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Beyond Reproach

Beyond Reproach

Beyond Reproach is a comedic history podcast about scandals and scandalousness in politics and government. Each episode, hosts Stephanie & Tux explore the sordid stories of America"s past, all while drinking heavily, talking too much, and generally making fools of themselves. They hope that these stories entertain you, teach you a thing or two, and maybe even draw parallels between the mistakes of the past and the quagmire that is American politics today.

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60:08

S4 Ep37: Disappeared of Natural Causes: Episode 37...

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/10/18

In this very special Halloween episode we are drinking a jammy mix of gin and berry, the Sloe Gin Fizz. This bright and fizzy cocktail tastes like an Italian soda and its popularity ties into the era of STEPHANIE’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ STEPHANIE highlights the terrifying history of School of the Americas, the Army training facility, whose secret programs produced a shocking number of dictators, mercenaries and rapists responsible for some of the greatest

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17:39

S4 Ep30: Minisode 30: Hispanic Heritage Month

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/10/11

This minisode STEPHANIE chats Hispanic Heritage Month; the history, controversy and much more. ALSO MENTIONED: Selina, Russell’s quinceanera, Chicano Eats cookbook, origins of latinx, Ronnie Reagan, Arab Spring, A Tap on the Wrist podcast, plagiarist Shepard Fairey and making and “I can’t I don’t I shan’t I won’t” legendary. For more info about us and to peruse our online shop: SITE 🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/ 🐦 -

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48:59

S4 Ep36: Tire Bites: Episode 36 (D.C. Stephenson, The...

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/10/04

In this very special Halloween episode we are drinking a prohibition era concoction. This gastly looking cocktail features an obscure French liqueur made by monks and its popularity ties into the era of TUX’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ TUX shines a light on the rape and murder that brought down the KKK—the murder of Madge Oberholtzer by D.C. Stephenson. We raise our glasses to flushing turds because sometimes life is full of pieces of shit but if you’re lucky

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35:50

S4 Ep29: Minisode 29: American Drunks

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/09/27

This minisode is a continuation of Episode 35, the Whiskey Rebellion. TUX revisits the topic of alcohol consumption then and now. ALSO MENTIONED: The American way, OG Dub’s costume, Alexander Hamilton, the wrong kind of gay, escargot tax, peach brandy, thanksgiving, small beer, Japanese drinking etiquette, the Third Wheel podcast, lockdown drunkeness, life finding a way, and women of the night. For more info about us and to peruse our online shop: SITE 🌐 -

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48:41

S4 Ep35: O. G. Dubs: Episode 35 (The Whiskey Rebellion)

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/09/20

In this episode we are drinking a Rye Whiskey Sling. This colonial era mixed drink is tied directly to TUX’s scandal involving American Whiskey and the people who were willing to go to war against George Washington because of it. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ TUX does a deep dive into the Whiskey Rebellion. We toast to the first amendment and our rights to freedom of speech, assembly, and petition. CORRECTION: TUX mistakenly calls the Temperance movement "the Abolitionist

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14:16

S4 Ep28: Minisode 28: Season 4 Kick Off & Review...

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/09/13

It’s Season 4, y’all! We took a break to recharge and we are back to give updates about all the fun changes we have planned this season and to reveal the two winners of our listener review contest! By popular demand we will be releasing standalone scandals for Season 4. This means there will be two signature cocktails each month and Beyond Reproach episodes coming atcha weekly! <insert Jamaican airhorns> Thanks to everyone who has taken time to review us on Apple Podcast, we appreciate you

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46:40

S4 Ep34: Bone Apple Tea: Episode 34 (George...

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/09/06

In our first episode of Season 4 we revive an autumnal proto-cocktail from the days of yore, the Apple Toddy. This warm colonial drink was popular in the 1700s and ties in perfectly with STEPHANIE’s scandal involving George Washington. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ STEPHANIE shines a light on the Jumonville Affair, a little known scandal involving our first president, that changed the course of modern history. We raise our glasses high and cheers to the first George W

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26:03

S3: Summer Break Re-Release: Samuel Upham's...

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/08/30

TUX introduces his favorite scandal STEPHANIE has done on this season of Beyond Reproach—Episode 32: Samuel Upham's Counterfeit Confederate Cash. We raise our glasses to a successful war profiteer we all can get down with because sometimes you gotta print money to make money! ALSO DISCUSSED: The confederacy being cute thinking it was a government, HBO’s True Detective, lithograph, life before Obama invented racism, buying your own stimmy, proto-memes, Target, Herstory on the Rocks podcast, Edwin

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52:48

S3: Summer Break Re-Release: United Daughters of the...

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/08/16

STEPHANIE introduces her favorite scandal TUX has done on this season of Beyond Reproach—Episode 23: Daughters of the Confederacy and the Lost Cause mythology. We toasts to symbols of hate and oppression and the white women who love them. ALSO DISCUSSED: Well That's Interesting Podcast, Blanche Devereaux, Black friends, Golden Palace, history sounding about white, Stone Mountain, kiddie memoires, Hitler youth, Howard Zinn, unemployed white women, laughing oneself into a sweat, making Orwell

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40:42

S3: Summer Break Re-Release: Elvis's White House Visit

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/08/02

Jen from the Dork Web introduces the listeners’ favorite scandal STEPHANIE has covered on Season 3—Episode 30: Elvis Pays Nixon A Visit. She does a deep dive into that inexplicable time when Elvis Presley met with President Nixon and begged to become a federal narcotics agent. We toast to...DRUGS! ALSO MENTIONED: Peanut butter, banana & bacon sandwiches, Guess Who is Coming to Dinner, The Beatles, Sergeant Elvis, The Third Wheel Podcast, werewolves, Kanye West and Milk of Magnesia. To

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53:07

S3: Summer Break Re-Release: Japanese Internment Camps

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/07/19

Rachel from the Hashtag History podcast introduces the listeners’ favorite scandal TUX has covered on Season 3—Episode 26: Japanese Detention Center. He explores one of the worst violations of civil rights in the 20th century, Japanese detention centers on American soil. We toast to refusing to learn from our mistakes and repeating them over and over again! ALSO MENTIONED: Freedom costing $1.05, catching Japan’s hands, buying a Kia, a bag of rusty nickels, George Nakashima,George Takei, and ICE

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39:36

S3: Summer Break Re-Release: Operation Mongoose

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/07/05

STEPHANIE introduces her favorite scandal from earlier seasons of Beyond Reproach—Episode 14: Operation Mongoose. This was the code name for the Cuban Project, the US government-sponsored terrorism campaign whose sole mission was to topple the Castro regime through a series of preposterous covert plots and unbelievable harebrained schemes. ALSO MENTIONED: Paninis, Guantanamo Bay, Manuel Noriega, Puerto Rico, CIA-assisted vampires, PSA for Ms Brenda, More Than a Crush Podcast podcast, Operation

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33:13

S3: Summer Break Re-Release: Ed Schrock (Schrock for...

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/06/21

TUX introduces his favorite scandal from earlier seasons of Beyond Reproach. Episode 1: Shrock for C*ck. It is an oldie but a goodie! Happy Pride y’all! Tux’s scandal is an expose on the rise and fall of Edward Lee Shrock. ALSO MENTIONED: The need for positive queer representation, BDSM, Stephanie’s birthday, weblogs, Peculiar Picture Show, LBGTQ+ visibility, driving seniors into the woods, Michael Rogers, and Tux’s boundary issues. For additional source information for this story, to learn

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96:13

S3 Ep33: President Thiccums: Episode 33 (Russell...

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/06/07

On this final episode of Season 3 we go all in on a quinasential tropical cocktail, the Sex on the Beach. We learn about how this recipe hits all the notes of a classic drink from the 80s, one of the eras of Tux’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/2021/5/9/the-sex-on-the-beach ALSO DISCUSSED: Scrooge McDuck, Charles Dickens, Acne brand anvils, Ovaltine vs Yoo-hoo, Lyin’ Ted, fruit “juice” concentrate tubes, cocktail reddit, different types of movements, Downton Abbey,

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21:38

S3 Ep27: Minisode 27: Season 3 Wrap Up

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/05/17

In this last minisode of Season 3 STEPHANIE and TUX take a look back at episode highlights and discuss plans for another glorious season of Beyond Reproach. There is one more full episode of the season coming your way on Monday 6/7. Our next season will be back with full episodes starting Labor Day 9/6. In the interim we will again be re-releasing standalone scandals with commentary every two weeks! Just make sure to vote on your favorite episodes on Instagram the week of Memorial Day. Team

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79:50

S3 Ep32: Bushwick Bigot Destroyer: Episode 32 (Samuel...

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/05/03

In this episode we imbibe a delicious but obscure Civil War punch called General Burnside’s Favorite. We learn about the odd man with infamous facial hair who created this hot brandy-based concoction and how it links to the era of Stephanie’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/2021/3/31/episode-32-general-burnsides-favorite ALSO DISCUSSED: Whiskey rations, sideburns, HBO’s True Detective, buying your own stimmy, Well That’s Interesting podcast, hair beads, Big Gay,

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31:57

S3 Ep26: Minisode 26: Marginal Tax Rates

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/04/19

In honor of everyone’s least favorite season, tax season, we discuss marginal taxation. STEPHANIE myth busts current tax misconceptions stemming from right-wing propaganda, while TUX provides a historical overview on the fluctuations in the top tier rates over time and how this affects us today. ALSO MENTIONED: The southern strategy, AOC, Wining About Herstory podcast, Saint Reagan strikes again, coins for Raytheon, stimmies, Miami, the trickles, and Oakland’s UBI experiment. For more info

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97:18

S3 Ep31: DJ Postmaster Flex: Episode 31 (The Postal...

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/04/05

This episode we drink our most intellectual cocktail to date, the Penicillin. This trendy New York City concoction features the flavors most associated with comfort during times of sickness. It is a drink that is sure to lift your spirits and it ties to the era of Tux’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ ALSO DISCUSSED: Miss Brenda’s calligraphy + gift of glitter, Funkmaster Flex, Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, Raytheon, AOL CD roms, postal banking, snitching

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20:11

S3 Ep25: Minisode 25: Stop Asian Hate

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/03/29

Anti-Asian hate crimes have spiked 150 percent since the pandemic began. In this minisode we talk about this and the long history of violence directed at Asian American communities to provide context for the latest massacre at Young’s Asian Massage in Atlanta. ALSO MENTIONED: Racist footloose and Well That’s Interesting podcast. For more info about us and to peruse our online shop: SITE 🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/ 🐦 -

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15:44

S3 Ep24: Minisode 24: We're On Native Land

Beyond Reproach ·

2021/03/15

This minisode is a continuation of Episode 29. STEPHANIE revisits the scandal of 40 acres and a mule to talk about Afro-indigenous ancestry as a bridge to discuss land acknowledgement. ALSO MENTIONED: hair beads, Blood Quantum, All my Relations, The Third Wheel, compliments, My Dad Wrote a Porno, On Being, Dr. Maya Angelou, and Stephanie’s illiteracy. For more info about us and to peruse our online shop: SITE 🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 -

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