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Delete Everything Podcast

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Is it comedy? Is it history? Yes. Join us as we tame this vicious two-headed beast of our own creation and explore the depths of forgotten histories that have been deleted from our collective consciousnesses.
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In this week's episode, the fellas are diversifying their portfolios. Textiles, farming, glass fabrication: that's where the money is, especially when we can fully staff our businesses with 12 year olds! Join us as we ask the important questions like: Why did we allow this practice to proliferate so long ago? Why is "so long ago" still actually hap…
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In this week’s episode, the guys spend half of the episode lamenting the fact that they have to get into the gritty details of a brutal crime… which is something they’ve always avoided. But was Elizabeth Short’s life cut short because she was unknowingly putting herself in harm’s way or was she the victim of circumstance after someone she barely ha…
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In August’s monthly mini, the fellas feel as if they didn’t give full credit to a couple of the big names calling the shots in the CIA’s MK Ultra program. So many shady dealings are interconnected in this one that, honestly, it just kinda goes from horrifying to impressive at a point.By deleteeverythingpodcast
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In this week’s episode, we’ve got more state sanctioned atrocities than you can shake a stick at! Plus we’ve got piles of dead monkeys, the mysterious death of Frank Olsen, French heroin cartels, and difficult questions about what to do with all of the orphan children we drugged and psychologically broke. Last week was just the prologue, baby, THIS…
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In this week’s episode, the boys dive deep into the lead up to the creation of the CIA and the scientific breakthroughs that inspired the OSS, the CIA, and infamous covert operations like Project Paperclip and Project Artichoke. We’re spraying coastal cities with biological weapons… of knowledge, so hunker down for some state sanctioned atrocities …
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In this week’s episode, we’re uncovering an ancient civilization that you’ve never heard of… you’re welcome. Do we believe the theory? Are we convinced that everything that you’ve learned about archeology is completely false? You’ll have to listen to the episode find out exactly how much our answer is “No, that’s crazy!”…
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In this week's episode, spontaneous combustion, perpetual motion machines, and rumpology, oh my! Guest host Dwight Mosby joins Patrick and Riley in making candles with nothing but cigarettes and the grease from their fat old man boobs. Honestly, your favorite fortune teller probably couldn’t have guessed the topics on this pseudoscience episode.…
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In this week’s episode, Patrick and Riley head down the holler to deep dive the lives and history of West Virginia’s coal miners. Along the way, we uncover the history of the term “redneck”, a ruthless industry taking deeply unethical measures to keep their feet on the throats of their labor force, a truly badass folk hero, and the largest armed in…
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In this week’s episode, guest host Jake Teeters joins us in making fun of the Satanic Panic of the 80s and 90s. Unfortunately, and much to Riley’s dismay, making fun of it didn’t stop us from covering the very real consequences of idiotic moral panics and things get… well… predictably awful once we examine the McMartin preschool trials and the West…
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In this week’s episode, hop aboard the S.S. Worm Dangler with the guys as they sail the world visiting their favorite micronations. They’re selling baggies of wheat on the Hutt River, tossing homemade bombs in Sealand, and… I guess eating lots of dim sum in North Dumpling Island? Listen. Regardless of what they’re doing, they are an autonomous nati…
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In this week’s episode, the guys explore the ways in which human brains can somehow simultaneously be impressive and yet so so so so dumb. In the process they also stumble upon a whole list of things they themselves have misremembered, thusly bringing this horrific memory machine around for a full lap. Join us if you have a dumb, stupid brain too a…
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In this week’s episode, Riley can’t find his white pants and Patrick falls in love with a seven foot tall woman with a dog’s lower half. It’s an episode filled with call backs and pitches for tv shows we’ll never make as we celebrate our 50th episode the only way we know how, by talking about the most random legendary cryptids from New York, Califo…
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In this first installment of our Monthly Mini series, we’re taking a closer look at the insane life of Jair Candor, from being left to fend for himself as a child, to 36 years working with Brazil’s Indigenous People’s Foundation, to his discovery of multiple uncontacted indigenous tribes. Come hang with us while we talk about this guy who’s seen mo…
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In this week’s episode, we do a taste test to see if we can determine the difference between long pig and khakua meat. Our assessment? They both taste just like young cassowary! If you can make it through the hail of arrow fire, you should join us on our private, isolated island as we discuss the North Sentinalese and Korowai tribes.…
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In this week’s episode, the boys aren’t sure if they’re dying of Dengue fever or from all of the poison dart wounds, but what they do know is that the ominous rustling in the bushes means there’s some ‘made for National Geographic’ type nudity coming their way! Put on your bug spray because we’re making contact with the uncontacted Kawahiva and Awa…
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In this week’s episode, the guys don’t know if Joseph Stalin was a visionary who was simply unable to enact his communist utopia or if he was a big, dumb idiot who was better built for revolution than he was for leadership… we’re leaning in one of those directions, but you’ll have to listen to find out which. We’re dipping our Bolsheviks in Russian…
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In this week's episode, we make an attempt to appease a professor at a major university for that one time we back stabbed her in the middle of a huge bank heist. It was the last one, the one that was going to make us all rich so that we could finally get out of the game for good, and we stabbed her in the back... literally! Anyway, in order to make…
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In this weeks episode, Marcel Vizcarra joins the guys for the second part of Fruit Wars! Why does such sweet tasting fruit leave such a bad taste in our mouths? If fruit’s so good for our bodies, why do these stories about them hurt our souls? Bananas aren’t the only things that bruise easily this week, come find out what else in this horrific conc…
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In this week's episode, guest host Marcel Vizcarra joins the fellas in looking at the effects of corporate colonialism via... delicious fruit? That’s right! Just when you thought that there couldn’t possibly be anything dark, vile, or insidious about your favorite dessert and breakfast foods, we show up to reveal their rather grim history. So sit b…
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In celebration of Patrick’s birthday, we have a calm, thoughtful, collected conversation about songs that were banned in the wake of the September 11th attacks and why the reasoning behind picking those specific songs all makes perfect sense. At no point are any 9/11 jokes made nor are there any impressions of any songs/artists with varying degrees…
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In this week's episode, Riley and Patrick recreate their first ever episode, kind of. If you’re a fan of shoving unhinged religious philosophies in your bum, racism toward blue people, and screaming your biggest insecurities at strangers while in your underwear in exchange for subpar orange chicken, then this episode is tailor made for you. After a…
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In this week’s episode, we’re done celebrating Easter and now it’s time to get weird! So break out your E-meter and audit us raw, because we’re doing wacky crap like worshiping the now deceased Prince Philip as our messiah. Also, has anyone seen Shelly Miscavige? We’ve got a cool 9/11 electronica track we want to share with her.…
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In this week’s episode, Patrick and Riley risk eternal hellfire and damnation to discuss The Bible, its history, and what stories didn’t make the cut. Is it a book that should be read as factual historical nonfiction, or a list of parables and fables meant to teach bigger lessons on how to create a moral society? Be warned: Nothing will prepare you…
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In this bonus midweek episode, we pick up on Yasuke’s progress within Japanese society and where he goes after the death of Oda Nobunaga. This episode’s got it all! It’s got zombie ninjas! It’s got potentially old Jewish Samurais! It’s got heads getting lopped off! It’s got a disappearing black guy! What are you waiting for?!…
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In this week's episode, Jevon Bartley is back to help us discuss another historical badass. A nameless African slave turned freed man who ultimately ended up promoted to samurai by one of the most powerful men in Japan's history. Do we know a lot about Japan's history or culture? Not particularly. Are we going to talk about it at length anyway, pos…
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In this week’s episode, we’re picking right up where we left off in Royals Pt.1, both in terms of monarchy lineage and cousin banging jokes. How bad is tertiary syphilis really? How many phantom pregnancies is too many? Find out the answers to these questions PLUS how well Henry VIII could kickflip on this stupid episode!…
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In this week’s episode, we ask the important questions: Was Helen Keller a eugenicist? Was she the privileged beneficiary of a pre-Civil War South? Was she really blind and deaf? A plagiarist? In a romantic relationship with Anne Sullivan? So many questions and we answer NONE of them! Enjoy another futile week here at DEP.…
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In this week’s episode, the guys get in touch with their Irish ancestry, not through diligent research and deeply introspective conversation, but through drunken penis jokes and generally crass behavior… the way Maewyn Succat (rap name Saint Patrick) would have wanted. Happy St. Paddy’s Day!By deleteeverythingpodcast
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In this week's episode, what if we told you that beating up authorities, giving drugs to children, holding people at gunpoint, and using the United States Postal Service to ship humans could all be acts of incredible bravery? That's right! Things aren't always black and white, so pour yourself a shot of crappy, flavored rum and explore some shades …
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In this week's episode, Riley continues walking on eggshells while discussing more of the history of American chattel slavery in the shadow of a growing abolition movement and Patrick takes too much cough syrup and fails his attempts to make up coded slave hymnals designed to pass along instructions for a revolt. Our second chapter of this two-part…
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In this week's episode, Patrick and Riley try to maintain a solemn tone while discussing one of the more difficult topics in our history. We hope you find our ignorance charming and our jokes tasteful as we examine the history of chattel slavery and the beginnings of slave revolts and escapes in our first chapter of this two-part series.…
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In this week's episode, the guys sift through 35 years of mind-blowing criminality. From postage stamp heists to murdering wheelchair bound children, this "successful" family man was an unstoppable force of truly messed up behavior who somehow managed to escape his comeuppance for way too long. So join us as we open this 55-gallon barrel of insanit…
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In this week's episode, guest host/our producer Drew Bowlby joins us as we talk about some of the tragic events that get swept under the rug in our nation's theme parks, so please pull your restraints down tightly, keep all hands, arms, legs, and feet inside the car at all times, and don't forget to secure any loose items as Delete Everything Podca…
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In this week's episode, Riley discovers there's an impression that he can do better than Patrick, but Patrick is also hopped up on cold medicine so it may have all been a fever dream. Either way, it's time to eat some mushrooms, update your virus software, and be real sad and emotionless about everything as we discuss three pretty boring dudes and …
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In this week's episode, the boys blaze a path further west, burning down native conversion schools and sharing a lovely meal with the Donner family as they make their way to Sutter's Mill, CA. Will they strike it rich, or will they live out their days as indentured servants? Find out in part two of our three-part series about American westward migr…
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