What a Creep Billionaire Boys Club's Joe Hunt Season 28, Episode 8 We’re talking about the Billionaire Boys Club. You might remember it from the 1987 miniseries of the same name, starring Judd Nelson and Ron Silver. You don’t know it from the 2018 movie “Billionaire Boys Club,” starring Ansel Elgort, Taron Egerton, and Kevin Spacey, because it made $618 million in 11 theaters during its opening weekend. The Billionaires Boys Club was an investment club started by Joe Hunt. Well, he called it an ...
Mar 07, 2025•51 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Led Zeppelin on Tour Season 28, Episode 7 Led Zeppelin is making headlines again with releasing their first official documentary in decades, titled "Becoming Led Zeppelin. " The film primarily focuses on the band's music and the early stages of their career as iconic touring legends. One of us is a huge fan (the one leading this episode) and appreciates the band’s remarkable talent while also acknowledging their complicated history, which includes some unsettling stories. Their life...
Mar 01, 2025•2 hr 35 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Director Luc Besson Season 28, Episode 6 Luc Besson is the writer and director of “La Femme Nikita,” “The Fifth Element,” and “Leon: The Professional.” He’s also the writer and producer of “The Transporter” and “Taken” movies. The Daily Beast describes him as “the Michael Bay of France.” The French director has also been accused of sexual misconduct by nine women, with allegations ranging from rape to sexual harassment. What a creep. Trigger warnings: Rape, sexual harassment, and So...
Feb 21, 2025•46 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Kendrick Lamar & the Drake Feud Season 28, Episode 5 The 59th annual Super Bowl became the backdrop for the intense feud between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, one of the most significant rivalries in modern hip-hop. Fueled by long-standing tensions over artistic credibility, lyrical skill, and industry dominance, this conflict has been brewing for over a decade. However, it escalated in 2024 with a series of explosive diss tracks. Kendrick's songs "Euphoria" and " Not Like Us " took...
Feb 14, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep The Super Bowl’s Big Wardrobe Malfunction Season 28, Episode 4 It was the wardrobe malfunction seen around the world. We’re going to talk about the infamous 2004 Super Bowl Halftime Show. The entire country lost their collective mind because they got a glimpse of Janet Jackson’s boob for less than a second during what they like to pretend is a family-friendly cultural event. In reality, we’re watching a brutal sport in which men are getting concussions for our entertainment, sandwic...
Feb 07, 2025•58 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Andrew Kehoe & the Bath School Disaster (1927) Season 28, Episode 3 Andrew Kehoe was a mass murderer who, nearly one hundred years ago, instigated the most significant school tragedy in the United States, which occurred in Bath Township, Michigan. A disgruntled farmer who lost an election for the position of treasurer on the Bath Township School Board, Kehoe used dynamite to create chaos, resulting in the deaths of 45 people and injuries to 58 more. In this episode, we will talk...
Jan 31, 2025•51 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep John Harvey Kellogg Season 28, Episode 2 Kellogg’s Corn Flakes was the boring cereal in my Kellogg’s cereal variety pack, but it’s the one that started them all. And one of the men behind that cereal was John Harvey Kellogg. John Harvey Kellogg championed nutrition and a holistic approach to health. But he was also a eugenicist, which, if you don’t know, is the inaccurate theory that humans can be improved through selective breeding of populations. He also advocated for forced steri...
Jan 24, 2025•52 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Some of the Creepiest Plots to John Hughes Films Season 28, Episode 1 John Hughes accomplished the remarkable feat of being a quintessential Baby Boomer while still resonating with Generation X and Millennials through his films. Movies—such as 16 Candles, The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Pretty in Pink, and She’s Having a Baby—became essential viewing for generations that felt overlooked by mainstream media. He genuinely seemed like “one of us.” However, when we examine...
Jan 17, 2025•1 hr 27 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Hulk Hogan Season 27, Episode 12 Are you ready to talk about Hulk Hogan, brother? Wrestler Hulk Hogan was everywhere through the ’80s. He appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated, TV Guide, and PEOPLE. He had his Saturday morning cartoon show and was the most-requested celebrity of the ’80s for the Make-A-Wish foundation. He also had a run of movies in the 80s and '90s. But now, he’s mainly known for lying, for a leaked sex tape filled with his racist and homophobic rants, and fo...
Jan 10, 2025•50 min•Ep 12•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 27, Episode 11 Matt Gaetz - UPDATE Matt Gaetz is a garbage human being who is also the U.S. representative for the first congressional district of Florida. When he’s not kissing disgraced former president Trump’s ass and sending bad tweets, this sentient can of Axe Body Spray is voting against laws fighting sex trafficking while being investigated for sex trafficking. Updated sources:Vox - The Matt Gaetz Ethics Report, Explained The New York Times - Key takeaways from the Hou...
Jan 03, 2025•59 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep “The Day the Music Died” Season 27, Episode 10 "The Day the Music Died" is a phrase coined by singer-songwriter Don McLean in 1971 in his 8-and-a-half-minute song “American Pie.” The tragic deaths of Buddy Holly , The Big Bopper , and Ritchie Valens on February 3, 1959, shocked the world and have been the subject of study for decades. In this episode, I will discuss the lives of the men who lost their lives that night and the harsh realities of life on tour during the early days of ...
Dec 20, 2024•49 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Joe Francis (Update) Season 27, Episode 9 With the release of the documentary series, “Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story,” it’s time to revisit our Joe Francis episode. Francis was the founder and creator of Girls Gone Wild, which made him a millionaire 10 times over. He has also been convicted of tax evasion, bribery, false imprisonment, and assault and has pleaded no contest to child abuse and prostitution. Sources for this episode: Girls Gone Wild: The Untold Story on Peacock Hol...
Dec 13, 2024•58 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 27, Episode 8 Conor McGregor Conor McGregor is a mixed martial arts fighter who became famous in the sport after winning Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) titles in two different weight classes. He’s also launched a whiskey and Irish Stout company and acted in the “Road House” remake. We don’t know much about the UFC or that “Road House” remake, but we know a creep when we see one. And this guy is a creep who is racist and has been accused of sexual assault multiple times ...
Dec 06, 2024•54 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 27, Episode 7 The Disappointment of Gen-X Men Born between 1965 and 1980, Gen X is often referred to as the “forgotten generation.” They were raised on MTV, punk rock, hiphop, the Cold War, afterschool specials, latchkey childhoods, and a healthy dose of cynicism. They gave us grunge music, independent films, mix-tape culture, and some of the best pop culture of the late 20th century. But along with all that coolness came a hefty dose of entitlement, misogyny, and resistance ...
Nov 29, 2024•1 hr 3 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 27, Episode 6 Ken Starr Ken Starr was the independent prosecutor who basically wasted millions in taxpayer dollars to investigate President Bill Clinton. He’s also been on the wrong side of history when it comes to gay marriage, religious freedom, and sexual abuse. Over the course of his career, he argued 36 times before the Supreme Court. Oh, and he mentored Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh. Thanks a lot, creep. Sources for this episode: Jezeb...
Nov 22, 2024•43 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 27, Episode 5 Creepy Fairy Tale Origin Stories! Forget everything you learned from animated films… several beloved fairy tales are far from the joyous Disney creatures we have all seen since childhood. This episode discusses the dark worlds behind Little Red Riding Hood, The Little Mermaid, and Hansel and Gretel. The sanitized versions of these fairy tales we share today keep only hints of these origins, but the eerie stories lurking beneath the surface remind us that fairy t...
Nov 16, 2024•44 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 27, Episode 4 Pat Robertson Pat Robertson was a minister, televangelist, media mogul, and presidential candidate. He was head of Regent University and the Christian Broadcasting Network, where he hosted “The 700 Club.” He was also a creep who talked all kinds of crap about LGBTQ+ rights, feminism, race, and the right to abortion, all under the guise of religion, to a massive audience on his Christian Broadcasting Network. He was instrumental in creating the Christian Right mo...
Nov 08, 2024•50 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Harry Powers: The Inspiration for “The Night of the Hunter” Season 27, Episode 3 Harry Powers , often called the "Lonely Hearts Killer," was a notorious American serial killer active in the early 1930s. Born Herman Drenth in the Netherlands in 1892, he emigrated to the United States and eventually settled in West Virginia. Powers used personal ads in newspapers to target his victims, posing as a lonely, wealthy bachelor seeking companionship. He lured women, often widows or divorcée...
Nov 01, 2024•55 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 27, Episode 2 People Who Try to Ruin Halloween Put on your costume and get out your Halloween candy. Let’s talk about the creeps that try to ruin Halloween. Sources for this episode A&E TV Buzzfeed Huffington Post Parents Nonprofit Quarterly NPR NPR ScaryMommy Today Show Wikipedia for poisoned candy myths Wikipedia for Ronald Clark O’Bryan Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts T...
Oct 25, 2024•1 hr 12 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep The Salem Witch Trials Season 27, Episode 1 The Salem Witch Trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions that took place in colonial Massachusetts from February 1692 to May 1693. These trials resulted in the execution of 20 individuals, most of whom were women, who were accused of practicing witchcraft. The hysteria began in the Puritan village of Salem, which is now present-day Danvers, but the panic quickly spread to other communities in the region. In this episode, we explor...
Oct 18, 2024•57 min•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep: Season 9, Episode 8 Replay! Charlie Chaplin Sonia & Margo replay their season nine Charlie Chaplin episode as he was one of the movie's most influential and recognizable faces. The image of the Little Tramp is a part of cultural history. It’s shorthand for classic film. Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his movies. Six of Chaplin's films have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States...
Oct 11, 2024•41 min•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep: Roy Cohn (Updated Intro & Replay from Season 4) Roy Cohn (1927–1986) was a prominent American lawyer known for his involvement in controversial cases. He gained national attention as chief counsel to Senator Joseph McCarthy during the McCarthy hearings in the 1950s. After working with McCarthy, Cohn became a private attorney, representing clients like Donald Trump and mafia bosses. Cohn's manipulative strategies served as a foundation for Trump's later tactics in his political ...
Oct 04, 2024•1 hr•Transcript available on Metacast What a CreepSeason 26, Episode 11 Nice guys & wife guys We’re talking about the dangers of nice guys and wife guys on this week’s episode. Sources for this episode Buzzfeed F the Nice Guy podcast “ Girl at the bar ” from Saturday Night Live Jezebel The List Motherly New York Times New York Times “ Nice guy syndrome ” on Wikipedia “ Wife guy ” on Wikipedia Be sure to follow us on social media. But don’t follow us too closely … don’t be a creep about it! Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts Twitt...
Sep 27, 2024•50 min•Ep 11•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 26, Episode 10 “The Know-Nothing Party," Nativism, and Springfield, Ohio Today” If you have been keeping up with the news, you may have heard about the city of Springfield, Ohio , where there have been over 33 bomb threats (as of this posting) targeting its Haitian residents. How did this situation come about? Today, we will delve into the origins of the Know Nothing Party , also known as the American Party, a nativist political movement in the United States during the 1840s ...
Sep 20, 2024•1 hr 19 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 26, Episode 9 Cool girls and pick-me girls She’s one of the guys. She says she prefers to hang out with guys because girls cause “too much drama.” “I’m not a feminist because I don’t hate men.”I’m not like other girls.” If this sounds familiar to you, maybe you know someone who’s a pick-me or cool girl. Let’s talk about it. Sources for this episode The Atlantic Buzzfeed CNN Dictionary.com Jezebel New York Magazine Washington Post Women’s Media Center “ The Cool Girl Trope, Ex...
Sep 13, 2024•57 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 26, Episode 8 Neil Gaiman Beloved author Neil Gaiman has recently been involved in a controversy following multiple allegations of sexual assault. Several women have come forward with accusations, some dating back decades. For example, a former employee at Gaiman's property accused him of coercive sexual behavior during her stay from 2014 to 2021. Other women have made similar claims, including Julia Hobsbawm, who described an unwanted sexual advance in the 1980s.According to...
Sep 06, 2024•1 hr 10 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 26, Episode 7 Ronald Reagan, trickledown economics & welfare queens It’s time to talk about President Ronald Reagan’s “trickle-down economics” tax policy, which has been described as the most enduring failed policy idea in American politics. And that leads into Reagan’s narrative of “the welfare queen,” the undeserving women who are freeloading off of the American taxpayers, AND THAT feeds into the bigger story of people living in poverty who don’t want to work. What a cr...
Aug 30, 2024•59 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 26, Episode 5 Sun City and Apartheid in South Africa Sun City is a luxury resort and casino complex in South Africa. During the apartheid era (1948-1990s ), it became infamous for hosting international artists despite the global cultural boycott of South Africa. The South African government promoted Sun City as a major entertainment destination, but for many, it symbolized the oppression and exploitation of apartheid. Artists United Against Apartheid was a collective of music...
Aug 23, 2024•1 hr 9 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 26, Episode 4 President Ronald Reagan and the AIDS crisis When the AIDS epidemic started in the early ’80s, the Reagan administration's response mainly involved making jokes in the daily press briefings. Throughout his two terms as president, Reagan and his administration didn’t even do the bare minimum to help. According to The Atlantic, almost 83,000 cases of AIDS were confirmed while Reagan was in the White House, and nearly 50,000 people died of the disease. Reagan, what ...
Aug 21, 2024•1 hr 11 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast What a Creep Season 26, Episode 3 Ronald Reagan “The Mental Health Systems Act 1980” The Mental Health Systems Act of 1980 was a significant legislation to improve mental health care in the United States. It was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 7, 1980. The act was intended to restructure the federal approach to mental health services, emphasizing community-based care and providing grants to community mental health centers to improve their services. When Ronald Reagan assumed...
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