American Loser Podcast

Before we had a "CIA" we had the "OSS" and between them and British intelligence, our greatest weapon against the Nazis was about to be a few well told lies and a homeless guy...wild and true. Show Dates - https://punchup.live/kpburke/tickets Joel's Book - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Honolulu-Blues/Joel-Walkowski/9781637749043?fbclid=PAdGRleASfycpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ...

This week we teach ourselves the types of propaganda and show a few examples of how "spinning" techniques can overthrow governments, justify war crimes and also help create modern breakfast. Show Dates - https://punchup.live/kpburke/tickets Joel's Book - https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Honolulu-Blues/Joel-Walkowski/9781637749043?fbclid=PAdGRleASfycpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA8xMjQwMjQ1N...

Psychological Warfare goes way way back in time. This week Harrington and I discuss some of the masters of the mind, from Alexander the Great to Genghis Khan... Oh and a weird story about Cats Show Dates - https://punchup.live/kpburke/tickets My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/pla...

KP visited the Titanic Exhibition while he was on the road in Tampa...there are way too many weird stories and small details to ignore Show Dates - https://punchup.live/kpburke/tickets My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJA4pW70s8e5ZstUR90n2jmDUAOr4nTZ Want more? B...

Some say he was a mystic...others say he was a conman...either way, he is forever etched in history with his bizarre involvement in the last days of the Russian Empire KP's Baby Registry https://my.babylist.com/karlie-sonne Show Dates - https://punchup.live/kpburke/tickets My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up he...

Howard Hughes movie "The Conqueror" is one of the strangest movies ever made...a big epic production of the rise of Genghis Khan played by...John Wayne? Even stranger... the movie was filmed near nuclear testing facilities...find out more about a movie most people would agree wouldn't be worth dying over KP's Baby Registry https://my.babylist.com/karlie-sonne Show Dates - https://punchup.live/kpbu...

A Russian Nuclear sub disappeared in the Pacific Ocean...a few years later the United States will attempt to recover it...they will call on Hollywood producer and billionaire playboy Howard Hughes to help... KP's Baby Registry https://my.babylist.com/karlie-sonne Show Dates - https://punchup.live/kpburke/tickets My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a p...

Margaritas all around for a holiday no one really knows the origin of... Warning, it's way bloodier than you think KP's Baby Registry https://my.babylist.com/karlie-sonne Show Dates - https://punchup.live/kpburke/tickets My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJA4pW70s...

Richard Marcinko is as controversial as anyone in the world of Special Operations...enjoy his highlights and lowlights here on this weeks episode. KP's Baby Registry https://my.babylist.com/karlie-sonne Show Dates - https://punchup.live/kpburke/tickets My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtu...

Sir Walter Raleigh got his name in the history books forever...but people tend to skip over the part where he was imprisoned by his own government multiple times until his eventual execution...and that's not even where his story ends...bizarre and twisted, this is the life of Sir Walter Raleigh KP's Baby Registry https://my.babylist.com/karlie-sonne Show Dates - https://punchup.live/kpburke/ticket...

Why is a US Navy ship STILL in North Korea...the story of the USS Pueblo is bizarre but all too forgotten about. KP's Baby Registry https://my.babylist.com/karlie-sonne Show Dates - https://punchup.live/kpburke/tickets My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJA4pW70s8e...

In one of the more creative attempts at settling a gambling debt, a man in Nevada built a bomb with such expertise that it is still being studied by the FBI to this day My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJA4pW70s8e5ZstUR90n2jmDUAOr4nTZ Want more? Become a member a...

Often on the show while trying to tell the story of the topic...we accidentally land on a wild fact that stops us in our tracks...this week we revisit the ten moments and give them a deeper dive...also KP had to do two episodes in a row so he wouldn't miss a week when his son was born! *Disclaimer* - This is NOT a "best of" list of moments from the show. My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teach...

We romanticize pirates...mostly thanks to books and movies but most of them were rough around the edges...one guy in particular was pretty much a sociopath at sea...enjoy. My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJA4pW70s8e5ZstUR90n2jmDUAOr4nTZ Want more? Become a membe...

Marion Davies was a pretty face with talent...she also happened to have arguably the world's most powerful man wrapped around her finger...William Randolph Hearst My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJA4pW70s8e5ZstUR90n2jmDUAOr4nTZ Want more? Become a member at GaS...

In 1963, a plot was hatched to kidnap Frank Sinatra Jr... and it worked... it's a bizarre case that is equal parts chaos and comedy... The Dojo of Comedy - Morris Plains 3/14/26 https://www.tiffscomedy.com/shows/350814 My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJA4pW70s8e...

Joe Paruta looked like a sweet old Italian man... but he was lowkey the most fearsome member of the Gambino crew and Sammy The Bull's personal John Wick. My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJA4pW70s8e5ZstUR90n2jmDUAOr4nTZ Want more? Become a member at GaS Digital a...

Our 4 part series on the Satanic Panic ends with the most troubling legal case of the infamous "West Memphis 3"...joined by Harry Terjanian, Josie Marcellino and dad bod champion Mike Harrington. The Dojo of Comedy - Morris Plains 3/14/26 https://www.tiffscomedy.com/shows/350814 My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch...

GaS Digital's very own Natalie and Blind Mike join KP to discuss "The Satanic Panic" is starting to sound like an overreaction. It's a bunch of concerned parents until a boy named Ricky Kasso commits a crime out in Long Island that puts the national spotlight firmly on the Devil. The Dojo of Comedy - Morris Plains 3/14/26 https://www.tiffscomedy.com/shows/350814 My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Yo...

The Satanic Panic swept the nation in the 80s and 90s.... it seemed like a cult was popping up in every major city in America but was all the frenzy caused by a hoax? Well...yeah but it gets worse in a hurry. The Dojo of Comedy - Morris Plains 3/14/26 https://www.tiffscomedy.com/shows/350814 My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No w...

Michael Aquino was a high ranking member of the United States military intelligence community specializing in psychological warfare oh yeah, and he openly worshipped satan...it's a lot to unpack, but I assure you it's worth it. My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJ...

The Kennedy family is part fairytale, part tragedy...LP and KP do the deep dive into just how long and layered the supposed "curse" runs... My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcJA4pW70s8e5ZstUR90n2jmDUAOr4nTZ Want more? Become a member at GaS Digital and you'll rece...

JFKs little sister was the belle of the ball over in England… so much so in fact that she actually married into nobility… against her parents wishes.. Lynne Koplitz joins us to talk all about the wild and tragic Kathleen “Kick” Kennedy My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: ⁠https://www.youtube.com/playlistl...

My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Thanks ​⁠ for the swag and new Blues! Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLcJA4pW70s8e5ZstUR90n2jmDUAOr4nTZ Want more? Become a member at GaS Digital and you'll receive: • Access to all 200+ episodes • Early access to episodes, every Thursday at 4pm EST & more!...

The wildest man of the second World War and his group of renegade commandos helped change the outcome of the War by being straight up cowboys from hell. My Book - "History Isn't Boring, Your Teacher Was": https://a.co/d/ f4mSJSy Missed a previous episode? No worries! Catch up here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist? list=PLcJA4pW70s8e5ZstUR90n2jmDUAOr4nTZ Want more? Become a member at GaS Digital a...