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Mike Goes into Pharma Bro Martin Shkreli and his rise and fall of fame, while Nick explains the one easily accessible weakness of bombing London from the air that the Nazis overlooked.

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Mike tells the crazy story of Mark Hoffman, Salt Lake City native that became a legend in the counterfeit game.


Nick goes into the story of the missed Pearl Harbor telegram, that warned of an imminent attack, but wasn't seen until it was too late.

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Thanks to our good friend, Bobcat Goldthwait, for allowing us to have the final say on the pronunciation of his name.


Mike goes into the insane life of John McAfee, creator of the now-most-annoying security suite. Drugs, guns, child mistresses, boy howdy.


Nick details a heartwarming battle of the civil war and comments on the hygiene of bygone eras. Strap yourself in, it’s a nasty one.

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Mike talks about the Exxon Valdez oil spill and the aftermath & treatment of everyone involved. Nick goes into a remarkable story about the Bataan death march and a truly incredible anecdote from one soldier held as a POW.

Episode 10

Mike tells the story of the Harvey's Resort Hotel bombing in 1980 that shows you that, yes, you can be smart enough to make an un-disarmable bomb, but not smart enough to plan the attached extortion plan.


Nick dives into the little known Norwegian heavy water sabotage, a series of operations undertaken by Norwegian saboteurs during World War II to prevent the German nuclear weapon project from acquiring heavy water, which could have been used by the Germans to produce nuclear weapons

Episode 8

Mike goes into the interesting story behind the invention and marketing of Sea Monkeys and beyond that to the even more interesting past of their inventor, Harold Von Braunhut. It gets weird.


Nick explores the insane record of Simo Häyhä, a Finnish Sniper during the 1939-1940 Winter War during WWII.