What A Creep
Elizabeth Holmes
�Hey everyone!
It’s time to get creepy! It’s season 1, episode 3 of “What a Creep” starring Elizabeth Homes, the former CEO of the totally bullshit-worthy company Theranos. There is so much creepiness to go around here. Including her former COO and boyfriend Sunny Balwani as well as the plethora of older men who had no problem throwing millions at her and never seeing a prototype of the Edison or the MiniLab. (Geniuses!)
This week Margo is the presenter and here are her main sources:
Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup by John Carreyrou
The Inventor by Alex Gibney
Fortune and the New Yorker 2014 (glowing articles)
The Dropout podcast from ABC reporter Rebecca Jarvis
The Behind the Bastards podcast from host Robert Evans (no, not that one)
And then we will finish this ep with Sonia announcing our “Who’s NOT a creep” this week.
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What a Creep “The Murder of Kitty Genovese”
Season 15, Episode 2
The Real Details & the Aftermath of One of the Most Famous Murders in New York City

The murder of 28-year-old Kitty Genovese made national news when The New York Times on March 27, 1964, claimed that 37 people watched as she was stabbed to death and did nothing to help her. The expression “Bystander Syndrome” was developed partly because of her crime and her death became a symbol of apathy and a lack of community on the rise. None of what we were taught turns out to be true. Today, I will talk about the real Kitty Genovese, police work in the 1960s, the terrible reporting by the Times and other news outlets, and what we can learn from this travesty.

Trigger warnings: murder, sexual assault, and rape.

Sources for this episode
Kitty Genovese WIKI
Bystander Effect
AM Rosenthal
American Psychological Association
The Daily Beast
Chicago Tribune
New York Times Winston Moseley Death
The New Yorker
A Crime to Remember Season 2 Episode 1
The Witness (William Genovese) by James D Solomon & Jessica Robinson
New York Times Sophia Farrar Obit
The Guardian
Original NY Times article March 27, 1964
Thirty-Eight Witnesses by A.M. Rosenthal
Kitty Genovese by Catherine Pelonero
Fifty Years After Kitty Genovese by Peter Hellman & Albert A. Seedman

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What a Creep
Season 15, Episode 1
Loveline creeps: Adam Carolla & Dr. Drew Pinsky

Adam Carolla is a radio personality, comedian, actor, and podcaster. He’s also a poster boy for toxic masculinity and is a misogynist creep. Dr. Drew Pinsky is a doctor, addiction medicine specialist, and media personality. He’s also kind of a creep who recommends drugs without disclosing he’s on the big pharma payroll.

And these two creeps used to host a popular syndicated radio show called “Loveline.”
Eventually, they left “Loveline”, and they did creepy things apart, but they still like to be creeps together on the podcast, “The Adam and Drew Show.”

Sources for this episode

ABC News
The Atlantic
Calling Out Carolla Tumblr
The Daily Beast
Jezebel
Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
New York Post
SFGate
Adam Carolla’s Twitter
Dr. Drew’s Twitter
United States Department of Justice
Vulture
Washington Post
Wikipedia (Loveline)
Wikipedia (Dr. Drew Pinsky)
Wikipedia (Adam Carolla)

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What a Creep: Hugh Hefner
Season 14, Episode 10
Playboy Founder & Creep

On September 17, 2017, Hugh Marston Heffner died at the age of 91. He was hailed in the press (for decades) as being solely responsible for the sexual revolution of the 60s, a champion of civil rights, a First Amendment warrior, a philanthropic activist, and a hero to women who would still be stuck home with sexless lives were it not for his brand Playboy.
It was just a few weeks afterward that the ‘Me Too” movement began with the first articles about Harvey Weinstein being played out in the media and shitty people decrying “cancel culture” ever since. In this episode, I will talk about the ways Hef used manipulation to control and dominate the lives of people who worked for him and the horrendous legacy of his horrible relations with women that lasted for decades at the Playboy mansion.
Trigger Warnings: Sexual Assault, Rape, Drug Use, and Animal Abuse (very slight mention here)

Sources:
The Independent
In These Times.com
The Los Angeles Times
A & E Network’s “Secrets of Playboy”
American Playboy “The Hugh Hefner Story”
Down the Rabbit Hole by Holly Madison
Playground: A Childhood Lost Inside the Playboy Mansion by Jennifer Saginor
Elle
The Guardian
Slate
Nina McCollum Medium
Variety
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What a Creep
Season 14, Episode 9
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis was a comedian, actor, and director whose goofy comic style made him one of the most popular performers of the 1950s and ’60s. You might also know him as the guy that hosted the Muscular Dystrophy Association telethon that ran from 1966 until 2014.

But he was also difficult, cruel, and an insecure egomaniac who couldn’t keep it in his pants. He was a sexist creep who sexually harassed and assaulted many of his female co-stars.

Sources for this episode:

The Hollywood Reporter
People Magazine
The Sun
The New York Times
New York Times Obit
Vanity Fair
Washington Post
Britannica
Wikipedia

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What a Creep: The Sleepy Lagoon Murder
Season 14, Episode 8
The Murder of Jose Gallardo Diaz & the Zoot Suit Riots

On August 2, 1942, Jose Gallardo Diaz (22) was found unconscious in an area known as The Sleepy Lagoon. He had multiple head injuries, was stabbed at least twice, and had a broken finger. He died at Los Angeles Hospital, and a complete sweep of Mexican Americans by the LA cops captured the media's imagination. Though mostly from future Creep William Randolph Hearst) kids that were Zoot-suiters were seen as a dangerous element and causing a crime wave. The phrase De-Zoot the suit was often sed.
Diaz's murder remains unsolved, but it was the catalyst for the "Zoot Suit Riots" that happened the following summer. If you have heard of the Cherry Poppin' Daddies song—you will get no idea how horrible this incident indeed was for the Chicano and African American community.
This episode will talk about the Sleepy Lagoon Murders, the sham of a trial that happened afterward, and the Zoot Suit Riots in Los Angeles of 1943.
Trigger Warnings: Racism and my terrible attempts at Spanish.
Sources:
Sleepy Lagoon Murders Wiki
PBS American Experience "The Sleepy Lagoon Defendants"
The Sleepy Lagoon website
LA Law Library
Sleepy Lagoon Mystery by Guy Endore
The Zoot Suit Riots by Mauricio Mazon
The Zoot Suit Riots by Charles Rivers Editors
Zoot Suit (1981) Starring Edward James Olmos
Zoot Suit Riot by the Cherry Poppin Daddies
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How to help the people of Ukraine
UNICEF
Doctors Without Borders
Sunflower of Peace
International Committee of the Red Cross
Save the Children
CARE
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR)
The Red Cross
Voices of Children
How to help the trans people of Texas
Transgender Education Network of Texas
TxTransKids.org
Equality Texas
Lambda Legal
Trans Youth Family Allies
Allgo
Trans Pride Initiative

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What a Creep
Season 14, Episode 6
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas

Clarence Thomas is a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He’s only the second African-American to serve on the Court, after Thurgood Marshall. Since 2018, Thomas has been the longest-serving member of the Court, with a tenure of 30 years. He’s also a creep with a history of sexually harassing women. Oh, and his wife, Ginni Thomas, is a creep, too.

Sources for this episode:

The documentary “Anita”
ABC News
Slate
Mother Jones
The Nation
New Republic
New York Magazine
The New York Times
The New Yorker
Politico
Think Progress
Washington Post
Washington Post: “The Nominee’s Soulmate”
Britannica
Wikipedia

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What a Creep: NFL Creeps
Season 14, Episode 6
Tom Brady, Rae Carruth, Lance Rentzel, & Ben Roethlisberger
In honor of the upcoming sports ball competition that involves football (we are not supposed to say Super Bowl because of evil overlords,) Margo & Sonia are talking about a quartet of NFL Creeps. Grab some chips & dip and enjoy!
Trigger warnings: Murder, Sociopathy, Sexual Assault, & General Assholery!
Sources:
Rae Carruth
Rae Carruth Muderpedia
Rae Carruth New York Times
Sports Illustrated “The Boy They Couldn’t Kill”

Lance Rentzel
Lance Rentzel When All the Laughter Died in Sorrow (1973)
Lance Rentzel Wikipedia

Ben Rothlisberger
Ben Roethlisberger is a former NFL quarterback who played for 18 seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. On the field, he’s considered one of the greats. Off the field, he’s an asshole and a serial sexual assaulter.
Sources:
Defector article by Diana Moskovitz
Sports Illustrated
SportsCasting
Wikipedia

Tom Brady
Tom Brady was a quarterback in the NFL for 22 seasons. He spent his first 20 seasons with the New England Patriots, where he was a central contributor to the franchise's dynasty from 2001 to 2019. In his final two seasons, he was a member of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
Brady holds nearly every major quarterback record. He was also voted one of the most punchable faces by us, and he’s a cheatin’ creep
Sources:
ESPN
Forbes
SBNation
Sports Illustrated
Wikipedia
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What a Creep: Mark Hofmann
Season 14, Episode 5
Forgery/Liar/Killer/Bomber
Mark Hofmann had a Netflix documentary series that highlighted his criminal activity in the '70s & 80s in Salt Lake City, Utah—the home of the Mormon Church (known as the LDS the Church of Jesus Christ Later Day Saints.) In Murder Among Mormons, you learned about his crime spree on Tuesday, October 15, 1985, which involved two people being killed by homemade bombs he created and left for them. But what motivated this, by all accounts, a good Mormon who seemed like the perfect family man?
In this episode, I will go into Mark's background as a world-class forger and liar who ran himself and others into so much debt—he felt that setting off bombs would buy him time to figure out his financial problems. And the fallout in the church and community since then.
Trigger warnings: Murder, Sociopathy
Sources:
Mark Hofmann Wikipedia
Esquire
Deseret News
Bustle
Netflix: Murder Among the Mormons
Forensic Files "Postal Mortem" Season 2 Episode 11
The Mormon Murder: A True Story of Greed, Forgery, Deceit, and Death by Steven Naifeh & Gregory White Smith

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What a Creep: Peter Nygard
Season 14, Episode 4
Big Time Fashion/Retail Creep


Peter Nygard is a Finnish-Canadian fashion executive and a super creep. More than 80 women from the Bahamas, Canada, and the United States have joined a class-action lawsuit accusing Nygard of rape, sexual assault, and sex trafficking.

Sources for this episode

“The Secrets of Nygard Cay” on Dateline
“Unseamly: The Investigation of Peter Nygard” on Discovery+
NBC News
CBC News
Toronto Sun
Vanity Fair
Wikipedia

Trigger warnings: Rape and sexual assault

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