Best Jason Thurman Podcasts (2025)

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Inside Trump–Zelensky Meetings: Secret Schedules, Russia’s Next Moves & What It Means for Ukraine! 32:22

7h ago32:22

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Get a daily intel brief delivered directly to your email (for free) covering all things Russia, China, Middle East, and more at https://www.restrictedhandling.com/ In this episode of the RH Podcast, former CIA officer 🎖️ Ryan Fugit and multi-time Chief of Station Glenn Corn (34 years at CIA) break down the high-stakes Trump–Zelensky meetings in Was…

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Episode 469 - Hannah Bos 35:58

19h ago35:58

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Hannah Bos is a Peabody Award winning writer who is co-creator and executive producer of HBO’s critically acclaimed comedy series Somebody Somewhere. Along with writing partner Paul Thureen, she received a Humanitas Prize nomination for the Somebody Somewhere pilot and with Paul and Bridget Everett was nominated for a WGA Award for Episodic Comedy.…

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Generation Kill to MARSOC: Jason Lilley’s Combat & Personal Journey 33:54

3d ago33:54

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In this unfiltered Combat Story episode, we go deep with Jason Lilley — Recon Marine, MARSOC Raider, CIA Global Response Staff, and co-creator of Savage Actual. Jason opens up about his path from a turbulent youth to serving in some of the most elite units in the U.S. military, facing the chaos of Iraq and Afghanistan, and building a new life as a …

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Trump-Putin Alaska Summit: Former CIA Officers Break Down Looming Meeting 37:21

4d ago37:21

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🎙️ Time-Sensitive RH Intel: Trump-Putin Alaska Summit Analysis 🌍🇺🇸🇷🇺 Join Ryan Fugit and Glenn, both seasoned former CIA officers 🕵️‍♂️, as they unpack the high-stakes Trump-Putin meeting in Alaska 🏔️—a pivotal moment for US-Russia relations and the Ukraine conflict. This timely episode dives deep into international diplomacy, geopolitical tensions…

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Episode 468 - Jenny Anderson 48:54

9d ago48:54

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Jenny Anderson is a New York based freelance photographer. She has a degree from the University of Mississippi in journalism, served as the photo editor for Broadway.com for six years, was senior contributing editor and photographer for The X Magazine at Today Tix and regularly shoots for Disney Television, Getty Images and The New York Times. She …

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Former CIA Officers Talk Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Iran, China on Restricted Handling w/ Glenn Corn 51:35

10d ago51:35

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🔥 New Podcast Drop! This exclusive crossover episode introduces my brand-new show Restricted Handling 🔒 — hosted by me - Ryan Fugit - and former CIA Chief of Station Glenn Corn 🕵️‍♂️. 🎯 Combat Story fans — don’t worry. That show will continue strong under decorated Marine Sniper & Recon Operator AJ Pasciuti 🦅. But if you crave deeper dives into int…

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Phantom Clowns 26:23

10d ago26:23

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“... to date, there are no confirmed reports of any clowns actually abducting, harming, or killing kids… There just aren’t. There are zero.” Do you remember when there were a bunch of clown sightings a few years back? It seemed like every week brought new reports of creepy clowns lurking at the edge of woods, roaming neighborhoods, and leering from…

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Preview: Resolved #24 5:02

12d ago5:02

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This is a preview for the 24th episode of the Patreon-exclusive show Resolved. To access the rest of this episode - as well as the other bonus material available to supporters of Unresolved Productions - head on over to Patreon and help support this show. To learn more: https://www.patreon.com/posts/btk-part-three-135956817 Become a supporter of th…

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Episode 467 - Mike Isaacson 57:29

16d ago57:29

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Mike Isaacson is the Artistic Director and Executive Producer of The Muny, the third person to hold this position in The Muny’s 106 -year history. During his 14 seasons, he has produced 89 Muny shows, 37 new to The Muny stage. He is also a 9 Time Tony Award winning Broadway producer. After his first season at The Muny, The Riverfront Times wrote, “…

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The Toll it Takes: Delta Force Operator & Veteran Advocate Derek Nadalini 41:31

17d ago41:31

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Delta Force Veteran Derek Nadalini: Unfiltered Combat Stories, Hard Truths, & the Battle for Redemption Step inside the untold world of America’s most elite warriors. In this explosive episode of Combat Story, we sit down with Derek Nadalini, a former Delta Force operator, veteran of Joint Special Operations Command, Army Ranger, and Navy servicema…

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GirlsDoPorn (Update: August 2025) 18:16

18d ago18:16

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There has been an update in the GirlsDoPorn story (episode #156 from 2020). In June 2025, Michael James Pratt pleaded guilty to sex trafficking charges. This follows guilty pleas from the rest of the conspirators linked to the site that was shut down by federal authorities in 2019... If you would like to support this podcast and others, consider he…

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The University of Idaho Murders (Final Update) 11:44

19d ago11:44

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There has been an update in the University of Idaho murder case (episode #226 from 2022). Following his admission of guilt, Bryan Kohberger has been sentenced to four life sentences for the murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalvez, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin... If you would like to support this podcast and others, consider heading to https:/…

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BOWO Super Hero Suits 1:27:31

20d ago1:27:31

1:27:31

The guys pick their favorite and least favorite Super Hero suits from movies. Theme Music: The Big Idea by AmigoBy Jason and Jesse

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Episode 466 - Burke Swanson 46:13

23d ago46:13

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Burke Swanson currently stars on Broadway as James Hooper, Jr. in the most Tony Award winning play of 2025 - Stranger Things The First Shadow. He made his Broadway debut, immediately following his graduation from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), when he originated the role of “Jack” in the Roundabout Theatre Company’s revival of Tenne…

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The Butcher Baker (Part Four: Unfinished) 42:10

23d ago42:10

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“On this day we should only remember his many victims and all of their families... As far as Hansen is concerned, this world is better without him.” In August 2014, 75-year-old Robert Hansen took his last breath at a hospital in Anchorage, Alaska. The notorious serial killer spent his final decades alive incarcerated, first in Pennsylvania and then…

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Episode 465 - John Proctor Is The Villain 49:24

30d ago49:24

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Kimberly Belflower is a playwright and educator originally from a small town in Appalachian Georgia. This is her Broadway debut, and she’s probably crying about it right now. Plays include JOHN PROCTOR IS THE VILLAIN (2024 Huntington Theatre, 2022 Studio Theatre, 2019 Kilroys List, published by Broadway Licensing, Farm Theatre College Collaboration…

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The Butcher Baker (Part Three: In Plain Sight) 43:02

30d ago43:02

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"You can't r*** a prostitute, can you?" In the Fall of 1983, Robert Hansen was arrested after the daring escape of 17-year-old Cindy Paulson. With Paulson’s testimony and an FBI profile pointing squarely at Hansen, Alaska State Troopers obtained a warrant and uncovered damning evidence in Hansen’s home. There, they found a hunting rifle linked to m…

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Delta Force to Healing Force | Tom Satterly’s Battle Beyond the Battlefield 35:51

1M ago35:51

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This is a unique Combat Story and part of a new Podumentary series where we interview some of our fan favorite guests and go even deeper on the moments in combat that forged them. This week we have Tom Satterly, former Delta Force Sergeant Major whose first battle was in Operational Gothic Serpent (Black Hawk Down) and his last was some battlefield…

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Epiosde 464 - Jeb Brown 35:12

1M ago35:12

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Jeb Brown has had a decades long career on stage and in film and televsion. Jeb appeared in productions on and off-Broadway including Grease, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, and Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, in which he originated the role of Don Kirshner. For his performance in Dead Outlaw, Brown was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Feat…

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The University of Idaho Murders (Update: July 2025) 18:26

1M ago18:26

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There has been an update in the University of Idaho murder case (episode #226 from 2022). In July 2025, Bryan Kohberger pleaded guilty to the murders of Madison Mogen, Kaylee Goncalvez, Xana Kernodle, and Ethan Chapin. While final sentencing won't take place until later this month, he is expected to spend the rest of his life behind bars... Researc…

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Bardstown: Crystal Rogers (Update - July 2025) 28:57

1M ago28:57

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There has been an update in the story of Crystal Rogers (episode #8 from 2016 as well as episode #88 from 2019). In July 2025, ten years after she went missing, three men were convicted of conspiring to kill Crystal Rogers. One of the men convicted was none other than Brooks Houck, Crystal's boyfriend at the time of her disappearance and father of …

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BOWO Movie Bears 1:18:30

1M ago1:18:30

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The guys pick their fav and least fav ursine creatures to ever grace the big screen, that's right, Movie Bears! Theme Music: The Big IdeaBy Jason and Jesse

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Episode 463 - Chris Bauer 52:49

1M ago52:49

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CHRIS BAUER has appeared in over 300 episodes of television, 40 feature films, and several theater productions on Broadway and Off. His multiple long running television credits include Frank Sobotka in ‘THE WIRE’, Andy Bellefleur in ‘TRUE BLOOD’, and Bobby Dwyer in ‘THE DEUCE’ for HBO. Most recently he starred as pro wrestler Wild Bill Hancock on ‘…

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The Butcher Baker (Part Two: Catch & Release) 44:03

1M ago44:03

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"Guys, I've got a map here... with a lot of X's." Just after 5:00 AM on 13 June 1983, police in Anchorage, Alaska arrive at a seedy motor inn on Gambell Street. Inside room 110 is a young girl huddled on the bed, barefoot, shivering, and still wearing a pair of handcuffs. Her name is Cindy Paulson, and minutes earlier she had made a run for her lif…

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Episode 462 - Georgia Stitt 41:17

2M ago41:17

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GEORGIA STITT is an award-winning composer, lyricist, music producer, pianist, and activist. Her original musicals include Snow Child (commissioned by and premiered at Arena Stage, directed by Molly Smith), Big Red Sun (11th Hour Theater in Philadelphia, NAMT 2010), and a children’s musical, Samantha Spade, Ace Detective (TADA Youth Theater), which…

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The Butcher Baker (Part One: The Less Dead) 28:16

2M ago28:16

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"Workers and drug dealers and dancers came and went, many with few ties to the state and no one to notice if they went missing..." In the early 1980s, a quiet pattern had begun to form: women were disappearing in the region surrounding Anchorage. Many had come to Alaska in order to escape their problems or to otherwise have a fresh start in the "La…

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BOWO HOT TV Scenes 1:06:23

2M ago1:06:23

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It's hot out there, so the guys pick their favorite heat focused scenes from television. Theme Music: The Big Idea by AmigoBy Jason and Jesse

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Episode 461 - Jeffrey Seller 49:38

2M ago49:38

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Jeffrey Seller is an Tony Award-winning American theatrical producer best known for his work on Rent, Avenue Q, In the Heights, and Hamilton, as well as inventing Broadway’s first rush ticket and lottery ticket policies. After graduating from the University of Michigan in 1986, Jeffrey moved to New York City where he worked, as a publicist, booking…

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D.B. Cooper 1:29:10

2M ago1:29:10

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"Miss, you’d better look at that note. I have a bomb." In November 1971, a man in a suit boarded a flight from Portland to Seattle, calmly handed a note to a flight attendant, and claimed he had a bomb. He demanded $200,000 in cash, four parachutes, and a fuel truck on standby. Hours later, somewhere over the dense forests of the Pacific Northwest,…

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Episode 460 - Julia Knitel 33:16

2M ago33:16

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Julia Knitel - Broadway: Dead Outlaw ( Tony award nominee), Beautiful: The Carole King Musical (Carole King, first national tour), Bye Bye Birdie. Off-Broadway: A Letter to Harvey Milk (Lucille Lortel nomination). Select New York/Regional: Nora in Brighton Beach Memoirs (Portland Stage Co.), Ingrid in Volleygirls (NY Musical Festival: Best of Fest)…

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Episode 459 - Julie Halston 57:42

2M ago57:42

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Julie Halston is one of New York's busiest actresses and was the recipient of the 2021 Isabelle Stevenson TONY AWARD for her advocacy on behalf of The Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation. Her Broadway credits are numerous, including Tootsie, Hairspray, Gypsy, Anything Goes, and The Twentieth Century, and most recently Our Town. She received the Richard S…

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Combat from Echo in Ramadi | Marine Commander Takes Us Inside the Deadliest City in Iraq Scott Huesing 1:29:57

2M ago1:29:57

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Today we have a great interview with 24 year retired Marine and best selling author of Echo in Ramadi, Scott Huesing. Scott led the “magnificent bastards” of 2/4 Marines during one of the most brutal periods of the post-9/11 war from 2006 into 2007 during the Surge. Scott went from self-described terrible high school student to enlisted Marine to M…

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BOWO Assembled: Desert Island 1:18:14

3M ago1:18:14

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The have been stranded on a desert island. What will they assemble for their stay? Check out this episode to see what they pick. Theme Music: The Big Idea by AmigoBy Jason and Jesse

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Episode 458 - Florencia Cuenca 32:39

3M ago32:39

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Florencia Cuenca is a Mexican actress, singer, writer, and director currently starring on broadway in Real Women Have Curves. She entered the artistic world at the age of 3 acting alongside her father in stadiums and theaters throughout Mexico and the United States. In Mexico, she is known for telenovelas such as “De que te Quiero te Quiero, Muchac…

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The Zone of Silence 39:26

3M ago39:26

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"I don't believe in any nonsense... but I'll keep an open mind. Out here, who knows?" In July of 1970, an Athena RTV rocket was launched from Green River, Utah. Containing the radioactive element cobalt-57, the rocket was supposed to arc harmlessly down in White Sands, New Mexico. But instead it went rogue, streaking south over the Mexican border t…

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Episode 457 - Kyle Selig 44:21

3M ago44:21

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Broadway: Jacob Jankowski in Water for Elephants, Originated the role of Aaron Samuels in Mean Girls, Elder Price in The Book of Mormon on Broadway. National Tour/Regional: The Book of Mormon, October Sky, Joan of Arc: Into the Fire by David Byrne, West Side Story at the Hollywood Bowl. Film/ television: “Welcome to Flatch”, “Monster High”, “FBI: I…

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Laura Howard 37:37

3M ago37:37

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"We have no idea how many other victims are out there, past and present." In April 2013, relatives of 53-year-old Laura Howard began to grow concerned. She wasn't responding to any phone calls, and the tone of her text messages changed. It felt as if someone else was texting with her phone. She'd even failed to pick up her son from the airport and …

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Medal of Honor Leadership Ryan Pitts | Medal of Honor | Leadership in Battle 1:24:49

3M ago1:24:49

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Today we have a once in a lifetime interview with Medal of Honor recipient Ryan Pitts, who truly earned this prestigious award in the mountains of Afghanistan fighting off a very dedicated, organized, and determined enemy force. Ryan and I connected thanks to the National Medal of Honor Center for Leadership, a non-profit helping to share lessons o…

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Episode 456 - Shannon Lewis 50:23

3M ago50:23

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Shannon began her career as a performer and has appeared in 10 Broadway musicals over a 25 year career. She is most known for her performance of “I Gotcha” in the Tony Award winning original Broadway cast of FOSSE. As a choreographer, Shannon has extensive experience creating for film and television as the choreographer of Saturday Night Live’s Fil…

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The Dardeen Family 36:52

3M ago36:52

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"I believe it was a very personal, deliberate thing." On 16 November 1987, the three-member Dardeen family returned to their rural home in Ina, Illinois after a weekend away. As Thanksgiving approached, 30-year-old Elaine, 29-year-old Keith, and 3-year-old Peter spent two days visiting with Elaine's family in nearby Albion. Elaine, nearing the end …

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BOWO Movies of 2005 1:31:44

3M ago1:31:44

1:31:44

The guys discuss the year in movies from 20 years ago: 2005 Theme Music: The Big Idea by AmigoBy Jason and Jesse

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Episode 455 - Julie Tucker 59:29

3M ago59:29

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Julie Tucker is a highly acclaimed casting director with a remarkable career spanning over two decades. Recognized for her outstanding contributions to the industry, she boasts an impressive tally of nine Emmy nominations and two Emmy Awards. Additionally, Julie has been honored with five Artois awards from her peers for her excellence in casting. …

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"The Buzzer" (UVB-76) 34:35

3M ago34:35

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"There's absolutely no information in the signal." For decades now, an odd and mysterious audio signal has operated on the shortwave spectrum. Since the late 1970s, a strange pulsating sound has repeated at 4625 kilohertz. There is never a formal introduction. There are no hosts or music. Only on occasion will a voice step in, and when it does, it …

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Episode 454 - Erich Bergen 1:03:23

4M ago1:03:23

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Currently starring in Broadway’s BOOP! The Musical, Erich Bergen is best known for his performance as Blake Moran on television's Madam Secretary, and for his portrayal of Bob Gaudio in the Clint Eastwood film, Jersey Boys, reprising his performance from the stage production of the hit musical. On Broadway, Erich also starred in Waitress and Chicag…

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BOWO Movie Plants 1:06:44

4M ago1:06:44

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Yes, your read the title correctly. This week, the guys pick the Best and Worst plants from movies. Theme Music: The Big Idea by AmigoBy Jason and Jesse

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Episode 453 - Kelsie Watts 47:57

4M ago47:57

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Kelsie Watts’s musical journey began in Lubbock, Texas, where she found her voice at two years old in a family of musicians. From early performances in church and school to studying opera and commercial music at Belmont University in Nashville, she developed her craft and gained recognition. Her self-released music led to a feature on AJ McLean’s 2…

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The Lead Masks Case (Part Two: Seekers) 34:10

4M ago34:10

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"I have no doubt they died of an experiment with psychic forces for which they were ill-prepared and which turned out to be fatal." By the end of 1967, the official investigation into the Lead Masks Case was brought to a close. The final police report listed the cause of death for both Miguel José Viana and Manoel Pereira da Cruz as undetermined. T…

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Life Changing Moment in Combat | Leads to Life of Service | Force Recon | Non-Profit Founder | Jake Harriman 1:34:05

4M ago1:34:05

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Today we have a fascinating Combat Story with Jake Harriman who is one of those guys who makes you feel incredibly lazy for not helping hungry people in Africa (seriously) and helping to heal the divide in America, one person at a time. It’s no surprise that Jake served alongside Todd Opalski (who long time fans of the show will know as the enliste…

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Episode 452 - Adam Platt 47:28

4M ago47:28

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Adam Platt is a contributing editor at New York Magazine and was chief restaurant critic between 2000 & 2022. He won the James Beard Foundation Journalism Award for Restaurant Reviews in 2010. During the course of nearly twenty-five years in the magazine business, Platt has written for a variety of publications, including The New Yorker, The New Yo…

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The Lead Masks Case (Part One: Vintém Hill) 34:44

4M ago34:44

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“16:30 be at the specified location. 18:30 ingest capsules, after effect protect metals await signal mask.” On 20 August 1966, a teenager was flying a kite on Vintém Hill, a rural location outside of Niterói, Brazil. He wasn't looking for anything unusual that Saturday afternoon, but partway up the hill, he discovered what looked like two mannequin…

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