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WikiFreakz
By Jill Weiner & Connor CreaganComedy
WikiFreakz episodes
- #105 - Huey Long, Share Our Wealth, HG Wells, Alien Invasion, Extra-terrestrial, UFOs, & Raëlism!It’s our 105th episode and its out of this world!First it’s a stop to the Kingfish himself, HUEY LONG who was ASSASSINATED! And what was his most famous political platform? The SHARE OUR WEALTH program! It was an extremely popular progressive proposition, people from all over the world were intrigued by Long’s politics, including prolific author HG WELLS. One of the father’s of modern science fiction HG WELLS wrote at length about ALIEN INVASION! EXTRA TERRESTRIALS in literature coming to earth by UFO! And from there it’s off to a space religion RAËLISM!From socially progressive projects on Earth, aliens tooting around in their UFOs and a French space cult, THIS EPISODE RIPS!--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow WikiFreakz IG and Twitter @wikifreakzz————————————————————————————————————-Follow Jill Weiner on IG and Twitter @jill_liveswww.jilllives.comVenmo @jill-weiner-1--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Connor Creagan on IG and Twitter @connorcreagan www.connorcreagan.infoVenmo @connor-creagan1 hr 5 min
- #104 - Bristol WFC, Barcelona, Antoni Gaudi, Louis Comfort Tiffany, & Mark Twain House!It’s the dog days of summer and we are here to deliver some Wikipedia!We kick it off (pun intended) with the BRISTOL CITY WFC. From there we move over to STRIKER, and then to RONALDO. Let’s face it, we’re not sports people; we do our damndest to get out of this sports trap and head on over to BARCELONA! From there it’s off to God’s Architect, ANTONI GAUDI, who utilized much STAINED GLASS. We move from Spain over to the US with the help of LOUIS COMFORT TIFFANY, who did custom stained glass for the MARK TWAIN HOUSE!From the thrill of the pitch to the intricacy of Tiffany lamps this episode has something for literally everyone!--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow WikiFreakz IG and Twitter @wikifreakzz————————————————————————————————————-Follow Jill Weiner on IG and Twitter @jill_liveswww.jilllives.comVenmo @jill-weiner-1--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Connor Creagan on IG and Twitter @connorcreagan www.connorcreagan.infoVenmo @connor-creagan55 min
- #103 - South Park: The Stick of Truth, Viral Videos, Numa Numa, Exploding Whale, & Whale Fall!WikiFreakz is back for a hot summer episode!Listen up as we kick it off with SOUTH PARK: THE STICK OF TRUTH. And then on to the show itself: SOUTH PARK. From there we move on over to VIRAL VIDEOS because that's where SOUTH PARK was born! And who could forget the classic NUMA NUMA? Then it's onto a video so viral it started the trend before the internet was even in existence, of course we’re talking about EXPLODING WHALE! And how does a whale end up on the beach? We find out in BEACHED WHALES. Also did you know that when whales die in the ocean their carcasses create a WHALE FALL? An episode full of guts and viral videos just in time for the end of summer, you're gonna love it!!--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow WikiFreakz IG and Twitter @wikifreakzz————————————————————————————————————-Follow Jill Weiner on IG and Twitter @jill_liveswww.jilllives.comVenmo @jill-weiner-1--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Connor Creagan on IG and Twitter @connorcreagan www.connorcreagan.infoVenmo @connor-creagan57 min
- #102 - Carnivalé, Freak Show, Lazarus & Joannes Colloredo, Frank Lentini, & Buffalo Bill!WikiFreakz is deep into summer and that means FUN!We kick off episode 201 with HBO’s short-lived CARNIVALE which leads us into TRAVELING CARNIVALS. Is anything better than the smell of fried dough and corndogs accompanied by a chorus of cicadas on a warm summer night? There sure is! And it's the FREAK SHOW. Step right up WikiFreakz we’re going to learn about some of the best performers to participate in these horrendous shows like LAZARUS AND JOANNES BAPTISTA COLLOREDO who by all accounts were PARASITIC TWINS. From there we double down and move on over to DIPYGUS - a rare condition causing double nether regions. And the most well known performer to suffer from this affliction was FRANK LENTINI, who was a performer from the age of 5. And speaking of showmen, is there any more renowned than BUFFALO BILL. We think not. Let this episode razzle-dazzle you with the tales of summers gone by at the carnival!Follow WikiFreakz IG and Twitter @wikifreakzz————————————————————————————————————-Follow Jill Weiner on IG and Twitter @jill_liveswww.jilllives.comVenmo @jill-weiner-1--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Connor Creagan on IG and Twitter @connorcreagan www.connorcreagan.infoVenmo @connor-creagan1 hr 3 min
- #101 - Lion Class battle cruiser, Ship Breaking, Wrecking Ball, Forge, Cymbal & God!Episode 101! We’re here, we’re in your ear, we’re WikiFreakz! First we kick it off with two LION CLASS BATTLE CRUISERS, which which were damaged in WWI and eventually broken down by SHIP BREAKING. That’s not the only kind of demolition we’re learning about in this ep, we also get hit by a WRECKING BALL. And where are those big balls made? A FORGE! And tools of destruction aren’t the only things made in a forge, CYMBALS are, too! And what sound does a cymbal make? The voice of GOD!From the open seas, to the unknowable creator episode 101 will teach ya about the world, ya freakz!--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow WikiFreakz IG and Twitter @wikifreakzz————————————————————————————————————-Follow Jill Weiner on IG and Twitter @jill_liveswww.jilllives.comVenmo @jill-weiner-1--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Connor Creagan on IG and Twitter @connorcreagan www.connorcreagan.infoVenmo @connor-creagan1 hr 2 min
- #100 - Nuclear Fission, Nature, Sir Isaac Newton, Magical Thinking, Malagasy & Cattle Raiding!EPISODE 100! And it’s a classic.First we blow your minds with NUCLEAR FISSION WAS DISCOVERED, then move on over Scientific American we dive headfirst into the publication NATURE! From there it’s over to our favorite zaddy scientist, SIR ISAAC NEWTON! He’s hot and skeptical, which leads to MAGICAL THINKING.Did you know the MALAGASY people have their own system of taboos known as fady? And a part of the fady is CATTLE RAIDING which, as it turns out, if full of action and intrigue!Celebrate 100 Episodes with us by leaving a review, telling or a friend or simply listening to the pod. We love ya, freakz!!!--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow WikiFreakz IG and Twitter @wikifreakzz————————————————————————————————————-Follow Jill Weiner on IG and Twitter @jill_liveswww.jilllives.comVenmo @jill-weiner-1--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Connor Creagan on IG and Twitter @connorcreagan www.connorcreagan.infoVenmo @connor-creagan1 hr 10 min
- #99 - Emma Louisa Turner, Houseboat, Hulk, Gun Powder, Four Great Inventions, & Elixir of Life!It’s WikiFreakz 99th episode and its a classic!We kick it off with famed ornithologist EMMA LOUISA TURNER who broke boundaries photographing birds. And from her we head over to the water and the alluring HOUSEBOAT, which is can be used for living or vacationing. And what happens to a ship when it has s lost its purpose, why it becomes a HULK! A floating vessel that is sometimes used to hold GUN POWDER. And did you know that Gun Powder is one of Ancient China’s FOUR GREAT INVENTIONS! AND it was invented by Chinese Alchemists who were searching for the ELIXIR OF LIFE! Join us as we talk birds and immortality! You’ll love it!--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow WikiFreakz IG and Twitter @wikifreakzz————————————————————————————————————-Follow Jill Weiner on IG and Twitter @jill_liveswww.jilllives.comVenmo @jill-weiner-1--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Connor Creagan on IG and Twitter @connorcreagan www.connorcreagan.infoVenmo @connor-creagan59 min
- #98 - Yazid I, Siege of Mecca, Kaaba, Zam Zam Water, Arsenic Poisoning, Rebecca Copin & Husband!It’s episode 98 and Jill and Connor kick it off with a something they know very little about - religion, specifically the pilgrimage practices of Islam.First it's the scandalous Caliph YAZID I, who BESIEGED MECCA in the mid 600s. And from there we take a trip to the holy land and learn about the KAABA and ZAMZAM WATER. And like all popular liquids there was a scandal with accusations of ARSENIC contamination. ARSENIC POISONING was quite common amongst the aristocracy in Europe and in domestic violence cases in the US beginning with REBECCA COPIN who tried to poison her HUSBAND. From Mecca to domestic relationships this episode’s pretty fun!--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow WikiFreakz IG and Twitter @wikifreakzz————————————————————————————————————-Follow Jill Weiner on IG and Twitter @jill_liveswww.jilllives.comVenmo @jill-weiner-1--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Connor Creagan on IG and Twitter @connorcreagan www.connorcreagan.infoVenmo @connor-creagan1 hr 11 min
- #97 - Boeing 747, Hull Losses, Jeju Island & Lava Tubes!From the blue skies to the inner earth, this episode is going to give you the ride of your life!First we kick it off with the BOEING 747 - a huge plane whose hull has been breached 61 times. We learn about those hulls in BOEING 747 HULL LOSSES. One such hull loss took place over JEJU ISLAND, a self governed volcanic island in South Korea. And you know us FreakZ love our lava and JEJU has a bounty! It even has LAVA TUBES - a unique geographic feature that occurs in many parts of the world. If you love death, destruction, flight, and lava, you’re gonna love episode 97!--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow WikiFreakz IG and Twitter @wikifreakzz————————————————————————————————————-Follow Jill Weiner on IG and Twitter @jill_liveswww.jilllives.comVenmo @jill-weiner-1--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Connor Creagan on IG and Twitter @connorcreagan www.connorcreagan.infoVenmo @connor-creagan1 hr 11 min
- #96 - Quelccaya Ice Cap, Hot Springs, Little White House, Unfinished Work, Death, & Judgement!From Glaciers to the afterlife this episode of WikiFreakz hits on both the ethereal and the tangible. First we take a trip to South America with the QUELCCAYA ICE CAP, but turns out this ice cap is in the second largest glaciated area. So we head on over to COROPUNA the largest glaciated area, which is located in the Andes in Peru. From here we take a quick dip in the HOT SPRINGS and then veer over to THE LITTLE WHITE HOUSE where FDR spent he remainder of his life. He died in the middle of getting a portrait painted — an UNFINISHED PORTRAIT, which is an example of an UNFINISHED CREATIVE WORK. Sometimes an artist’s work goes unfinished because of DEATH. And wait, happens after you die? No one knows but the world’s religions have tried to suss it out with stories of JUDGEMENT in the afterlife. No matter what you believe we know you’ll love this episode you dirty little WikiFreak!--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow WikiFreakz IG and Twitter @wikifreakzz————————————————————————————————————-Follow Jill Weiner on IG and Twitter @jill_liveswww.jilllives.comVenmo @jill-weiner-1--------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Connor Creagan on IG and Twitter @connorcreagan www.connorcreagan.infoVenmo @connor-creagan1 hr 2 min
About WikiFreakz
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Join comedians Jill Weiner and Connor Creagan as they explore the dark depraved depths of Wikipedia. Hilarity and knowledge ensue!!
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