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We are training our investigative spotlight on this question - Are the perennial favorite entrees that Americans consider to be authentically “ethnic” – really all that close to the originals? We’re talking Italian, Mexican, Chinese, Indian, Thai, Korean, and many more. And further, does the USA even have any foods that they can call their very own? Is a hot dog, a hamburger, roast chicken, or app...

Saturday, September 19 was the INTERNATIONAL TALK LIKE A PIRATE DAY. I admit, not quite as big a holiday as Thanksgiving and Christmas to most Americans – but it’s a big day on the Scandal Sheet calendar. Why, you ask? Because many of the same goof balls that bring you Scandal sheet episodes twice a month produced these 2, scripted comedy opens related to pirates. It’s totally hilarious!. I’m goin...

On the occasion of a new hit movie about the early years of Anthony Bourdain in the food service restaurant world, we thought it would be a great idea to replay this interview. The name of movie is simply “Tony” and it has been very well reviewed. Bourdain  - celebrity chef, best-selling author, and international television star -unexpectedly committed apparent suicide at age 62 - at the very zeni...

Incredible Video: https://bit.ly/4znj3t0 Since the early years of the Apollo space program thousands – and then millions - of Americans have passionately insisted that most of these missions, such as the 6 moon landings, were staged or faked by the US Government and NASA. This skepticism has exploded into outright conspiracy calls this very year with the US Artemis II moon mission There are litera...

AMAZING Video: https://bit.ly/4wIntJi What could be more American than a juicy, delicious hot dog? … but what about eating 76 of them in only 10 minutes? We fire up the grill on NATHAN’S FAMOUS HOT DOG EATING CONTEST, held annually every July 4th in Coney Island Brooklyn, New York and broadcast on ESPN. Often called the super bowl of competitive eating, this tournament attracts the leading eaters...

Is this the best summer movie ever? I think so. Video Version: https://bit.ly/3R23oOD Today, we think of the movie “Jaws” as a blockbuster game-changer in movie history. But back in 1973-1975, it appeared to be the biggest financial disaster in cinema history to producing company Universal Studios and many Hollywood insiders. Directed by a talented, but inexperienced and unknown filmmaker, Steven...

Out Of This World Video: https://bit.ly/444RzKs The White House has just released a massive number of previously top-secret videos and documents from the DIA, CIA, FBI, and DOD – all related to UFOs. In our preceding UFO episode, we replayed popular episodes on the topic from the recent past. BUT this episode is entirely NEW. Anuradha and I welcome our esteemed guest, Maria Barnes, to our micropho...

The White House has just released a massive number of previously top-secret videos and documents from the DIA, CIA, FBI, and DOD related to UFOs.  There is also a new film by Steven Speilberg that reveals a conspiracy between Extraterrestrials and world governments (his biggest first weekend box-office career open). My co-host and expert ET-hunter, Anuradha, and I intend to get to the bottom of th...

Amazing Video Version: https://bit.ly/3PLBJkk This includes our HILARIOUS Behind-The-Scenes Bonus. On its 15th anniversary, we explore the origins, legacy, impact, and behind-the-scenes stories from the most popular TV show in history. Despite its phenomenal success, it was heavily criticized for unnecessarily graphic violence, gratuitous nudity, misogyny, and on-screen rape of female characters....

Amazing video version: https://bit.ly/3RuK4cD You’ll laugh till you pee yourself! This is an add-on bonus to our Game Of Thrones 15th Anniversary episode, first posted on 5/17. Here, my co-host, Anuradha, is the First Assistant Director on a huge, outdoor “Game of Thrones” set, just outside of Belfast, Ireland. Our frequent guest host for years, Leonardo from Manhattan, gets to interview Anuradha,...

Great Video: https://bit.ly/4uiZu2c On its 15th anniversary, we explore the origins, legacy, impact, and behind-the-scenes stories from the most popular TV show in history. Despite its phenomenal success, it was heavily criticized for unnecessarily graphic violence, gratuitous nudity, misogyny, and on-screen rape of female characters. But like they say, “It’s not TV – it’s HBO”, right? We also exa...

Western culture can’t get enough of its zombie-crack addiction - with a seemingly endless stream of movies, TV series’, video games, merchandise, and graphic novels. Total annual consumer revenue rivals the competing ‘vampire’ genre and is in the $$ billions. How come? We welcome our guest Dylan Cuellar, who has a podcast of his own. In many circles he is acknowledged as an perceptive commentator...

Amazing Video: https://bit.ly/4sQ44n5 Since age 17, Sir Paul McCartney has had an amazing 66 year career in the music industry – and for decades often at the top of the Billboard charts. And even at age 83 today, he is still turning out new music, with a new album out this May. But the creator of dozens of the world’s most cherished rock songs and love ballads has endured a turbulent and sometimes...

Video version: http://youtube.com/watch?v=0RIB5-cJgJk Current co-host, Anuradha shares her own unique experiences as a girl scout in the 4th grade - having legally immigrated with her family to the U.S. from Kenya, only a couple years before. Regular listeners know that Anuradha is ethnically South Asian/Indian and a practicing Hindu. But her religious dietary practices apparently don’t eliminate...

It’s Girl Scout Cookie Season! And your friends at “Scandal Sheet” are shining their investigative flashlight on America’s most beloved “non-profit” sales event. Our 2023 co-host, ELLIE, a Girl Scout from Kindergarten to High School senior, rose to the highest rank in the GSA organization. Now a millennial young woman, Ellie looks back at her decade+ experiences and shares a very CANDID insider vi...

Great Video: https://bit.ly/4sbHRQc We’re celebrating the “Father of our Country’s” actual birthday, February 22. That’s right, it’s the big 294 for the great General and first U.S. President. As this is Scandal Sheet we’re sharing eye-opening facts about his life that the General probably didn’t share himself at cocktail parties - and very few people know today. To help us, we are delighted to we...

AMAZING Video Version: https://youtu.be/9yVF6zpe464 HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! One of our tent poles here at Scandal Sheet HQ is celebrity gossip. And, in our experience, VD day rarely involves 2 dozen roses, romantic music, and a candlelit dinner – at least not among celebrities.  My millennial co-host, Anuradha, invites her accomplished friend, Sara, to help us examine a number of the year’s top cel...

Amazing Video: https://bit.ly/4t2Y4s9 It’s another landmark ruling year for SCOTUS in the making! Can a President impose tariffs on any country, for any amount, and for any reason without Congressional approval? Is it fair that trans girls (formerly boys) be allowed to play in collegiate girls sports against biologically born girls? We are joined by longtime guest, DAVID GROVER, a 5-time NYC “Supe...

Great Video Version: https://bit.ly/4strOOG Those of us lucky enough to live in the great USA, prefer to think of ourselves as good and moral people. But are there terrible secrets in our country’s past we prefer not to think of? Every 5th grader knows the American Civil War (1861-1865) was the bloodiest military conflict in the USA’s 250 history. But beyond battlefield casualties, the real atroci...

GREAT VIDEO VERSION: https://bit.ly/4fx4R5q No one loves Christmas more than your friends at Scandal Sheet. But that doesn’t mean we can’t explore some obvious historical inconsistencies. Right? For example, why is Christmas celebrated on December 25? Only 2 of the 4 Gospels in the Christian New Testament even discuss the birth of the infant Jesus and NEITHER MENTIONS A DATE. But the Gospels do gi...

Great Video Version: https://bit.ly/48WPbYd After a very modest beginning in 1966, the original “Star Trek” TV series was canceled by NBC after only 3 seasons and 79 episodes. But it found new life in syndication and gradually became a cultural phenomenon. It went onto spawn 13 feature length movies between 1979-2016 (new one coming soon). It has also hatched 12 additional TV series (2 still runni...

With our co-host – the MacGyver of the kitchen – Anuradha. Video: https://bit.ly/4oEDEmd I get it. You’re saying – what the h**l is ‘spatchcocking’ and is that the BEST name the cooking marketing genius’s of Madison Avenue could come up with? I’m with you on that. This technique can easily be used for chicken and other poultry. It reduces cooking time by at least half and the results are an evenly...

Video Version: https://bit.ly/4o8SkcQ Why did the horrific 1692 Salem witch trials and subsequent executions happen? Many Americans don’t know that Salem, Massachusetts was founded by numerous people that were part of the original Christian Puritans (aka the “Pilgrims”) that founded the Plymouth, Massachusetts colony. The same folks that celebrated the first Thanksgiving Day in 1621 with their ind...

Video Version: https://bit.ly/4hB8gmt OUR HALLOWEEN SPECIAL! Today, VAMPIRES are the most popular of all supernatural figures but what are they really and where did they come from? Merely a legend? Or, are they sexy teenagers in Washington State. Was there really a Count Dracula and why was he so over-dressed for every occasion. We examine these questions and more in this spooktacular episode. The...

Video Version: https://bit.ly/4oCV2Ia As part of our Halloween special, host Thad is able to interview a 200+ year old vampiress! She is part of a coven run by her over protective uncle, Count Dracula – the OG vampire. COMPLETE EPISODE COMING BEFORE HALLOWEEN NIGHT !! We drill deep into the origins of vampires for your spooky pleasure. The cold open features the talents of co-host Anuradha, compos...