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Meet Your Heroes
by Meet Your Heroes Podcast
Ignoring the conventional wisdom to never meet your heroes and exposing the lesser known legacies and real life bad behavior of history’s most notable and beloved people.
Episodes
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Episode 109: The Reformer
This week's hero claimed to hear the voice of God instructing them to do His will. This Hero's interpretation of "His will" left a complicated legacy in its wake. We're back with a new episode - in a new format! Let us know what you think by sharing your feedback on Instagram...
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Episode 108: Bonus! A Hero Revisited
Surprise! We’re sharing a bonus, previously-unreleased episode of a hero-revisited this week.
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Quick Update
We've got a quick update about some upcoming episodes! In the meantime, if you want us to release an episode or two of previously un-released episodes from the vault - let us know on social media @yourheroespod on Instagram, TikTok, and/or Twitter.
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Episode 107: Celebrity Oscars Mayhem
Not everyone looks good on a horse, but today’s hero did. Todays hero also made a scene at the Oscars, ended up with only one lung, and was named after a dog, so maybe the horse thing isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
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Episode 106: B.F. Skinner
This week’s hero has the sort of twisted ingenuity one needs in order to look at a pigeon and think, "I bet that bird could steer a rocket."
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Episode 105: Aristotle
It’s rare for one person to write foundational texts on topics as diverse as biology, meteorology, philosophy, and politics. It’s also rare for a man to be ridden like a pony so hard that it permanently changes the theology of the Catholic church, but todays hero is full of surprises.
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Episode 104: Encore! St. Patrick
If you missed it last year, today is the perfect day to listen to this Encore St. Patrick episode! Every year cities across the world host parades, people throw cabbages at one another, and we toast to St. Patrick. Notorious for bringing Christianity to Ireland while also kicking the snakes out,...
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Episode 103: Queen Victoria
Victorian England was perhaps most well known for being, dare we say, prudish. This week's hero on the other hand, was...not. And while we love that for her(and Prince Albert), a bit of middle school sex-ed might have benefited all parties involved.
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Episode 102: Lord Byron
You know those headlines that leave you thinking, “At no point while reading that could I have predicted where it would go next?” That's the vibe of this week's hero.
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Episode 101: Thomas Jefferson
The man who wrote the words “all mean are created equal” talked a good game, then kept his literal children enslaved for decades. Honestly that’s not even the worst thing he did, but springing that on you in the show notes didn’t really feel fair. *CONTENT WARNING* This episode discusses sexual...
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Episode 100: Empedocles
For our 100th episode, we’re bringing you the lesser-known legacy of one of history’s most lesser-known philosophers. This week's hero had a number of unconventional theories and a commitment to the bit unrivaled by all philosophers who came after him.
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Episode 99: Meet & Greet, Jimi Hendrix
What do you get after you've been kicked out of multiple bands for being too good a musician and too bold a showman? A special Meet and Greet Episode of Meet Your Heroes, that's what.
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Episode 98: Benjamin Franklin
If you need help figuring out which woman to take as your mistress, this week's hero has got some advice that *does not* stand the test of time. Not uncoincidentally like the Constitution.
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Episode 97: Liberace
General relationship advice: if your lover asks you to undergo reconstructive facial surgery so that you’ll look more like them, it’s probably a good idea to start setting healthier boundaries. Also don’t let them legally adopt you as their child.
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Episode 96: John Denver
Think just because you've seen two decades' worth of infomercials selling boxed sets of his work, you know John Denver? Think again. No amount of middle-of-the-night DVD sales on public television can prepare you for the real man behind everyone's favorite bowl-cut sporting, granny-glasses…
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Special Announcement: Live Shows on the Fireside App
We're coming to you live this week TWICE! On Tuesday at 8:00 PM ET, we're going live on the Fireside app with a Meet Your Hosts: AMA special episode. Then on Thursday, we're streaming our very first LIVE MYH episode. Also at 8:00 PM ET Download the app in the App Store or visit...
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Episode 95: Rudolph
What should you do if a strange man gropes his way into your bedroom in the middle of the night, brings his face right next yours, and tells you to come with him? If this week’s hero is any indication, prance your little self out the door and go save Christmas.
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Episode 94: St. Nicholas, The Encore!
We have a new holiday-themed episode on its way, but in the meantime, if you haven’t already listened to the absolutely-bizarre story of St. Nicholas, three pickled children, and Christmas, or if you need a refresher — now is the time to make it happen.
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Episode 93: Stan Lee
Most people know this week’s hero as the man behind the world's most beloved superheroes. What most people don’t know is what ACTUALLY happened behind closed doors at Marvel Comics.
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Episode 92: The Thanksgiving Turkey
This weeks hero may not be the national bird of America, or Turkey, or anywhere really, but at least it’s got a large enough face erection to make civilizations across the world unite in saying “where the fuck is that thing from?”
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Episode 91: The Mayflower, The Encore!
Ready to ruin Thanksgiving 2021? We can help with that, with this Encore edition of our Mayflower episode. Give it a listen while you prepare your famous Green bean casserole and then bring it up over dessert. Guaranteed to make the holiday memorable!
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Episode 90: Roald Dahl
Fake it till you make it is generally good advice, but maybe not when you lie about crashing a plane and you end up lying so well that every one assumes you’re a war hero and then they make you spy on the U.S. President. Luckily if it all falls apart you could always go with your backup plan of...
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Episode 89: Colonel Sanders - The Encore!
We’ll be back with a new episode next week, but until then if you haven’t listened to this episode in a while (or ever) now is the perfect time to make it happen. You’ll leave knowing KFC’s real eleven herbs and spices, which in the case of Colonel Sanders’ life just so happen to be various...
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Episode 88: Jack O'Lantern
Beyoncé is famous enough to go by one name, but if she was a famous as Jonathan Taylor Thomas she would go by three. And if JTT was as famous as today’s hero he’d go by three names long enough for them to be combined back into one until people forgot he was a person at all and just used his…
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Episode 87: Edgar Allan Poe
In honor of continued decorative gourd season, this week's hero is one of the creepiest (grossest) heroes in a while. (and yes, Audrey absentmindedly called him Edward like 10 times in this episode, give her a break, she's sensitive)
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Episode 86: Milton S. Hershey
Shockingly, the man who named a company, school, foundation, bank, and town after himself turned out to be a violent control freak. Not so shockingly, he was also very racist.
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Episode 85: Charles Dickens
This week’s hero was a man who wanted to control the narrative of his life in the same way he controlled the narrative of his novels, and he didn’t care who in his life he had to manipulate in order to make it happen.
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Episode 84: Charles Lindbergh
This week's hero is yet another only slightly better-than-average aviator whose superstardom was manufactured by a major media company. Known best for his transatlantic flight and personal tragedies, what Charles Lindbergh really wanted to be known for was his "superior" genetics.
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Episode 83: Amelia Earhart
There are untold numbers of pioneering female aviators who defied societal pressure at the turn of the 20th century and became incredible pilots who pushed the boundaries of flying, and ushered in the age of commercial airlines. Then there’s Amelia Earhart.
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Episode 82: Babe Ruth
Home run record holder. Procurer of Blackmarket sheep-testicle-derived steroids. Amateur wrestling referee. What can’t this week’s hero do? Well, stay faithful to his wives for starters.
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Episode 81: Meet and Greet, Cleopatra
Listen to this week's Meet & Greet episode to find out why the first time we tried to record an episode about Cleopatra, it almost ended the podcast. Much better suited to the summer series Meet & Greet format, we're bringing you five lesser-known legacies about the Egyptian pharaoh who famously...
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Episode 80: Meet Your Host, Elliot
This week’s hero is a testament to the age-old adage that if you practice magic long enough, win enough prestigious awards, and unsuccessfully petition the US government to change the Constitution, you too can have a mean, but kind of funny wife.
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Episode 79: Unsung Hero Sybil Ludington
What do you get if you ride four times farther than Paul Revere, by yourself, while being attacked by bandits, in the rain? If you’re this week’s hero the answer is almost none of the fame and most likely only 70% of the pay.
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Episode 78: Meet and Greet Paul Revere
Although an infamous poem may have made him sound like a badass, it was all an elaborate facade for this very run-of-the-mill horse whisperer. That said, if you hear about someone’s badass reputation from a poem, that should really be your first clue.
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Episode 77: Meet & Greet Michelangelo
We're back with another episode in our summer series. This week, we're doing a quick meet and greet with world-renowned and notoriously smelly artist Michelangelo. Join us for five fast facts about the inspiration behind one-quarter of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
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Episode 76: Meet Your Host, Audrey
If this week’s hero hits a little close to home, it’s because this week’s hero is recording this week’s episode in her home. We’re turning Meet Your Heroes into Meet Your Host with a short episode featuring Audrey. ..the good, the bad, and the (admittedly) very vain.
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Episode 75: Mark Twain
This week’s hero started out as a steamboat pilot on the Mississippi River and ended up a creepy old man who recruited pre-pubescent girls to join a secret club located in his billiard room.
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Episode 74: Marco Polo
Imagine leaving for vacation, getting halfway there, realizing you forgot something, going all the way back home, leaving again, traveling for several more years, then getting conscripted as a diplomat for Ghengis Khan’s grandson. It could be your ticket to fame and fortune, but don’t be…
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Episode 73: The Statue of Liberty
This week we’re talking about an American statue that was originally so disliked it had to be funded by the spare change of impoverished children in Iowa.
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Episode 72: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Part 2)
This week we follow the inevitably horrifying second act of a wealthy, bigoted man who took finally achieved the power he craved during the worst economic crisis in American history. What did he do with that power? Spend a ton of money, and ruin lives with racism.
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Episode 71: Franklin D. Roosevelt (Part 1)
Some have called him the greatest ever American President. Some have called him a trust fund baby douche bag who used the wealth his family built exploiting slavery to marry his cousin in the pursuit of power. That’s us. We called him that.
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Episode 70: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
This week we’re digging into the life of a child star who rubbed elbows with a young Marie Antoinette, toured Europe for nearly three decades, and wrote dozens of excrement-themed love letters to his cousin.
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Episode 69: Harvey Milk
This week we hear the story of a republican navy vet who takes a job on Wall Street, campaigns against government regulation, and tries to convince Jimmy Carter that a dangerous cult leader is nothing to worry about.
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Episode 68: Shel Silverstein
Children’s cartoonist? Check! Children’s poet? Check! Playboy’s first Foreign Correspondent Cartoonist and erotic illustrator? Also...check!? Shel Silverstein’s facade as a well known, albeit quirky children’s author was, well, just that. A facade. This week’s hero was more complex, dark, and...
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Episode 67: John Kellogg
The year was 1877 and Americans were eating breakfasts so delicious they couldn’t stop masturbating. From a humble broom factory in Michigan, a hero will rise, delivering unsexy foods and nightmarish surgeries.
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Episode 66: Carl Jung
The lesser-known legacy of this week’s hero includes a doctoral dissertation on seances conducted by a 15-year-old girl, and the real-life bad behavior includes a whole lot of white supremacy. Buckle up, because the life of Carl Jung is NOTHING like you’ve read about in textbooks.
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Episode 65: Frank Lloyd Wright
Without a doubt, the most well-known American architect, and by his own standards, the greatest of all time, Frank Lloyd Wright may have indeed had a prolific career. He also had a career and life filled with lies, drama, abuse, and even murder.
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Episode 64: Bugs Bunny (Mel Blanc)
What do you get when you cross an inept hunter, a canary that talks like a baby, a prehistoric quarry worker, a cat with a lisp and almost 1,000 other cartoon characters? A man who used his incredible vocal range to create some of the most racist cartoons in history.
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Episode 63: Madame Tussaud
When you think of Madame Tussaud, you probably think of kitschy wax statues of modern-day celebrities, but the origin story of Madame Tussaud’s infamous museum is much, much (much) darker.
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Episode 62: The Easter Bunny
This week’s episode is another curveball. A wild, hilarious, wtf-filled curveball about The Easter Bunny.
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Ignoring the conventional wisdom to never meet your heroes and exposing the lesser known legacies and real life bad behavior of history’s most notable and beloved people.
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Ignoring the conventional wisdom to never meet your heroes and exposing the lesser known legacies and real life bad behavior of history’s most notable and beloved people.
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