American Loser Podcast

What happens when something named in your honor turns out to be a something everyone hates? Well that's what happened to this weeks "Loser" Casimir Pulaski who was a military hero in Poland AND saved George Washingtons life during the American Revolution...we repaid his bravery with gridlock traffic and an accident prone "skyway" to Newark....enjoy the bizarre story of Casimir Pulaski.

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A very fun episode this week as the Kahuna and I are joined by two of my favorite people, Comedians Joe Conte and Hot Lil Mark Riccadonna. We tell the story of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson, an American Greek Tragic-Hero come to life. Joe was banned for life from Baseball to this day due to his controversial "involvement" in the "fixing" of the 1919 World Series...we talk about hating your boss, the history of baseball, Joe's legendary status and how the New York Mob organized the disgraceful "throwing" of the World Series.

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This weeks "Loser" is the fascinating William Jennings Bryan, who was nearly the President of the United States three times. Known as "The Great Commoner", he helped transform politics and election campaigning into what it is today. We cover "Free Silver" vs "Gold Standard", Bryan's famous "Cross of Gold" Speech and why you should never Fuck with Teddy Roosevelt. We are joined this week by NJ Comedian Rich J. McDonald, one half of the improv duo "McDonald and Bumpercar".

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"Devil" Dan Sickles might be the most interesting loser yet. This episode is full of several "WTF" moments that result in Kahuna losing his shit. Our guest this week is my long time friend and sassy gal about town, Tristan Vidreiro. Enjoy the straight up ridiculous life of Dan Sickles.

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Balloons, Nazis and disasters are just three of the weird things we have to "unpack" this episode to try and give you the full experience of the Hindenburg Disaster (which took place 30 minutes from our studio) For this ambitious episode LP and I are joined by my awesome cousin Katie aka Dr Burke (PHD Mofuckas!) who gives our ramblings a sense of credibility we don't quite deserve.

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New Years Day Edition of American Loser covers the history of Boxing in America from the Marquess of Queensberry's "Rules" to the longest boxing match in HISTORY and the move from bare knuckles to glove and even more reason to never mess with Theodore Roosevelt! Please enjoy and tell a friend!

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Nothing says Merry Christmas like an entire episode on the Chicago Gangland wars during prohibition, right? LP and I tackle the story of "Bugs" Moran, the man who battled Al Capone for control of the Chicago liquor trade in the 1920s. With names like Al Capone, Bugs and "Hymie the Pole" and characters like a Mobster who doubled as a Florist, you don't want to miss this one.

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The Queen of New Jersey, Comedian Jackie Bryne joins us again to talk about Sarah Lockwood Winchester, the Heiress to the Winchester Firearms Fortune. LP gives us a brief background on Winchester rifles before we start separating fact vs fiction about Sarah's "Mystery House" that is rumored to be one of the most haunted places in America.

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In the final installment of our Three Parter on Tammany Hall, we join the Hall right after the arrest of "Boss" Tweed and cover their continued corruption, feuds and eventual destruction at the hands of Fiorello LaGuardia. This episode contains Tammany's run ins with the likes of William Randolph Hearst, Lucky Luciano, Teddy Roosevelt, JP Morgan and we accidentally uncover the history of the New York Yankees and Jello along the way. This one was a blast.

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PART 2 of 3 on our history of Tammany Hall, the most corrupt political machine in the history of New York City (so far)...Episode one covers their humble start and rise to power so that we can dedicate the ENTIRE second episode to William "Boss" Tweed, the man that ran New York City like a King. We talk about the good, the bad and the downright ugly in this episode. Thanks for listening!

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