American Loser Podcast

Guest, comedian and delinquent Andy Lawson returns! This week while LP is out camping in West Jersey we're talking Carl Panzram one of America's most prolific murderers and criminals in history. With a story so awful it's almost charming, Carl shows us why they called him "Rage Personified" and what an opening line tells you about about a person. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...

This guy helped us put a man on the moon...but man does he have a shady past. Wernher Von Braun is the REASON NASA worked but he was also a card carrying member of the Nazi party! How deep does his involvement go? Was it on paper or was he doing some really bad shit? How did he wind up in America? Find out all this and more with this weeks guest comedian Chris Johnston. See Privacy Policy at https...

Charles Lee was almost the biggest hero of the American Revolution...but he was kind of a jerk. He picked fights all over the place, talked trash about George Washington, got captured by the British in a whorehouse, may have committed treason and got a court martial at the Battle of Monmouth. Enjoy the wild story of Charles Lee while comedian Joe Carney lends us some "voices". See Privacy Policy a...

Strap in....this one is a wild, bumpy and at times overwhelming ride. Orson Welles is a man of every talent. He's been called the boy genius, the problem child, the master of the medium, the bullshit artist, the God of the Damned and a one man American Institution. His story has ZERO uninteresting parts. He feuds with billionaires, gets badmouthed by Nazis, marries Hollywood starlets, gets exiled...

America is a democracy! Sure? We've never had a monarch! Right? Well today we're telling the story of Joshua Abraham Norton...Emperor of America and Protector of Mexico....in a 100 PERCENT true story we tell the story of the unofficial ambassador of San Francisco while we also sneak in a little history of the 49' Gold Rush. Emperor Norton is not an episode to be missed! See Privacy Policy at https...

Part tall tale, part hero, part jerk but all "Loser" comes this week's installment of the podcast. Mike Fink is a hard guy to get the facts on but the stuff we did find helped us gather some ideas about the "Half man/ Half Alligator" and as we try to put together the mysterious of how a drunken river pirate brawler got a ride named after him in DisneyLand. Enjoy! See Privacy Policy at https://art1...

BONUS: Listen to the wild plot to overthrow FDR that Smedley Butler exposed....the man legit saved America. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

For Memorial Day, we're happy to give you a mega sized episode of American Loser. LP is LIVE in studio with us for a topic we've been waiting to cover for months. At the time of his death, Smedley Butler was the most highly decorated Marine in American history. He pretty much conquered small nations, whooped asses, fixed problems, ran Philly, found a dead body part of Stonewall Jackson, earned the...

Everyone loves mysteries and ghost stories...this one is kinda both. The curious case of the Mary Celeste is intriguing and raises the hair on your arms a little. We cover the story from the very beginning to the unconventional end with plenty of creepy stops in between. We cover the superstitions of both old and modern sailors....LP returns next week and feel free to check out our patreon to get...

LP calls in via skype from South Florida (we hope he will be back up here in Jersey soon) to tell us the tale of the now infamous "30 Million Dollar Sandwich"...the story supports small businesses, involves Homer Simpson and of course a wiseass from New Jersey. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Gus Grissom was an American fighter pilot and one of the original "Astronauts" for the early days of NASA. Enjoy this legit one of a kind story that is criminally under told. LP calls up via skype in the bonus content to talk about the "30 Million Dollar Sandwich". See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

LP calls in from South Beach to give us some nuance about Washingston's personal spy network known as "The Culper Ring". It's a skype call so the quality isn't the best but it'll have to do til we can get him back up in Jersey. Enjoy this bonus episode and thanks for listening. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my...

Back in action as best we can! Kahuna and I are holed up in an undisclosed location and bringing you a "Loser" to behold. The legendary Nathan Hale, the first spy to die in service of America. The story contains all the classic elements...some dumb shit, some cool stuff, some Loser-ceptions and of course...a Jersey connection. Enjoy guys, we're happy to be back. See Privacy Policy at https://art19...

Corona be damned...we're firing off a great episode from our quarantined bunker about the wild month leading up to and following the "Hard Hat Riots" of 1970. We're talking Kent State, Nixon, bombing Cambodia, Frank Serpico and more. This episode gets LP talking about his youthful first hand experiences and we even get Kahuna to laugh from within his gas mask. Enjoy! See Privacy Policy at https://...

No guests this week, just the harrowing tale of the Steamship "Sultana" and its doomed voyage on the Mississippi River at the end of the Civil War. We spare no details as we tell the backstory of greed and corruption that led to the biggest maritime disaster in American History....we're not sure how but Kahuna snuck in some Muppet references. Enjoy! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy...

The Queen of Jersey, Jackie Bryne, is back in studio with LP, the Kahuna and I to talk about the mystery and legacy of Amelia Earhart. We cover her humble beginnings, passion for aviation, her fateful end and the conspiracy theories that survive to this day! It's a dam good one...Enjoy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-no...

This weeks "Loser" is the English born but American made, soldier bandit of the Wild West known as "Black Bart". His story is as unique as the poems he wrote for the victims of his robberies. Bart held a life long feud with a little company known as WELLS FARGO. Enjoy his bizarre "Loser-hood" with guests comedian Mike Celona and guest audio engineer Criss (who's also part of the band "Serious Matt...

This weeks #loser is the undeniable "Calamity Jane", her story is amazing, hilarious and could not be told without LP, Kahuna and the King of West Orange, NJ Kevin Joseph Garifo. Please enjoy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Before Jackie Robinson broke the "color barrier" in Major League baseball, the "Negro Leagues" were brimming with talent and future baseball legends. None stood taller than Satchel Paige, who is considered the hardest fastball pitcher of all time. His feats seem unhuman, his life reads like a screenplay and most people don't know about him....lets fix that this week. Guest Ty Raney and the Kahuna...

We got a little too into this episode but just in time for the Superbowl we are covering the possibly greatest athlete of all time. Olympic medals, NFL records, Major League Baseball....this self described "Poor little Indian Boy" could do it all. Born and raised with the Native American "Sac and Fox" tribe this mixed background athlete captured the worlds attention seemingly overnight. Mark Ricca...

LP is back in South Beach and Kahuna ran off with a girl he met on Spring Break so it's up to KP, the Boss himself Ming Chen and NJ comic/ vagabond hero Andy Lawson to deliver the goods this week. Enter this weeks "Loser" Edward Bernays, a cousin of Sigmund Freud who used psychoanalysis to market products to American consumers....it gets bizarre in a hurry. Enjoy. See Privacy Policy at https://art...

We sat down with Davey Stylee and Timmy Rich to eat some wings and talk about the Donner party. The wings were great, the story was grotesque and the Big Kahuna finally got to have the Spicy Chicken Sandwich from Popeyes. Everybody wins...except the Donner Party that is...enjoy! See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-m...

Tale as old as time, Boy meets Girl, Girl breaks Boy out of Prison, Boy starts the crime spree of the century....Girl gets a price on her head by the state of Texas. Unpredictable as hell but highly entertaining, LP, the Kahuna and I are joined by returning guest Big Rich from Jersey and his wife Dani McDonald (Real Beauty Uncovered) and we're tackling the outrageously true story of Bonnie Parker...

LP took a crack at picking the topic at this week and he does not disappoint. John Tyler was the Tenth President of the United States...only thing is, nobody liked him or even really voted him. His own party disowned him and he had a few too many enemies in Washington DC so he tried his luck again down the highway serving in the Confederate government. Bizarre, true and a total "LOSER", Alex Alvar...

This week we're talking the weird and wild world of HP Lovecraft..it doesn't take us long to discover what makes him a "Loser", we talk his early life, horrible childhood, hardships and skeletons in his closer while our guest, Lovecraft super fan,Jack Steiger coaches us up on all things literary. This was a really fun one. Enjoy. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priva...