Profiles In Eccentricity

Starburns Audio, John Fahy, Aaron Pita, Matt Brousseau

A show about weirdos.

  • 1 hour 28 minutes
    Episode 300: Eccentric Media X(mas)VIII: JEFF?!

    This week the boys celebrate episode 300 with the 18th entry into our eccentric media series! We’ve got Canadian gay rock tunes, Santa toilet ads, headlines blaming women and comets, Marvel movie erotica, Jeffrey Dahmer’s drug dealer, Chinese bingo app commercials and a very merry DMX tune!

    Links to all videos are on our patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/profilesineccentricity

    19 December 2024, 2:00 pm
  • 1 hour 28 minutes
    The North Pond Hermit: Christopher Thomas Knight

    This week Johnboy tells the lads about the man who haunted a rural Maine community before his capture after 27 years of living in a frigid campsite, living solely on what he stole. His transition from myth to man in the public eye reveals challenging questions about survival, society and solitude.

    12 December 2024, 10:00 am
  • 1 hour 29 minutes
    Dorothy Eady: Back To Egypt

    This week returning guest Laura Crawford explores the life and past life claims of Dorothy Eady, an English woman born in the early 20th century who claimed she was a reincarnated priestess of Ancient Egypt! Her return to Egypt and adherence to ancient religion and devotion to her claimed homeland are pitted against an early childhood injury as we seek to explore her mysterious life…

    21 November 2024, 11:00 am
  • 1 hour 27 minutes
    Patreon Preview: We Gotta Figure Out These Pyramids

    We're off this week, but have a Patron's Choice episode for you from April. We talked Arizona, Kellogg, Xmen 97, Vikings! and more.

    14 November 2024, 11:00 am
  • 2 hours 7 minutes
    Bill Veeck Part 2: Take Me Out

    This week Matt concludes the saga of the sensational promoter Bill Veeck!Amid the myriad squabbles with the MLB and ownership of several teams, we discover the touching charitable nature of the man, his responsibility for several long-lasting baseball traditions and one famous episode of a dwarf at-bat!

    7 November 2024, 9:27 pm
  • 2 hours 9 minutes
    Bill Veeck: Flamboyantly Forward

    This week Matt treats the lads to the first half of the saga of the baseball innovator, promoter and owner who consulted fans, created bizarre promotional techniques and pioneered integration in the era of the Second World War!

    31 October 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 25 minutes
    Vincent Price: Fun To Fear

    This week Aaron recaps the distinct life of the ghoulish actor,television personality and renaissance man Vincent Price! The enduring legacy of his public persona and less known work as a philanthropist, writer and art connoisseur are intertwined in a compelling, informative and touching profile. 

    24 October 2024, 1:00 pm
  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    Bloody Benders: The Family That Slays Together

    This week Johnboy brings the story of the German family that killed traveler folk in Kansas while preaching spiritualism and free love post-civil war! Plus the saga of native murderer Queho and the sadist vengeance of Jack Slade!

    17 October 2024, 12:00 pm
  • 2 hours 51 minutes
    ABA: The Rogue League That Rewrote Basketball

    This week Matt dives into the upstart basketball league that challenged the NBA to the point that it could no longer be ignored! The American Basketball Association brought fistfights, rule changes with long lasting consequences, pageantry and an entrepreneurial daring that brought us none other than Doctor J!

    10 October 2024, 4:00 pm
  • 1 hour 13 minutes
    P.T. Barnum Part 3: Barnum Ends

    This week the boys conclude the saga of Phineas Taylor Barnum and reflect on his enduring legacy after first covering Jumbo The Elephant, a partnership and rivalry with Bailey, a public feud with ASPCA, a hasty marriage and Barnum’s final Egress! 

    3 October 2024, 4:00 pm
  • 1 hour 14 minutes
    P.T. Barnum Part 2: The Carnival Bark Knight

    This week Johnboy continues Barnum’s saga with his financial ruin, rescue from friends and new featured exhibits like Zip The Pinhead and Commodore Nutt, a love triangle of dwarf performers, ruinous fires and political forays in the era of Lincoln!

    26 September 2024, 4:00 pm
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