Part One: Sylvia Browne: Fake Psychic Detective
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Call zone media. Welcome back to Behind the Bastards, a podcast about the very worst people in all of history. And if you're listening to this, we've had a heavy start to the year doing four episodes on some of the new releases in the Epstein files. It's been dark. And whenever things get dark, I like to go back to like a lighter kind of fair, you know, something a little more fun. Now, since this is still a podcast about the worst people in history, we're still going to be talking about horrible things. But Yeah, this is all a preamble to say we're talking about a kooky psychic today. You're welcome, everybody. I know these are a lot of people's favorite episodes. And to hear about this person, we've got a great guest for you this week.
Cal Penn. Cal, welcome to the show. Thank you for coming on. Thanks for having me. I appreciate it. Yeah, obviously people, I'm sure most people listening are very well aware of you for your career in film and television and your time in the Obama White House. But you are now a podcaster. You've gotten dragged into the podcasting trenches. Your life has been upgraded, some might say. Yeah. Yeah, there weren't enough podcasts until I had one, too. That's right. It was a real problem. We were all worried about it. But thankfully, you've filled the gap. You want to talk about the show you're doing before we get into our episode? I do. Thank you. Thanks for the shameless plug opportunity. It's a podcast called Here We Go Again that looks at the past, present, and future of things in pop culture.
So we've had Bill Nye, the science guy, to talk about things like The space race had on Mehdi Hassan to talk about the lack of trust in mainstream news.
Who is Sylvia Browne and why is she controversial?
Even like one of my favorites, right after he was done being transportation secretary, we had Pete Buttigieg on. And technically I was supposed to talk about infrastructure, but I really wanted to understand why when your flight is early, there's not a gate available. Like it's almost never early, but if it's early, what's the problem here? Yeah. They always say they didn't know we were coming. Yes, they did. That's how it works. How do you not? So now that I have a podcast, I get to ask all of those. That rocks. All of those kinds of questions. Yeah, transportation secretary seems like one of those, like every time I'm in an airport, I'm like, oh, if I had that power, the things I'd change. And then the second I leave the airport, it's like, oh, I can't imagine wanting to think about airports for another second when I'm not in one.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:49
2
Who is Sylvia Browne and why is she controversial?
1:49–26:38
3
What role did Sylvia Browne play in high-profile missing persons cases?
26:38–31:06
4
How did Sylvia Browne's early life influence her career?
31:06–53:51
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What claims did Sylvia Browne make about her psychic abilities?
53:51–1:01:54