We cover how to beat the Smile demon, increase wax museum sales, and negotiate with the homeless. Featuring spoilers for Conclave. Cops of the pod, write in: what's the best beat? Check out the Patreon for bonus content, standup comedy sets, and more. https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Check out other places to listen here: https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast Recorded October 2024 Produced by Zach Russell Intro/Outro music by Mokka!...
Nov 13, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 71
Zach goes to Detroit, makes a mess and a friend. Charles refuses to stop spending money on dumb sh*t. Check out the Patreon for bonus content, standup comedy sets, and more. https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Check out other places to listen here: https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast Recorded October 2024 Produced by Zach Russell Intro/Outro music by Mokka!...
Oct 29, 2024•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 70
Another edition of HOT or NOT this week as we're joined by the hilarious and knowledgable Naomi Karavani to discuss Anne of Cleves. Men fall off horses, meet-cutes turn sour, virginities remain intact, and we make time - as we always do - for talk Sydney Sweeny. Follow Naomi/watch her special here! https://www.instagram.com/naomikaravani/?hl=en https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p18FIxZCW9U&ab_channel=naomikaravani Suggestion of someone we should cover or have a follow-up question/correction fr...
Oct 23, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 69
This ep features our review of John Harvey Kellogg's book, "Plain Facts about Sexual Life", the celebs who frequented the Battle Creek Sanitarium, and more Check out the Patreon for bonus content, standup comedy sets, and more. https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Check out other places to listen here: https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast Recorded September 2024 Produced by Zach Russell Intro/Outro music by Mokka!...
Oct 07, 2024•51 min•Ep. 68
We had a real hoot talking about John Harvey's asexual doctrine, Zach's massive logs, the evils of poop, and the Battle Creek Sanitarium. Tune in next week for Pt 2. for more. Minor technical issues, but nevertheless we persisted. Check out the Patreon for bonus content, standup comedy sets, and more. https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Check out other places to listen here: https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast Recorded September 2024 Produced by Zach Russell Intro/Outro music by Mokka...
Sep 25, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 67
This episode is a continuation of "Rock Bottom." Charles dreams of normalcy, Zach loses his bag, and the boys save themselves for heaven. Check out the Patreon for bonus content, standup comedy sets, and more. https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Check out other places to listen here: https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast Recorded Sept 2024 Produced by Zach Russell Intro music by Mokka!...
Sep 13, 2024•41 min•Ep. 66
We reveal RFK Jr.'s political motivations behind eating roadkill, and how the worms have been trying to get into the Kennedy's heads since 1963. Including: Spasmotic Dysphonia, falconing, dead bear pranks, brain-eating ameoba, ramoray, ring of fire, and chapel roan. Hail wormlord. Next hour of this episode on Patreon in a few dayz (updated: 9/5/2024) Check out the Patreon for bonus content, standup comedy sets, and more. https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Check out other places to liste...
Sep 05, 2024•58 min•Ep. 65
Charles is BACK and the boys have a lot to catch up on: Japanese cruising, coked-out coworkers, and how creepy you want your podiatrist to be. Check out the Patreon for bonus content, standup comedy sets, and more. https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Check out other places to listen here: https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast Recorded August 2024 Produced by Zach Russell Intro/Outro music by Mokka!...
Aug 27, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 64
This week we welcome back Nick Hopping and Matisyahu Nissim to talk about Cronus, Zeus' dad who ate Zeus' siblings and would've eaten him too if not for Prometheus and his tricky tricks. This counts as on-theme cause he's an overshadowed father. Fight me. Suggestions for a sibling or spouse (or other family member) we should cover? Write in to overshadowedpod@gmail.com . Check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Recorded August 2024 And follow us on social media! https:/...
Aug 16, 2024•53 min•Ep. 63
Zach's stuck in Canada, so we're releasing a bonus episode of a now-defunct podcast nobody heard, Hoppothetically. It's fun and features friend of the pod Nick Hopping, because it was his podcast. That is now defunct. He lost. Or maybe we lost cause we're still doing a podcast... Either way, enjoy. Charles and I recorded a Zoom ep that will be up on Patreon soon. Topics: adult swim, tsunamis, Dexter's Laboratory, Muhammad drawings. Check out the Patreon for bonus content, standup comedy sets, an...
Aug 07, 2024•42 min•Ep. 62
Brothers and sisters, this week, we discuss history tidbits like the creation of the Secret Service, Medieval "Love is Blind", civil war elephants, and more. Leave a review on Itunes/Spotify please. Suggestion of someone we should cover or have a follow-up question/correction from one of the episodes? Write in! overshadowedpod@gmail.com Check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Recorded June 2024 And follow us on social media! https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast Insta...
Jul 24, 2024•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 61
We cover scandalized televangelist, Jimmy Swaggart's, Jerry Lee Lewis' cousin who was caught with a prostitute TWICE. His worse sin of all? Trying to pay these hard-working women $10 ($36 in 2024). Have a suggestion for someone we should cover or have a follow-up question/correction from one of the episodes? Write in! overshadowedpod@gmail.com Check out the Patreon for solo eps, bonus eps, standup sets, and more https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Recorded July 2024 And follow us on soci...
Jul 18, 2024•47 min•Ep. 60
There's a whole lotta sleezin' going on this week as we cover Myra Lewis, the 13-year old child bride and first cousin of rockstar Jerry Lee Lewis, who lost it all once England found out he married a child. Aw. We discuss how their fraudulent marriage became a reality, getting canceled in the 50's, and the warm embrace of Jerry into country music's cousin-loving arms. Stay tuned next Thursday for a tell-all about Jimmy Swaggart, one of Jerry's cousins he didn't marry: a famous televangelist take...
Jul 11, 2024•1 hr•Ep. 59
We discuss history tidbits like Catherine the Great's "Equine Myth", Pope Gregory's cat ban, shrooms-fueled berserkers and more. Leave a review on Itunes/Spotify please. Suggestion of someone we should cover or have a follow-up question/correction from one of the episodes? Write in! overshadowedpod@gmail.com Check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Recorded June 2024 And follow us on social media! https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast Instagram: @Overshadowed_Podcast @...
Jul 02, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 58
The boys cover America's most famous alcoholic this week with Will Foskey in this episode about Billy Carter, featuring belly flop contests, Peanut Lolita, alcoholism, and a scandal with Lybia called Billygate. Have a suggestion for someone we should cover or have a follow-up question/correction from one of the episodes? Write in! overshadowedpod@gmail.com Check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Recorded June 2024 And follow us on social media! https://linktr.ee/oversh...
Jun 22, 2024•54 min•Ep. 57
This week's a repost of an episode we did on Elliot and Teddy Roosevelt. The audio has been boosted, and the fat has been trimmed. If you're interested in the original version, I put that on Patreon.com, https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast This week, Zach & Charles discuss the troubled life of Theodore Roosevelt's younger brother Elliott Roosevelt, who shared a fate similar to that of Rosemary Kennedy after an illegitimate child with a chambermaid 'threatens' TR's run at the Presiden...
Jun 13, 2024•1 hr 41 min•Ep. 56
Charles is in the hospital, and we welcome Nick Hopping to his new role as permanent replacement host for now. This episode, Nick goes to first base mid-REM sleep, and his beautiful ruby red station wagon gets smashed by a man passed out at the wheel. In the news: tornados are spinning up more frequently, the prime minister of iran went down like a laker, and the RNC receives 2 vials of blood addressed to America's own Donald Trump. Sorry the dog is distracting in this. Check out the Patreon for...
Jun 08, 2024•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 55
Zach almost does a career-ruining show for Columbia University. Charles find a Disney hidden penis in hold music. Check out the Patreon for videos of the Boca/St. Petersburg sets. https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Check out other places to listen here: https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast Recorded February 2024 Produced by Zach Russell Intro/Outro music by Mokka!...
May 22, 2024•57 min•Ep. 54
Zach and Charles talk American Revolution with Harshil Shukla in this episode about Sam and John Adams. One's a fiery late-blooming behind-the-scenes ugly batman and the other's a learned fat president who loves his naked morning strolls. Featuring: Sam Adam's grave, boufing tea, a lot of anti-Hancock rhetoric and more. A failure until 41 years old, "Sam" is someone we can all look to to excuse our failings as simply laying the groundwork for greatness. Patreon ep about John adams will be upload...
Apr 18, 2024•58 min•Ep. 53
Zach crashes a wedding and swims with alligators. Charles struggles to sell exercise equipment to the one percent. We also discuss Drake Bell, Israel, TikTok ban, Jeff Jackson, and how to lie your way into free drinks. Check out the Patreon for videos of the Boca/St. Petersburg sets and vlog content: https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Check out other places to listen here: https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast Recorded February 2024 Produced by Zach Russell Intro/Outro music by Mokka!...
Mar 28, 2024•57 min•Ep. 52
APPLICATIONS ARE STILL OPEN for experiencing solar eclipse totality with Cory Russell April 8, 2024 in a Lake Placid airbnb. Submit resume/picture to overshadowedpod@gmail.com. This week, we welcome Cory Russell, Zach's actual brother, for a little bro show where Cory makes a play for thematic consistency and pisses Zach off. This week, we tackle clouds, shadows, autism, homelessness, bigfoot, Medusa, and the biggest shadow our Earth can experience. Check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com...
Feb 29, 2024•58 min•Ep. 51
Grab a hat full of sour horse milk and hunker down with yur(t) boys this week as we cover the doomed bromance between Genghis Khan [aka "Temugin"] and his blood-brother-turned-rival, Jamukha. Both imprisoned by Merkits as kids, Temugin and Jamukha make it official with a blood oath, and when Temugin's bride gets stolen by another band of those pesky Merkits, Jamukha rallys an army to get her back. Exciting stuff, hmm? I wanted to write more, but at this point you should just listen. Featuring: y...
Feb 20, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep. 50
We're back with our coldest episode yet, covering North America's most overshadowed gold rush - the Yukon/Klondike - that spanned 1896-1899 and yielded MORE GOLD than the California gold rush, which lasted twice as long. Featuring: outdoorsy gambling addicts, deadbeat dads, lady-yeast, the boom town of Dawson, a scamming willy wonka type, and what we think is too many dead horses. The Klondike Stampede saw 100,000 inexperienced hopefuls journeying West in search of cold gold, but only 30,000 mad...
Feb 05, 2024•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 47
No jokes this week, just important causes: post-9/11 awareness campaigns, hate-free "smear the queer" alternatives, and tips for maintaining male friendships. Also, if anyone knows any touring 21-year-olds who want 2 all around good guys in their roster, drop us a line: overshadowedpod@gmail.com Sign up for the Patreon for bonus episodes! https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast Recorded Sept 2023, I'm a pos. Produced by Zach Russell Intro/Outro music by Mokka!...
Dec 28, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Ep. 46
This week we welcome the very funny, pseudo-comedian Megan Baniewicz to Overshadowed to discuss being homeschooled (TX), the grace period of early 20's-hood slowly trickling away, getting away with Club Penguin, & much more. Also featured on this episode is Megan's very funny, definitively-comedian sister, Caroline Baniewicz!: A singer. A comic. A woman. A triple threat. Follow us and them here: https://www.instagram.com/carolinebaniewicz/ >>> Great sketch Megan's in <<< ht...
Nov 15, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Ep. 45
Overshadowed welcomes Ben Kirschenbaum to discuss simpler times Follow us and Ben here https://www.instagram.com/benkirschenbaum/?hl=en https://www.tiktok.com/@benkirschenbaum https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast Suggestions for a sibling or spouse we should cover? Write in to overshadowedpod@gmail.com. Check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Recorded October 2023 And follow us on social media! https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_podcast Instagram: @Overshadowed_Podcast @...
Oct 21, 2023•1 hr 33 min•Ep. 44
PART 2! We dive right into Lyndon B. Johnson's reasons for departing from his racist southern past and how Lady Bird pushed him to run for elected office. We end with his hog shower, so if you're keen on hearing about that, skip to the last 10 minutes. Suggestions for a sibling or spouse we should cover? Write in to overshadowedpod@gmail.com. Check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Recorded September 2023 And follow us on social media! https://linktr.ee/overshadowed_po...
Sep 27, 2023•41 min•Ep. 43
This week, we're covering Lyndon B. Johnson's wife, "Lady Bird" Johnson, an incredibly intelligent and successful woman in her own right. Not only was she the *first* President's wife to earn well over $1,000,000 before becoming First Lady, she also prevented our nation's highways from growing littered with billboards & rubble, and inspired Lyndon's presidential career. Without her, he might never have run in the first place. We split this into a two-parter to make 2 hours of history a bit l...
Sep 21, 2023•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 42
This week, Nick gets picked last in a co-ed game of capture the flag, we meet the saddest woman in Pennsylvania, and Zach struggles to be a mean jerk while Nick and Charles excel at the artform. In the end, we can all agree you're filthy perverts. Go subscribe to our patreon for bonus content: https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Follow us on social media https://www.instagram.com/nickhoppingcomedy/ https://www.instagram.com/charles_engle/ https://www.instagram.com/zachrussellcomedy/...
Aug 16, 2023•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 41
This week we welcome the vastly overqualified & hilarious Matisyahu Nissim to talk about Vincent Van Gogh's younger brother, Theo - a historically significant and successful art dealer in his own right - who supports Vincent financially, professionally, and emotionally through Vincent's life of turmoil. Special shoutout to Theo's wife who stayed with him throughout the syphilis - Johanna Bonger! - without whom we would have never known of Vincent Van Gogh. Featuring: paint, replacement child...
Aug 03, 2023•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 40
