120: Without Charity

In the 1990s, boy bands were king. Groups like N'SYNC and the Backstreet Boys were international sensations. But that wasn't the whole story. To tell the whole story, you have to talk about Lou Pearlman--the producer behind the pop explosion of the early 90s. Produced by Lance Bass, "The Boy Band Con" features interviews and never-before-told stories about how Pearlman conned the young artists--and countless others--out of hundreds of millions of dollars before becoming an international fugitive.  LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon famand instantly get over 80 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE! Check our our TCO After Party to hear our recap of our recap! This week we're giving you ALL THE STORIES from our time in Nashville for PODX ad New Orleans for CrimeCon. And Things get a little bit.....steamy..... COME SEE US LIVE IN NYC OR TORONTO! Get tickets and info here!

2 Juli 201952min

On July 10, 2015, a 28 year-old black woman named Sandra Bland was pulled over in a small Texas town for failing to use a turn signal when she changed lanes. She was ultimately arrested and taken to the county jail. Three days later, she was found dead in her cell. The official coroner's report ruled the death a suicide, but many people believe that Sandra Bland was murdered. Sandy, as she was known to her family and friends, became a national figure in the Black Lives Matter Movement and "Say Her Name" attempts to uncover the truth behind her arrest and death. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon famand instantly get over 80 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE! Check our our TCO After Party to hear our recap of our recap! This week we're giving you ALL THE STORIES from our time in Nashville for PODX ad New Orleans for CrimeCon. And Things get a little bit.....steamy..... COME TO OUR PRIDE SHOW! Come hang with us in NYC on Saturday, June 29th--the 50th Anniversary of The Stonewall Riots! It will be one of our most special and memorable live shows to date! All ticket holders are welcome to join Patrick on a FREE walking tour of the West Village on the morning of the show! He'll show you all the spots from the gay liberation movement, old New York movies, and even Sex and the City--all within a few blocks! Get tickets to the Pride Show here!

25 Juni 201956min

On October 7, 1998, University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten, tied to a fence and left to die because he was gay. It was one of the most notorious hate crimes in US history. Years later, Michele Josue, a close friend of Matt's, revisits the shocking case with never-before-seen photos and rare video footage as Matt's all-too-brief life is remembered through the vivid testimonies of his family and closest friends.  Through the film, new revelations about the murder are revealed and the notions of forgiveness, loss, and redemption are explored by those who were there.  LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon famand instantly get over 80 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE! Check our our TCO After Party to hear our recap of our recap! We go DEEP on Patrick's connection to the Matthew Shepard case, the book he helped write about it and the SUPER FANCY DIRECTOR he worked with on a production of The Laramie Project! COME TO OUR PRIDE SHOW! Come hang with us in NYC on Saturday, June 29th--the 50th Anniversary of The Stonewall Riots! It will be one of our most special and memorable live shows to date! All ticket holders are welcome to join Patrick on a FREE walking tour of the West Village on the morning of the show! He'll show you all the spots from the gay liberation movement, old New York movies, and even Sex and the City--all within a few blocks! Get tickets to the Pride Show here! To learn about our sponsors AND GET THOSE PROMO CODES, Click her

18 Juni 201956min

On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh, a former soldier deeply influenced by the literature and ideas of the radical right, parked a Ryder truck with a five-ton fertilizer bomb in front of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal building in Oklahoma City. Moments later, 168 people were killed and 675 were injured in the blast. OKLAHOMA CITY traces the events--including the deadly encounters between American citizens and law enforcement at Ruby Ridge and Waco--that led McVeigh to commit the worst act of domestic terrorism in American history. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon famand instantly get over 80 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW!Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE! COME TO OUR PRIDE SHOW! Come hang with us in NYC on Saturday, June 29th--the 50th Anniversary of The Stonewall Riots! It will be one of our most special and memorable live shows to date! All ticket holders are welcome to join Patrick on a FREE walking tour of the West Village on the morning of the show! He'll show you all the spots from the gay liberation movement, old New York movies, and even Sex and the City--all within a few blocks! Get tickets to the Pride Show here! To learn about our sponsors AND GET THOSE PROMO CODES, Click her

13 Juni 201959min

FAM! This week, as a fun little bonus, we wanted to share with you one of our FAVORITE episodes from our Patreon feed! We think that our coverage of "Lorena" is some of our funniest, most intense, rage-iest work so we wanted to share the first episode on the regular feed! If you'd like to hear the rest, become a part of the Patreon Fam for just $5 per month. If you do that, you'll also get almost 90 FULL BONUS EPISODES to binge right this second! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial"season 1, "The Jinx," "The Staircase,' and "Making A Murderer." JOIN HERE! Lorena Episode 1: In the middle of a June night in 1993, a young woman slices off her husband's penis in a seeming fit of rage. John and Lorena Bobbitt's dueling versions of the attack explode into the worldwide media and spill into the courtroom. The nation takes sides as a renewed battle of the sexes feeds a ravenous 24-hour TV news cycle.

7 Juni 201946min

On June 24, 1973, an arsonist set fire to the Up Stairs Lounge, a New Orleans gay bar. The result was the largest gay mass murder in U.S. history--Thirty-two people were killed and some three bodies were never identified. And despite the staggering historical significance, few people know about the tragedy and the circumstances that have made this one of the most viscous unsolved crimes in US history. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon famand instantly get over 80 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW!Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE! COME TO OUR PRIDE SHOW! Come hang with us in NYC on Saturday, June 29th--the 50th Anniversary of The Stonewall Riots! It will be one of our most special and memorable live shows to date! All ticket holders are welcome to join Patrick on a FREE walking tour of the West Village on the morning of the show! He'll show you all the spots from the gay liberation movement, old New York movies, and even Sex and the City--all within a few blocks! Get tickets to the Pride Show here! To learn about our sponsors AND GET THOSE PROMO CODES, Click her

4 Juni 201954min

IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT? Turns out, there are LOTS of people believe it is. Is their evidence compelling? Not really, but their conspiracies run deep and cross over into everything from being anti-vaccination to, you know, believing that the school systems invented dinosaurs to keep kids dumb...or something like that. For us, this was 90 minutes of rage, and that always makes for a great episode. Enjoy. ALSO THE EARTH IS FLAT. LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon fam and instantly get over 80 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW!Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE! COME TO OUR PRIDE SHOW! Come hang with us in NYC on Saturday, June 29th--the 50th Anniversary of The Stonewall Riots! It will be one of our most special and memorable live shows to date! All ticket holders are welcome to join Patrick on a FREE walking tour of the West Village on the morning of the show! He'll show you all the spots from the gay liberation movement, old New York movies, and even Sex and the City--all within a few blocks! Get tickets to the Pride Show here! To learn about our sponsors AND GET THOSE PROMO CODES, Click here!

28 Maj 201953min

FAM! QUEEN GILLIAN GOT SUPER SICK THIS WEEK AND SO WE HAD TO RUN A CLASSIC EPISODE! First please note that, unbeknownst to us before we picked this episode to rerun, THIS IS THE EPISODE WHERE WE INVENTED BOTH OUR THEME SONG AND…WAIT FOR IT…THE GARBAGE BELL!! Any-who, Gillian is much better now and we'll be back next week with that bonkers #FlatEarthDoc "Behind the Curve. ENJOY! Meet Joyce McKinney, a former Miss Wyoming with an IQ of 168. 30 years ago, she fell in love with a young Mormon named Kirk. When Kirk disappeared and then turned up a few months later in the UK, Joyce was convinced he’d been kidnapped and was being held against his well. Determined to get him back, Joyce set off on a journey that would lead her across the globe, into jail, and onto the front pages of the most popular tabloids of the time. Her crusade for love took her through a surreal world of kidnapping, manacled Mormons, risqué photography, magic underwear, and celestial sex. Oh AND to the 1977 after party for the film “Saturday Night Fever.” LOOKING FOR MORE TCO? WHO COULD BLAME YOU! Join our Patreon fam and instantly get over 80 FULL BONUS episodes to BINGE RIGHT NOW for just $5 per month! Including our episode-by-episode coverage of "Serial," "The Jinx," "Making A Murderer," "The Staircase," "Lorena," and so many more! You can also get ad-free versions of our regular episodes! JOIN HERE! COME TO OUR PRIDE SHOW  Come hang with us in NYC on Saturday, June 29th--the 50th Anniversary of The Stonewall Riots! It will be one of our most special and memorable live shows to date! All ticket holders are welcome to join Patrick on a FREE walking tour of the West Village on the morning of the show! He'll show you all the spots from the gay liberation movement, old New York movies, and even Sex and the City--all within a few blocks! Get tickets to the Pride Show here! To learn about our sponsors AND GET THOSE PROMO CODES, Click here!

21 Maj 201957min