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Padre Pio Documentary

Padre Pio, also known as Saint Pio of Pietrelcina , was an Italian friar, priest, stigmatist and mystic, now venerated as a saint in the Catholic Church. Born Francesco Forgione, he was given the name of Pius when he joined the Order of Friars Minor Capuchin. Padre Pio became famous for exhibiting stigmata for…

WTF With Marc Maron: Quentin Tarantino

The pandemic forced a lot of changes on all of us, but for Quentin Tarantino, he was already undergoing a huge change right as the pandemic started: He became a first-time father. Now with the release of his first novel,…

The Groovy Origins of the Waterbed

You remember waterbeds. The plush, squishy mattresses. The hours of bouncy fun. It all started with a homework assignment. In graduate school, industrial design student Charlie Hall was tasked with improving human comfort. He thought beds should be more comfortable.…

Author John Cheever Interviewed in 1977 about his novel ‘Falconer’

In an interview with Stephen Banker, John Cheever talks about his novel ‘Falconer.’ Falconer is a 1977 novel by American short story writer and novelist John Cheever.[2][3] It tells the story of Ezekiel Farragut, a university professor and drug addict who is serving time in…

Cold Brew High Dive

Chris and Greg talk pelicans, porn and bloodthirsty carnival barkers masquerading as sports announcers. Also, why don’t courtroom sketch artists draw MMA events?

‘The Crime of the Century’ Shows How FDA Approved Language Led to Our Opioid Epidemic

By Gregory Crofton Opioid abuse has America in a death grip, and it’s been that way for decades. Why have we been so slow to respond to this massive public health problem? Money is the shortest answer. But Oscar-winning (Taxi…

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