Give Me a Name

Ben and comedian Kyle Mara (@kylemara on YouTube) discuss the life and tragic death of lawyer, magazine publisher and son of JFK and Jackie O, John F. Kennedy Jr.

Doesn't get any bigger than this! Ben and comedian Bobby Sheehan (@bobbysheehanlol, The Before Hours podcast) talk about the 16th President of the USA, Abraham Lincoln.

Jack Buckley returns to the podcast to talk about basketball and one of the greats, The Big Dipper, Wilt Chamberlain.

Ben and comedian Josh Accardo (@joshaccardo, Working Classholes podcast) talk about the life and career of one of the central figures in the history of the Chicago Outfit, "Joe Batters" a.k.a. Tony Accardo.

Ben and comedian Tobin Miller (@tobinmillercomedy, Baby Shower Comedy) discuss the rise and fall of American physicist and director of the Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II, J. Robert Oppenheimer.

Ben and Prof. Mehnaz Afridi discuss the life and death of the princess turned British resistance agent in France during World War II, Noor Inayat Khan. Dr. Mehnaz Afridi is a professor of religious studies at Manhattan College and the director of the Holocaust, Genocide & Interfaith Education Center. Her courses focus on Islam and the Holocaust. She is also a member delegate for the State Depa...

Ben and comedian Chris Metcalfe (@chrismetcalfecomedy) dive into the life of the hardest working man in show business, music legend, James Brown.

Comedian Rich Happel (The Happel Hour podcast) is back! He and Ben discuss the life and wealth of American business tycoon, Cornelius "The Commodore" Vanderbilt.

Comedian Dan Pulzello (Culture Clash Comedy podcast) returns to the podcast to discuss the life and death of NFL player and Army Ranger, Pat Tillman.

Part 2 of Jermaine Affonso (writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers and Founding Editor of ClickHole) and Ben's conversation about music legend, John Lennon. Interviews used: John talks about his two main collaborators and about meeting Yoko Ono 1980 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXnULIoQyDo John talks about the other Beatles' reactions to Yoko Ono and about his genius - Rolling Stone i...

We're back! And with a two-parter no less! Jermaine Affonso (writer for Late Night with Seth Meyers and Founding Editor of ClickHole) returns to the pod to discuss the many sides of singer, songwriter, activist, and of course, Beatle, John Lennon.  Interviews used: Beatles first ever radio interview October 1962 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJeaoHe3Bus John talks about his Aunt Mimi on T...

Comedian Maximilian Spinelli (We Were Had podcast) returns to talk to Ben about the Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock.

Ben talks to artist and interior architect Steffi Strom about the life and rediscovery of Swedish-born artist and mystic, Hilma af Klint. Check out some of Hilma af Klint's art as you listen! https://www.wikiart.org/en/hilma-af-klint

Ben and filmmaker Lisa Hurwitz discuss her documentary The Automat and the founders of the most famous chain of automats in New York and Philadelphia, Joseph Horn and Frank Hardart. The Automat was selected for the 2021 Telluride Film Festival. For more information on the film and to find ways to watch it, go to: http://automatmovie.com/

Ben and comedian Tom Luciano (@nottomluciano) discuss the life and psychology of criminal and murderer, Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski.

Ben and Phil Irvine (Clear the Air with RPA podcast) look at the life and influence of iconic comedian, Richard Pryor. Check out Phil's podcast Clear the Air with RPA! https://podcasts.apple.com/bn/podcast/clear-the-air-with-rpa/id1592391403 Also, here's one of the many great Pryor bits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWulvchFpYs

Comedian Mae Planert (We Were Had podcast, Risque Business News podcast) returns to Give Me a Name to go through the peaks and troughs in the life of the longest serving Mayor of Providence, Buddy Cianci.

Ben and Dr. Steven Tuber discuss the life and ideas of 20th century English pediatrician and psychoanalyst, Donald Woods Winnicott. Dr. Steven Tuber is the Director of Clinical Training, Program Head and Professor of Psychology in the doctoral program in Clinical Psychology at City College, CUNY, where he has taught for over 35 years. He is a Diplomate in Clinical Psychology of the American Board...

Ben and comedian Patricia Dinglasan (@patriciadinglasancomedy) talk about the eventful life of French fashion icon, Coco Chanel. Check out Patricia's show Banana Ketchup in NYC. Go to Patricia's instagram for more details

Ben and comedian Jimmy HVD (UncommonTakes podcast) review the short but eventful life and complicated legacy of Australia's most iconic outlaw, Ned Kelly.

Ben and comedian Zubi Ahmed (@chopzubi) dig up the story of Julius Caesar and Marc Antony's lover, the last pharaoh of Egypt, Cleopatra VII.

Ben and comedian Zach Brazao (@zachbrazao) go over both the brutal and magnanimous sides of the richest man in American history, John D. Rockefeller.

In part one of this two-part episode, Ben and Dr. William Taubman examine the improbable rise to power of 20th century Soviet leader, Nikita Khrushchev.  Dr. Taubman is the Bertrand Snell Professor Emeritus of Political Science at Amherst College. He is the author of Khrushchev: The Man and His Era, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography (2004) and the National Book Critics Circle Award f...

Ben and comedian Juan Nicolon (@juannicolon) go over the positives and negatives of a complex character: Abraham Lincoln's Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton.

Ben and comedian Michael Good (Morning Good podcast) dive into the life and work of the face of Marvel Comics, Stan Lee.