A Podcast, But Evil

Our groovy pal Lauren Flans (@laurenflans) joins us for a look at the cult leader with a swastika on his head and a song in his heart, Charles Manson. It's the part of the summer of '69 Bryan Adams wisely omitted. Send feedback to @podcastbutevil.

Opening Track: The Beatles - Helter Skelter

Lock up your sons and daughters as we weep and wail over La Llorona, a uniquely Mexican spin on the classic ghostly "Woman in White". This vengeful spirit drowned her children and, mistaking your children for her own, will do the same. Tweet feedback to @podcastbutevil.

Opening Track: "La Llorona" by Carmen Goett

We are saying Boo-urns as we talk about (and like) The Simpsons' 104-year-old plutocrat and gadabout, Charles Montgomery Burns. Mr. Burns is a singularly evil blight on Springfield, and one for which voice actor Harry Shearer rightfully deserves a lifetime achievement award for outstanding achievement in the field of excellence. Tweet feedback to @podcastbutevil.

Notable episodes discussed herein include:

Simpsons Roasting Over An Open Fire (S01E01)

We're totally transparent in our love for The Invisible Man, both the H.G. Wells classic and its indelible 1933 Universal film adaptation.

The (Roman) Empire strikes back, as we examine how in the span of less than four years Caligula's rule was so debauched and bloodsoaked as to grant him infamy for millenia to come. Could you imagine such a thing ever happening again? Boggles the mind. Tweet feedback to @podcastbutevil.

Intro: Theme from 'I, Claudius'

Special guest Danny Lampson tags in to help us pin one of the greatest heels in professional wrestling, The Iron Sheik. Tweet feedback to @podcastbutevil.

Grab a cup of tea, earl grey, hot, because this week we boldly go along with special guest A. Ron Hubbard (@ARonHubbardBM) of Baldmove.com (@Baldmove) for an engaging discussion of Star Trek's quizzical Q, a cosmic trickster god with a penchant for bedeviling the Enterprise and her crew as a "test" of humanity's cosmic value. Send feedback to @podcastbutevil. Make it so!

Distinguished Professor Robert Watson of UCLA joins Dan and Doug for an exploration of one of Shakespeare's most inscrutable nihilists, Iago. As always, please like, rate, and subscribe, and please send feedback to @podcastbutevil.

Idi Amin was a brutal dictator whose cruelty knew no bounds. Dan and Doug attempt to explore the history and psychology behind him, and why the human species seems to periodically produce leaders of this ilk, with no comparisons at all to any particular modern example. As always, please send feedback to us at @podcastbutevil, and be sure to like, rate, and subscribe.

Special thanks to Lost Moon Radio for the use of “Not Your Despot Anymore” by Dylan Ris, Ryan Harrison, and Frank Smith. More Lost Moon at www.lostmoonradio.com.

You fools! Dan and Doug dare to take on the magnificence of Cobra Commander, the G. I. Joe foe you'd love to know. Send feedback to @podcastbutevil.