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Worthless Knowledge

Johnny Goodtimes and The Truth are back at it bringing their unsolicited opinions to the public after a 3 year hiatus.
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Episodes

Caligula

The guys discuss the life and times of Caligula this week.

Sep 10, 202135 min

Rasputin

Johnny and the Truth are back with a semi-deep dive into Gregori Rasputin, the Russian religious zealot who managed to get extremely close to the gears of power using nothing but prayer, charisma, and possibly a foot long penis. The guys also examine Johnny's past as a juvenile petty criminal, the type of energy in the air before a Quizzo competition devolves into a huge orgy, and why Nat won't accept invitations to hang out with people at midnight. All this and more on the Worthless Knowledge p...

Aug 11, 202145 min

Medaling in the Summer and Winter Olympics--It's Easy if You are a Toothpaste Heir

Johnny and the Truth take a walk with you through history to the 1932 Olympics where they explain how simple it was to compete in international bobsled if you were a toothpaste heir. They also speculate how a vacation would go if it were free but you had to fight the amateur boxing champion of each country you went to.

Jul 26, 202132 min

Emperor Claudius - The Reason When You Take Over You Have to Kill EVERYBODY

On this episode JGT and Nat explore the unlikely rise to power and reign of Emperor Claudius. They discuss the time he fought a killer whale in the harbor and some other questionable tactics he employed during his time at the top of the pile. There is also lively banter concerning 1st century prosthetics and medical care in general, as well as how much more frequent poisonings were back then. All this and much. much more in this episode--subscribe and give us a rating (a good one preferably)....

May 06, 202146 min

Reefer Madness

The guys are joined by co-host of the Philly Blunt podcast, Reef the Lost Cauze to discuss the fantastic 1930's anti-marijuana propaganda film "Reefer Madness". In the course of the discussion, they touch on points ranging from the obvious (and less than obvious) perils of deadly marijuana, how much more likely they'd be to go to a movie if there was a mummified corpse in the lobby, poking sticks, and some of Nat's experiences when he was in the inaugural class of the DARE program. You really do...

Apr 27, 202149 min

The Playboy Mansion

JGT and The Truth dive into the history of the Playboy Mansions. The guys speak on the subject of used Playboy magazines and what you could expect to pay for them in the mid 1980's. They discuss revolving (and vibrating) beds, having a smaller replica of your house next door, and what you should (and shouldn't) steal when you're looting a house. They also talk about memories they have that may or may not be fictitious.

Apr 20, 202149 min

The Noid (and Other Perverts)

Remember 1980's pizza advertising icon The Noid? Sure. We all do. Did you know that a man took a couple of hostages in a Domino's restaurant once because he felt the Noid ad campaign was targeted specifically at him? Join Johnny and Nat as they welcome Chip Chantry. Chip is the author of several best selling books on the Noid, ranging from the worldwide best seller "The Pizza Anarchist" to the lesser known cult favorite "Noided Up: How the Dominos Fell", and is arguably the world's foremost expe...

Apr 06, 202143 min

Board Game Burial: What Game Do You Want In YOUR Casket?

Johnny and Nat get together to discuss a favorite past time of theirs: board games. They ask hard hitting questions like what board game would you want buried with you when you die? They revisit some of Johnny's famous temper tantrums, and they review a couple really strange board games from the past. All this and more on the Worthless Knowledge podcast this week

Mar 26, 202144 min

Remember When a Famous Pop Star Burned Down a Football Player's House? Andre Rison and Lisa Lopes Revisited

Johnny and Nat discuss the famous mansion burning that occurred in 1994 during the volatile relationship between Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Andre Rison. Then they talk about how if they were different people living in a different place with different skills and dreams and living in a different time there's no telling what they could have accomplished. And of course they dive into how likely they would be to remain married if they came home and their wives had burned their houses down because they...

Mar 19, 202147 min

Cults: Should You Join One?

In this episode, spun off from JGT's latest Quizzo, the guys start unpacking the Heaven's Gate Cult but the conversation quickly devolves into more general cult related talk. Johnny tells Nat about the closest he ever came to being in a cult, Nat asks what 5 items you'd bring as a "Cult Starter Kit" if you were going to join one, and both guys have to ponder how much money they'd have to be paid to join a cult for a year and share a room with a roommate that wore the same clothes and had the sam...

Mar 11, 202153 min

Could You Commit the "Perfect" Crime? Leopold and Loeb Didn't.

In 1924, the now infamous murderers Leopold and Loeb committed the perfect crime when they abducted and killed Loeb's second cousin. Or it would have been perfect if they hadn't made countless huge mistakes. Johnny Goodtimes and the Truth discuss the crime at length, wondering if they would have the chops to pull off a similar plan.

Mar 04, 202143 min

Would You Take In a Feral Child? (From the Vault)

Johnny and Nat rate their marriages on a scale of 1 to 10. Topsy the Elephant is electrocuted by early 20th century idiots. Would you attend the drawing the quartering of your arch nemesis? What is Tonya Harding doing with the money she gets from Paypal donations? Would you take in a feral child?

Feb 28, 202152 min

Could You Topple a Government with 60 Men if One of Them was Gerardo? (From the Vault)

From the vault as we still lead up to our hotly anticipated reboot, the guys discuss how they think the conversation would go if they told their wives they were leaving to dogsled alone to the North Pole. They also consider how they would go about toppling a Central American government with 60 men and what role early 90's Latino rapper Gerardo could play in that process.

Feb 28, 202137 min

Is Your Wife Angrier if You have an Affair with 1 Woman or an Entire Harem of Women? (From the Vault)

In this episode we discuss whether our wives would be angrier if we were caught having an affair with 1 woman or if we were discovered to have a harem of 3,000 women. Would they be angrier at our infidelity or more impressed with our logistical ability in hiding, clothing, housing and feeding thousands of women? How much money would we have to be paid to have our nose cut off and replaced with a golden fake nose? (like Humpty Hump, but gold)

Feb 26, 202122 min

If You Are Time Traveling Is It OK To Cheat On Your Wife? (From the Vault)

If you were time traveling and got busy once or twice or several times, would that count as cheating on your wife? What exactly is your obligation to someone if they save your life? If you are in a bathroom stall and have a "wide stance" is it hard to keep your foot from touching the guy's foot in the next stall?

Feb 26, 202130 min

Roller Coasters, Really Big Phones, and K-Solo (From the Vault)

The guys started off discussing Alexander Graham Bell in this classic, beloved episode, but quickly led to a conversation about how you could kill a man if you bludgeoned them with one of those old rotary phones and other fun things.

Feb 26, 202135 min
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