Your favorite guilty pleasure! A biweekly podcast featuring penetrating investigations into anything socially deviate, scientifically unexplainable, celebrity gossip, horrifically sinister – and - if we get lucky, criminal. You hosts are a Millennial woman, a Gen X man, and a wise-cracking AI engine. Amazingly informative and funny!
Episodes
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
The First Thanksgiving - The TRUE Story Can Finally Be Told
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Sunday Nov 19, 2023
Every elementary school kid in the US and Canada has been the told how 102 English/Dutch illegal immigrants snuck into America in 1620, under the noses of the Native American Border Patrol - with no immigration papers. Once discovered, the illegal aliens – who we today call ‘Pilgrims’ - were forced to cut a deal with the ruling tribe(s). With our EZ Bake Oven time machine, we have sent our amazing co-host Anuradha back 400 hundred years to the first Thanksgiving celebration. She gets both sides of the story. She interviews Plymouth Colony Governor, William Bradford as well as the Chief of the ruling Wampanoag tribe, Massasoit. She asks the really tough questions: What was on the table for the first Thanksgiving? Why no turkey and no mashed potatoes?? Also, why were the unwelcome and hugely outnumbered European colonists allowed to live in the first place? As a BONUS we add a replay of a 2021 piece where Columbus first comes to America – from the native American perspective. Enjoy!
John Hoekstra is featured playing 2 roles. He also composes, preforms and produces our music. You Tube https://youtube.com/channel/UC2Gon6qb9ar07BP0hsNPXdA SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/user-363005792
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Halloween Treats…And A Few Tricks Too
Monday Oct 30, 2023
Monday Oct 30, 2023
This year “SCANDAL SHEET” is over-stuffing your podcast trick or treat bag with full size candy bars (not those tiny “fun size” candies that every kid hates). We satisfy your ear-sugar addiction with both new stuff and hugely popular replays from the vault. We feature our popular friends from the METS MOB; David, Rob and Leonardo; and introduce them to our new co-host, Anuradha. We also include our entire repertoire company from over 3 years: co-founder and first co-host Kassia, second co-host, Ellie, as well as the amazing talents of Grace Smith, Jill Grover, Lisa Hauptman, and Scott Perry. A potpourri of spooky seasonal fun!
CONTENTS:
- “In Baseball No One Can Hear You Scream”, Part 1
- The Mets Mob meet Anuradha and discuss baseball and Halloween in Manhattan
- “Mets Mob Mutiny”, a pirate story, Parts 1 + 2
- Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” auditions for witches
- “In Baseball No One Can Hear You Scream”, Part 2
Note: Entrepreneur, Ted Lerner, is briefly portrayed in a above skit. He was alive and very active during the original recording in 2021. But Mr. Lerner passed away in 2023 at age 97. Mr. Lerner not only brought baseball back to Washington DC, owning the ‘Washington Nationals’ team, but was also a leader in redeveloping the DC metro area. His work benefited the lives of countless people in the region.
If you wish to reach Mets Mob member - and multi-year NYC Super Lawyer - David Grover, for personal injury, including auto accidents and slip and fall, free consultations: 212-527-7575, DGrover@GroverFen.com.
Founding Mobs leader, Leonardo from Manhattan, has a popular podcast on motorcycle safety called “Arrive Alive”. Available at: www.arrivealivepodcast.com and all your favorite listening platforms.
Please reach out to us at contact@scandalsheetpod.com or find us on Facebook as 'Scandal Sheet' or on X (formerly twitter) at @scandal_sheet. We’d love to hear from you.
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Is ‘Artificial Intelligence’… uhh, Intelligent?
Friday Oct 06, 2023
Friday Oct 06, 2023
One of the top headlines of 2023 has been the meteoric rise of “artificial intelligence” in the public mind. But ‘AI’ has actually been around for decades -- both in reality and science fiction. Yet today, free tools such as ChatGPT, Google’s Bard, Claude - and many others – have brought AI onto our personal laptops, both in our homes and offices. We ask what are these tools really? AND are they truly intelligent in the same way humans are? Our amazing guest is Alex Cuellar, a graduate student in advanced robotics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), to help us sort out actual truth from fiction.
EYE POPPING Video on Artificial Intelligence Deep Fakes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S951cdansBI
We also WELCOME a new co-host, Anuradha, to the team.
Please reach out to us at contact@scandalsheetpod.com or find us on Facebook as 'Scandal Sheet' or on X (formerly twitter) at @scandal_sheet. We’d love to hear from you.
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
9-11 Recollections – Part 2
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Wednesday Sep 13, 2023
Many people forget that the 9-11 attacks also involved the Pentagon, which for decades, was the largest office building in the world and is still a symbol of US military power since World War 2. My guest, Joe Duffus, has been a frequent guest on this podcast. In 2001, we and several others shared an office in the tallest building in Northern Virginia (only a mile and a half from the Pentagon and just over a narrow river to Washington DC, our nation’s capital). Through floor to ceiling picture windows on the 24th floor, we mutually witnessed that morning's attack on the Pentagon, which killed 184 people.
Watch the VIDEO VERSION: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcE9YPfeKKg
Joe works on a podcast for the best-selling author, Peter Schweizer: https://apple.co/3r3LiPf
Thumbnail photo: North Dakota National Guard, creative commons license 2.0: https://bit.ly/3r78Nqr
Please reach out to us at contact@scandalsheetpod.com or find us on Facebook as 'Scandal Sheet' or on X (formerly twitter) at @scandal_sheet.
Monday Sep 11, 2023
9-11 Recollections – Part 1
Monday Sep 11, 2023
Monday Sep 11, 2023
On the 22nd anniversary of the US’ greatest foreign attack since Pearl Harbor, we look back. Part 1 focuses on the World Trade Center attacks. Joined by seasoned guests – the New Yorker brothers Jason and Rob (famous for our 7/4 Nathan’s Hot Dog episode) – we dive deep into their experiences on the day itself and – then flash forward - what New Yorkers feel about the event today…over 2 decades later.
Watch the VIDEO VERSION: https://youtu.be/ShaIdj40mCo
Part 2 – coming soon - focuses on the second part of the attack – the Pentagon building, just outside Washington DC. Popular past guest, Joe Duffus, joins us for that one. Stay tuned!
Thumbnail photo: Cyrill Attius, creative commons license 2.0: https://bit.ly/3r78Nqr
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Monday Aug 28, 2023
What Up, What Up, What Up With The WEATHER???
Monday Aug 28, 2023
Monday Aug 28, 2023
2023 has been a year of record-breaking heat waves, drought-related wild fires, and floods. And new hurricanes are on the way! We haven’t had time to cover this year’s climatic events directly but we thought it would be a good idea to replay this episode from last summer about HURRICANE SANDY on her 10th Anniversary. The original description -- While pools, beaches, and outdoor BBQs are memorable elements of the warm solstice, nothing defines summer more than its ferocious, damaging, and deadly storms. We interview an old friend, Rob from the Upper East Side of Manhattan, a founding member of our frequent guests, the Met’s Mob. Rob was witness to America’s largest and most destructive hurricane on record, as it struck New York City. HURRICANE SANDY in 2012. He tells us his story, that of the larger city … and that of his Mother.
This is a replay from September 2022.
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Oppenheimer, The Bomb, and Hiroshima Anniversary
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
Sunday Aug 13, 2023
The new movie about the ‘Father of the Atom Bomb’, “OPPENHEIMER” is a huge critical success and performing far beyond box office expectations. It was released to coincide with some very grim anniversaries, including the 78th anniversary of the destruction of the cities Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Was dropping these first bombs the only way to end World War II? Why did Oppenheimer and other bomb inventors appear to suddenly switch gears and oppose the development of the much more powerful hydrogen bomb?
Our returning guests are two recent residents of Albuquerque, New Mexico, located very close to where the first nuclear bombs were developed and tested. One is our co-founding co-host of this podcast, Kassia. How did years of nuclear testing affect the people of the region? What about today? Kassia gives us a fascinating tour of the Trinity Test site today, where the very first bomb was exploded.
Dylan and Kassia’s podcast: “UNBURIED BOOKS”: https://apple.co/3JlbgDE / Twitter: @unburiedbooks
Monday Jul 31, 2023
UFOs Will Not Go Away!
Monday Jul 31, 2023
Monday Jul 31, 2023
On July 26, 2023 a Congressional Oversight Committee held a hearing with 3 WHISTLEBLOWERS, all retired military officers, on the existence of UFOs and what the U.S. government is hiding from us. Recently, what had previously been called UFOs has been rebranded as UAPs, “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena”.
We replay our hilarious and informative UFO Episode from last summer. Founding co-host, Kassia, is featured in both the cold open and in the bonus replay.
Our music is composed, preformed and produced by the genius John Hoekstra. You Tube https://youtube.com/channel/UC2Gon6qb9ar07BP0hsNPXdA SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/user-363005792
Thumbnail photos courtesy Wikipedia commons.
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
The Men In Black Strike Back - AGAIN!
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
Saturday Jul 22, 2023
(It’s actually men AND women in black, I was just going with the popular movie franchise name for SEO.) The Supreme Court’s relatively new “CONSERVATIVE SUPER MAJORITY” continues its efforts to overturn 60+ years of - what they consider - liberal leaning judicial rulings. Depending on how you self-identify politically, you may be happy or sad with the way things are going.
“Scandel Sheet” merely offers you known facts and asks the obvious questions. You must decide for yourself about these matters after that. In this episode, we invite back DAVID GROVER, our most popular guest host ever (7 times out of 53 episodes), and a New York City, multi-year recipient of their “Super Lawyer” award. David gives us his non-partisan and unvarnished assessment, on the recent landmarks decisions of the Supreme Court’s latest term and what they might mean (could surprise you!). Co-host, Ellie (late 20’s) is not a lawyer herself but lives in the burgundy-red state of Alaska and offers her views on how Court decisions may impact her young life going forward. We also discuss the flurry of current ethics challenges/questions against 5 of 9 justices (both right and left). Crooks? Explainable? If you are a U.S. citizen, you may want to listen. If you say to yourself, these nine d-bag people don’t impact me, I’m sorry my friend … they probably actually do. It is your choice to pay attention or not. Everyone’s vote matters in these times. Enjoy!
If you wish to reach David Grover, for personal injury, including auto accidents and slip and fall free consultations: 212-527-7575, DGrover@GroverFen.com.
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Hot Diggity Dog! Our Independence Day Special
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
Saturday Jul 01, 2023
What could be more American than a juicy, delicious hot dog? … what about 76 of them one after another? We fire up the grill on NATHAN’S FAMOUS HOT DOG EATING CONTEST, held annually every July 4th and broadcast on ESPN. Often called the super bowl of competitive eating, this tournament attracts the leading eaters from around the world. But is it really a sport? And are the participants really athletes? Our esteemed guests are two 10+ year judges of this holiday event, Rob From The Upper East Side, and Jason From Long Island, to help us peel back the aluminum foil on the most exciting 10 minutes in all of sports.
Double your entertainment! Watch the episode on video: https://youtu.be/gdLubAAe5yA
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“Slave For You”, by Allan Janssen, appears under license to ACJ Beats.