Mike Regan

130 - Heinrich Schliemann: The Lost City of Troy & the Glory-seeking Archaeologist the 'Found' it.

May 14th, 2020  |  2 hrs 4 mins

ancient greece, ancient history, archaeology, artifacts, comedy, con man, drinking, excavation, gold rush, greece, history, homer, money, podcast, wealth

Arguably one of the most notable archaeologist in the field, Heinrich made history when he unearthed the lost city of Troy. Using his vast wealth, he then went about rewriting his own history and buying out anyone that questioned his sketch methods of excavation.

129 - Idi Amin: Uganda's Big Dumb Dumpster Dictator

May 7th, 2020  |  1 hr 36 mins

africa, cannibalism, comedy, crazy, dictator, drinking, genocide, history, idiot, podcast

Uganda had it bad when big fat dumb dumb Idi Amin took over the government by force. This disillusion dictator massacred his people, destroyed Uganda's economy and claimed the title of 'Lord of all Beasts of the Earth and Fishes of the Seas and Conqueror of the British Empire in Africa in general and Uganda in particular'.

128 - Charles Guiteau: Serial Masturbator to Presidential Assassin

April 30th, 2020  |  1 hr 30 mins

america history, assassin, comedy, crime, drinking, felon, guns, history, murder, podcast, president, sex cult, true crime

Four times as the President of the United States been assassinated. But only once was it by a serial masturbator that was so strange he was kicked out of a religious, silverware-making sex cult.

127 - Yoshie Shiratori: Expert Escape Artist and Soup Spitter.

April 23rd, 2020  |  1 hr 44 mins

comedy, crime, criminal, drinking, escape artist, history, jail, japan, japanese, podcast, prison, survival, theft, ww2

Yoshie Shiratori is the ultimate escape artist, busting out of any jail that the japanese authorities threw him in. The problem was once he was on the outside, he couldn't seem to not keep his mouth shut about his jail breaks, most of which involved spitting soup, chilling with bears and dislocating his own arms.

126 - Joanna Southcott: Gross 64 y/o Pregnant Prophetess

April 16th, 2020  |  1 hr 54 mins

comedy, cult, drinking, england, history, occult, podcast, pregnancy, psychic, religion, scam, sect

Joanna Southcott was more than just your average crazy woman screaming about Revelations. She was the pregnant mother of the second coming of Christ at the ripe old age of 64. This religious freak show drove England and the World into complete madness.

125 - Jimmy Superfly Snuka: Coconut-brained, homicidal Hawaiian WWF Superstar

April 9th, 2020  |  2 hrs 20 mins

comedy, drinking, hawaii, hawaiian, history, idiot, kayfabe, murder, podcast, true crime, wrestling, wwe, wwf

In a land before time, when the WWF wasn't about saving animals, but about sweaty men grappling in the ultimate arena... so the 80's. There was a legendary wrestler that could fly higher, was more illiterate and probably murdered his wife... That wrestler was none other than Jimmy Superfly Snuka. Justin Waaland of Heavy Hole joins us to discuss this large stupid man, his drug abuse and his probable homicide.

124 - Leonardo da Vinci: Penis-Obsessed Renaissance Master Artist

April 2nd, 2020  |  1 hr 43 mins

15th century, art, art history, comedy, da vinci, drinking, florence, genius, history, inventor, italy, master painter, masterpiece, milan, museum, painter, podcast, renaissance, science, scientist

Historians, scientist and philosophers have all credited Leonardo da Vinci as one of the greatest minds the world has ever seen. What was this master genius thinking about? DICKS! Leo loved to draw, talk and lick penis. His obsession with ween and various scientific hobbies distracted him so much that many of his commissioned masterpieces went unfinished. He'd just up and leave his patrons high and dry and went back to doodling dongs.

123 - H.P. Lovecraft: Cosmic Introverted Horror Incel

March 26th, 2020  |  1 hr 53 mins

authors, comedy, cosmic horror, cthulhu, drinking, history, horror, horror master, lovecraft, lovecraftian, occult, podcast, writers

Author Jesse Pollack & Dan Jones of Podcast 1289 join us for a roast of H.P. Lovecraft, Cthulhu & Tentacle porn. This weirdo horror writer may have mastered cosmic psychological madness, but when it came bumping uglies, Lovecraft plead insanity. Oh and all of those stories of elder gods breeding with fisherman's wives... yeah that was just an allegory to his deep seeded racist fear of interracial relationships.

122 - Beau Brummell: History's First Talentless Influencer

March 19th, 2020  |  1 hr 57 mins

19th century, aristocracy, celebrity, comedy, debt, fame, famous, fashion, history, influencer, london, men's fashion, nightlife, podcast, social media, std, syphilis

Listen up Instagram Influencers! We are roasting spoiled, talentless rich kid Beau Brummell. He changed the world of fashion by 'creating' the modern men's suit. After racking up his debts and ratcheting up his penis with syphilis in the early 19th Century London nightlife, his fame slowly declined into syphilitic madness.

121 - Harold von Braunhut: Racist Inventor of the Sea Monkeys

March 12th, 2020  |  1 hr 40 mins

60s, boomer, comedy, drinking, history, podcast, racist, scam, sea monkey, toy manufacturer, toys

Tonight we are talkin' SHRIMP! Well, actually Artemia salina... which aren't shrimp. Sea Monkeys!!! These harmless little creatures from another planet were the brainchild of a terrible little man, Harold Von Braunhut. This toy-maker, turned weapons manufacturer, turned Jewish donor to the Aryan Brotherhood is a real POS!

120 - William S Burroughs (The Writer): King of the Goof Troupe

March 5th, 2020  |  1 hr 53 mins

1940s, 1950s, abuse, beat poetry, borroughs, comedy, counterculture, drugs, guns, history, homosexuality, literature, naked lunch, podcast, trust fund

Burroughs leaves the wake of destruction and murder that was his 30s and starts anew as a writer. All this means is that he does more drugs, bangs more boys and dives deeper into the new age, occult mumbo gumbo. In between deep throating, human pucked turkey, Alan Ginsberg, his heroin usages skyrockets as does his literary notoriety.

119 - William S Burroughs (Early Years): King of the Goof Troupe

February 27th, 2020  |  1 hr 47 mins

1940s, 1950s, abuse, beat poetry, borroughs, comedy, counterculture, drugs, guns, history, homosexuality, literature, naked lunch, podcast, trust fund

The next entry into our 'Goof Troupe' Beat Poet series and this time we are taking on it's King, William S. Burroughs. This entitled gun-toting homosexual, loafed his way through life guzzling booze, shooting up heroin and mooching off his parents. He unabashedly went on a world tour of pedophilia amassing a his crew of other deadbeats sickos, like Ginsberg and Kerouac and inadvertently became the King of counter-culture

118 - Fritz Lang: Maniacal Monocled German Film Director

February 20th, 2020  |  2 hrs 15 mins

bdsm, comedy, director, film, film history, germany, history, hollywood, podcast, silent films

This German Expressionist Filmmaker was said to only be able to orgasm if he tasted blood. Directing over 40 films in Berlin, Paris and Hollywood he beat down and beat off on countless cast and crew. The result was some of history's most iconic, groundbreaking films, such as Metropolis, M and Big Heat

117 - Father Amorth: Make Exorcisms Great Again

February 13th, 2020  |  1 hr 44 mins

catholic, comedy, demons, exorcism, film, hell, history, paranormal, podcast, satanic

Like the 1973 film The Exorcist? So did this geriatric, Italian priest. So much so that he used it as an inspiration to make exorcisms cool again during the 1980s & 1990s. Was Father Amorth really battling demons from the fiery depths of Hell or just yelling at mentally handicapped children? Have a listen and decide for yourself.

116 - Henry Beecher: Founder of the 'Megachurch Backroom Special'

February 6th, 2020  |  2 hrs 2 mins

19th century, affair, church, comedy, con artist, history, megachurch, orator, podcast, preacher, religion, scandal, sex, slavery, suffrage, temperance

What happens when you mix religious fame, a skilled smooth talker and a bunch of sheltered, horny 19th century chicks. One of the biggest sex scandals in American history! Henry Beecher, brother of the famous Harriet Beecher Stowe (Uncle Tom's Cabin), became the first American Preacher to become a media sensation. His lessons in chastity, temperance, women's suffrage and abolition, became overshadowed by his 40 years of seducing and scamming women and children in the backrooms of his churches.

115 - Stevie Ray Vaughan: Texan Meth-head with Saucy Licks

January 30th, 2020  |  1 hr 28 mins

Stevie Ray Vaughan knew how to play the Blues! Unfortunately he didn't know how to pay bills, hold a stable relationship or manage his uppers. Although extremely talented this mooch of a man, bumbled his way through life sapping the skin oils off his bandmates, fans and strangers. Confused? So are we!