Episodes

  • Episode 233 The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway w/ Brenda from Horrifying History

    Episode 233 The Importance of Being Ernest Hemingway w/ Brenda from Horrifying History
    Jan 30 2025
    We have an episode so chockful of goodness you won't believe it. We are joined by Brenda from the Horrifying History Podcast as we discuss the life of Ernest Hemingway. We meet his parents, his family, his children and his many wives. We look into his fascinating life, the things he did as a soldier and a sportsman, his life as both a journalist and a writer. We also talk about his many injuries, how they impacted his life and writing and so much more in this heavy on discussion episode of Ernest Hemingway.

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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • Episode 232 The Cursed Treasure of Tolosa featuring Edward October

    Episode 232 The Cursed Treasure of Tolosa featuring Edward October
    Jan 23 2025
    In this episode, we are joined by Edward October of Octoberpod AM, a retro horror podcast for bold individualists! He voices the elevator of history for us as we get down to discussing the treasure of Tolosa. We talk about it's origins, where it might have come from, how much it would be worth and the sad fate of any who seemed to possess the treasure for any length of time. We meet some interesting historical personages and ask the all important question...is it still out there? Check it out! Let's Learn something?

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    42 mins
  • Episode 231 John F Kennedy - American Icon

    Episode 231 John F Kennedy - American Icon
    Jan 16 2025
    In this episode, we look back at the life and times of John F. Kennedy. We talk about what life was like for the Kennedy's, how he grew up, how he injured his back and dealt with the pain of that the rest of his life. We discuss his travels and how a strap in his teeth and a carved coconut made him a hero. We are joined in this episode by the amazing and funny Keb Pound of the
    Stupid History Minute and we of course discuss Kennedy's presidency, the Bay of Pigs and the Cuban Missile Crisis and briefly discuss Kennedy's assassination in this biography of an American President and an American Icon.

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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Episode 230 The Catacombs Redux - Secrets of the Parisian Necropolis

    Episode 230 The Catacombs Redux - Secrets of the Parisian Necropolis
    Jan 9 2025
    In this episode, we revisit the subject of our second episode, the Catacombs. The empire of the dead lying beneath the streets of Paris. We discuss their odd and unique history, the stories of those who have become lost there, crimes that occured within, we talk cataphiles and cataflics and so much more as we go down in the Underground and find out just how interesting this place really is. Also, while Dean is talking about ugly Americans he quotes an old Howie Mandel bit. Credit where credit is due and all that. So come along on this magical and occasionally smelly trip beneath the streets of Paris to find out what, if anything, lurks in the dark in the Empire of the Dead!

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    54 mins
  • Episode 229 New Year New Weird 2025

    Episode 229 New Year New Weird 2025
    Jan 2 2025
    Our first episode of 2025 where we do a review of our year in 2024 including topics, guests and surprises and we look ahead to 2025 and what we have planned for the coming year. We also take time to share our love for each other and our listenership as a whole. Long live the Fam! So come ride along with us on this memorable and lovable review of the year that was and the year that will be!

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    53 mins
  • Episode 228 - Christmas with the Fam

    Episode 228 - Christmas with the Fam
    Dec 24 2024
    This episode we celebrate Christmas! Our special guest is Lexi, the youngest member of our Family making her podcast debut at 7! We each take turns picking a favorite movie and a favorite Christmas song (well two songs and a spoken word piece. We discuss their history and what they mean to us. We also discuss whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie? All this and some special greetings from special friends (including our good friends at Witches Talking Tarot who not only give us a swell Christmas message but they DO NOT behave, which is, admittedly, part of why we love them) in this very special Christmas episode of the Family Plot Podcast!

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    44 mins
  • Episode 227 Operation Paperclip - America Repurposes Nazi Scientists

    Episode 227 Operation Paperclip - America Repurposes Nazi Scientists
    Dec 19 2024
    In this episode, we dig into the end of World War II to discuss Operation Paperclip, what began by the German government as an attempt to overturn their fortunes as they were losing the war, eventually became a brain drain as America (among others) tried to hire brilliant scientific minds like Wernher Von Braun away form the Nazi regime. We also discuss Bob Berdella, pangolins, Bob Newhart and why Operation Paperclip was so very controversial in this man, we did WHAT? episode of the Family Plot Podcast!

    Note from Dean: At some point, during the episode, I say something about Hitler not playing Risk when he was a kid. It was a phrase from a MUCH longer bit by British comedian Suzy Izzard and I do not believe I properly credited him within the show itself, so I DEFINITELY want to credit him here. Credit where credit is due and all that.

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    39 mins
  • Episode 226 Katherine Johnson - NASAs Math Prodigy

    Episode 226 Katherine Johnson - NASAs Math Prodigy
    Dec 12 2024
    In this episode, we talk about some of the email weve been getting at familyplotpodcast@gmail.com and some of the messages on our socials. Arthur and Laura promise to talk more as we slide into Arthur's Corner to discuss his day. Then we tear into the story of Katherine Johnson, how she was such a math whiz that one of her professors had to make courses just for her. She entered high school at just 10 years old! We cover her life, how she came to work at NACA which later became NASA, how she got her name on a report, how she enjoyed playing bridge at lunch, We also discuss what Dean made for dinner (meatballs in brown gravy, mashed potatoes made with French Onion Dip instead of milk and green beans) and more in this Laura-chosen, man-we-like-smart-women episode of the Family Plot Podcast!

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    45 mins