Last week STEPHANIE talked about Anita Bryant and her hatin’ ass Save Our Children crusader but is back in this mini to talk about Bryant’s queer granddaughter. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈Happy (last week of) Pride y’all!🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 ALSO MENTIONED: Poet Laureate P. Diddy, ODB dying for our sins, Rep. Glenn Thompson’s gay son, ouroboros, juice monies, human garbage, Well..That’s Interesting podcast, Slate, the evil one, ma’am no, fruit pie invitations, she’s a bitch, accountability, and a special thanks to our...
Jun 26, 2023•29 min•Season 5Ep. 70
Happy Pride y’all!! ‘Tis the season for gay scandals and gay scandalousness✨🏳️⚧️✨🏳️🌈✨🏳️⚧️✨🏳️🌈✨🏳️⚧️✨ In this episode, we have a light and summery classic that is one of our personal favs–the Aperol Spritz. This easy, quintessentially Italian cocktail’s American popularity peaked in the 70s, the era of STEPHANIE’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ In honor of Pride, STEPHANIE sheds a light on Anita Bryant and how her Save Our Children campaign birthed Flori...
Jun 19, 2023•1 hr 6 min•Season 5Ep. 72
Last week TUX did a deep dive into Masquerade Laws but is back in this mini to share an abridged look at queer uprising that doesn’t get enough airtime, the Compton's Cafeteria uprising, a historic act of trans resistance, three years before Stonewall. 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈Happy Pride y’all!🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 **Special thanks to STACEYANNE!! A 👑 and our latest Patreon supporter!** ALSO MENTIONED: The rest, we still got it, Tennessee rulings targeting drag queens, Herstory on the Rocks podcast, face coffees, g...
Jun 12, 2023•29 min•Season 5Ep. 69
Happy Pride y’all!! In this episode, we are drinking a fruity, ornamental crushed ice concoction is called the Brandy Cobbler. This scaled down simple recipe was super popular in the 1850s the era of TUX’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ In honor of Pride, TUX sheds a light on Masquerade Laws. We 🥂to putting the disobedience back in civil disobedience! Support Drag performers and the LGBTQ+ community HERE: Support The Drag Defense Fund | American Civil Liberties U...
Jun 05, 2023•58 min•Season 5Ep. 71
In this mini we make a big announcement! Tune in, y’all! ALSO MENTIONED: Indian burial ground, serial liar George Santos still being employed, used chapstick, Rhonda, drag queen, where in the world is Karma San Diego, Disney, spinning plates, J Edgar Hoover, Shared History podcast, personal accounts, Berlin, UX, cocktail hangs, Target, Michigan, and Eric Adams’s fat head. For more info about us and to peruse our online shop: SITE 🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.i...
May 29, 2023•23 min•Season 5Ep. 68
Building upon last week’s scandal, a deep dive into yet another dark chapter from Team Reagan’s playbook of f*ckery, TUX is back in this related mini to chat historic October Surprises! ALSO MENTIONED: Spinning yarns, intention projection, William Casey’s bitch ass, sabotage, Americans being… (checks notes) racist?, they took ‘r jarbs, Chinese exclusion, Well… That’s Interesting podcast, a singular butt, Flossie Harding, Tuskegee Airmen, and Tho-MAS. For more info about us and to peruse our onli...
May 22, 2023•33 min•Season 5Ep. 67
In this episode, we are drinking a sexy cognac and rum based cocktail called Between the Sheets. This strong concoction is a twist on the Sidecar popularized at Harry’s Bar in the 80s, the era of TUX’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ TUX does a deep dive into the controversy surrounding the convenient timing of the end of the Iran Hostage Crisis with President Reagan’s inauguration in 1981. We 🥂to the adage “you are who you surround yourself with!” ALSO DISCUSSED:...
May 15, 2023•59 min•Season 5Ep. 70
In last week’s scandal STEPHANIE mentioned the OSS or the Office of Strategic Service, the intelligence agency headed by Willian Donovan that was largely reorg’d into the CIA. In this mini she takes a look at their declassified spy tech from WWI. ALSO MENTIONED: Rosie, chamber wiring, cooks, Pearl Harbor, several many, Dr. Moriarty, straight men having brilliant ideas, paper bullets, Walmart, Herstory on the Rocks podcast, raising the roof, CIA museum, School of the Americas, Smang It, sausage q...
May 08, 2023•34 min•Season 5Ep. 66
In this episode of the podcast we sip on a delightfully tangy gin and champagne treat called the French 75. This cocktail, named in honor of the French 75-millimeter light field gun (a fast and deadly weapon used during WWI), was quite the hit in France in the late 40s and early 50s the time when STEPHANIE’s scandal would start in Italy and be pushed out to the rest of Europe. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ STEPHANIE sheds like on Gladio, the codename for the secret CIA-ba...
May 01, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Season 5Ep. 69
Last week’s episode was a deep dive into the covert role that the CIA played in the Italian Republic’s first election. In this minisode STEPHANIE shares a brief overview of Giorgia Meloni’s politics and how Italy has proven to be a canary in the coalmine when it comes to European political movements. ALSO MENTIONED: “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears", great replacement memes, Trump, the banana zone, silly billies, corny racism, sweet sweet cakes, Burlusconi, Shared History podcast,...
Apr 24, 2023•33 min•Season 5Ep. 65
In this episode of the podcast we cheekily dedicate our cocktail to the lovely ladies of Hashtag History as we are imbibing on the precursor of the Negroni called the Americano! This simply refreshing cocktail was a bit hit with American tourists in Italy during the era of STEPHANIE’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ STEPHANIE shines a light on the CIA’s role in Italy’s first election. We 🥂To foreign election interference being bad only when other nations do it but...
Apr 17, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 5Ep. 68
Last week’s episode touched upon the fact that the US government was ok poisoning the source of bootleg booze in the name of Prohibition. In this mini TUX shares a related scandal about how the government funded a campaign to spray a toxic herbicide called paraquat on marjuana in the 1970s. ALSO MENTIONED: These colors don’t run, big gub’ment, devil’s lettuce, scammers, Facebook, smoke break, Hashtag History, not cute, Occam's Razor, hot hoochie coochies, data, ladybugs, Wayne Wheeler, and Cinza...
Apr 10, 2023•30 min•Season 5Ep. 64
We’re back BABY! In this episode of the podcast we are drinking a cocktail called the south side, a crisp gimlet adjacent drink that may become your new fav! This refreshingly herbal gin concoction is simple to make and easy to drink; its popularity ties into the era of TUX’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ TUX talks about prohibition, the time in the 1920s when the government tried to force us to quit drinking through the 18th amendment and a lesser known scandal ...
Apr 03, 2023•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 67
In last week’s episode TUX talked about the life and crimes of Jim Traficant, who was expelled from Congress in 2002 following his conviction on federal corruption charges by a vote of 420-1. TUX returns for a mini scandal about the lone “nay” vote against expulsion, Congressman Garry Condit. We also talk about our amended release schedule that includes a spring break because we’s tired y’all! But we will BRB! ALSO MENTIONED: Proclamation, Cancun, Myrtle Beach spring break, Detroit renovations, ...
Feb 27, 2023•21 min•Season 5Ep. 63
On this episode of the podcast we are drinking a Kamikaze, the scaled up cocktail form of the very popular 80s shot. This bright and delicious concoction is basically a margarita with vodka and its popularity ties into the era of TUX’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ TUX regales us with the life and times of Jim Traficant, the controversial denim-clad congressman from Ohio. We 🥂 to the ol’ “I know you are but what am I” defense! ALSO DISCUSSED: Snapping, 31 being ...
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 66
Happy Black History Month! Last week’s episode touched upon the critical role of the Black Panther Party in making the 504 sit-in the success that it was. In this mini STEPHANIE shares an overview of their rise and fall and some of the things textbooks get wrong. ALSO MENTIONED: Celebrations, Fred Hampton, collective action, intersectionality, Denzel Donzel, human decency, MLK, COINTELPRO, Well That’s Interesting podcast, Florida telling itself to hold its beer, book bannings and toxic masculini...
Feb 13, 2023•26 min•Season 5Ep. 62
Happy Black History month! We are back on our regular bull**** y’all! We are drinking a drink that originated with a viral practical joke in 1874 called the Tom Collins. Though this crisp, classic gin cocktail was still popular a hundred years after the fact, the era of STEPHANIE’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ STEPHANIE’s scandal is the protest known as the 504 Sit-ins, the longest non-violent occupation of a federal building in US history. We 🥂 to forcing Demo...
Feb 06, 2023•1 hr 23 min•Season 5Ep. 65
Starting the new year off with special guests continues strong. In this minisode DEV comes from behind the scenes where he makes the magic of Beyond Reproach and shares a bit about himself. ALSO MENTIONED: Bipolar weather, history of highways, ruining beloved things, violin, silky smooth, charisma, October spooky music, Detroit snippers, substitute teacher, night blindness, Herstory on the Rocks, patriarchal humbling, Just Dance, life lessons, trapped by another man, being real abroad, Vancouver...
Jan 30, 2023•37 min•Season 5Ep. 61
This mini is tangential to last week’s very special episode starring the ladies of Hashtag History about the explosive history of the Ford Pinto. In this minisode TUX talks about the government's role in auto safety and the history of seatbelt laws. ALSO MENTIONED: You know that guy who ran for president Ralph Nader, mask mandates, nanny state, Holocaust, Hashtag History podcast, racism, lobbyist, Saturday Night Massacre, big business running this shit, banana costs, indoor plumbing, being olt, ...
Jan 23, 2023•33 min•Season 5Ep. 60
We are back with another very special episode, we are graced by the presence of the brilliant hosts of the Hashtag History podcast, Rachel and Leah. In this episode, we are drinking a simple vodka-based cocktail named after the infamous bus company called the Greyhound that features grapefruit juice. This bright and tart concoction’s popularity matches the era of HASHTAG HISTORY’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ HASHTAG HISTORY’s scandal is an expose on the Ford Pi...
Jan 16, 2023•59 min•Season 5Ep. 64
This mini is tangential to last week’s very special episode starring the ladies of Shared History about banana republics. In this minisode Stephanie talks about her trip to one of her favorite places in Bogotá, the Museo Nacional. If you want Colombian history, natural history and an art museum all rolled into one, look no further! ALSO MENTIONED: Daytime fireworks, the punderdome, accessibility, banana wing, extinct banana, banana zone, Cavendish, men on some bullshit, revolutionaries, Well…Tha...
Jan 09, 2023•33 min•Season 5Ep. 59
Happy 2023! We made it and the last 3 years can eat it! We are moving into 2023 with the fierceness of a 19yr old Swedish climate activist, watch out! In this very special episode, we are graced by the presence of the hysterical hosts of the Share History podcast, Natalie and Cass. In this episode, we are drinking a deliciously simple bourbon based cocktail called the Brown Derby that features grapefruit juice and honey syrup. This strong drinkable concoction’s popularity matches the era of SHAR...
Jan 02, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 5Ep. 63
This minisode is a continuation of last week’s episode, the real history behind the infamous Boston Tea Party, in this mini STEPHANIE chats about the Sons of Liberty and their role in fanning the flames of rebellion. ALSO MENTIONED: Fucking around, Al-Gore-ithm, corniness, the lemon tree, riches to riches, finance bros, thugs not hooligans, Herstory on the Rocks podcast, Trump signature, “DeSantis be yourself,” gang violence, puppet hands, Patrick Henry, Tim, and rich dudes who don’t want to pay...
Dec 26, 2022•31 min•Season 5Ep. 58
In this episode, we are drinking a colonial relic called the Rattle Skull that features a mixture of dark Caribbean rum and porter beer. This tavern-style concoction’s popularity matches the era of STEPHANIE’S scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ STEPHANIE is the event known as “action against tea” or the “destruction of the tea”— which was a true act of revolution, just not the one we are told about in schools. We 🥂to the tax break that led to the creation of the Unit...
Dec 19, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 62
In this minisode TUX returns to the Detroit Rebellion (Episode 61) to talk about LBJ’s decision to send in the National Guard. TUX also revists the whole “snipper” issues. ALSO MENTIONED: Mom’s jeans Romney, popularity contest, Vietnam, Jumbo, Shared History podcast, guys with guns, new media, Black Panthers, J. Edgar Hoover, and cRiMe!! For more info about us and to peruse our online shop: SITE 🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/ 🐦 ...
Dec 12, 2022•24 min•Season 5Ep. 57
In this episode, we are drinking a Golden Cadillac also known as the Gold Cadillac and it is a drink traditionally served in two glasses for toxic masculinity-related reasons. This sweet creme-based cocktail’s peek popularity matches the era of TUX’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ TUX returns to Detroit for part two to talk about what happened after redlining took effect, focusing specifically on the uprising that took place during the time period known as the “lo...
Dec 05, 2022•1 hr 13 min•Season 5Ep. 61
In this minisode TUX chats generational wealth. Piggybacking off Episode 60, TUX talks about the how and why redlining has historically prevented Black American families from generating the generational wealth of their white peers. ALSO MENTIONED: Emerald mines, bootstrap handouts, Ohio where you can find it all & it all is racism, swamp shacks, Harry Belefonte, GI bills, when reparations were white, The Third Wheel podcast, fuckshit, midterms, Citibank, Sen. Ralph Warnock and turning millio...
Nov 28, 2022•32 min•Season 5Ep. 56
In this episode, we are drinking a Stinger, an upper class society drink that is strong, sweet and minty. This creme de menthe based cockation (that is good at masking the flavor or subpar prohibition spirits) matches the era of TUX’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ TUX does a deep dive into Detroit's early history leading up to the racist reasons for and devasting effect of redlining and the interstate highway system. We 🥂cheers to treating people like people. AL...
Nov 21, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 5Ep. 60
In this minisode STEPHANIE is back with a continuation of Episode 59, the marketing gimmick that birthed the modern pledge of allegiance, to talk about the controversial addition of the line “one nation under god.” ALSO MENTIONED: Free market, not my Got, GW Bush, Flag day, extra flag, midterms, choosing to be optimistic, Prop 3 in Michigan, drag queens, Tina Burner, Biden performing crime, Jehovah Witness, Hashtag History podcast, the sweet sweet spirit, knickers, godless heathens, rugged indiv...
Nov 14, 2022•30 min•Season 5Ep. 55
In this episode, we are drinking a Scottish twist on a Manhattan, the Rob Roy. It is a classic drink for scotch lovers and its popularity ties to the era of STEPHANIE’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ STEPHANIE details the marketing gimmick that birthed the modern pledge of allegiance. We 🥂cheers to existing in one of the most potent propaganda atmospheres on earth! ALSO DISCUSSED: Moms & themes, Ohio marketing campaign, creepy nationalism, Colombo, Dwight D. ...
Nov 07, 2022•49 min•Season 5Ep. 59
