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Profiles In Eccentricity

John Fahy, Aaron Pita, Matt Brousseausites.libsyn.com
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.
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Episodes

The Marquis de Sade: Pain, Pleasure, Perversion

Aaron Pita, in his most challenging profile yet, takes on the original hypervert: The Marquis! Hear Matt and John squirm though the descriptions of the French psycho's real and imagined depictions of depravity and Aaron's careful comparison to modern taboo literature.

Jan 17, 20191 hr 12 minEp. 55

Hetty Green: The Miserly Mother and Her Spendthrift Son

Matt brings the story of the Green family, starting with the matriarch, the Witch Of Wall Street, an incouragable, miserable woman, who made millions of dollars and zero friends and ending with the story of her son, The Colonel, who spent as much as he could on everything he could, including one grand mamillian phallus.

Jan 09, 20191 hr 5 minEp. 54

Patreon Holiday Special - Eccentric Media 4: Juiced

For the holidays, we share another killer Patreon subscribers-only episode! Our friend Nisa Ward joins us to talk about being duped into appearing in O.J. Simpsons’s TV prank show and John fills in with background on Juiced, the strangest and trashiest television show ever created. For more Profiles content, join our patreon at: https://www.patreon.com/profilesineccentricity

Dec 27, 201847 min

Eccentric Media 3: Gay Porn Concussion

Matt, John, and Aaron bring out another trove of offbeat songs, internet oddities, movie clips, and - of course - insane porno to pore over and get stupid with.

Dec 19, 20181 hr 13 minEp. 52

Richard Nixon Part 1: I Am Not A Cuck

Episode 50 sees John share the first half of the story of Richard Milhous Nixon! Poverty, hard work, a little cucky courtship, and a touching friendship with and fondness for another president are just a few of the little known details of the story of the oddball POTUS!

Dec 05, 20181 hr 18 minEp. 50

Patreon Preview: This Guy's Fcking A Horse

For the holidays, a taste of our Patreon page. We're rejoined by Radostin Zahariev so John can tell the guys about this anonymous Canadian man who is married to a woman but also "dating" a horse. He gets into his sexual history with the horse and is adamant it's consensual. WARNING: This is an episode that is only for creeps!!!! Saddle up! Check out Profiles In Eccentricity on Patreon and consider joining.

Nov 21, 20181 hr 10 min

Muscle Measuring Maniac

This episode John shares the story of England’s Purple Aki, a bizarre profile of a fitness enthusiast whose compulsion to squeeze young men’s muscles led him to being labelled as a sex offender, serving time in prison, and his conviction for being involved in a young man’s death. Plus, Matt serves up harrowing early talking dolls.

Nov 14, 20181 hr 11 minEp. 49

Anne Lister: Aristocrat Lesbian

This episode Matt shares the tale of high society sapphic socialite Anne Lister, the snobby Englishwoman who turned her nose up at lower class clams. Plus, John dishes on his favorite North Korean execution and South Korean Fan Death superstitions.

Nov 07, 20181 hr 3 minEp. 48

Dr. Carl Tanzler: The Dresden Don Juan of the Deceased

This Halloween John shares the spooky pervert saga of physician Carl Tanzler, the German immigrant in Key West who fell in love with a woman who died in his care before graverobbing her carcass and DIY rigging it up to stay "loveable" indefinitely.

Oct 31, 201857 minEp. 47

Woody Guthrie, Part 2

Matt concludes the saga of folk singer and entertainer Woody Guthrie with his exploits through the second world war, veering between fame and obscurity, multiple evils from his past returning to haunt him, all concluding in the most emblematic and poignant, beautiful tale of highs and heartbreak in America.

Oct 17, 20181 hr 30 minEp. 46

Woody Guthrie, Part 1

Matt returns from the woods to drop the first half of the tale of folk singer and authentic Okie entertainer Woody Guthrie and it’s filled with tragedy, Americana, carousing, shitty breakfasts, Communism, Facism, and a girl burnt so bad she froze to death… all played out against the backdrop of American history.

Oct 10, 20181 hr 35 minEp. 45

The Unlikely Champion: "Pistol" Pete Maravich

This episode Aaron drops the poignant tale of basketball prodigy Pete Maravich, whose obsession with the game would lead him to create never beefore seen maneuvers and a mountain of career records, but who suffered when his staggering success left him searching for more.

Oct 03, 20181 hr 33 minEp. 44

Harlem Hoarders And Long Island Lowlifes

This week Godfather of Profiles, Joe Lachut, guests to tell the story of two brothers in the '20s who hoarded literally tons of garbage in their Harlem home. Also, John shares the tales of two men who terrorized Long Island during his childhood: a kidnapper and a sniper!

Sep 26, 20181 hr 9 minEp. 43

Blowjobs And The Blues

This episode John shares the story of Superhead, the hip hop music video star who became famous for her oral skills and later shook up the industry by telling her tell-all story. Also, Matt shares some shockingly pervy songs from the dirty 1930's.

Sep 12, 20181 hr 15 minEp. 42

Creatures In The Courtroom, Bears At Battle

This episode Matt drops the shockingly insane history of humans putting animals and insects on trial and John talks about a WWII hero that also happens to be a bear!

Sep 05, 20181 hr 29 minEp. 41

The Porno Kamikaze Killer: Not Your Air Bud

This week John giddily tells the story of an underground right wing Japanese activist who starred in porn filmes and attempted to assassinate a Yakuza boss in a kamikaze plane attack! Matt gives the bow wow bio of a famous lofty pup!

Aug 29, 20181 hr 3 minEp. 40

The Strangest Man In Baseball

This week Aaron drops the tale of the strangest, brainiest man in professional baseball: mediocre ballplayer and secret wartime spy Moe Berg! Don't touch his fucking newspaper!

Aug 22, 20181 hr 3 minEp. 39

Yukio Mishima: Japanese Homosexual Author Tries To Overthrow Government And Be Ripped

This episode Matt tells our first listener-suggested subject about Yukio Mishima, a nationally prized Japanese novelist and descendant of a samurai dynasty, who, after the second world war, tried to take Japan to the far right, overthrow the government, and loved figuratively shredded dudes getting literally shredded by arrows.

Aug 15, 20181 hr 26 minEp. 38

The Merciless Onslaught Of Mildred Burke

Matt hits us with the inspiriational tale of Mildred Burke, a woman who trailblazed for female wrestlers and defeated all challengers in REAL and staged fights whie simultaneously enduring the abuse of her lowlife manager!

Aug 01, 20181 hr 3 minEp. 36

The Schemes and Misadventures of Legendary Gambler Amarillo Slim

This week our guest David Sharp shares the unbelievable life story of gambling legend Amarillo Slim. This was recorded immediately after our last episode for our Patreon, but we decided to share so the regular fans could see the sort of thing we have cooking on our Patreon account! Support the show.

Jul 18, 20181 hr 10 minEp. 33

3 Way Weirdo Orgy: Fads, Acid Origins, Positive Pedophilia

The Boys run a train on this episode with a 3-way of mini weirdses! First Aaron gives us some background on Alfred Hubbard, the "Johnny Appleseed of LSD," then John gives poses a question about straight edge pedophiles in the hardcore punk scene, before Matt closes us out with bizarre fads through time! Have yourself a nice piss and try it out! Support the show.

Jul 11, 20181 hr 19 minEp. 32

Blowcaine Baseball

This week Matt delivers a history of chopped up baseball with the saga of the Pittsburgh Pirates 80s coke addiction!!

Jun 27, 20181 hr 22 minEp. 31

Time Kills: The Self-Maiming Prankster Provocateur Artist Chris Burden

This episode John profiles the combative art of Chris Burden, who willfully had himself shot to be taken seriously. Satirical and disturbing commercials, crucifixion to a Volkswagen and a habit of creating terrifying and visceral live performances and inventions were all a part of Burden's vision.

May 30, 20181 hr 2 minEp. 27
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