In this episode of Letter Rip, we dive into the wild, real-life drug letters written by martial arts icon Bruce Lee. In 2021, over 40 handwritten notes surfaced, revealing Bruce’s candid requests for cocaine, LSD, cannabis, and even firearms, all written with a philosopher’s flair and a street dealer’s confidence. We explore Bruce's blend of wisdom, wit, and honesty in these letters, and ask: Was Bruce Lee a drug-addled legend or a spiritual seeker with a mean right hook? Also, I break a board w...
Jun 11, 2025•12 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This week on Letter Rip, we dive into one of the greatest slow-burn roast letters in American history, written by a freed slave to the guy who literally shot him twice. In 1865, Jourdon Anderson, now a free man living in Ohio, received a letter from his former master, Colonel P.H. Anderson, begging him to return to the plantation. Yes, the same man who enslaved him for 32 years, separated families, and attempted murder via musket, thought a friendly little reunion might be in order. What followe...
May 25, 2025•56 min
In this premiere episode of Letter Rip, Zach dives into the 'From Hell' Letter written by Jack the Ripper. Here's some background on the infamous correspondence: On the night of October 15th, George Lusk—Chairman of the Whitechapel Vigilance Committee in London, a group of locals desperate to stop the brutal killings terrorizing their streets—received a letter that would go down as one of the most disturbing in criminal history. The writer claimed to be none other than Jack the Ripper. But this ...
May 08, 2025•51 min
On the final episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach reflect on the podcast's journey, Kanye West's Super Bowl commercial, an Only Fans Creator that took down 1000 bodies, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.co/3K4Yny2 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pThWCt Overcast: https://bit.ly/43uz1Ay Premium: https://breaking...
Mar 15, 2025•1 hr 46 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the Russian government branding Santa Claus a foreign agent of capitalist society, Sam's mutual Facebook connections with Luigi Mangione, the odd tradition of babies getting circumcised by a Rabbi, the best ways to ride that drinking line around Christmas, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.co...
Dec 23, 2024•1 hr 9 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the developing United Healthcare Shooter situation, their main takeaways from Wicked (the film and the musical), and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.co/3K4Yny2 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pThWCt Overcast: https://bit.ly/43uz1Ay Premium: https://breakingtak...
Dec 12, 2024•1 hr 4 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the Dutch police finding a gnome made of molly during a drug bust, the idiots who put together the list for Billboard Top Pop 25 Pop Stars of All Time, Zach's annoying experience with Bathhouse Spotify playlists, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.co/3K4...
Dec 06, 2024•1 hr 6 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss a man who faked his own death to flee the country and start a new life with his Uzbek wife, Spirit Airlines suspending flights due to gunfire over Haiti, the Ponzi scheme of the dental industry, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.co/3K4Yny2 Spotify: http...
Nov 24, 2024•1 hr 18 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss Putin fining Russia twenty decillion dollars for banning Russian news networks, a runner that was lost in the woods for 30 days and survived, Sam's romantic encounter with a stripper, Zach's struggles to learn French, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.c...
Nov 08, 2024•1 hr 31 min
On this Halloween Spooky Special episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the Law & Order actor who survived a John Wayne Gacy kidnapping back in the day, a girl found dead in a Walmart oven, Zach reads Tim Burton poems, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.co/3K4Yny2 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pThWC...
Oct 31, 2024•1 hr 36 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the hurricane conspiracy that meteorologists are controlling the weather, a woman from China who pleaded guilty to smuggling 29 turtles into Canada, how being a vampire would affect your sexuality, the shitshow that is NYC bike culture, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes App...
Oct 27, 2024•1 hr 33 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the viral Chimp Crazy documentary and bananas saga caught on camera, a skydiving instructor who's been getting people killed with fake certifications, Sam's new podcast studio and whether or not she's working in a meth lab, an Oktoberfest cokehead who hygiene shamed Zach, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https...
Oct 18, 2024•1 hr 33 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the debauchery that took place on set ahead of the first shooting of Saturday Night Live, why 69ing is overrated, Lana Del Rey marrying an alligator tour guide, Zach getting married, Sam being single as hell, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.co/3K4Yny2...
Oct 11, 2024•1 hr 32 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss Shannon Sharpe accidentally going live on IG while in the throes of doing the dirty, a Swiss model who was pureed by her husband, the logistics of figuring out straight and lesbian road head, Sam getting called a "honky" on the streets of Harlem, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakin...
Sep 21, 2024•1 hr 24 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss a pilot on mushrooms who almost took down a commercial airliner, the NASA astronauts stranded on the space station and Boeing's less than encouraging words on the situation, the Netflix hot dog-eating battle between Kobayashi and Joey Chestnut, the top 100 questions asked on Google in 2024, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingt...
Sep 15, 2024•1 hr 38 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the Taliban banning women from reading out loud in public and why they're all probably closeted gay, the Netflix documentary 'America's Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,' Sam getting into the jogging game, whether or not men should bear children for their wives, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https:/...
Aug 30, 2024•1 hr 20 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the sharks who have been snacking on Colombia's finest through cocaine-infested waters, a Texas school that bans all black clothing, the one semen-related topic guys refuse to address, Zach getting trapped in an elevator before his podcast with a Dominatrix, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok....
Aug 19, 2024•1 hr 25 min
This is a preview of the full episode of BREAKING TAKES only available for subscribers on BREAKINGTAKES.SUPERCAST.COM. Subscribe today to gain full access to this week's bonus episode, the entire back catalog, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.co/3K4Yny2 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pThWCt Overcast: https://bi...
Aug 09, 2024•7 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the Kamala Harris' "brat" saga sweeping social media, Celine Dion's major comeback for the Paris Olympics, their weapon of choice to make it through the apocalypse, Zach forgetting who's on Mount Rushmore, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.co/3K4Yny2 Sp...
Aug 02, 2024•1 hr 27 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the national anthem catastrophe delivered by Ingrid Andress at The Home Run Derby, a motel shower that killed a 72-year-old man, the sister who accused her own sister of stealing her wedding ring, a conversation about "transitioning" that Zach overheard in the elevator, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https:/...
Jul 26, 2024•1 hr 36 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the sensational celebrity rise of the Hawk Tuah girl, a woman who ruined her own gender reveal party, Sam getting bit by a possibly rabid dog, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.co/3K4Yny2 Spotify: https://spoti...
Jul 19, 2024•1 hr 32 min
This is the preview of the full bonus episode available only for BREAKING TAKES Premium subscribers on BREAKINGTAKES.SUPERCAST.COM . Subscribe today to gain full access to this week's bonus episode, the entire back catalog, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.co/3K4Yny2 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pThWCt Overca...
Jul 15, 2024•9 min
On this solo episode of BREAKING TAKES, Zach discusses a North Korean citizen who was publically executed for listening to K-Pop, his opinion on the show Baby Reindeer, a brawl that happened in Washington Square Park during a Pride March, parents who asked their kid to hold a cruise for 45 minutes, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingta...
Jul 01, 2024•52 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the Joey Chestnut vs. Takeru Kobayashi hot-dog eating rematch taking place on Netflix on Labor Day weekend, an Amazon tribe that was given access to Starlink, and immediately became addicted to porn, the ongoing troll battle between North vs. South Korea, a boyfriend thong fetish, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikT...
Jun 21, 2024•1 hr 21 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss the Hunter Biden gun trial, a woman who recorded a rant about shopping etiquette, the boyfriend who refuses to make noodles the way his girlfriend likes them, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.co/3K4Yny2 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pThWCt Overcast: https...
Jun 15, 2024•1 hr 17 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss Kim Jong Un launching balloons filled with fecal matter and trash over the South Korean Border, an American Airlines worker who was recording passengers in the bathroom, the most nonsense baby name you've ever heard, the Pianista murder mystery, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breaking...
Jun 08, 2024•1 hr 28 min
This is a premium preview of the full episode only available on BREAKINGTAKES.SUPERCAST.COM. Sam and Zach discuss the Facebook Diversity manager who got caught stealing millions of dollars from Nike and Facebook. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.co/3K4Yny2 Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3pThWCt Overcast: https://bit.ly/43...
Jun 04, 2024•3 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES Sam and Zach discuss Shohei Ohtani's interpreter stealing millions of dollars from Ohtani to fund his gambling habit, the best and worst of The Roast of Tom Brady, Dave & Buster's getting into the gambling game, an AITA thread where a girlfriend complains about her boyfriend's wild sleep habits, and more. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok:...
May 18, 2024•1 hr 25 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES Sam and Zach discuss the NYPD union suing the mayor for banning steroids, the 'Hack Your Health' documentary about the gut biome, a bear eating an entire family of ducks in front of children, and an AITA thread where the boyfriend tells the girlfriend that his ex was tighter. SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingt...
May 10, 2024•1 hr 11 min
On this episode of BREAKING TAKES, Sam and Zach discuss Harvey Weinstein's convictions in New York getting overturned, a Belgian man with auto-brewery syndrome, a Brazilian woman who wheeled her dead uncle into the bank to try to sign for a loan, and more! SUBSCRIBE TO BREAKING TAKES PREMIUM: https://breakingtakes.supercast.com/ BREAKING TAKES LINKS: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/breakingtakes/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@breakingtakes Apple: https://apple.co/3K4Yny2 Spotify: https://...
May 03, 2024•1 hr 27 min
