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A Sofa King Classic: Tony Robbins

Brent Van Tassel — Mon, 13 Feb 2023 18:02:37 +0000

On this Classic episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the self-improvement mogul, Tony Robbins. He’s the six foot seven inch motivational speaker who is worth $480 million dollars and holds seminars that cost between two and eight thousand dollars. Tony Robbins was born Anthony J. Mahavoric on February 29, 1960. His father […]

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A Sofa King Classic: Joseph Stalin

Brent Van Tassel — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 11:00:42 +0000

Daves not here man …. This episode of the Sofa King Podcast is a discussion of the brutal regime of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Born Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili in December of 1878, he changed his name to Koba (a sort of Russian Robin Hood) and eventually settled on the new name of Stalin which […]

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A Sofa King Classic: Phoenix Lights

Brent Van Tassel — Tue, 30 Aug 2022 17:24:06 +0000

Daves not here man …. When he is we will be back =) On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we throw on our protective tinfoil headgear and step into a Faraday cage to talk about the famous Phoenix Lights. First witnessed on Thursday, March 13, 1997, the Phoenix Lights have been a topic of […]

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A Sofa King Classic: City 40: Russia’s Nuclear Secret

Brent Van Tassel — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:55:33 +0000

On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the little-known secret of “closed towns,” most notably Russia’s City 40. City 40 was the old code name for what is now known as Ozersk. This is the birthplace of the Soviet Nuclear weapons program after the end WWII, and to this day, nobody […]

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A Sofa King Classic: Hunter S. Thompson

Brent Van Tassel — Tue, 21 Jun 2022 20:19:21 +0000

On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the truly gonzo life of the one and only Hunter S Thompson. Thompson was a journalist who became famous for his crazed drug-fueled antics and anti-authority stance. Born in Louisville, Kentucky to a middle class family, his father died while he was a teenager, […]

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A Sofa King Classic: Fluoride

Brent Van Tassel — Fri, 20 May 2022 11:00:08 +0000

Daves not here man … Classic This episode peels back the lid on the very popular conspiracy theory involving the use of fluoride in municipal drinking water. The common conspiracy theories get pretty crazy and talk about Communist plots and argue that Nazis used sodium fluoride to keep prisoners of war and concentration camp victims […]

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A Sofa King Classic: JFK Part One Life

Brent Van Tassel — Fri, 08 Apr 2022 11:00:55 +0000

This episode of The Sofa King Podcast is Part One of our discussion on the life, politics, policies, and death of the amazing John Fitzgerald Kennedy. JFK was one of the most beloved president of the United States, and his administration was often considered to be the “Golden Age” of America that many people called […]

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A Sofa King Classic: Salem Witch Trials

Brent Van Tassel — Tue, 05 Apr 2022 11:00:46 +0000

On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we explore one of the bloodiest chapters in the history of New England, the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials are a complex phenomenon that coupled puritanical fanaticism with fear of not only the devil, but life in the new world. The laws that led to […]

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Black Beard: A Sofa King Classic

Brent Van Tassel — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 11:00:10 +0000

On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we discuss the wild career of the most famous pirate in history, Edward Teach, aka Blackbeard. Teach was thought to have been born in Britain but moved to Jamaica as a child. From there, he became a privateer (a pirate who worked for England) through Queen Anne’s War. […]

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Mind Control and Propaganda: A Sofa King Classic

Brent Van Tassel — Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:30:41 +0000

Mind Control, influence, and propaganda are the focus of this episode of the Sofa King Podcast. We talk about how governments and corporations try to make us loyal to their product/country using techniques that date back well before World War II. Derren Brown, the British mentalist and psychological manipulator is a prime example that we […]

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A Sofa King Classic: The Eggnog Riots

Brent Van Tassel — Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:00:22 +0000

In this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look back in time and talk about the little-known but awesome Christmas mutiny at West Point Military Academy known as the Eggnog Riots. On Christmas Eve back in 1826, roughly 90 students at this military school got loaded on spiked eggnog and caused problems. […]

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Waco Siege: A Sofa King Classic

Brent Van Tassel — Fri, 03 Dec 2021 12:00:03 +0000

On this episode, we explore the Branch Davidians, their leader, David Koresh, and the deadly siege at Waco, Texas. This was one of the biggest conspiracies of the 1990s, and the story is full of bizarre and exciting twists. The Davidians started in the 1930s and grew to be an apocalyptic cult that preached that […]

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Aum Shinrikyo: A Sofa King Classic

Brent Van Tassel — Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:00:45 +0000

On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at Aum Shinrikyo, the Japanese “Death Cult” lead by the mysterious (and crazy) Shoko Asahara. Aum made international headlines in 1995 when they attacked the Tokyo subway system with Sarin gas killing 13 people and wounding thousands, but this bizarre cult did (and planned) a […]

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A Sofa King Classic: Andrei Chikatilo

Brent Van Tassel — Tue, 05 Oct 2021 11:00:05 +0000

This episode of the Sofa King Podcast explores the grisly killing spree of the most famous Soviet serial killer, Andrei Chikatilo, aka “The Butcher of Rostov.” Between 1978 and 1990, he was thought to have killed a total of 56 people throughout the USSR, and he was responsible for one wrongful execution and several suicides. […]

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A Sofa King Classic: Ed Gein

Brent Van Tassel — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 11:00:07 +0000

This episode takes a look at the ghastly life of Ed Gein, the Plainfield Butcher. Gein was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho as well as the serial killer Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs and Leatherface from Texas Chainsaw Massacre. How can one man be the genesis all of these horrific film characters? Give us a listen to […]

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A Sofa King Classic: H.H. Holmes

Brent Van Tassel — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 11:00:50 +0000

Whats up Holmes? Another Classic while we try not to die. See you soon. This episode of the Sofa King Podcast examines the horrible history of H.H. Holmes, the Beast of Chicago. This man is considered the first true serial killer in American history, killing people all over the country in the late 1800’s (estimates […]

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A Sofa King Classic: The Lost Cosmonauts

Brent Van Tassel — Fri, 03 Sep 2021 11:00:37 +0000

Still Fucking sick! But not as sick as this Episode. Check out another Sofa King classic. On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the conspiracy theory of the Lost Cosmonauts. (Finally, a conspiracy about space that isn’t the moon landing hoax or lizard people!) Our official history says that on April […]

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A Sofa King Classic: Alien Implants

Brent Van Tassel — Tue, 31 Aug 2021 11:00:47 +0000

As always we appreciate you all being so patient when life gets in the way. Please have a listen to an oldie but goodie while we get well. Thank you This Sofa King Podcast takes a look at the phenomenon of alien implants. As we’ve discussed in earlier episodes, a percentage of the population believes […]

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A Sofa King Classic: Illuminati

Brent Van Tassel — Fri, 13 Aug 2021 11:00:52 +0000

Another Classic while we try to quit sniffling and coughing…. We dig in to the conspiracy theories surrounding the Illuminati and their new world order. From the Bilderberg Group to the Freemasons, and from Bohemian Grove to space alien reptoids, we look at all the common ideas spread on the Internet about the Illuminati. We […]

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A Sofa King Classic: Origins of Christmas

Brent Van Tassel — Wed, 11 Aug 2021 11:00:49 +0000

Brads got the Rona .. Daves coughing .. my nose is running. We never should have kissed. Lesson learned and this is definitely how Christmas came to be. Fight me. On this very merry episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we discuss Christmas. But it wouldn’t be us if we didn’t dig back the layers […]

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Sofa King Classic: Nome Alaska

Brent Van Tassel — Tue, 10 Aug 2021 11:00:20 +0000

Remember when we were on the radio and had weird local commercials. Well… Brad has the Rona this week so Classics is what we have got for you. Enjoy and if Brad lives we will be back next week. Listeners requested that we discuss the mysteries surrounding Nome, Alaska, so that’s what we do for […]

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Sofa King Classic: JONESTOWN

Brent Van Tassel — Fri, 02 Jul 2021 11:00:25 +0000

On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we look at the story of Jonestown, the city that housed the People’s Temple, where over 900 people died famously from poisoned Kool Aid in November of 1978. According to its founder, the Reverend Jim Jones, it was to be a Socialist paradise, a commune in the […]

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Sofa King Classic: Nestle

Brent Van Tassel — Thu, 01 Jul 2021 11:00:45 +0000

Dave is visiting family this week so we are gonna throw some “Classics” your way. Thank you for your patience. On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we examine largest food corporation on the planet—Nestle. With over 400 factories spread through 194 countries, this company employs well over 300,000 people. Why do you want […]

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A Sofa King Classic: Easter Island

Brent Van Tassel — Tue, 29 Jun 2021 11:00:45 +0000

On this Sofa King Podcast, we look at the history of the mysterious Easter Island, it’s massive stone statues, and the people who lived and died on the remote island. The island got its Western name from the fact that it was “discovered” by the Dutch on Easter Sunday (not very original, I know…), but […]

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