On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the life, loves, ups, and higher ups of Madonna. Her impact on 1980s culture can’t be overstated. Her videos, sound, and fashion made the entire Gen X imitate and want her. She has always been a master of branding and self-promotion. When being a sex symbol was getting old, Madonna would piss off the Catholic church, and when that got old, she’d drop a book full of lesbian sex pictures to draw the spotlight back on her. She’s had a crazy love life, is one of the bestselling female artists of all times, and manages to constantly be the queen of controversy. Come for the music, stay for the S&M phot shoots!

 

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https://www.biography.com/musician/madonna

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madonna

https://www.forbes.com/profile/madonna/?sh=1c2bde1c27ac

https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/7000438/inside-madonnas-relationships-from-toyboy-lovers-to-rock-legends/

https://www.datingcelebs.com/who-is-madonna-dating/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/651771/madonna-music-facts

https://www.biography.com/news/madonna-like-a-virgin-vmas-1984

https://theindustryobserver.thebrag.com/when-madonna-leaked-a-fake-version-of-her-album-to-thwart-pirates/

On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the madness and genius of Vincent van Gogh. Surely, you know him as one of the most important artists in all of human history. Because he was. But his life was filled with love, friendship, disaster, prostitutes, depression, art, and absinthe. His father was a priest, and his mother a painter, and he himself tried to become a minister before turning to art (and prostitutes). He didn’t touch a canvas until he was 30 years old, and his demons haunted him firmly enough that he tried to kill himself several times and spent a year in an insane asylum at St. Remy, where van Gogh painted some of his most important works. His story is an amazing, uplifting, tragic tale of family, art, and suicide.

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https://www.biography.com/artist/vincent-van-gogh

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh

https://www.biography.com/news/vincent-van-gogh-biography-facts

https://www.sothebys.com/en/articles/21-facts-about-vincent-van-gogh

On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the biggest forces in popular culture history, Dennis Rodman. Of course he was a basketball player and part of both the infamous Bad Boys of the Detroit Pistons as well as the game changing comeback of Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. But this unique man is so much more than that. He is a troubled man, battling depression and a sense of loneliness and insecurity which drove him to greatness. He was a friend to the LGBTQ community and AIDS support in the 1990s when that was rare. He broke social conventions, married himself in a wedding dress, dated Madonna, ignored his children, and somehow became friends with North Korea’s Kim Jung Un. His is a life you will want to hear about!

 

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30 For 30, ESPN: Rodman, Better or Worse

https://www.biography.com/athlete/dennis-rodman

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/06/12/a-brief-guide-to-dennis-rodmans-long-weird-history-with-north-korea/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Rodman

https://wealthygorilla.com/dennis-rodman-net-worth/

http://www.mindofmodernity.com/14-unique-facts-that-you-probably-didnt-know-about-dennis-rodman/

https://tvovermind.com/dennis-rodman/

In this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we give you some true crime and talk about the Dating Game Killer. Rodney James Alcala was a serial rapist and killer. Some people think he is the second most prolific killer in American history, even though he was only convicted for five counts. He posed as a photographer and would lure young women into his van and take naked photos of them. Many were never seen again until the photos were released by police desperate to close cold cases. He was a bachelor on the Dating Game in 1978 and actually won the contest! What ended up happening with the girl who picked him as the perfect bachelor? How many people do police think he may have killed? What happened when he literally questioned himself on the witness stand? How is he connected to Sammy David Jr and Dean Martin? Listen, laugh, learn.

 

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Dating Game Video Here

https://murderpedia.org/male.A/a/alcala-rodney.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodney_Alcala

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/rodney-alcala-the-dating-game-killer-dead-1201827/

https://the-line-up.com/rodney-alcala-the-dating-game-killer-victims

On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about a very unique rock star and UFO hunter, Tom DeLonge. DeLonge founded Blink 182 when he was 16 years old and after a few years, they were a massive band. While they toured in vans early on, he started to read books on UFOs, and his true life obsession was born. Cut to a couple decades later, and DeLonge is the founder of the To The Stars Academy of Arts and Sciences. This is a group of ex spies from the CIA, physicists, parapsychologists, and even engineers from Skunk Works. They collect videos and physical evidence of UFOs and even got the Pentagon to officially acknowledged that some of the craziest UFO footage of all time was real. We talk a lot about some of the UFOs from episode 446, Modern UFOs. Go back and revisit that one to really focus in how intense this former frontman’s endeavors have become.

 

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https://home.tothestarsacademy.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_DeLonge

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_the_Stars_(company)

https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/music/a37532754/tom-delonge-interview-2021/

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/inside-tom-delonges-ufo-obsession-blink-182-turmoil-50572/

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/tom-delonge-ufo-video-pentagon-release-blink-182-994370/

https://www.history.com/shows/unidentified-inside-americas-ufo-investigation/cast/tom-delonge

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqHn4vSSuro

On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the rise and fall and rise again of the one and only Martha Stewart. Right when she was bigger than Oprah (worth $1.2 billion), the SEC busted her for insider trading and sent her to jail for almost a year. But the story of her constant drive to build up her brand, image, and companies, she bounced right back. This is the story of a middle class girl who turned a teenage modeling career into one of the most savvy media companies in the world. Plus, she’s friends with Snoop Dogg! How did she and Snoop meet? What happened that took her to jail? Who wins in the Superfight between her and Oprah that we play at the end of the episode? Listen, laugh, and learn.

 

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Snoop on Martha Stewart Living for the first time.

Ghost Spoof.

Titanic Spoof.

https://www.biography.com/business-figure/martha-stewart

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha_Stewart

https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/21/entertainment/martha-stewart-anthony-hopkins-hannibal-lecter-intl-scli-gbr/index.html

https://www.prevention.com/beauty/a38830927/martha-stewart-cbd-muscle-cream/

https://www.marthastewart.com/274830/the-martha-timeline

https://www.insider.com/facts-martha-stewart-2018-7

https://www.inc.com/larry-kim/20-bizarre-facts-you-never-knew-about-martha-stewart.html

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/professionals/071415/how-martha-stewart-built-media-empire

https://www.insider.com/timeline-martha-stewart-snoop-dogg-friendship-2021-2

On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we back in time to World War Two and talk about the horror and honor that defined the London Blitz. In September of 1940, Hitler had lost the Battle of Britain, which was battle for air superiority over England. As a result, he decided to use bombing as a terror tactic to break Britain’s will before he invaded their country. However, it didn’t quite go as he planned. The Brits proved to be amazingly resilient, surviving some of the worst war conditions in the world. Tons of bombs were dropped every night, and entire neighborhoods vanished to explosives and fires. But the Brits carried on. Through the Blitz, they hid the Underground tubes, planted victory gardens, shagged each other, and got ready for another day of war. If you like the war, Britain, history with a side of bad jokes, give this one a listen.

 

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https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-blitz-begins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blitz

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-blitz-around-britain

https://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/research/online-exhibitions/history-of-the-battle-of-britain/the-blitz-the-hardest-night/

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/03/virus-and-blitz/608965/

https://www.historyextra.com/period/second-world-war/the-blitz-what-happened-how-many-died-blitz-meaning/

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-evacuated-children-of-the-second-world-war

On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about Quentin Tarantino. He is considered one of the most influential directors of his generation and has won Oscars and Emmys for his work. He typically shows hyper-violent scenes and directs movies filled with very unique dialogue. Once a small independent film maker, Quentin Tarantino is now one of the most sought after directors in the world. But there are many reports of bad behavior, a violent streak, sexism, and mistreatment toward women on his sets. He’s a controversial figure who has publicly backed sexual predators, but his art is some of the best in the world of cinema. You won’t want to miss this one.

 

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https://www.biography.com/filmmaker/quentin-tarantino

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Tarantino

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/73134/20-facts-about-your-favorite-quentin-tarantino-movies

https://kottke.org/22/01/the-vega-brothers-from-quentin-tarantino

https://www.cinemablend.com/movies/quentin-tarantino-has-responded-to-that-pulp-fiction-lawsuit

https://www.thedailybeast.com/quentin-tarantinos-history-of-disturbing-behavior-toward-his-actresses

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/quentin-tarantino-mom-money-1234994873/

On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we hop over The Pond and talk about one of the most famous organized crime families in London. This is Ronnie and Reginald Kray. The Kray Brothers were a hyper-violent duo who ran a criminal underground known as The Firm. Their business focused on protection, money laundering, and night clubs.

They ran things differently than many criminal organizations and thrived on the spotlight, fame, celebrity status, and a penchant for incredible violence. They were both bisexual and open about it at a time where it was illegal and would get you killed. So, what celebrities did they hang out with? How did a gay sex scandal make them untouchable? Which one of them was a paranoid schizophrenic? What violent line did they cross that finally brought them down? Listen, laugh, learn.

 

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kray_twins#Ronnie

https://www.eastlondonadvertiser.co.uk/news/kray-family-fury-over-gay-jibe-for-helgeland-s-hollywood-3474074

https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/kray-twins-legend-tom-hardy

https://thekraytwins.fandom.com/wiki/Ronnie_Kray

https://thekraytwins.fandom.com/wiki/Reggie_Kray

https://www.buzzfeed.com/sam_cleal/secrets-of-the-krays-things-i-learned

https://www.mylondon.news/news/east-london-news/kray-twins-east-london-still-20649537

https://www.historyhit.com/facts-about-the-kray-twins/

On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one hell of a drug, Cocaine! It releases more dopamine than any other natural drug into the human brain—way more than even sex. Cocaine made German scientists stick needles in their own eyes, and killed John Belushi, Chris Farley, Mitch Hedberg, and River Phoenix! We talk about its past, its ties with Coca-Cola, when it was purified, and what methods the cartels use to smuggle it into America. If you want a little booger sugar, give this one a listen…

 

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https://www.justice.gov/archive/ndic/pubs3/3951/3951p.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_involvement_in_Contra_cocaine_trafficking

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocaine

https://list25.com/25-facts-about-cocaine-that-you-probably-didnt-know/

https://www.samhsa.gov/data/sites/default/files/report_2361/ShortReport-2361.html

https://www.kickassfacts.com/cocaine-facts/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola#Use_of_stimulants_in_formula

http://defamer.gawker.com/remember-when-tim-allen-almost-got-a-life-sentence-for-1682644188

https://darwinawards.com/darwin/darwin1993-04.html