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Get in loser, we're going shopping. Just kidding, we're not going shopping ... at least not in the way most people would think. We're going somewhere so exclusive there's no need for security or even money. Just bring your confidence, your can-do attitude, and a hoodie.

Madi tells us all about The Bling Ring criminals (also known as the Hollywood Hills Burglar Bunch) who were able to steal over $3 million in cash and belongings from residents of Los Angeles.

Don't forget, pictures from today's episode can be found here!

Sources:

"The Suspects Wore Louboutins" by Nancy Jo Sales

"The Bling Ring ..." by Leanne Aciz Stanton

"The Real Bling Ring: Hollywood Heist" Netflix

Alexis Haines - Wikipedia

Andrea Arlington - Wikipedia

New York City begins to close up shop for the day. The sun goes down ... and the Club Kids come out. Dressed in bizarre costumes straight from a fashion-fueled nightmare. Too many drugs to remember what's happening but just enough to not feel a thing. Louder and louder the music thumps, beating like a hammer. Don't leave, the party's just begun!

We're taking it back to the 90's and talking about the Club Kids scene in New York City. Madi watched the 2003 film starring Macaulay Culkin and Seth Green "Party Monster" and we learn all about Michael Alig and his group of partiers. 

Don't forget, pictures from today's episode can be found here!

Sources: 

Party Monster: The Shockumentary 

Michael Alig - Wikipedia 

Find A Grave - Angel Melendez 

The Village Voice 

Andre "Angel" Melendez - Wikipedia 

It's 10am on a Tuesday in May. The sun is beating down on the desert sand and rocks that line your view out of the diner window. You blow on your steaming cup of coffee and sit back as you patrol the highway for the start of your morning shift. As you start on your second mug, you can see a dust cloud in the distance. It starts small, but quickly grows in speed until you can just make out the tires of a car. Before it can completely blow past you in the sprawling desert, you begin to head toward your car, but stop short. You know that unmarked car speeding by ... it must Judge Kim Wanker late to work. 

Welcome back friends! This week Madi tells us all about the career and amazing life of Judge Kim Wanker and the recent movie based on her, Reba McEntire's The Hammer. 

Don't forget, pictures from today's episode can be found here!

Sources: 

Review Journal - Nevada

Nye County 

LA Times 

Prabook 

Ballotpedia

Circuit Riding - Wikipedia

Wake up! School first thing. Three hours to cram everything in, don't forget a thing. Then singing rehearsals and scales and humming and trills for two hours minimum. Next rushed, no, pushed onto set. No, it's not time for lunch, no eating allowed. What movie is this again? If you take your energy pills, you can have some soup tonight. What pill is this? What time is it? What's my line? Then shoved back into a trailer at 5am. Sleepy pill and wait for the same tomorrow. The beauty of Hollywood. 

On this episode Zach tells us all about the life and career of Judy Garland, plus the 2019 Renée Zellweger film.

Don't forget, pictures from today's episode can be found here!

Sources:

"What made Judy Garland's Life so Tragic" by Elena Nicolaou

"Inside Judy Garland's Troubled Youth" by Janaya Wecker & Sara Kettler

Income Tax School

Judy Garland - Wiki 

Gold Derby Films 

Have you ever thought about what it would be like in real life to have a 'Get out of Jail Free' card? Just wave it around and suddenly any mistake you made is gone. What if I told you ... it was real. And all you had to do was simply become a spy for the government.

Buckle up folks! Because this week Madi tells all about Abscam and the 2013 movie, American Hustle. 

Don't forget, pictures from the episode can be found here!

Sources: 

Hollywood Reporter

History vs Hollywood

US Justice Dept

Washington Post

Alchetron - Evelyn Knight

In the entirety of history, only 12 people have ever made it to the moon. It takes years of training, dedication, and even if you make it through every loop hole, you still may not be selected for a final mission. In 1970, three men had finally passed all of the checkpoints, trainings, and health screenings and were finally chosen to become the next to step foot on Earth's moon ... Or so they thought. 

Get ready for blast off because this week Zach takes us to space with the incredible story of the Apollo 13 mission

Find us on Instagram @basedbiasedorbs (or click here) for pics from today's episode

Sources: 

Apollo Mission - Space

Smithsonian Mag 

Apollo 13 - Wiki

Jim Lavell on Apollo 13 

The year is 1957 and you've been invited to a selective dinner. As you look around the horseshoe-shaped table, you can see many of your esteemed law professors who served as escorts for you and your fellow colleagues. Certainly a woman can't go to a party without a male escort of some kind. Then, you hear a question asked out loud that you've tried to suppress from your own mind many times. "Why are you here occupying a seat that could be held by a man?"

It's Ruth Bader Ginsburg week baby! Madi gives us some background on the amazing woman and we learn about her "Big 6" legal arguments in this episode.

Resources: 

Achievements of RBG

Supreme Courts - Biography 

RBG in Sweden - Washington Post

Interview Transcript - Slate

Women's History - RBG

Ginsburg Cases - Archive 

Perseverance: the ability to continue on no matter the obstacles. When others fall to the back of the pack, the strong have the ability to continue on no matter the journey. Trudging through the desert with sand-filled winds ripping at your skin, you continue on. In the downpour of a storm or the cold blistering snows at night, you continue on. To build your nest egg for decades only to have it burned to the ground, force then to rebuild from scratch. Though you don't deserve it, you continue on. You always have and you always will. 

This week, Madi watches the first episode of HBO's Watchmen and Zach tells us all about the beginning flashback scene.

Sources: 

What the Tulsa Massacre Destroyed - NYTimes

1921 Tulsa Race Massacre - History.com

Black History for White People 

40 Acres & a Mule - History.com

Tulsa Race Massacre - Wiki 

Oklahoma History 

Freedom, Georgia Initiative 

What's that you smell? Why it's a traditional British holiday cake. But what is that nagging thought at the back of your mind? Oh that's right, you're about to change in your fifth outfit of the day and you haven't even had dinner. Your holiday joy is planned out to the minute and you are at the will of one singular person whose breath dictates what you must wear and when. Afterall, you are a royal. 

Welcome back! This week Madi tells us the story of holidays with the British royal family. Check us out on Instagram for pics @basedbiasedorbs

Sources: 

1992 Interview w/ Peter Settelen

1995 Interview w/ Martin Bashir 

Britannica - Diana Princess of Wales

Royal Family 

National News 

Love is a funny thing. It can bring you life's most memorable moments, stretching your emotions to their heights. Love can make you grow and bring you places you'd never dream of. Doing things you could never have imagined. Like ... for instance ... committing a felony. 

This week, Zach tells us the story of a Brooklyn bank robbery that inspired this Al Pacino film. For pictures from today's episode, check us out on Instagram @basedbiasedorbs

Sources: 

"The Boys in the Bank" - LIFE Magazine 1972 (pg 66)

All That's Interesting 

Avenue Magazine 

BBC Magazine