Have you heard the good word? Unpops Network hosts Adam Tod Brown and Chet Wild are leaving Los Angeles to tell jokes in other parts of the country! If those names only sound vaguely familiar to you, then you should get more Unpops podcasts in your life. We’re pretty great. Anyway, you might remember Adam […]
On April 5, 1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 6102, “forbidding the Hoarding of gold coin, gold bullion, and gold certificates within the continental United States.” At the time, the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 required 40% gold backing of banknotes issued, so by the late 1920s, the Federal Reserve was close […]
On this episode of Misfortune: A Financial Crimes Podcast, Adam and Danger discuss the crazy case of Eddie Tipton, the former information security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, and the person behind the largest lottery fraud in U.S. history. Listen and subscribe via iTunes – and if you like what you hear, please rate […]
Hey! Did you know our beloved and globally acclaimed pop culture debate show LIST! CAST! is back? It’s true! This week’s episode is about the best one hit wonders of all time. You can give it a listen on iTunes, Google, Spotify, Soundcloud and all the other podcast facilities. Or you can just listen to […]
On this episode of Misfortune: A Financial Crimes Podcast, Adam and Danger discuss the allegations against Wyclef Jean’s charity, Yele Haiti. Note: Neither Wyclef Jean nor anyone associated with this foundation has been charged or convicted of any of the allegations discussed in this episode. The New York Attorney General’s office did not return our […]
The Eurovision Song Contest is fast approaching! We covered part one of the semifinals last week on a Patreon exclusive episode of What In The World with Adam Tod Brown and Quincy Johnson II. This week, we’re covering the second semifinal round and this episode is free to the entire damn public. Check it out on iTunes, […]
On this episode of Misfortune: A Financial Crimes Podcast, Adam and Danger discuss the Kids For Cash scandal. Between 2003 and 2008, two Pennsylvania judges allegedly accepted more than $2.6 million from the developer and co-owner of two for-profit juvenile detention centers in return for sentencing thousands of children to those centers. Many of the […]
Did Elvis really die on the toilet from a drug overdose? Adam and Connor explore that question this week: here are some of the theories! The First Sighting This one suggests that the day Elvis “died,” he booked a flight under his pseudonym, John Burrows, to Argentina. No one by that name is recorded […]
Adam and Brett welcome returning guest Michael Swaim and first-time guest Marina Reimann to discuss the FDA’s shady war on Kratom! What is Kratom? Powder from a Southeast Asian tree in the coffee family is typically smoked, brewed in tea, or consumed in capsules. Much like khat and coca, it was historically consumed by […]
We decided to check back in with the dictator of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, and WOW has this guy had quite a month. Listen to the episode to hear Adam and Quincy discuss the madness! February 12th – Rod Makes Lewd Threats To Female Rebels Literally, addressing a group of former communist rebels: […]