Best Chris Chung Podcasts (2025)

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#89 - A Mothers Worst Nightmare: Grooming, AI Images, and a Life Sentence: The Case You Need to Hear w/Lindsey Hendricks 1:52:57

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***WARNING: THE FOLLOWING CONTENT CONTAINS ELEMENTS THAT ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR SOME AUDIENCES. References to sexual assault, abuse, and potential trauma INCLUDING DISCUSSION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE. VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED. The story starts with chaos—kids in the doorway, a violent assault, sirens in the street—and becomes a masterclass in survival,…

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Episode 243: The Black Dahlia Murder l Big Rich From Jersey 1:28:35

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Comedian and retired police officer Big Rich from Jersey joins us to help make sense of an investigation gone horribly wrong and a crime that remains unsolved. Sneak Preview: How this eerie unsolved murder has kept America guessing for over 50 years How the press is responsible to a lot of the mistakes in the case the LAPD quietly giving up on ever…

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Jordan Gray (Transaction / Tall Dark Friend / Edinburgh Fringe) • Friday Rewind 1:18:18

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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Jordan Gray, originally episode 57 from 2015-09-09. Jordan's been a long term friend (and Tall Dark Friend) of the podcast and Pip for many years, and seeing their development in not only career but perso…

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Bilal Zafar: can't knock the hustle, or the day job (Got A Problem Mate podcast / Cakes special / Twitch) #647 1:03:36

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by show pal, comic and podcaster BILAL ZAFAR! A return mission for Bilal who is always welcome aboard, and a lovely chance for anyone less acquainted to become fast friends. Bilal's carving out a really special and unique path in comedy, mixing t…

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#88 - Surviving Psychological Warfare: His Untold Story of Weaponized Manipulation & Triumph w/Matthew Sidwell 2:51:20

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Episode 88 of The Wild Chaos Podcast pulls you straight into the kind of story people only talk about behind closed doors. This isn’t a highlight reel or a sanitized interview — it’s a raw, unfiltered walk through the moments that change a man forever. Watch the full episode #88 here on YouTube: https://youtu.be/5c7ESGgxVoY In this episode, we sit …

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Episode 242: Doug Hegdahl, the POW Who outsmarted his captors l Derek Humphrey 1:31:03

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KP Burke is joined by Derek Humphrey to talk about Doug Hegdal, who was a POW at the infamous Hanoi Hilton during Vietnam. His story of survival includes one of the best examples of "pulling a fast one" on his own captors. Original Air Date: 11/20/25 My Book - “History Isn’t Boring, Your Teacher Was”: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/0oMeSB7⁠⁠⁠⁠ Missed a previou…

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Self Esteem (A Complicated Woman / Prima Face / Prioritise Pleasure) • Friday Rewind 59:26

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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Self Esteem, originally episode 455 from 2022-06-01. Original writeup below: A huge episode right here, spraypaint-style in content in that it contains so much more than the runtime might suggest. The mag…

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Ben Foster: the quest to find the character vibration (Christy out 28th Nov) #646 38:02

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the fabulous actor BEN FOSTER! Ben's been making a huge amount of power moves out there on the big screen, and carries an unmistakeable presence which makes each role totally unique. Whether you started off on the marvelous Hell Or High Water,…

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#87 - Predators Don’t Break Into Homes..They DM Your Kids: The Truth Behind A.I., Deepfakes, & Sextortion w/Ben Gillenwater 2:36:25

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Think your kid’s phone is just a screen? Think again. It’s an always-open door. A Pandora's box you can only regret you shut. We sit down with Ben, The Family IT Guy, a 30-year cybersecurity veteran and dad, to map the new terrain of digital parenting: algorithm-driven feeds, anonymous chats, sextortion, deepfakes, and the quiet ways addictive desi…

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Episode 241: John Smith's Crazy life before Pocahontas l LP & Mike Sicoli 1:17:52

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Larry Burke and Comedian Mike Sicoli come pn the show to talk about John Smith and his crazy life before arriving at the New World. How much did Disney embellish? What is truth and what is legend?? Original Air Date: 11/13/25 My Book - “History Isn’t Boring, Your Teacher Was”: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/0oMeSB7⁠⁠⁠⁠ Missed a previous episode? No worries! Ca…

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Benjamin Zephaniah (writer / poet / actor / 1958-2023) • Friday Rewind 1:03:07

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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Benjamin Zephaniah, originally episode 353 from 2020-11-11. Original writeup below: Pure enjoyment from the Birmingham legend as he and Pip catch up and talk about all things poetry but so much more… Begi…

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Alex Winter: a lifelong excellent adventure (Bill from Bill & Ted / Lost Boys / Adulthood) #645 45:22

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the legendary actor and director ALEX WINTER! As you will of course know, Alex was Keanu's co-star in the Bill & Ted series which is something he does not shy away from, but there is a whole lifetime of being a fully rounded person since then.…

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#86 - Love, Trauma, And The Cost Of Service: A Wife's Fight For Healing & Justice w/Katelyn Roberts 2:27:40

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Five minutes after a tense goodbye, her phone rang. A stranger said her husband—an on-duty motor cop—was down. What followed is a raw, unfiltered journey through trauma, a broken workers’ comp system, and the quiet heroism it takes to hold a family together when institutions look away. We walk you through the scene: a mangled bike, a hallway lined …

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Autistic Models of Success, Identity & Education — with Lara Schaeffer 42:18

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In this episode, Duena speaks with Lara Schaeffer — autistic educator, advocate and creator of Neurodivergent Learning — about why real-life autistic role models are essential for ND children, teens and adults who are trying to understand themselves in a world that still gets autism profoundly wrong. Lara shares her journey from struggling through …

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Episode 240: The Red Ghost l Tristian Bowling 1:00:36

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KP Burke is joined by Tristian Bowling to talk another outlandish story from the old west. The pair discuss the short lived US Camel Corps, The hulking 30 foot beast that terrorized Arizona and the shocking way the two are related. Original Air Date: 11/06/25 My Book - “History Isn’t Boring, Your Teacher Was”: ⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/0oMeSB7⁠⁠⁠ Missed a …

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Liam Howlett (The Prodigy) • Friday Rewind 1:43:12

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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Liam Howlett, originally episode 237 (a 2 parter) from 2018-10-31. Original writeup below: “…I like tension in music… and I think the stage is where it manifests itself…” A rare one right here folks, as L…

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Edgar Wright: the man behind The Running Man returns! (The Running Man / Baby Driver / Scott Pilgrim) #644 1:04:48

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined once more by the phenomenal director and true film lover EDGAR WRIGHT! Edgar is what we call a friend of the podcast. He can come and sleep on the couch at a moment's notice, we'll help him move house, drive him to the airport, whatever he wants.…

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#85 - What Really Happens When You Call 911 & How A Mandate Ended A 21-Year Career w/David Dahlin 4:07:34

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No one knows what waits on the other side of the door. It could be a scared five-year-old with a head cut, a fentanyl addict out in a parking lot, or a welfare check where the smell hits two floors below. In this conversation with a 21-year Seattle firefighter, we step past the clichés and into the craft. We dig into street medicine the way it’s ac…

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Episode 239: Devil Dan Sickles l Luis J Gomez 49:52

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Luis J Gomez joins KP Burke to discuss the most chaotic man in American history... this one has it all Sneak Preview: The Tamany Hall Politician The First man in history to use the insanity deffense Getting his leg blown off in the Civil War Original Air Date 10/30/25 My Book - “History Isn’t Boring, Your Teacher Was”: ⁠⁠⁠https://a.co/d/0oMeSB7⁠⁠⁠ …

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Helen Chamberlain (Soccer AM / animal rescue hero) • Friday Rewind 1:13:39

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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Helen Chamberlain, originally episode 171 from 2017-10-04. Original writeup below: A real lovely one this week as Pip properly catches up with his old mate and TV presenting legend Helen Chamberlain! "No-…

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Harry Baker: your poet best friend! (pre-order the new book 'Tender' now / Something Borrowed podcast) #643 1:11:08

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the absolute whirlwind of joy and good vibes, the poet HARRY BAKER! A meeting which is also a reunificiation, as Pip and Harry go back a good many years in the scene. Admittedly their time has been separated over the years, but that's the beau…

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#84 - The Untold Story of How One Garage Brand Erased Millions in Veteran Debt w/Bear Handlon 2:43:34

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Could you imagine your medical debt being erased? Swiped clean? Start with grit and end with gratitude. That’s the pulse of this conversation with Bear Handlon—Yale linebacker turned Navy SEAL officer turned founder of Born Primitive—who built a $100M brand from a garage while shouldering rucks, rewiring his life around service, and refusing to cut…

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Akala (rapper / poet / activist / author) • Friday Rewind 1:44:23

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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Akala, originally episode 65 from 2015-10-28. Original writeup below: Pip and Akala cover lots in this in depth and honest chat, including the history of racism throughout Shakespearean text, the developm…

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Episode 238: The Haunting of the Myrtles Plantation l Mike Figs & Shannon Lee 1:20:34

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Frequently said it is the most haunted place in the United States. Myrtle Manor in Saint Francisville, LA has plenty of stories to tell. Enjoy while Shannon and Figs from The Thing Is... join us this week for all things spooky. Sneak Preview: The builders wild road to Louisiana Many unexplained mysteries over the years, The hauntings that continue …

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Craig Mazin: delivering script notes and dropping science on the small and big screen (Chernobyl / The Last Of Us / Scriptnotes Podcast) #642 1:14:56

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by the incredible screenwriter, showrunner, producer and dungeon master CRAIG MAZIN! Craig is a self proclaimed Pipster! Which bodes incredibly well as an opening gambit right there... This is such a treat of an episode which anyone possessing an…

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#83 - Stolen Youth: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping w/Jacine Jadresko 2:55:29

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A van door slides open at midnight and two strangers say she isn’t going home. That moment—engineered by her parents—sent Jacine into a notorious WWASP “behavioral program” in Mexico where abuse and brainwashing replaced help. We go where most stories don’t. Jacine Jadresko breaks down how she hacked punitive level systems as a teen, the toll it to…

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Armando Iannucci (The Death Of Stalin / In The Loop / Veep) • Friday Rewind 49:04

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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Armando Iannucci, originally episode 174 from 2017-10-24. Original writeup below: Responsible for an insane amount of some of the greatest UK comedy since the 90's, including the writing and production of…

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Episode 237: Chung Ling Soo l Chris Faga 1:05:28

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In this episode of American Loser, KP is joined by guest Chris Faga of High Society Radio. In the Victorian Era, magicians were like rock stars selling out theaters...one famous Magician was Chung Ling Soo, whose stage tragedy exposed an entire life of questionable behavior. Sneak Preview: His early life as a Scottsman from New York What lead to hi…

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Dissecting Disfluency (w/ Cherry Burns) #641 1:11:12

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip discusses the broad topic of disfluency with journalist CHERRY BURNS! Those of you familiar with Pip's Twitch channel and the community within might well be familiar with Cherry, but if not, all is well as here is your formal introduction! Although their r…

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#82 - The Ocean Doesn't Negotiate: Inside the Toughest Training Pipeline on Earth w/Chris Rullie 2:26:45

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The ocean doesn’t negotiate, and neither does life when your plan breaks. We sit down with Chris, who trained for the SEAL pipeline, finished Hell Week, survived pool comp, and then watched a herniated back end the path at third phase. What follows isn’t a sad ending; it’s a hard pivot. He walks us through the mental frameworks that kept him from q…

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Episode 236: General George Pickett AKA General Infamy l LP 1:29:25

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In this episode of American Loser, KP is joined by guest returning guest Larry Burke to discuss George Pickett's life and how it plays out like a heroic tragedy. Complete with total heroics, abject failures and war crimes. Sneak Preview: His early life and how he got into the millitary His many wives and the one who wrote his lore The charge that m…

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Kevin Smith (Mallrats / Chasing Amy / Clerks) • Friday Rewind 49:58

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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Kevin Smith, originally episode 302 from 2019-12-04. Original writeup below: SNOOCHIE BOOCHIES! What a joy this is… While it is a slightly shorter episode, Pip could hardly turn Kevin down now could he…? …

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Miranda Sawyer: contextualising the music scene of an entire decade (Uncommon People / Talk 90's To Me) #640 1:09:14

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Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This week Pip is joined by legendary writer, journalist, critic and cultural treasure MIRANDA SAWYER! A natural fit in the Distraction Pieces jigsaw, Miranda is someone who was pretty much destined to eventually join Pip for an episode. As a necessary firm fixture in mu…

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#81 Charged by a Bear - Predator Control vs. Conservation: The Truth You’re Not Supposed to Say w/Jenn Rivet 2:22:39

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A sow at six feet. Cubs overhead. A guide holding a hard line. The moment cracks open fast—and it never lets up from there. We break down what a charging bear is really saying: the pinned ears, the jaw clacks, the bluff rushes that test your calm and your conviction. Because out here, panic kills—and composure keeps you alive. Then we dig into the …

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Action Bronson (rap music / acting / hosting / more...) • Friday Rewind 48:36

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emocleW, emocleW, emocleW to the Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip! This is your bonus FRIDAY REWIND episode! Today, we catch up with Action Bronson, originally episode 347 from 2020-09-30. Original writeup below: There’s no doubt about it, Action has done a ton in the past decade and by the looks of it all, had a goddamn blast while do…

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Episode 235: The Cursed Painting Of Ivan The Terrible l Corinne Fisher 1:17:56

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In this episode of American Loser, KP is joined by guest Corinne Fisher to discuss the story of a Russian painting that has been "disturbing" people since early 1900's. Sneak Preview: The origin of the painting Getting banned in Russia The unfortunate demise of many of it's owners. Original Air Date: 10/02/25 Thank you @Combatflipflops275 Use link …

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Step inside the razor-wire perimeter of maximum security prison life through the eyes of a former correctional officer whose four-year career transformed him in ways he never anticipated. This conversation pulls no punches, revealing the brutal reality of a world where violence is currency and survival requires speaking a language most of us will n…