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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.

comedy

All Episodes

01:41:46

The Obscure Genius of Geoffrey Pyke

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/10/21

This week Matt treats the lads to the story of a man who escaped prison during World War One, designed ice ships for the allies during the Second World War and in between was a real oddball, inventor and journalist!

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01:46:50

Mixed Martial Maniac: Count Dante

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/10/14

This week John treats the lads to the bizarre saga of John Keehan aka Count Juan Raphael Dante, the man who started mixing martial art forms while involving himself in pornography, organized crime and hairdressing before he started the famed Dojo Wars!

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01:27:06

Surrealist Prank Caller: Longmont Potion Castle

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/10/02

This week John takes a look at the anonymous person behind the Longmont Potion Castle recordings of prank "phone work" dating back to 1986, spanning almost 20 albums and celebrated among the metal and punk underground communities as stupid-genius!

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02:17:21

We Love You Norm Macdonald

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/09/17

This episode the boys reflect on the singular, fearless, comedian everyone loved and discuss his career, ethics and astonishingly subversive humor. Goodnight Norm, we love you.

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01:54:34

Nazi Titanic: Night And Ice

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/09/02

This week John tells the boys about Joseph Goebbels and the Third Reich's film "Titanic," a movie that led to the director's execution and more deaths on board a ship than the Titanic itself.

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02:18:35

A Better Story Than The Bible: Oscar Kiss Maerth

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/08/26

This week Matt treats the boys to the alternate history of mankind through the eyes of the author who believes we descended from cannibalistic apes whose brains grew too large for our skulls and set us on a path of de-evolution! Plus Aaron treats us to estranged twins on opposite ends of the second world war!

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02:12:29

Deadly Duality: The Haunting Saga Of Stewart and...

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/08/19

This week John tells the boys about the twin brothers who revolutionized fertility medicine and rose to celebrity before drug addiction codependency and denial led them to withdraw and spiral further into madness.

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01:34:09

No Prison Can Hold Him: Richard Lee McNair

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/08/11

This week Johnboy tells the tale of America's most accomplished prison escapee and fugitive from justice - but before that, hear the lurid tales of an underground London sex club!

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02:52:45

Ned Buntline: Don't Believe Everything That You Read

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/07/29

This week Matt regales the boys with the story of an upstart prolific writer who crafted stories of heroes and seduced the public and ultimately tried to seize power behind the wall of lies he'd created!

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02:05:22

CIA Black Sorcerer: Sidney Gottlieb, LSD and MK Ultra

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/07/15

This week Aaron treats the lads to the tale of the Jewish chemist who tried to create a mind control program for the CIA, along the way dosing his unwitting coworkers with acid and developing torture methods that endure to this very day!

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01:47:49

Eccentric Media X: Ice T Mantras and Maniacal Manifestos

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/06/25

This week the boys return for the tenth installment of Eccentric Media with obscure leaflets Aaron's childhood commercial acting, pearls of wisdom from Ice T and much more!

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02:17:44

Joseph Knowles: Nature Man

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/06/17

This week Matt treats the boys to the story of a man who braved the wilderness and slayed creatures in order to survive as a publicity stunt...but was he lying to create hype or actually a survivor of the boonies?

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01:56:03

Rich And Dangerously Insane: Harry Kendall Thaw

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/06/03

In this episode, John tells the boys about the rivalry between two mega-rich scumbags and their obsession with the same model which culminated in a murder at Madison Square Garden and "The Trial Of The Century!"

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01:28:34

Queen Of The Desert: Lady Hester Stanhope

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/05/21

This week Johnboy treats the lads to the saga of a woman who escaped British aristocrat life to become an adventurer in the middle east! Before walling herself into her own home to die, Hester Stanhope would pioneer archaeological excavations and become a local legend decades before Lawrence of Arabia.

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01:31:53

Caligula: Incest, Torture and All Types Of Ill Shit

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/05/06

This week Johnboy treats the lads to the saga of Caligula, the most murderous, perverted, maniacal Roman emporer of all! Throwing people to their deaths and banging all of his sisters and making the senate pimp their wives and daughters - does this guy know how to party or what?

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03:06:20

Edgar Cayce: The Sleeping Prophet

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/04/23

This week Aaron tackles the famed turn-of-the-20th-century clairvoyant who gave sick patients miraculously accurate treatments and remedies while locked in a hypnotic state! An extensive discussion about the unexplained ensues, but before all that we have a phone interview with a couple who visited a famously romantic getaway; The Tik'!

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03:29:51

Rube Waddell: Baseball's Pitching Savant

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/04/16

This week Matt brings the story of the hard drinking, hard fishing Hall of Fame pitcher, gator rassler, and brick thrower who tormented both teammates and opponents alike. Get the outfielders off the field!

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02:16:00

Jacques Mesrine: Man Of A Thousand Faces

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/04/10

This week Johnboy tells the lads about a man known as the kamikaze of crime, Jacques Mesrine. International bank robbery and multiple prison escapes happen across continents as Mesrine eludes capture with endless disguises...and wigs! Plus another phone call to the Tik!

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02:14:04

A Raft With Its Own Stamps: Micronations

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/04/01

This week Matt treats the lads to several examples of micronations; small, small, small, countries and the weirdos that start them. Really small countries. Like, smaller than your house. But before that, we get more calls from listeners to the Tiki Adult Theater!

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01:45:37

Shoko Asahara: Aum Supreme Truth and The Search For...

Profiles In Eccentricity ·

2021/03/26

This week Johnboy tells the lads about the charismatic half-blind cult leader that recruited brilliant minds in Japan and Russia to build weapons of mass destruction in anticipation of Doomsday. Yikes! Plus, we get an incredible fan interaction at the beginning of this episode!

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