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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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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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01:19:05

Serial Killer Celebrity: Johann “Jack” Unterweger

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/10/05

This week Johnboy tells the lads about an Austrian criminal who went to prison for murdering a woman and became a celebrated writer in prison. Jack Unterweger was such a beloved writer and model prisoner, in fact, that the literary elite petitioned successfully for an early release and made Jack a star - but Jack wasn’t finished killing!

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01:35:02

Timothy Leary Part 2: Feedback Loop

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/09/28

This week Aaron continues the chronicle of the life of Tim Leary and we resume with him being a quasi cult leader, national figure of disdain and a major drug dealer before his encounters with everyone from Charles Manson to Ronald Reagan before he faces death and his legacy with varying conclusions among historians!

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02:07:08

Timothy Leary: Hero of American Consciousness

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/09/21

This week A-A-Ron treats the boys to the first half of a biography of the man who would later be called by Nixon, “the most dangerous man in America,” Timothy Leary. Here Aaron charts Leary’s conservative beginnings in a religious home, military school and service in the Second World War before entering academia and having a fateful encounter with psychedelic drugs!

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01:15:34

(Rerelease) Catalina de Erauso: Cross-dressed Nun On...

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/09/14

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!

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01:30:53

Body Dysmorphia Cult: Dylan and Tank

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/09/07

This week Johnboy shares the bizarre and tragic saga of a cultish stable of “pups” who’s “master” led them to drastically alter their bodies to cartoonish levels any way he wanted - from their muscles to their testicles - ultimately leading the greater queer community to shun the group before a member lost his life in pursuit of their insane fetish goals!

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01:21:53

Viciously Organized: Ken “Tokyo Joe” Eto

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/08/31

This week Matt chronicles the life of a Japanese-American who went from the WW2 internment camps on the West coast to the heights of organized crime in Chicago by running gambling operations and executing rivals. But when his own execution goes awry, Joe disassembles The Outfit like one of his victims!

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01:19:46

Psycho Cop: John “The Cop” Manniel

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/08/17

This week Johnboy shares a documentary about a Brooklyn cop who moonlighted as a ninja crime fighter and focused on youth outreach during the heyday of gang violence in New York!

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02:17:10

The Gifted Cheater: Alvin “Titanic” Thompson

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/08/10

This week Matt brings us the story of a true American scoundrel whose riverboat card talent and trickery as a youth turned into a career as a hustler of all contests from tossing horseshoes to golfing and beyond! Hanging with and cheating mobsters, marrying girls that are way too young, golf’s outlaw origins, it’s all here, folks!

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01:17:51

A Very Shakespearian Shitshow: Robert “Romeo” Coates

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/08/03

This week Johnboy treats the lads to the tale of a rich boy of the Victorian era that fancied himself a thespian and paid his way onto stage,finding audiences that were so amused and revolted by how terrible and unconventional the performances were that he became an overnight sensation! But does he know what a laughing stock he’s turned into as he becomes the subject of satirical plays himself?

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01:33:38

Hibachi Hero: Hiro “Rocky” Aoki

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2023/07/27

This week Aaron treats the lads to the entrepreneurial saga of Benihana founder “Rocky” Aoki, an immigrant success story whose rise played out amid various side obsessions including boat racing, gambling, backgammon and of course, women!

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