Subscribe to the poddy woddy on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, and HH Clips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 28, 2020 • 1h 19min
174 - History of the Comanches w Shane Gillis!
As Yannis Pappas is waiting for Beba Pappas to come into the world, we have the great Shane Gillis on as a guest host! Boys get straight into cars and how that the only dope thing about Christopher Columbus was that he rode into the Americas with wooden ships. Named after ladies that definitely did not have any fumare! Guys are talking Native Americans again and if we think that the holiday should be renamed to Indigenous Peoples’ Day brought to you by Christopher Columbus. Thoughts Cuzzies? Shane just finished a book from Joe Rogan’s reading list and came through to discuss badass Native Americans: The Comanche. The Comanche were from the Great Plains, which is considered Colorado, Kansas Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico today. They were some vicious dope horsemen that did some brutal things. In fairness, the settlers did try to take their land, so many raidings from the Indians and the new settlers that became the Plains Indian war starting in the 1850s. One of the most WILDEST stories was from Cynthia Ann Parker, a settler who was kidnapped in 1836, at age 10, by the Comanche war band. She lived with the Comanche people for 25 years learning the Comanche ways and forgetting English altogether. What is even WILDER what happens when her white family raids her tribe 25 years later? Be sure to listen to that story Cuz!! Chris Distefano tells Shane that he just got back from Salem, Massachusetts and he feels that things in 2020 are beginning to mirror what is happening during the witch hunts of the 17th century. For example who is going to be canceled next? They give props to Bill Burr’s monologue on SNL and that it was hilarious. He was doing what he does best, just tell jokes. Another great episode from da boys! Leaves you wondering: will you vote? Which way? Does it matter? Nothing matters. The only thing that matters right now is that you go to patreon.com/bayridgeboys and check out the WILD shit going on over there. 🙆🏼♂️🙆🏻♂️ GO CHECK OUT OUR SPONSORS CUZ! 👉 RAYCON ➡️ promo code: HYENAS15 ➡️ http://bit.ly/rayconHH 🐕 HAWTHORNE ➡️ promo code: HYENAS ➡️ https://hawthorne.co/ 🐕 MYBOOKIE ➡️ promo code: HYENAS ➡️ https://mybookie.ag/signup/ Want more Hyena content? Check out www.patreon.com/bayridgeboys where things get really WILD! Follow us!: 🙆🏼♂️🐕🙆🏻♂️ 🙆🏼♂️Chris Distefano on Instagram, Twitter, website 🙆🏻♂️Yannis Pappas on Instagram, Twitter, website 🐕History Hyenas on Instagram, Twitter, website Subscribe to the poddy woddy on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, and HH Clips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 21, 2020 • 1h 11min
173 - Harry Houdini was WILD!
Hyenas are back for another episode and this one is about the great magician Harry Houdini. Yannis is at home right now because he’s waiting for his beautiful baby girl to be born and Chris is in the studio in Bay Ridge Brooklyn!! Yannis isn’t sure if he will bring his new B - A - B - I trick or treating this year. But Chris is sure to be celebrating Halloween with his kids and might actually hand out black and white cookies to his trick or treaters! Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas of course discuss the dope tricks that Houdini performed, specifically his life-threatening ones that make no mistake were freaken WILD!!! Harry Houdini is a screwed in SQUEAK from Hungary that moved to The best city in the world, New York City!! He traveled the world doing tricks such as The Metamorphosis, Water Torture Cell, or the Milk Can Escape. He was no stranger to escaping locked handcuffs or jail cells, Cuzzie was talented! Want more Hyena content? Check out www.patreon.com/bayridgeboys where things get really WILD! Follow us!: 🙆🏼♂️🐕🙆🏻♂️ 🙆🏼♂️Chris Distefano on Instagram, Twitter, website 🙆🏻♂️Yannis Pappas on Instagram, Twitter, website 🐕History Hyenas on Instagram, Twitter, website Subscribe to the poddy woddy on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, and HH Clips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 14, 2020 • 1h 29min
172 - Indigenous Peoples' Day with Dan Soder
This week Chris Distefano is joined by comedian Dan Soder to talk about the history of Indigenous Peoples' Day. Yannis is currently waiting for his beba to come into this world so Danny came through to guest host. Make no mistake this kid is SCREWED IN with all things about Native American. The boys discuss the Indigenous Peoples' Day vs Columbus Day. Which should it be? Can we just admit as a country we are wrong move on? I mean does it matter? Nothing matterrrsss. THINGS GET WILD! Dan Soder mentions an organization that helps most Native Americans get clean water 👉 DIG DEEP check it out Cuz! Want more Hyena content? Check out www.patreon.com/bayridgeboys where things get really WILD! Follow us!: 🙆🏼♂️🐕🙆🏻♂️ 🙆🏼♂️Chris Distefano on Instagram, Twitter, website 🙆🏻♂️Yannis Pappas on Instagram, Twitter, website 🐕History Hyenas on Instagram, Twitter, website Subscribe to the poddy woddy on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, and HH Clips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 7, 2020 • 1h 27min
171 - Bridget Phetasy is WILD!
This week the guys have Bridget Phetasy AKA the female version of Yanni Long Days!! The group dives into their favorite Long Day platform: Twitter. The best platform to see when Yanni or Bridget is having a LONG DAY! As most people will find out soon, Bridget isn't a conservative, leans a bit to the right and a bit to the left! Phetasy just wants to find a political party where they are pro-choice and pro-gun, dassit! Chris Distefano, Yannis Pappas and Bridget discuss what is going to happen in the upcoming 2020 presidential election and bubbas they think Donny T may be the winner. Things are looking a little too similar like 2015 and there may be a few more closeted Trump supporters than Biden! But at the end of the day it doesn't matter, it's all narcism and reality is just a suggestion!!! Tell us your thoughts and GET READY FOR A LONG DAY! Want more Hyena content? Check out www.patreon.com/bayridgeboys where things get really WILD! Follow us!: 🙆🏼♂️🐕🙆🏻♂️ 🙆🏼♂️Chris Distefano on Instagram, Twitter, website 🙆🏻♂️Yannis Pappas on Instagram, Twitter, website 🐕History Hyenas on Instagram, Twitter, website Subscribe to the poddy woddy on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, and HH Clips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 30, 2020 • 1h 3min
170 - Tom Segura look alike was the Original Shaun King! WILD!
This week the HYENAS rip into the story of Clarence King who was some WILD Tom Segura look alike who lived a double life. He had a WHITE family in one part of town and a BLACK family in another. Why is history riddled with insane white people CUZ?!?! The boys also break down Jessica A. Krug AKA Jess La Bombalera, Shuan King, and Rachel Dolezal. THIS EP IS GONNA BE A TIGHT ROPE WALK STRAP IN!!! Want more Hyena content? Check out www.patreon.com/bayridgeboys where things get really WILD! Follow us!: 🙆🏼♂️🐕🙆🏻♂️ 🙆🏼♂️Chris Distefano on Instagram, Twitter, website 🙆🏻♂️Yannis Pappas on Instagram, Twitter, website 🐕History Hyenas on Instagram, Twitter, website Subscribe to the poddy woddy on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, and HH Clips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 23, 2020 • 1h 14min
169 - Tim Dillon is WILD!
This week the Hyenas are joined by comedian Tim Dillon! They chat about everything from New York being dead to predatory loans. STRAP IN CUZ THINGS GET WILD! Want more Hyena content? Check out www.patreon.com/bayridgeboys where things get really WILD! Follow us!: 🙆🏼♂️🐕🙆🏻♂️ 🙆🏼♂️Chris Distefano on Instagram, Twitter, website 🙆🏻♂️Yannis Pappas on Instagram, Twitter, website 🐕History Hyenas on Instagram, Twitter, website Subscribe to the poddy woddy on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, and HH Clips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 16, 2020 • 1h 6min
168 - Whitney Houston is WILD!
This week the hyenas jump into the history of Whitney Houston. This one hits home for Chrissy D because he's spent a majority of his life WERKING it to her music! YASSSSSS Want more Hyena content? Check out www.patreon.com/bayridgeboys where things get really WILD! Follow us!: 🙆🏼♂️🐕🙆🏻♂️ 🙆🏼♂️Chris Distefano on Instagram, Twitter, website 🙆🏻♂️Yannis Pappas on Instagram, Twitter, website 🐕History Hyenas on Instagram, Twitter, website Subscribe to the poddy woddy on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, and HH Clips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 9, 2020 • 1h 13min
167 - Joe Rogan is WILD!
Chris doesn’t have any hair gel, Yannis is going to have a baby soon and Joe Rogan is in Austin, Texas! Just the luck of the boys, as one of the Hyenas was on their way to Los Angeles, Mr. Rogan was outta there! So the guys thought it’d be fun to talk about the legend himself and how he came to be getting a YUGE deal at Spotify! Did you know that Joe Rogan used to live in faucken Boston?! Then he moved to New York City to be a full time comedian! The kid has been successful conquering the sitcom, reality shows, comedy scene and now podcasts! Did you know that Rogan was banned from the Comedy store for 6 years because of a fight with Carlos Mencia?!!! But make no mistake Joe Rogan is now the Jonny Carson of our time!!! Listen to this WILD ep of the guys going through Mr. Roro’s life! Want more Hyena content? Check out www.patreon.com/bayridgeboys where things get really WILD! Follow us!: 🙆🏼♂️🐕🙆🏻♂️ 🙆🏼♂️Chris Distefano on Instagram, Twitter, website 🙆🏻♂️Yannis Pappas on Instagram, Twitter, website 🐕History Hyenas on Instagram, Twitter, website Subscribe to the poddy woddy on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, and HH Clips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 2, 2020 • 54min
166 - It's our Birthday! YASSSS!
Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas celebrate their 40th Birthday! YAAAS Happy Birthday to the boys!! They both have a birthday a day apart, how cute?! Chris can’t go to the Renaissance Fair or Midevil Times this year and so the guys are thinking what to do? Go with Venatifa and her parea to talk social justice issues, carry bags with Binky or give their birthday to Kamala Harris and celebrate her?! Also we’re filming this a few weeks before so what is going on right now!? Is Joe Biden still around, did Governor Cuomo cancel Chrissy D’s shows because of social distancing regulations and who is on notice!? They boys go down memory lane, reflecting on the year and where really wanted to be! Chris is happiest when with the baby, Yannis when touring a museum or smoking a cigar. Their fondest memories are in Munich, Germany, Salzburg, Vienna and Antietam Battlefield. They also take a scroll through YouTube and past classics eps like Battle of Crete, Frank Rizzo and amazing guests like Bill Burr! Make sure to wish the boys Happy Birthday to the boys and tell us your favorite part so we can CLIP IT!!! Want more Hyena content? Check out www.patreon.com/bayridgeboys where things get really WILD! Follow us!: 🙆🏼♂️🐕🙆🏻♂️ 🙆🏼♂️Chris Distefano on Instagram, Twitter, website 🙆🏻♂️Yannis Pappas on Instagram, Twitter, website 🐕History Hyenas on Instagram, Twitter, website Subscribe to the poddy woddy on YouTube, iTunes, Spotify, and HH Clips Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices


