79 - The Chernobyl Disaster: What, Why, and How Bad Was it?
On Friday, April 25th, 1986, the Soviet city of Pripyat, built to support the local nuclear power plant Chernobyl, had 13,414 apartments, a hospital, a movie theater, an art school, a central park wit...
19 Mar 20181h 31min
78 - Defiance: the Nazi Killing Bielski Brothers
The Bielski brothers led the largest Jewish-led rescue operation of Jewish civilians in ALL of World War II. They saved over 1,200 men, women, and children by hiding them in the forests of Western Bel...
12 Mar 20181h 40min
BONUS 18: Aleister Crowley: The Wickedest Man in the World
Aleister Crowley was many things: an author, an artist, a poet, a mystic, a student, a mountaineer, a world traveler, and a notorious occultist. He shocked Victorian and post-Victorian England and the...
9 Mar 20181h 53min
77 - Norse Gods
What in the shit are we talking about this week? Norse Gods! Turns out they’re still being worshipped today. Who knew? Well, our own Timesuck editor Jesse Dobner for one, who is a practicing Asatruar....
5 Mar 20181h 34min
76 - Tupac & Biggie: Fame, Money, & Murder
Tupac and Biggie - two of the biggest hip hop stars of all time. And neither of them would see the age of 26. Their West Coast/East Coast rap feud helped sell millions of records, helped launch the ca...
26 Feb 20181h 43min
75 - Guns and God: David Koresh's Waco Siege
Feb. 28th, 2018 will mark the 25th anniversary of the ATF raiding the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco Texas, setting off a 51 day armed standoff between federal agents and militant Christian fanatics...
19 Feb 20181h 52min
BONUS 17 - Ed Gein: The Butcher of Plainfield
When murder investigators entered the rural farm house of loner Ed Gein just outside the tiny town of Plainfield, Wisconsin on November 16th, 1957, they found a scene like nothing any American investi...
16 Feb 20181h 43min
74 - The IRA: Freedom FIghters or Terrorists?
The Irish Republican Army. Guys and gals who have, since their inception, been viewed as a liberation force by some and a terrorist group by others. They fight for the liberation of Northern Ireland f...
12 Feb 20181h 43min
