Scandal Sheet

Thad Halcli Media, LLC

Your favorite guilty pleasure! A biweekly podcast featuring penetrating investigations into anything socially deviate, scientifically unexplainable, celebrity gossip, horrifically sinister – and - if we get lucky, criminal. Your hosts are a Millennial woman, a Gen X man, and a wise-cracking AI engine. Amazingly informative and funny!

  1. Aug 4

    Hot Diggity Dog! Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest

    AMAZING Video: https://bit.ly/4wIntJi What could be more American than a juicy, delicious hot dog? … but what about eating 76 of them in only 10 minutes? We fire up the grill on NATHAN’S FAMOUS HOT DOG EATING CONTEST, held annually every July 4th in Coney Island Brooklyn, New York and broadcast on ESPN. Often called the super bowl of competitive eating, this tournament attracts the leading eaters from around the world. But is competitive eating really a sport? And are the participants really athletes? Our esteemed guests are two 10+ year judges of this holiday event, Rob from The Upper East Side, and Jason from Long Island, to help us peel back the aluminum foil on the most exciting 10 minutes in all of sports. Our music is composed, preformed and produced by the genius John Hoekstra. You Tube https://shorturl.at/i1Q8h SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/user-363005792 My co-host, Anuradha can be found on her Instagram accounts: @anuradhaduz_food and @artist_anuradhachhibber. Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/ScandalSheet with bonus content for premium subscribers. We’d love to have your generous support for only the price of one Starbuck’s coffee per month. Also, please reach out to us at scandalsheetpod@gmail.com, find us on Facebook as 'Scandal Sheet' or on X at @scandal_sheet. We’d love to hear from you! As this is a summer favorite and one of our most popular episodes, this is an encore from 2023.

    Hot Diggity Dog! Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog Eating Contest
  2. Jul 18

    “Jaws” at 51 - We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat

    Is this the best summer movie ever? I think so. Video Version: https://bit.ly/3R23oOD Today, we think of the movie “Jaws” as a blockbuster game-changer in movie history. But back in 1973-1975, it appeared to be the biggest financial disaster in cinema history to producing company Universal Studios and many Hollywood insiders. Directed by a talented, but inexperienced and unknown filmmaker, Steven Spielberg, it appeared to be a runaway train leading the studio to eventual bankruptcy. The initial shooting schedule swelled from 55 days to 159 days. And the budget soared from $3.5 million to $12 million. Almost everything went wrong. Spielberg, an age 24 TV director, had no idea what he was doing on a project of this massive scale. They started with no useable script and they spent $1.5 million on a mechanical shark that mostly didn’t work while shooting. Also, there was drug and alcohol addiction among the major actors. How could the production of this movie possibly be worse? And yes, it eventually became the most successful film of all time to that date – BUT HOW THE HECK DID THAT HAPPEN? We tell you the REAL story behind the scenes. This is a replay from 2025. Our music is composed, preformed and produced by the genius John Hoekstra. You Tube https://shorturl.at/i1Q8h SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/user-363005792 Longtime actors for the pod join us for the cold open. Leonardo from Manhattan – please look up his podcast: arrivealivepodcast.com. And my co-host, Anuradha. Find here Instagram accounts: @anuradhaduz_food and @artist_anuradhachhibber. Find us on Patreon at patreon.com/ScandalSheet with bonus content for premium subscribers. We’d love to have your generous support for only the price of one Starbuck’s coffee per month. Also, please reach out to us at scandalsheetpod@gmail.com, find us on Facebook as 'Scandal Sheet' or on X at @scandal_sheet. We’d love to hear from you!

    “Jaws” at 51 - We’re Gonna Need A Bigger Boat
  3. Jun 29

    UFOs/Aliens: Part 2 - Are They Chill? Or, Is Invasion Imminent?

    Out Of This World Video: https://bit.ly/444RzKs The White House has just released a massive number of previously top-secret videos and documents from the DIA, CIA, FBI, and DOD – all related to UFOs. In our preceding UFO episode, we replayed popular episodes on the topic from the recent past. BUT this episode is entirely NEW. Anuradha and I welcome our esteemed guest, Maria Barnes, to our microphone. Longtime film/video producer, director, and writer; college professor; author of several books; podcaster, and many other things, Maria has her own unique theory about extraterrestrials that you will definitely want to hear. We mention the Drake Equation which describes the overwhelming mathematical probability that intelligent life should exist elsewhere in the universe. https://bit.ly/4gevn7N We also mention the famous psychanalyst Carl Jung’s 1958 book, “Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Skies” On Amazon: https://bit.ly/4wgcV3w . Jung believed that after the 1947 “Roswell Incident” we socially projected UFO delusions upon ourselves in the wake of the existential threat of the cold war and possible sudden annihilation. You folks decide what is true….and then tell us. scandalsheetpod.com@gmail.com Anuradha can be found at her Instagram accounts: @anuradhaduz_food and @artist_anuradhachhibber. Our music is composed, preformed and produced by the genius John Hoekstra. You Tube @johnhoekstra8979, https://soundcloud.com/user-363005792 You can find us on Patreon at patreon.com/ScandalSheet with bonus content for premium subscribers. We’d love to have your generous support for only the price of one Starbuck’s coffee per month. Please reach out to us at  scandalsheetpod.com@gmail.com, find us on Facebook as 'Scandal Sheet' or on X at @scandal_sheet. We’d love to hear from you!

    UFOs/Aliens: Part 2 - Are They Chill? Or, Is Invasion Imminent?
  4. May 29

    Game Of Thrones – Wild Success To Tragic Backlash – COMPLETE EPISODE

    Amazing Video Version: https://bit.ly/3PLBJkk This includes our HILARIOUS Behind-The-Scenes Bonus. On its 15th anniversary, we explore the origins, legacy, impact, and behind-the-scenes stories from the most popular TV show in history. Despite its phenomenal success, it was heavily criticized for unnecessarily graphic violence, gratuitous nudity, misogyny, and on-screen rape of female characters. But like they say, “It’s not TV – it’s HBO”, right? We also examine the extraordinary backlash against the 8th and final season that profoundly tarnished the show’s reputation with fans. A startling fall from grace. Where did the producers go wrong? We welcome back returning guest Jim Mauer for his amazing insights. Bonus interview with Jim here: https://bit.ly/43Dkg0A (for our beloved patreon subscribers) Anuradha can be found at her Instagram accounts: @anuradhaduz_food and @artist_anuradhachhibber. Jim is also a professional photographer: jmaurerphoto.com. Our music is composed, preformed and produced by the genius John Hoekstra. You Tube @johnhoekstra8979, https://soundcloud.com/user-363005792 You can find us on Patreon at patreon.com/ScandalSheet with bonus content for premium subscribers. We’d love to have your generous support for only the price of one Starbuck’s coffee per month. Please reach out to us at  scandalsheetpod.com@gmail.com, find us on Facebook as 'Scandal Sheet' or on X at @scandal_sheet. We’d love to hear from you!

    Game Of Thrones – Wild Success To Tragic Backlash – COMPLETE EPISODE
  5. May 25

    BONUS: Behind-The-Scenes "Game Of Thrones"

    Amazing video version: https://bit.ly/3RuK4cD You’ll laugh till you pee yourself! This is an add-on bonus to our Game Of Thrones 15th Anniversary episode, first posted on 5/17. Here, my co-host, Anuradha, is the First Assistant Director on a huge, outdoor “Game of Thrones” set, just outside of Belfast, Ireland. Our frequent guest host for years, Leonardo from Manhattan, gets to interview Anuradha, while on the job. Released temporarily as a single, it will soon be incorporated into the larger episode. Stay tuned for the video version too! WAIT! How did Anuradha get transported to… Please don’t ask how “Scandal Sheet” is able to do this unless you are serious about time travel and wish to purchase one of our custom EZ Bake Oven/Commodore 64 time machines from the 70s’. Contact our sales representative at the digits below. Anuradha can be found at her Instagram accounts: @anuradhaduz_food and @artist_anuradhachhibber. Leonardo from Manhattan, NYC radio WFAN personality and host of the motorcycle podcast Arrive Alive, arrivealive.com, is available on all listening platforms. Our music is composed, preformed and produced by the genius John Hoekstra. You Tube @johnhoekstra8979, https://soundcloud.com/user-363005792 You can find us on Patreon at patreon.com/ScandalSheet with bonus content for premium subscribers. We’d love to have your generous support for only the price of one Starbuck’s coffee per month. Please reach out to us at  scandalsheetpod.com@gmail.com, find us on Facebook as 'Scandal Sheet' or on X at @scandal_sheet. We’d love to hear from you!

    BONUS: Behind-The-Scenes "Game Of Thrones"

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Your favorite guilty pleasure! A biweekly podcast featuring penetrating investigations into anything socially deviate, scientifically unexplainable, celebrity gossip, horrifically sinister – and - if we get lucky, criminal. Your hosts are a Millennial woman, a Gen X man, and a wise-cracking AI engine. Amazingly informative and funny!