This Week In Worthless Knowledge

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Johnny and the Truth dive into the Heaven's Gate Cult. They explore panhandling, the thrill of getting a follower, castration not done in a hospital, and getting a good deal on Nikes in bulk. They also talk about bears flying planes, getting tarred and feathered, and trying out the first elevator. Join them for some fanciful merriment and subscribe immediately. Full stop.

In this episode Johnny and the Truth discuss the inner workings of the assassination of Julius Caesar--the planning, the execution, and the other plans that were rejected. They also talk about being catapulted into the air on a bicycle with wings, and also how much money it would take for us to try the first electric razor from 1931 and what a good costume to wear to a costume party if you were go...

This week JGT and the Truth ask pressing questions like "if you were 2 hours late to your wedding because you were looking at maps (like Napoleon), how would your wife feel about it?" Also, how much would you have to be paid to be the guy who went around apologizing to people on behalf of the authorities in the 16th century after their husbands were wrongly tortured to death? In addition...

This is our first attempt at publishing video, so excuse us if it needs work. In this episode we tackle hard hitting topics like starting a cult, sleeping in church, comparing Joseph Stalin to NBA players, wiring your brain to a rat's, and how much money it would take for us to leave our wives.

This week Johnny and Nat talk about starting a cult and what a good foundation of a start-up cult would be. They also talk about sleeping in church, how long they'd last in 17th century America before they'd end up in the stocks in the public square. They mull over how much money it would take to walk away from their wives and leave with only things they could fit in a brief case. And the...

Johnny and Nat dive into the story of Aldrich Ames, former standout CIA and KGB agent and lover of long, boozy lunches. They also discuss how many times trying to hang someone is too many times and how much money their wives would think was an acceptable amount to spend on a pig. And lastly, it is important that you know that we are NOT CIA assets who want to know everything you know about the for...

JGT and the Truth dive into topics ranging from total vindication, stealing helicopters to really stick it to your girlfriend, chimpanzee attacks (and whether Johnny could beat a chimp in a fight), and much, much more.

Covering things that happened from January 31-February 6, JGT and the Truth discuss the ins and outs of declaring yourself emperor and what kind of power moves they might make to strengthen their positions as ruler. They also talk about how they might handle being stranded on an island for 4 years and the downsides that might come along with that. They also discuss creating vacuums and working nak...

The guys discuss the life and times of Caligula this week.

Johnny and the Truth are back with a semi-deep dive into Gregori Rasputin, the Russian religious zealot who managed to get extremely close to the gears of power using nothing but prayer, charisma, and possibly a foot long penis.   The guys also examine Johnny's past as a juvenile petty criminal, the type of energy in the air before a Quizzo competition devolves into a huge orgy, and why Nat w...

Johnny and the Truth take a walk with you through history to the 1932 Olympics where they explain how simple it was to compete in international bobsled if you were a toothpaste heir.   They also speculate how a vacation would go if it were free but you had to fight the amateur boxing champion of each country you went to.

In this episode the guys welcome comic Blake Wexler to help them break down exciting medical treatments from the past that we don't use anymore because of the liberals.  

On this episode JGT and Nat explore the unlikely rise to power and reign of Emperor Claudius.  They discuss the time he fought a killer whale in the harbor and some other questionable tactics he employed during his time at the top of the pile.  There is also lively banter concerning 1st century prosthetics and medical care in general, as well as how much more frequent poisonings were bac...

The guys are joined by co-host of the Philly Blunt podcast, Reef the Lost Cauze to discuss the fantastic 1930's anti-marijuana propaganda film "Reefer Madness".  In the course of the discussion, they touch on points ranging from the obvious (and less than obvious) perils of deadly marijuana, how much more likely they'd be to go to a movie if there was a mummified corpse in the lobby, poking s...

JGT and The Truth dive into the history of the Playboy Mansions.  The guys speak on the subject of used Playboy magazines and what you could expect to pay for them in the mid 1980's.  They discuss revolving (and vibrating) beds, having a smaller replica of your house next door, and what you should (and shouldn't) steal when you're looting a house.  They also talk about memories they...

Remember 1980's pizza advertising icon The Noid?  Sure.  We all do.  Did you know that a man took a couple of hostages in a Domino's restaurant once because he felt the Noid ad campaign was targeted specifically at him? Join Johnny and Nat as they welcome Chip Chantry.  Chip is the author of several best selling books on the Noid, ranging from the worldwide best seller "The Piz...

Johnny and Nat get together to discuss a favorite past time of theirs: board games.   They ask hard hitting questions like what board game would you want buried with you when you die? They revisit some of Johnny's famous temper tantrums, and they review a couple really strange board games from the past. All this and more on the Worthless Knowledge podcast this week

Johnny and Nat discuss the famous mansion burning that occurred in 1994 during the volatile relationship between Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes and Andre Rison.   Then they talk about how if they were different people living in a different place with different skills and dreams and living in a different time there's no telling what they could have accomplished. And of course they dive into how likely...

In this episode, spun off from JGT's latest Quizzo, the guys start unpacking the Heaven's Gate Cult but the conversation quickly devolves into more general cult related talk.   Johnny tells Nat about the closest he ever came to being in a cult, Nat asks what 5 items you'd bring as a "Cult Starter Kit" if you were going to join one, and both guys have to ponder how much money they'd have to be...

In 1924, the now infamous murderers Leopold and Loeb committed the perfect crime when they abducted and killed Loeb's second cousin.  Or it would have been perfect if they hadn't made countless huge mistakes.  Johnny Goodtimes and the Truth discuss the crime at length, wondering if they would have the chops to pull off a similar plan.

Johnny discusses a dilema he faced at a local yardsale recently. Would you mutilate your face if your best friend asked you to as his last wish on his death bed? Is there anything worse than being a galley slave? Which would you thin would be more dangerous--being struck by lightning or going up to a wild bear in the woods and hitting it with a stick?

Johnny and Nat rate their marriages on a scale of 1 to 10. Topsy the Elephant is electrocuted by early 20th century idiots. Would you attend the drawing the quartering of your arch nemesis? What is Tonya Harding doing with the money she gets from Paypal donations? Would you take in a feral child?

Johnny discusses his trip to a Bible Studies class on the Eastern Shore where he was the youngest person there by 25 years. Johnny gets his hands on a guide to the whore houses in Philadelphia from 1849 and we discuss some of the ratings. Nat asks Johnny how much he'd have to be paid to fight a bull.

From the vault as we still lead up to our hotly anticipated reboot, the guys discuss how they think the conversation would go if they told their wives they were leaving to dogsled alone to the North Pole. They also consider how they would go about toppling a Central American government with 60 men and what role early 90's Latino rapper Gerardo could play in that process.