Fake Shaman

Part 2 of our on-going series provides a close look at the folks and groups promoting transphobia Down East. Shawn McBreairty's lawyer, for instance, who has argued that laws regarding 'child sexual abuse content' be loosened. Or the convicted child sex offender who served as "Director of Advocacy" for the local anti-trans group “Parents Rights Maine" and has trouble telling the truth. And the tou...

School board meetings in Maine are getting pretty crazy. Long gone are the days when debate and discussion were focused on budgets, discipline policies and Maine school funding formula. Lately, thanks to the talking points furnished by far-right bigots and influencers like Maine's Shawn McBreairty and Larry Lockman, school boards and individual educators are being targeted by the followers of thes...

We continue our discussion about the neo-Nazi in Springfield, Maine named Chris Pohlhaus, aka Hammer. Details include his plans to join the Ukraine war and to lead a huge march in Florida. Also we discuss Allegash Brewing and Planet Fitness' not wanting the chud as a customer AND how the Maine CDC says they can't go after the chud for illegally tattooing because he doesn't have an official address...

In Part Two of this two-parter, we continue our reporting on Chris Pohlhaus, aka Hammer, the Wotan-and-Hitler worshiping chud planning to turn 10 acres in Springfield, Maine into a tiny home community for his so-called "Blood Gang." This episode includes more details about Hammer's strategy and life, along with a discussion of the Pohlhaus' family tree, his Jewish lineage and his great-great-great...

This is Part One of the story of a neo-Nazi influencer and itinerant tattooist Chris Pohlhaus aka “Hammer” who has plans to build a “tiny house compound” for neo-Nazis and their families, in Maine, on 10 acres of land he owns in a little town an hour northeast of Bangor. Also, Hammer is the dude spotted leading a dozen red-shirted and armed masked men with swastika flags protesting the "Rock-n-Rol...

Crash interviews his pal, Maine rock icon (and Grammy-winning songwriter) Dave Gutter, after they both smoked a bunch of OG Kush. Topics included Dave's musical relationships with David Bowie, Aaron Neville and Eric Krasno. Also, stories from the road with his band Rustic Overtones and the REAL reason Dave's mother doesn't like Crash. Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subsc...

In the second episode of Disinfomaniacs, we take a deep dive into the group of Christian Nationalists who staged a coup d'etat on January 28 and seized control of the executive committee of the Maine Republican Party. Andy O'Brien explains the background of new chairmen Joel Stetkis, while Nathan Bernard tells us about Heidi Sampson, whose votes and backers helped propel Stetkis to a landslide vic...

Coastie is the prequel to Crash Barry's Tough Island. During Coastie, you’ll sail from the Gulf of Maine to the Gulf of Mexico aboard a 210 foot Coast Guard cutter, during the late 1980s drug war and war on Haitian refugees and witness the misadventures and mistakes of Seaman Barry, a  20-year-old stoner hippie-punk-and-wannabe poet deckhand. There’s lots of bad in these tales. Bad sex. Bad drugs....

Crash and John McDonald were pals for a quarter century, first working together in talk radio back in the mid-1990s. John died on Dec. 20, 2022. This is Crash's tribute to him, one Maine storyteller to another. Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Disinfomaniacs is a podcast about the liars, grifters and fascist charlatans intent on destroying democracy and, ultimately, civilization. Crash Barry, Nathan Bernard and Andy O'Brien report how propaganda trickles down to negatively impact local communities so they can expose, debunk and pre-bunk the disinfomaniacs. Episode One details the story of a millionaire somatic healing coach in Maine who...

In the series finale, Crash returns to Matinicus, twice. Also, Mary-Margaret confronts Crash again, 20 years later.     Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this penultimate chapter, Crash hitchhikes to Portland and gets a sweet lift. Also, we learn how radio ruined the island. And Crash shaves his beard and moves off Matinicus, headed to the University of Southern Maine.    Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

While camping with Alice on an even more remote Maine island, Crash is introduced to Carlos Castaneda. Then Crash’s parents visit Matinicus.  Also, a scary Halloween tale of gunfire and whiskey. Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A tragedy strikes the sheep living on Wheaton Island and a perfect Matinicus wedding where Captain Edwin and Crash show up wearing the same outfit. Content warning: this episode contains the death of animals and domestic abuse.   Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

CONTENT WARNING: This chapter contains cats, poetry and a bizarre suicide. Also, Crash's wife sings a sonnet by Edna St. Vincent Millay.    Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

One of Crash’s partying pals decides to return to church, only to experience God’s wrath. Thanks to Captain Edward and Nan, (and some psychedelics) Crash’s life gets better.     Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crash and Captain Donald have a disagreement, Crash ends up working on a presidential campaign and someone Crash loves, dies.   Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crash realizes he can’t pass the Able-Bodied Seaman’s drug test, Mary-Margaret gets in trouble and so does Captain Donald.         Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The “Perfect Storm of 1991” strikes outer Penobscot Bay, Crash almost dies (a couple of times) and the story of the January 1992 sinking of the tugboat Harkness during a winter gale. Luckily, Captain Vance Bunker, a true hero, willingly heads into the storm.     Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crash trades cigarettes with some Russian sailors, scratches Captain Donald’s truck and almost gets stranded on a deserted island.         Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Crash wrestles with a cougar, Captain Donald rescues mariners-in-distress and a flock of puffins surround a shipwreck.     Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Chapter 3 of Tough Island, Knox County Sheriff’s Deputy Jerold Day gets run off the island and Crash almost crashes Captain Donald’s boat. Plus, an underwater graveyard and how to dispose of an old vehicle or an ancient washing machine, island-style.         Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In Chapter 2, Crash moves into his room in Captain Donald’s fishhouse. Also, he goes for a motorcycle ride. And we meet Deputy Jerold Day, the first cop to ever live on Matinicus, Maine's most remote inhabited island. Get full access to The Crash Report at www.crashbarry.com/subscribe Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After getting out of the U.S. Coast Guard in 1991, Crash moves to Matinicus, Maine's most remote inhabited island to work as a sternman aboard a lobster boat, The Dotted Eye. And he meets his new boss, Captain Donald, and his wife, Mary-Margaret. She was 100 percent gray. Her short hair. Her sunken eyes. Her skin. All the color of cigarette ash. Clothes. Aura. Minivan. All the same dismal hue.    ...