American Filth

In 1939, Dr. Seuss published a book featuring seven naked sisters. It flopped.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Happy New Year, Filth Heads! American   Filth host Gabbie Watts (aka the person typing this) is moving to New York City in 2025 and looking forward to all the good smells. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Let's remember the filth behind what makes the yuletide so gay. Back with new episodes next week!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Did you know if you are a vegetarian and never think about death, you could be immortal?? Well, not you, sinner, but an innocent little baby could!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Napoleon Hill wrote one of the most influential self-help books of all time. And yes, of course, he's a fraud.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A little spicy rerun! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In 1919, a baseball player competes with the "world's greatest eater" in a spaghetti eating competition.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A bad dog goes on trial in 1921 San Francisco...for murder.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

How many husbands are too many husbands in the Wild West??? Well, in Kitty Leroy's case, five.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hello, I'm from the past (yesterday). How's the post-election world? Does the USA still exist? Well, let's go back in time and look at another election. This time, Kansas 1855 when settlers were deciding if it should be a free state or a slave state.  And because of that choice, in one week in 1856, pro-slavery ruffians sacked a town in Kansas, a senator got beat up with a cane, and abolitionists...

A comedian said offensive stuff this week at a Trump gathering (is that what they're called?), so let's look at a comedian of yore, who fought for the right to say c**ks**ker on stage!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 1920s, the youths were kissing and touching each other! Disgusting!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

American Filth recorded another live episode! This time with the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival in London. We got to explain to the Brits how filthy America's Founding Fathers were and also recite Gabbie's Declaration of Dependence, a plea for Britain to take us back.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Were you transported back in time to colonial America?? Well, don't worry. Follow this guide to get some hanky-panky.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rachel Wall was executed for stealing a bonnet. But was that really her only crime???  Come see American Filth live in London! The podcast will be part of the Cheerful Earful Podcast Festival with a live show on October 15 at 8 p.m. at the Bedford Pub. Tickets can be found here .  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Tenth president John Tyler annexed Texas and Florida into the United States, and if that's not filthy enough, he also married a woman 30 years younger than him, and even more sinister, he might have fathered a kid or to with an enslaved woman.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Artist Sarah Goodridge sent a miniature painting of her bosom to a no-good senator. Some people say they were just friends, but then why did she send him a tit pic???  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Were these young bucks just really good friends??? Or was something else going on???  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

All the filth returns September 11! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One more week until American Filth returns! The show's crowning achievement has been outing historical figures who might have been gay. And it all started with some bigoted Southerners who sent a couple of spicy letters.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

New episodes back in two weeks! In the meantime...the solitary vice is not, in fact, listening to American Filth.  But instead...well, figure it out by listening to the episode from earlier this year when Kellogg's CEO said that poor people should just eat cereal! What a time!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

AF summer break continues... so let's go back to Nashville, where young Union soldiers wet their whistle so much that 100 sex workers were forced aboard a boat and stranded in the river for days. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Some AF BTS! That stands for American Filth behind-the-scenes. Gabbie talks to Jesse Nighswonger, who composed the theme song. He also made an extra special remix that critics (Gabbie) are calling the song of the summer.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The show's on summer break and will be back in September. So let's go back to the beginning...to our esteemed Founding Father Gouverneur Morris who died as he lived: with his wiener. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

So... after John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln, there was a huge manhunt that ended with Booth getting shot by a guy who had previously cut his own balls off. Whomst was this man? Well, he made hats and loved god.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.