A show about weirdos. Hosted by comedians John Fahy, Aaron Pita, and Matt Brousseau, each episode tells a tale about someone who lives afoul of the rules most of us live by.
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Comedians / podcast boys / news freaks Kevin Anderson, Matt Brousseau, and John Fahy bring you a monthly(ish) round up of some of the wildest niche news stories from around the globe!
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Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com. 97% Effective is dedicated to helping great people get ahead at work and increase their impact – without selling their souls in the process. Season #1 focuses on Power and Influence, two widely acknowledged (but poorly understood) forces that can help you rise, lead more effectively and get big things done. Each week we have candid conversations with an academic, coach, or executive, helping you gain new insights to ...
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Aaron Michael Marsh (@aaronmmarsh on twitter) interviews comedians and other interesting folks including live audience questions.
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This week Matt treats the lads to the story of a very successful Slovenian fence for stolen bicycles and the philosophy that drives him; resourcefully repurposing anything that he can find and staying hungry! Is Igor Kenk the most prolific bicycle thief of all time or someone to admire?
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EP 122 - Beena Kavalam, Executive Coach: Got Gravitas? How to Grade and Grow Yours
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50:23Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com **EPISODE best watched on the 97% Effective YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@97PercentEffective ** Ever been told you need to develop your “gravitas,” and then given no explanation of what that means -- or how you improve it? In this episode of 97% Effective, host …
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From The Vault: Yukio Mishima: Japanese Homosexual Author Tries To Overthrow Government And Be Ripped
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1:26:23This episode Matt tells our first listener-suggested subject about Yukio Mishima, a nationally prized Japanese novelist and descendant of a samurai dynasty, who, after the second world war, tried to take Japan to the far right, overthrow the government, and loved figuratively shredded dudes getting literally shredded by arrows.…
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Craig Smith (Maitreya Kali) Part 2: Hootenightmare
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1:45:46This week returning Fan Favorite Laura Crawford returns to complete the saga of schizophrenic musician and star Craig Smith as he wades through losing friends, delusions of grandeur and homelessness before his work in music lands him posthumous acclaim!
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EP 121 – Ed Batista, Executive Coach: How “Touchy Feely” Impacts Your Power & Influence
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40:23Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com Ed Batista spent fifteen years as Lecturer and Leadership Coach at Stanford Business School, working in and teaching the highly popular course there, Interpersonal Dynamics – also known as “Touchy Feely.” In this episode of 97% Effective, host Michael Wenderoth talks with E…
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Craig Smith (Maitreya Kali) Part 1: Golden Coast Glory
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1:34:44This week fan favorite Laura Crawford begins the first episode of a two-part series on the life of saccharine music and TV star Craig Smith aka Maireya Kali! We see Craig born into an alcoholic home here in Los Angeles before exploring a career in TV and music fame in the 60’s, which ultimately leads to a dire situation abroad!…
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This week Aaron brings us the tale of the hygienic deplorable rival to General George Washington in time for the nation’s birthday! Charles Lee was a loudmouth British-born oddball with pedigree and an impressive understanding of indigenous struggles but showed himself to be a classic wanker-in-waiting!…
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EP 120 - Ed Batista, Executive Coach: Power Struggles Among Nice People
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35:26Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com Do you feel like there's a stark and nasty choice when it comes to power at work: be an arrogant narcissist and win – or a nice guy and lose? Listen as executive coaches Ed Batista and Michael Wenderoth discuss why it doesn’t have to be that way. In this episode of 97% Effe…
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Grover Cleveland Bergdoll: Decadent Deserter Desolate
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1:20:57This week Johnboy shares the story of the infamous draft dodger who lived a life of gleeful merriment, access and privilege, before the First World War made him a pariah and brought the nation to a reckoning on avoiding war time service!
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Matt delivers a history of chopped up baseball with the saga of the Pittsburgh Pirates 80s coke addiction!!
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EP 119 - Warwick John Fahy, Business Psychologist – Making that Mid-Career Transition: Energy, Ego and Expression
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58:08Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com ** Get a FREE Bonus Gift from Warwick: The “Making Mid-Career Transitions Quick Start Guide” to accompany this episode. Download it directly at go.midcareerpivot.com or e-mail Warwick directly at warwick [at] warwickjohnfahy.com ** What is different about mid-career transit…
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Akasha Song: DMT And The Undying Ego
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1:26:22This week Matt takes us to Colorado, Brazil and the corners of the dark web to show us the saga of DMT Kingpin Akasha Song! We peel back the effects of DMT, hear from our own listeners’ experiences with the drug and find a man who can’t let go of the money!
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This week Johnboy revisits a Patreon subject with the legend of Queho, a native man with a limp who terrorized the whites of burgeoning Las Vegas! Surviving the desert wilderness for decades evading capture, was Queho really the first Nevada serial killer, or simply a man who was fed up and trying to live?…
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EP 118 - Kesinee Angkustsiri Yip & Kevin Weinstein, Co-founders at Creative Catalyst – The Power of Improv to Elevate Your Communication, Connection and Creativity
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57:32Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com **EPISODE (live Coaching Session) best watched on the 97% Effective YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@97PercentEffective ** Can improvisation elevate you at work? Kesinee Angkustsiri Yip and Kevin Weinstein, co-founders of Creative Catalyst and authors of “Yes, And …
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From The Vault: Eccentric Media 6: This Slick Is No Joke
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55:59This episode the lads dine once again on their favorite clips from movies, PSA albums, wrestling promos, and, of course, porn. We'll be back next week with more debauchery!
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Pervert Potluck 6: Louis Jolyon “Jolly” West, Richard Dawson and The Many Deaths of Football
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1:37:45This week the boys got a stew goin’! Aaron brings us a CIA Agent obsessed with mind control and LSD, John explores the career of a very lecherous game show host and Matt gives us a not-completely-gunshot-free history of the deaths in early American football!
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EP 117 - Inbal Demri, PhD, CEO at Q Factor Consulting – Live Coaching Demo: See “The Leader as Coach” and EFECT in Action
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50:19Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com **EPISODE (live Coaching Session) best watched on the 97% Effective YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@97PercentEffective ** It’s one thing to talk about something, it’s another to see it in action. In this episode of 97% Effective, Dr. Inbal Demri coaches host Micha…
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Transgressive: Harris Glenn “Divine” Milstead
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1:31:27This week Aaron treats the lads to another example of the profoundly profane with the tale of Divine! Harris Glenn Milstead emerges from a childhood of strictness and cruelty before shocking the world as the muse of John Waters then blossoming further to prove themselves as a truly gifted actor, singer and performer in their final act!…
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Death And Taxes: Benjamin Franklin Part 3
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1:54:55This week Matt concludes the life of Poor Richard aka Benjamin Franklin! We see Franklin use his diplomatic muscle by day to persuade France to join the American cause while engaging in frisky French frivolities at night! His feuds, literary shenanigans and inventions continue all while putting together a little nation called The United States!…
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EP 116 - Inbal Demri, PhD, CEO at Q Factor Consulting – Coaching Skills: What Every Leader Needs to Know
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49:40Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com As a leader or manager, do you feel burned out having to give direction and provide all the answers – amid increasing complexity, ambiguity and unpredictability? In this episode of 97% Effective, host Michael Wenderoth speaks with Dr. Inbal Demri-Shaham, who wants to help y…
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Tinkering With It All: Ben Franklin Part 2
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1:37:17This week Matt takes the lads deeper into Ben Franklin’s life of brilliant ingenuity, dysfunctional family dynamics, flirtatious relationships with young women, and an affection for nudity all while the relationship between the states and Britain begins to sour!
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Benjamin Franklin Part 1: Reluctant Rascal
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1:22:56This week Matt shows the boys the early years of Benjamin Franklin and how his devotion to publishing, writing, debate and philosophy leads to a desire to create organizations and societies that center on the distribution of information and even the formation of American militia!
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EP 115 - Sven Horak, Professor at St. John’s University – Rethink Your Networking: The Power of Being an Outsider
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38:45Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com Are you frustrated that can’t break into key groups at work, or unsure how outsiders can access critical “insider” networks to advance your career? Maybe you should stop following the prevailing networking strategies – and start “leveraging your outsider status” instead. In…
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Public Universal Friend: Jemima Wilkinson And The Revolutionary Spirit
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1:08:02This week Johnboy chronicles the saga of the Public Universal Friend, born a woman of the Quaker faith, the tumultuous times of the American Revolution would have them found the first religious order in the burgeoning country as a non-binary being sent from heaven!
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Pervert Potluck 5: Jean-Bedel Bokassa, Sean na Sagart, The Old Leatherman, Carl Barks
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1:40:31This week the lads are joined by Laura Crawford for the ancient tradition of the story swap! Aaron has a Francophile African cannibal dictator, Johnboy has a priest-slaughtering Irish bounty hunter, Matt has the mysterious-yet-reassuring Leatherman and Laura has the man who secretly created revered Donald Duck comics that Walt Diz took credit for!…
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EP 114 - Tiago Faria, Podcast Guesting Consultant – Podcast Guesting 101: The Most Effective Marketing You’ll Ever Do
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41:38Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com Feeling burned out creating content to build your visibility and brand? Seeking to become known in a noisy world, but see it as an uphill climb? In this episode of 97% Effective, host Michael Wenderoth speaks with Tiago Faria about the power of being a podcast guest. Tiago …
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The After Dark Bandits: Doug and Peter Morgan
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1:19:08This week Matt brings us the tale of twin armed robbers who grew up in a life of crime before taking on the law themselves before the war amongst each other brings their spree to an end and extends beyond!
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Gaston Bullock Means: The Lie Is The High
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1:14:56This week Johnboy brings the tale of the man J. Edgar Hoover called “the most amazing figure in contemporary criminal history!” Gaston Bullock means falls in love with the thrill of deception as a youth and it takes him from blackmailing criminals while a government agent to grafting and murdering an heiress and finally, exploiting the kidnapping a…
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Ep 113 - Candace Gonzales Tumey, Senior Coach at MLT -- The Extra Edge: 3 Secrets to Getting into Top MBA Programs
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42:06Learn more about Michael Wenderoth, Executive Coach: www.changwenderoth.com It would be great if our strong grades and work history spoke for itself and got us in to highly selective organizations. Unfortunately, admission is 25% subjective and not a reward for past achievement, says Candace Gonzales Tumey, Senior MBA Admission Prep Coach and Team …
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From The Vault: Michael Malloy: Rasputin Of The Bronx
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54:38We had to take this week off, but we'll be back next week with some grand foolishness. Until then: This episode John shares the tale of the man who would not die, unwittingly surviving as many as five separate attempts on his life by a collective of five of his friends. Matt tells the story of a man who weaned himself off of a self love practice in…
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