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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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01:46:34

The Unabomber Ted Kaczynski Part 1

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2022/05/12

In this episode Aaron and John tag team exploring the origins of the man who created a decades long campaign of terror in the U.S., the investigation of which cost more than all serial killers combined.

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01:31:52

The Poseur Pirate: Stede Bonnet

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2022/05/05

This week Johnboy tackles the dandy rich boy who abruptly decided to take to the rough life of a pirate and we see how his fate brings him into the company of hostile navies and legendary pirates like the notorious Blackbeard!

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02:25:46

The Space Cadet: Edgar Mitchell

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2022/04/21

This week Matt brings us the story of the astronaut who returned from the moon and had an epiphany, began espousing parapsychology, allying himself with Uri Geller and founding an institution exploring the metaphysical.

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01:24:38

The Flying Hobos: James H. Banning and Thomas C. Allen

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2022/04/15

This week Johnboy tells the lads about the black aviators who crossed the country during the depression in a collapsing aircraft and used the good will of the segregated black and white communities to make sure their journey was a success.

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01:18:08

The Birdman: Robert Stroud Part 2

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2022/04/07

This week the boys return to wrap up the saga of the most Batmanian villain of modern history and dissect the intricacies of crime and punishment, fame, empathy, incarceration and intelligence and try to grapple with the legacy of guilt that comes with imprisonment in America.

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01:45:26

The Birdman: Robert Stroud Part 1

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2022/03/24

This week Johnboy begins the saga of the criminal who grew into legend as one of the most famed prisoners in history by the expanse of his intellect but was unflinching in his view of justice as a victim of abuse. The story of Robert Stroud starts here. Plus! Lenny Dykstra of the 86 Mets is a gifted lover?

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01:29:15

The Scum Bunch: The 1986 New York Mets Part 2

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2022/03/17

This week Matt brings us the epic conclusion of the raunchiest team in baseball's rise to the top. The Mets head to the playoffs, a legendary error occurs during the world series' 6th game and Dwight Gooden watches a parade from his dealer's apartment!

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01:35:28

The Scum Bunch: The 1986 New York Mets Part 1

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2022/03/10

This week Matt takes on the team in baseball who were at their best at their very worst. In 1986 a crew of vile rogues is assembled, led by Keith Hernandez and, while being flagrantly debauched, lead the season for all but 10 days. Stay tuned for the conclusion next week!

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01:44:45

High Flying Hermit: Howard Hughes Part 3

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2022/02/19

This week Marcella Lentz-Pope guests again as we wrap up the saga of the mysterious billionaire as he goes deeper into seclusion, drug addiction and insanity!

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01:43:22

The Crashing Crackpot: Howard Hughes Part 2

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2022/02/11

This week Marcella Lentz-Pope rejoins us to continue the saga of the original eccentric billionaire as he breaks new ground in aviation, defies movie censors and helps with the war effort before beginning to show the first signs of madness.

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01:41:00

High Flying Hypochondriac: Howard Hughes Part 1

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2022/02/05

This week Johnboy begins the legacy of lunacy of Howard Hughes, the inventor, producer, pilot, business man, bachelor and maniac. Helping us focus this episode on his early years, Hollywood career and romances with actors is our friend Marcella Lentz-Pope!

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02:00:24

Pacifist Prison Punk: Donny The Punk

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2022/01/28

This one is rough, heads up! This week John shares the harrowing yet fascinating story of Donny The Punk, who started as a gay activist before being jailed as a conscientious objector, repeatedly raped in jail and became a zen prison bottom!

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02:00:06

Self-Made Monarch: Emperor Joshua Abraham Norton

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2022/01/21

This week Aaron brings us the heartwarming tale of a man who went from riches to ruin in a day before being reborn as the city of San Francisco's chosen oddball king.

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01:54:23

Classy Criminal: Willie Sutton

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2022/01/14

This week Johnboy tells the lads about the gentlemanly bank robber Willie Sutton, famed for his 3 maximum security prison escapes, numerous bank robberies totalling millions of dollars and a quote he never actually said! Plus, major league sports teams with players that never existed!

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02:10:10

Castro's Butcher: Herman Marks

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/12/16

This week Matt shares the fascinating saga of the ruddy midwest vagrant who later joined Fidel Castro's guerrilla forces and served in the regime as a famed public executioner before his undoing and mysterious end!

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01:49:47

Eccentric Media XII: Actually, It's A Man

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/12/02

This week the lads have another buffet of media miscellany to pore over! The boys unveil diabolically insane songs, show off their favorite news failures and reveal the tastelessly surreal excesses of porn and public access television.

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01:29:45

Patreon Preview: The Pounding Fathers

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2021/11/25

We're off this week, but bringing you another peak at the Patreon. In this one we talk Devo and Ireland, bring in some listener comments and suggestions, and bring up the a man going to the Sybian in the sky. Then George Brett asks who's pitching today. Join the Patreon for $5 a month and get an extra episode every week. https://www.patreon.com/profilesineccentricity

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02:13:30

Manufacturing Cadavers: The Burke And Hare Murders

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/11/18

This week Johnboy tells the lads about the tawdry, tasteless, tacky saga of the men who killed lodgers and drifters in 19th century Edinburgh to gain measly sums selling the bodies to anatomical scientists all while everyone is absolutely shitfaced on whiskey!

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02:40:35

The Most Formidable Spy In History: Richard Sorge

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/11/05

This week Johnboy shares the story of "Stalin's James Bond" the heavy drinking, womanizing Soviet spy who's intelligence work may have changed the outcome of the second world war and is considered by many the greatest spy who ever lived! Plus a 1980s strip club owner is murdered in the OC!

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02:07:12

Chief Black Eagle: Dwight York and the United Nation...

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2021/10/28

This week Aaron shows us the cult that united black nationalism with Egyptian mythology, Islam and extraterrestrials and their maniacal leader who faced the most counts of sexual abuse in history and of course, performed on and produced R&B records!

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