Who The Eff Is?

Who The Eff Is?

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Who The Eff Is? episodes

  • WTF is the Voynich Manuscript?

    In this episode, Brian brings one of the most mysterious ever written to Matt to see if he can make heads or tails of it. We are diving into the Voynich Manuscript, an undecipherable book from the 1400's, or 1800's. Did it come from the Aztecs or the Dark Side of the Moon?


    Come learn all about the book and give us your craziest theories!


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    https://www.colinmackinnon.com/attachments/The_US_BOI_File_on_Voynich_p.pdf

    https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2002046

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/09/new-multispectral-analysis-of-voynich-manuscript-reveals-hidden-details/

    44 min
  • The Ballad of The Edmund Fitzegerald

    This week, on the 51st anniversary, Matt breaks down the fateful final voyage of the Edmund Fitzgerald. How an insurance company got into the steel shipping game, how a series of bad business practices doomed the ship, and how the Great Lakes are not to be taken lightly. Grab some Great Lakes Beers and pour one out for the Edmund Fitzgerald!


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    Discovery channel doc 1995

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yftOmLZMhFM&list=PLP-kGKgz1uzxWkMSu1e5Dg-ZtKKlcUB-a&index=5

    Launch vid

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bN5wPVdacA


    1 hr 28 min
  • Patriotism is BACK!

    Welcome back to Who the Eff pod where we are thrilled to check in on some former episode subjects on Election Night. Could the big night lead to a big return for WTF Pod? Time will tell, but we will say one thing for sure...Good Job America!


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    1 hr 11 min
  • We're all living in St. Elsewhere

    This week Matt tells Brian all about how the series finale of the 1980's hospital drama St. Elsewhere tied all of our favorite shows together!


    We'll debunk opposing theories, tie our favorite shows to the snow globe, and hypothesize what it could all mean!


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    Check out the St. Elsewhere dropbox here:

    https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/xdhqya816xos2zx/cross_key_2016.pdf?rlkey=gqifqp61xzzpnp6cxdy2ap2qa&e=2&dl=0


    50 min
  • The Second Most Dangerous Toy...

    This week on a fun, funky, freaky Friday Brian tells Matt about the world's second most dangerous toy, the Gilbert U-238 Atomic Energy Laboratory! Released in 1950, this toy let kids see the wonders of Atomic Energy!


    We'll talk about the man who started the toy company, potentially ripped off the erector set, built a toy empire, and made a questionable and expensive toy available for purchase!


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    33 min
  • We'll trade you a Pepsi for a Submarine - The Pepsi Navy

    What's better than a Coke and smile? A Pepsi and 17 submarines. In this fun, funky, freaky Friday Brian lays out how that internet meme, the Pepsi Navy actually happened. How Pepsi made inroads to the USSR, how vodka sales fell flat, how some warships was the price of soda supremacy, and how Pizza Hut was shut out when the Iron Curtain fell. What The Eff Is the Pepsi Navy?


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    26 min
  • The Southern Strategist Lee Atwater Seals Our Political Fate Pt. 3

    We've talked political parties, we've talked post-Civil War southern politics, and now in the third part of this series Matt lays out how the southern strategy was honed to the razor sharp edge we find ourselves perched upon. It's a real worst of the worst type of a deal, so buckle up and lets find out Who The Eff Is Lee Atwater.


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    56 min
  • The Alien Abduction of Jim Sullivan

    We are back for another fun, funky, freaky Friday angling for a $250 bill and a story about Jim Sullivan, the folk singer who might have foretold his own alien abduction!


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    24 min
  • The South Secedes and Holds the Country Hostage Pt.2

    In a strange turn of events, not coming down harder on the south following the Civil War was not the best idea. Not to worry though, those southern states will band together and become the focus of the Southern Strategy! Matt lays out the groundwork for how this political strategy takes hold and begins to take control of the country.


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    47 min
  • Mary Golda Ross Engineers Our Path to Space

    This fun, funky, freaky Friday we check in on the Great American State Fair and see if anyone is left to perform before Brian tells Matt about Mary Golda Ross, the first Native American Female Engineer who helped us get to space!


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    27 min

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Welcome to Who the F*ck is? Every week, Matt presents Brian with a subject and they discuss the basics of that subject, but with a catch, Brian is going in completely unaware of that weeks subject. We…