Oral Presentations

Episode 101: Live show advertisement + The Willows by Algernon Blackwood

09 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Doing the live show that goes with this podcast this Saturday @ 3:30pm @ Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia.Ticket link below.https://philadelphia.hel...

Episode 100 - Live show advertisement + Frankenstein

06 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Live show that goes with this podcast is this Saturday @ 3:30pm @ Helium Comedy Club in Philadelphia. Ticket link below. https://philadelphia.helium...

Episode 99 - LOTF by WG (part 3)

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Full collapse on deck and I blow through Piggy's Indiana Jones death to try and hide how much I don't like that part.

Episode 98 - Lord of the Flies by William Golding (part 2)

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Ralph musters his public speaking chops in hopes of restoring order and things get worse. 

Episode 97 - No way this many kids would have even survived a plane crash: Lord of the Flies by William Golding (Part 1)

21 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Part 1 from this year's Father's Day series on Patreon.

Episode 96 - Put a Hemi in it: Wright Brothers Part 3

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

We rejoin the Brothers from Dayton as excellent bike shop employee Charlie Taylor jumps in to help with the mechanical work, the Smithsonian team has ...

Episode 95 - Guy stole my blanket: Wright Brothers Part 2

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Kitty Hawk North Carolina plays host to the Brothers from Dayton for three rounds of testing and Wilber is pressured into headlining a science show in...

Episode 94 - Serial Killer on Tooth Medicine: Wright Brothers Part 1

03 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Main characters and setting are discussed, also a serial killer knocks out Wilber’s lower teeth. 

Episode 93 - Bad Luck Captain Phillips in a Sundress: The Sole Survivor from Rod Serling's Night Gallery

07 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Starting off 2022 w/ a Rod Serling Deep Cut.

Episode 92 - The Most Dangerous Game

11 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This was Patreon #8, it's from  early pandemic, like  3 weeks into the lockdown. Was into cookie bites at the time.

Episode 91: Twilight Zone Double Feature

30 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

//FIRST UP//The Howling Man AKA Wait, is narrow face Peter Pan The Devil or what?Follows a man named David Ellington as he blacks out on the floor twi...

Episode 90 - Dracula goes to World War 2: Christopher Lee

21 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Information comes from the first 100 pages of Christopher Lee’s Autobiography, “Tall, Dark, and Gruesome.” Forgot to emphasize how much he got h...

Episode 89 - TMZ Edgar Allan Poe and The Cask of Amontillado

14 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The character Fortunato, who gets buried alive by the narrator, represents a person the author knew in real life.  The guy beat Poe up in the street ...

Episode 88 - Dude you don't even notice it, you look good: Hammerhead Sharks

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

These things swim around self hypnotized all day but I can't prove it. Hammerhead Sharks are discussed in detail.

Episode 87 - I Think It's Lombard: Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None Part 3

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Our remaining 4 pack of players get, shot, hung, drowned, and head crushed by a large white marble bear clock, then a short musical interlude, then we...

Staying Alive: Agatha Christie’s And Then There Were None, (Part 2.)

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We recap our first three ghosts from part 1, then narrow the field from 7 down to 4 with help from an axe, hypodermic syringe, and revolver.

Episode 85 - Out Here Looking For Clues: Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. (Part 1)

06 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Curl up with your feet on the couch and a box of Laura's Fudge at the beach, it's world's best selling murder mystery book time.  

How did these things get back in the house oh my god SCORPIONS 2

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

After using them as cover last week, a debt is paid as the Scorp facts runneth over in this nat geo departure.

Episode 83 - Crawling in my skinnn, these wounds they will not heallllll: SCORPIONS

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

The title of this episode is a decoy. This episode is not about Scorpions. The actual episode is about what I leaned about how to travel to Europe w...

Episode 82 - ***Fourth of July Special*** Yo dude, we're serious, you need to get all the way naked right now: The American Revolution

02 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Pack up your folders and put on your construction paper tri-corner hats, it’s time for the American Revolution!In this episode we take a look at how...

Ancient Greek Theatre Comprehension Test: Oedipus Rex

26 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

// Time for some Guess and Check //Given the film version of the Canadian Stratford Festival Version of the William Butler Yeats adaptation of the pla...

Episode 80 - This Guy Got Hosed: Nikola Tesla

11 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Off a recommendation from an electrician named Ant from the last Patreon faculty meeting, we take a look at a visionary thinker who changed humanity f...

Episode 79 - Broken Zoltar: Hannibal Lecter's Favorite Bands

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This is a Broken  Zoltar Format Patreon Episode about Classical Composers.  A Broken Zoltar episode is a handful of loosely related topics done in s...

Episode 78: Memorial Day Special: The Battle of the Bulge

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We take a break from books and science to enjoy some good old fashioned European theater World War 2 on a Friday.

Episode 77 - Goodbye Stranger: Albert Camus' The Stranger Part 2

19 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We wrap up L'Étranger, (Found out that's what they call, "The Stranger," in French,) by following nutbar Meursault. He gets throw...

Episode 76 - French Psycho: Albert Camus’ The Stranger Part 1

17 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Albert Camus' The Stranger was named one of the the top 100 books of the last century and it's also a frequent pick for high school reading ...

Episode 75 - Eyes Wide Shut Empire: Venice, Italy

10 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Was supposed to be a mother's day special, then I found out those sex party masks from Eyes Wide Shut are from this place.  So although no longe...

Episode 74 - IKEA Cheat Codes

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

There are ten thousand different ways people try to explain this on the internet, so I contacted an old friend who has been in the interior design bus...

Episode 73 - 4/20 Special: Caught Sleeping on the Job w/ Edgar Cayce

20 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A Teachers lounge episode where we all get stoned and talk about a Psychic from 1920's for 45 minutes. Rising to fame as a clairvoyant healer an...

Episode 72 - If Genies and the Hope Diamond had a Baby: Ernest Hemmingway's The Sun Also Rises

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This recommendation came from an ER nurse and I wanted to like the book so bad. I could not find a way to like this book. I quit after chapter 7.  It...

Episode 71 - TRBOC: The Red Badge of Courage

05 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Much like coming back after other short term breakups, it’s time to not even ask any questions about anything, act like nothing happened, and enjoy ...

Episode 70 - The Theory of Flight

17 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A genuine attempt to explain how flight works including the concept of lift, mostly with toucan based examples.

Episode 69 - Sixty-Nineeeeeeeee: The Ministry of Love: George Orwell's 1984 Part 3/3

10 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

We get onboard r/Partystreetbets and Prolo to the Moon at the Ministry of Love in the exciting conclusion of George Orwell’s 1984.

Episode 68 - Prolin' on a River: George Orwell's 1984 Part 2/3

04 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Fresh off a walk to clear his head after hearing about the neighbor's kids lighting a lady on fire, we rejoin our hero Winston back at his job. ...

Episode 67 - Everybody Get Your Prole On: George Orwell's 1984 Part 1/3

03 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I was assigned to read this in high school and honestly can not remember if I did.  Part 1 goes up to the end of Chapter 8, we meet out main characte...

Episode 66 - How to Bust Up Chip's Card Game by Doyle Brunson

27 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A Texas Hold'em cram session If I ever would have gotten into Chip's game, this is what I would have liked to have recorded and then played...

Episode 65 - Total Side Piece Energy: Dante's Inferno

20 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A literary classic which is also pretty much one long Kevin Sorbo Hercules episode.

Episode 64 - The Oregon Trail and Lithuanian Mysticism

13 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

***Things I forgot:Gun accidents were responsible for a bunch of KO’s on the Oregon Trail. A lot of first time firearm owners had a similar attitude...

Episode 63: American Hero Astrochimpanzee: HAM

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sick Week 2: 2/2Patreon Episode from last early Spring. This one centers around how many animals people were chucking up into space during the Cold Wa...

Episode 62 - Grigori Rasputin: How about you take care of your kids Greg?

05 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Sick Week 2: 1/2Patreon ep from February 2020.  I still believe Stinky Greg knew when he was with those goobers doing summersaults in the mud for two...

Episode 61: Joan of Arc: A French Army of Tebows hopped up on TBE

30 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Calling in Sick part 2/2This was Patreon Episode 16.  It's pretty much the 50 Cent song Many Men but in 1400's France.

Episode 60: Philip K Dick: Do Alcoholics Dream of Electric Tweets?

30 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Calling in Sick Part 1/2This was Patreon Episode #15, and maybe the only one I've felt genuinely lost lost on.

Episode 59 - Christmas Special: The Hockey Helmet Rule

22 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Keeping in tradition with the King Tut Christmas Special last year, this topic has almost nothing to do with Christmas and I also ruined the first rec...

58 - Christmas in a Pandemic? Lemme get some John Candy.

14 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

John Candy counts as holiday tradition so in an effort to enjoy watching his movies more this year, I wanted to find out how he came up.  

Episode 57 - Mortal Kombat of Pastry: THE MOF

07 Dec 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Remember when Christian Bale goes to that mountain in the first Batman movie and then they put him on mushrooms and kick him for awhile but he doesn&a...

Episode 56 - Kramptown Ladies Sing This Song and other Winter Demons

30 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The holiday season begins as we suss out Krampus and say hi to an an immortal sad Japanese ghost lady who can't stop murdering dudes in the woods...

Episode 55 - The Nina, The Pinta, and The Santa Maria: The Story of the First Thanksgiving

23 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Place your hand palm down on the paper bag and then trace around it with marker because it's hand turkey time.

Episode 54 - Studio 54: IS MY WIFE IN THERE!?!

17 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As rumors of a second impending lock down swirl, we take a look back at parties of yesteryear. From April 1977 to Feb 1980, Studio 54 gets credit for...

Episode 53 - Rob Ford: Take'n Care of Business

10 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Canadian Whirlwind himself.  I read his brother's book about him and smashed that together with his known arrests.   

Episode 52 - The Dutch Masters: The Art Movement Behind the Cigars Everybody Smokes Weed Out Of.

02 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

NOVEMBER // WE SOLVE A MYSTERYOut the gate, who are the dudes on the Dutch Masters wrapper // Why the pick // Dutch Golden Age of Painting // DEIC INC...

Episode 51 - H.H. Holmes: If Charles Ponzi killed people

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Told a girlfriend 9 years ago I was gonna read The Devil In The White City, "Soon," just under a decade later I audio booked it for an elect...

Episode 50 - Rod Serling - Chain Smoking Cigarettes and thinking about the Philippines

18 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An HBO 24/7 on the creator of The Twilight Zone. 

Episode 49 - THE CURSE OF THE OMEN: My Closet Collapsed

12 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

OCTOBER // CURSE CITYRecap Plot of the Omen // Zeus plays for the Underworld // A Sad Chinese Business Trip // A Tiger Crane Games a Guy // The IRA sh...

Episode 48 - THE WAR: Marvelous Marvin Hagler VS Thomas 'The Hitman' Hearns

05 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Alright, it is October, and I am supposed to be doing spooky creepy shit all month, but somebody reco'd this one in an itunes review and there&ap...

Episode 47 - The Worst Year to be Alive: 536 AD

28 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

The Roman Empire falls and becomes the Byzantine Empire. But it's ok, things are still looking up. Then the Byzantine Empire is humming along nic...

Episode 46 - Tijuanan Comeuppance: Antonio Margarito

21 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Mexican Boxing Style // Early Days in Tijuana // A Boxer's Pedigree + Slow Teach // Kermit the Cintron // Miguel Cotto + Dream Fulfilled // Ultim...

Episode 45 - Octopus: Worst Roommates of the Aquarium World

14 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Marine Biology but as you walk into class you catch the substitute sneaking half a cigarette in the closet where they keep the triple beam balances an...

Episode 44 - *Field Research Special* Bring 'em Out: The Card Game Spades

08 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

TOOK A LONG LUNCH, GOOD TO BE BACK, also I hope you had a nice Labor Day man.  I lucked into the opportunity of learning the card game Spades from 3 ...

Episode 43 - Steggos Gettin Preggos: The Cretaceous Period

18 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Dino faxxx on a Tuesday // Where the fuck did dinosaurs even come from? // Pangaea busting itself up all over the place // Warm blooded vs Cold Bloode...

Episode 42 - John Fairfax: "I swear to god I'll kill myself with a jungle cat."

10 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An absolute king.  Shawty on a Monday but this dude's life was pure 1997 Wild On! E.

Episode 41 - Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Remember When This Guy's House Burnt Down Like Two Years Ago?

03 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Victor Hugo made this story up after he saw an ugly guy working on the restoration of a cathedral.  That is actually cited as being his inspiration f...

Episode 40 - Pentagon's Got Aliens

27 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

How and why the Pentagon said that shit // Possible evolutionary paths for aliens to have taken aka what they may look like // Earth's plan in th...

Episode 39 - The Curse of the Exorcist

20 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

(Demon Info // Plot Summary) + 1 motorcycle accident - 1 carpenters thumb + 6 dead guys + 2 broken backs + a possible serial killer.Not a whole lot of...

Episode 38 - The Mothman - Bridges are Gonna Hate This One

13 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Hello // Thank you for the week off // Back to the Future 3 // Tiger Army // Mothman Faxxx // Pervert Crane // Kill Count // I tried to Learn Algebra ...

Episode 37 - Bridges - The Mothman is Gonna Hate This One

29 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Almost Rug Doctor Kevorkian'd myself on Friday -> Honda Fit Panic Attack Saved by the Morristown Mall -> The Mothman Prophecies -> Genui...

Episode 36 - E! True Hollywood Stories: Colonel Sanders

26 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Most fun thing I've recorded in awhile. This is the middle piece of this week's Patreon Episode. I wanted an excuse to switch back to a Mond...

Episode 35 - Indoor Plumbing - Alright, How am I taking a hot shower everyday?

19 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Was planning to cover where the water comes from when you take a hot shower in both South Jersey and West Philly, but I nerded out so hard once I foun...

Episode 34 - Automotive Manual Transmission - The Altavista translate of how your car's engine talks to it's Colombian girlfriend, (the wheels.)

12 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I had no idea how this actually works so I wanted to see if I could understand it.  Visual aids would have been helpful for explaining torque transfe...

Episode 33 - The French Revolution - Have we gone to Dippy's Ice Cream in South Jersey?

05 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Turns out I didn't know what actually happened here. Also nobody gets their head cut off until 20 minutes in, but much like the French in the 18t...

Episode 32: MEMORIAL DAY SPECIAL - Operation Overlord

25 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Look, I did this podcast to make myself learn new shit but it's Memorial Day and I'm taking one for me, Ike was the man, s/o Jaromir Jagr s/...

Episode 31: Vampires 4 Chip

18 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

~2 years ago I asked my old boss Chip, "If I ever did a podcast, what would you want it to be about?" and he said, "Vampires," and...

Episode 30: Mother's Day Special: Fleetwood Mac + Famous Librarians

11 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

For my Mom about her favorite band with some famous librarians thrown into the mix. Also turns out if you were in the band Fleetwood Mac in 1977, it m...

Episode 29: The Lewis and Clark Expedition, How far left we gotta go?

04 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A Magnitogorsk of a cross country trip. 

Episode 28 - The American Stock Market (1918 - 1930)

27 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Guy on coke doing knuckle push-ups -> Kelly Pavlik had a rough night in 2008 -> Why the stock market appealed to the average American at the sta...

Episode 27 - Are Aliens Still Suckn People Up or What?

20 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Recess episode: Extraterrestrials + The Abduction of Barney and Betty Hill (1961)

Episode 26 - Magnetism Part 2 - A Genuine Attempt to Explain How Magnetism Works

14 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

 How I Miss Riding the Bus in 7th Grade -> Bar Magnets -> Electromagnetism -> Right Hand Rule -> Alternating Current Generator -> Wind...

Episode 25 - Magnetism Part 1 - An Overview and History Of Magnetism

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Unless you're a Scientist, I feel like you gotta walk away with at least something from this one.

Episode-24 - A Three Pack of Murderers

06 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An around the world Disney's Epcot tour of Murderers.

Episode 23 - The Philadelphia Flyers vs HC CSKA Moscow - The Red Army Game

30 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In 1976, during the Cold War, the Philadelphia Flyers played an exhibition game against the Soviet Union's national hockey team.  This episode l...

Episode 22 - The Black Plague

23 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Europe from 1346-1351 was tough sledding.

Episode 21 - Infinite Math

16 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

An offering to the people of Mathematics in hopes of reconciling our differences.

Episode 20 - How to Buy a Tiger

09 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 19 - Jasper Maskelyne - When Magicians Were Men

02 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 18: Platypus - What happened here?

24 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 17: The History of and an Introduction to Arc Welding

17 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 15: Ambrose Burnside - A Shot at Redemption

11 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 13: George Orwell's Animal Farm

03 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 12: Genuine Attempt To Explain How Electricity Works / Patreon Details

28 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 11: Man’s Harnessing of Electrical Energy (1703-1818)

27 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 10: D.B. Cooper

21 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 9: Marsupials - What’s Going On With That Pouch?

20 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 8: Apollo 8 - ROAD TRIP

13 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 6: Magnitogorsk (Soviet Industrialization from 1928 - 1934)

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 7: The Curse Of The Hope Diamond

08 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 5: Princess Diana: Why Did All My Aunts Cry Hard When I Was 10 Years Old?

30 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 4: Charles Ponzi

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 3: The Christmas Special The Curse of King Tut

23 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 2: Beautiful Jim Key

16 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Episode 1: 1904 Olympics

09 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas