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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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02:03:35

Brothers of The Claw: The Von Erich’s Reign

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2024/02/29

This week Matt tells the boys of the saga of the Von Erich family of wrestlers from their heights in international superstardom to their downfall laden with tragedy chronicled in the motion picture The Iron Claw!

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02:22:46

Did Ya Like That?: Fred Dibnah

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2024/02/22

This week Matt treats the lads to the story of a chimney repairman, or steeplejack, chronicled by the BBC in Northern England who became a national celebrity for his nerve, stubbornness, ingenuity in steam technology and resonance with the public in the shifting times of Britain economically, culturally and politically as a total weirdo!

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01:47:22

Do Good; Have Power: Huey “The Kingfish” Long (Part 2)

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2024/02/15

This week Johnboy continues the saga of the left-wing demagogue of Louisiana first as he ascends to the US Senate and pushes FDR to go further with the New Deal by next entering the Great Depression era political fray by running as a presidential candidate while keeping an iron grip on Louisiana affairs that pushes political opponents to openly call for his assassination!

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01:22:18

One Man Political Machine: Huey “The Kingfish” Long...

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2024/02/08

This week Johnboy tells the lads about a poor boy from Louisiana who saw poverty and injustice as a youth and single-handedly built a political movement that would begin to rapidly transform the state the minute he became governor - but is his grip on power too tight?

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02:07:49

Eccentric Media XV: A Step Too Far

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2024/02/01

This week the boys are back with a slew of clips and media miscellany once again and we’ve got the exclusive on a new Spider-Man movie that leans explicit, the skinny on the subversive art of Melrose Place, a film littered with big cats mauling the actors and so much more!

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01:52:04

Otto Skorzeny: The Most Dangerous Man In Europe

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2024/01/25

This week Aaron enthralls the lads with the story of a bodyguard of Hitler who went on to liberate Mussolini from imprisonment and engineer Nazi commando operations before the post war era would see him conduct operations on behalf of the Israelis!

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02:34:55

Bat Masterson: The Best Of The Worst

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2024/01/18

This week handsome Matt brings us the tale of the legendary Wild West lawman Bat Masterson, from his beginnings in Buffalo hunting to the 20th century boxing ring with the legendary myths of his days as a man on both sides of the law leading to only more questions of right and wrong and power and freedom to befuddle us all!

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01:56:58

The Rocketbelt Rejects Part 2

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2024/01/11

This week Johnboy and the lads conclude the saga of the Rocketbelt 2000 or “Pretty Bird” by taking on the voices of the slimy characters involved! Hammer attacks, kidnapping, police corruption and murder all make appearances in the ruthless scramble to attain the most useless invention on earth!

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01:58:43

The Rocketbelt Rejects Part 1

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2024/01/04

This week Johnboy shares the story of the rocketbelt, from its fictional beginnings in science fiction in literature and film before engineers and the military brought it to life - sort of! From Nazi rocket scientists to a few guys at the back of a car stereo plaza; behold the rocketbelt rejects!

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02:29:01

Cheap Shots: Rick “Elvis” Parker

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/12/21

This week Matt brings us into the seedy world of professional boxing promotion in the 80’s and 90’s with a Kenny Powersesque scumbag that corrupted the sport in every way! From bribing and poisoning his own fighters while currying favor with George Foreman and Don King, Rick Parker became so loathesome that it brought on his own murder!

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01:48:43

Josip “Tito” Broz Part 2: Cult Of Personality

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/12/14

This week Johnboy concludes the saga of Yugoslavia’s long-reigning communist dictator, Tito! We see Josip Broz liberate the country from the Nazi occupation, exile the monarchy, survive multiple assassination attempts from Stalin and create a unique economic, cultural and geopolitical landscape all singularly Tito! Sources: https://www.slobodenpecat.mk/en/foto-site-zheni-koi-neuspeale-da-mu-odoleat-na-tito/ https://medium.com/@_lommol_/the-cult-of-tito-8907a0b4ff28 https://www.barrons

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01:10:20

Josip “Tito” Broz Part 1: Dancer

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/12/07

This week from the new studio Johnboy brings the tale of the future communist dictator of Yugoslavia, Tito, as he endures, eludes and deftly dances through battles, purges, revolutions, strikes, prison terms and life as a political fugitive between two world wars!

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01:23:42

(Rerelease) The Chinese Pirate Empress: Ching Shih

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/11/30

Due to sickness we have to drop another old favorite this week. From the archives: Aaron regales the boys with the epic tale of the Chinese woman who rose from prostitution to the illicit control of the Eastern seas with a massive fleet of men and vessels at her whim. But first, Matt treats us to the absurdly sad and stupid saga of the Ketchum brothers, the doomed train robbers who idolized Jesse James.

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01:20:16

Kit Cavanaugh And Lady Betty: Rogue Irish Women With...

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/11/23

Subbing for the fetching Aaron Pita we are joined by the gorgeous queen Laura Crawford, as Matt brings the tale of one Irish woman who braved endless war to find her husband -IN DRAG - and another who used their filicide to become a legendary executioner!

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01:21:13

(Rerelease) The New Coke Catastrophe and The Bank...

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/11/16

This episode our guest Radiston Zahariev tells the story of a tough guy from London that laid out his dad, became a gang leader, drug dealer and bank robber, who terrified police in addition to being an amateur UFC fighter that infamously laid out Toto Ortiz in a bar! But first, John drops the sad, bizarre saga and legacy of the launch of New Coke by Coca-Cola.

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01:02:21

(Rerelease) Jack Parsons

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/11/09

Sex! Drugs! Rocketry! We flip the script this week as Aaron performs his first profile on the magickal, perverse and cameo-laden life of renegade rocket scientist Jack Parsons.

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01:17:45

The Rebel Thief: Martin “The General” Cahill

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/11/02

This week Johnboy shares the story of celebrity Irish criminal Martin Cahill and his exploits in stealing from a young age to becoming the greatest thief in Irish history and cultivating an image that showed his absolute disdain for authority from the bedroom to the courtroom before a bid with paramilitaries led to his demise!

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02:05:15

Top Tier Madams: Ada and Minna Everleigh

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/10/26

This week Matt brings us the story of Ada and Minna Everleigh and into their high class brothel, the Everleigh Club! Kick off a shoe and pour yourself some champagne and hear a story of gangsters, politicians, top tier sex service and a moral outcry that ruined everything!

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01:24:07

Nobody Cares, Your Highness: James A Harden-Hickey

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/10/19

This week Johnboy treats the lads to the tale of a man who declared himself king of a tiny island in the middle of the ocean, his French aristocracy roots, his planned revenge against the British after they took his island from him and of course, his guide to suicide!

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01:45:19

An American Tyrant in Nicaragua: William Walker

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/10/13

This week Matt brings us the tale of an unofficial American colonial expedition - then known as a filibuster - and how it’s original popularity led to some domestic and foreign legitimacy, before the man at the helm destroyed it all by through greed, tyranny, and enslavement.

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