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The Quintana Show
by David Quintana
David Quintana has spent decades mastering the ins and outs of CA politics but politics isn’t his sole focus, and he knows it’s not yours either. Quintana looks outside the realm of politics for insightful and entertaining conversations about history, social justice, pop culture, business, music, and sports, with a dash of politics from time to time. Welcome to the show and enjoy!
Episodes
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George Washington Mistakenly Starts The First World War. The Goths Driven From Home Rise Up & Stop The Huns
The guys go “WTF” over early “World Wars”. Q goes over the harrowing circumstances in 1754 which led a young naive Lieutenant Colonel to mistakenly start, in the woods of the Ohio Valley, what is widely regarded to be the “first world war.” A war which went on to shape the growth of the future...
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When a Wrong Turn Led to 20 Million Deaths - That Time the U.S. Govt Killed its Veterans
The guys cover World War I. Mike tells the tragic and almost-forgotten story of the Bonus March. Jobless, homeless, and desperate World War I veterans camped outside of the Capitol in DC in 1932 to beg for promised bonuses. The government’s reaction was a dark and shameful American tragedy. Q…
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The King Undone by a Chicken Dinner & The Billionaire Who Vanished in Mid-Air
Mike tells the amazing story of how King Richard the Lionheart's snub to Leopold V of Austria (and the former's love of chicken) led to his disappearance and kidnapping. Q takes Mike through a WTF rabbit hole over the circumstances surrounding the still-unsolved death of Belgian financier Alfred...
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Two Forgotten Dark Moments in American History
In this episode, Q tells us the frighteningly true story of how the US & USSR were a single breath away from total nuclear war and one man saved humanity. Mike tells us about a literal beatdown that occurred in the U.S. Senate chambers and the CRAZY reaction that the public had to it. Welcome to...
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The Laughing Sickness of 1962 & Caesar's Deadly Humor with Pirates
Go "WTF" on laughter-related topics throughout history. Q tells of a sinister event where over 1,000 schoolgirls fell prey to uncontrollable bouts of laughter in 1962, a mystery that remains unsolved. Mike then relates the story of how a young Julius Caesar befriended, joked, and laughed with his...
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Caesar's Most Gangster Warfare Feat & the Snail that Created an Empire
Today Q and Mike discuss two WTFs of Rome and Carthage. Mike details Julius Caesar’s EPIC and almost unbelievable feats from the Battle of Alesia. Q discussed how control of an unassuming snail made the Phoenicians and the Carthaginians into an empire that dominated the Mediterranean. Welcome to...
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Streaming Was 1 Vote Away From Being Banned & Common Tech Device Named After a Viking
Today the guys discuss WTF moments in the history of technology. Mike discusses how in 1984, the VCR (and the DVD, DVRs, and streaming) came within one vote of being banned. David discusses how tech firms worked a fascinating compromise to name Bluetooth after a Scandinavian king who was murdered...
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Iconic Bass Line That No One Played Vs. Banned Christmas Classic
In this episode of WTF History, Mike and David venture into two oddities of music history. Welcome to the Quintana Show. Q has spent years in the political world so he knows how to ask questions. Watch as we bring you entertaining and insightful interviews from guests across the sports, music,...
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The Gonzo Life of Martin Van Buren & The Oh So Fertile Life of John Tyler…..
Join Q and Mike as they talk about the incredible lives of two U.S. presidents. Our 8th President Martin Van Buren's post-presidential life was anything but a quiet one, while our 10th President John Tyler has a surviving grandchild in 2024! Welcome to the Quintana Show. Q has spent years in the...
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The Exploding Carcass of a King & Favors Not Forgotten for Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte
Join Q and Mike as they tell two fascinating stories about two kings of Europe: William the Conqueror and Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte. A painful death and exploding funeral for one of the most powerful kings of his age, while another is an unbelievable story of how a French son of a district…
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WTF History - World War II: Stalingrad & Vojtek the Bear
"WTF History" shares little-known astounding facts on historical topics. In this episode, the guys cover World War II. Mike presents the mind-blowing casualty statistics from Stalingrad, and Q covers the bear who was decorated for bravery and became a corporal in the Polish army. Prepare to ask:...
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This Song is about WHAT!?! - Frankie Goes to Hollywood - "Relax"
rguably no music group had a bigger 18-month run than Frankie Goes to Hollywood in 1984 - no one. They dominated both music, the news, and pop culture - the world was their oyster, and in just two years, they were gone. Join Q and Tim as they dive into the iconic 80s hit, "Relax" by Frankie Goes…
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How California CHOSE to Become a Haven for Criminals, Drugs & Homeless.
California - by CHOICE - has become a haven for criminals. Through choices by the legislature,, and votes of the people - funded by the wealthy elite - CA has now turned the “criminals” into the “victims” and the law-abiding into collateral damage. Today we have an explosive interview on crime in...
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Roger Kibbe – The Very Twisted I-5 Strangler
Today we bring you the very twisted Roger Kibbe, the I-5 Strangler. What’s interesting here is that there is a very long period of time where Kibbe seems to simply disappear before he reappears with a horrific murderous frenzy. The question for law enforcement has always been: how many victims…
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From Forgotten Softcore Movie Soundtrack to the Greatest Earworm EVER Mahna-Mahna
How a softcore porn soundtrack composer, teamed up with the “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly” movie theme whistler, get a boost from a comedian from the ’40s, and then get boosted by The Muppets to create one of the greatest earworms… EVER. And as earworm-y as the song is… its creator had zero idea…
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Morris Solomon: Serial Killer to the Core REMIX (Serial Killers | True Crime | California)
or all our newer viewers, we are bringing you a new, faster, punchier, and better-edited cut of an older episode we loved: we call them Quintana Show Remixes! Even if you saw the original, you will want to see this as it’s completely re-structured to assist in the storytelling. Remix 4: Morris...
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The Shocking Wave of Open Antisemitism in America
Q & Gatto have spent decades in politics and neither of them has seen the level and volume of antisemitism that is occurring now across the country. Watch as they discuss the likely causes and whether there is any rolling this back now that it’s so open. Welcome to Cutting Though from the…
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JFK Assassination Report: What Are They Hiding?
60 years ago President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas. However, both Presidents Trump and Biden have delayed releasing all of the reports on the investigation. Why? Who are they protecting? The CIA? Political families? Wealthy donors? Today Mike and Q dive into why the government…
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Charlene and Gerald Gallego: A Match Made in Hell REMIX
For all our newer viewers, we are bringing you a new, faster, punchier, and better-edited cut of an older episode we loved: we call them Quintana Show Remixes! Even if you saw the original, you will want to see this as it’s completely re-structured to assist in the storytelling. Remix 4: Human...
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The Batgirl Killer: Pretty Evil
For all our newer viewers, we are bringing you a new, faster, punchier, and better-edited cut of an older episode we loved: we call them Quintana Show Remixes! Even if you saw the original, you will want to see this as it’s completely re-structured to assist in the storytelling. Remix 3: The...
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YT's Funniest Human, Eleanor Morton, Returns to the Show and Spills Even More Tea!
We welcome one of Q's favorite guests, Eleanor Morton, back to the show. The Scottish internet sensation is back to talk about the new King, why Americans write the best rom-coms, the Scottish personality, her take on the French and so much more. Watching and you’ll understand why she’s one of…
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Cutting Through - The 9 People Who Claim They are the Rightful Emperor of the Roman Empire TODAY
The TikTok trend about how often guys think about the Roman Empire made us ask: What did it mean to be a Roman Emperor? And who can claim credibly to be the Roman Emperor TODAY? Surprisingly, there are nine royal houses who could (and do) claim the Roman throne…..RIGHT NOW! Q and Mike list them…
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Was Jeffery Epstein a Government Construct - That They Couldn't Control?
Who was Jeffery Epstein? Despite the outrage and scandal we actually know almost nothing about this monster. As Eric Weinstein recently pointed out, Epstein was a currency trader with no clients, no recorded trades, and no evidence of where his money even came from. Where are the forms, tax...
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George Harrison: Most Overrated Guitarist Ever!?!
George Harrison was the “Quiet One” of the Beatles and may have been Tim’s favorite as a kid. But the dirty secret is George was an extremely mediocre guitar player: the solo on Taxman (and quite a few other Beatles songs) was played by Paul McCartney because George couldn't nail it in the…
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Cutting Through - Crazy Corruption in Politics
What are we thinking about today? Money! Specifically gold bars in the closet of US Senator Bob Menendez. Q and Mike have the type of political behind-the-scenes experience that screenwriters only dream of - they can tell us how corrupt the political system really is. Their stories may surprise...
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Cutting Through: The Death of the Iconoclast
How does social media resemble "The Twilight Zone?" In this episode, Mike and Q connect social media, technology, government surveillance, the concept of iconoclasts, and one of the greatest episodes of TV ever made. We would like to know from you: who do you think of as a free-thinking…
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Cutting Through - US Senate Dress Code Disrespect
US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has dropped the dress code for the Floor of the US Senate. Q thinks it's the barbarians storming the gates of society, and he and Mike debate what the actual affect is; for both the institution and our society. Is a dress code really just a dress code? Or...
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Cutting Through - Re-Visiting Mafia Boss Michael Franzese
Today Mike and Q recount the most popular episode of the Quintana Show EVER: our interview with the Colombo Family Capo who simply walked away from the Cosa Nostra - Michael Franzese!! Gatto & Q recount how Michael coolly and bluntly spilled the beans on the Cosa Nostra involvement in the...
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How an Anarchist Punk Band Created a Timeless Raucuous Anthem: "Tubthumping" by Chumbawamba
In November of 1997, Titanic opened as a smash hit, and Seinfeld and ER ruled the airwaves. The music charts were filled with slow, sappy, forgettable songs - except the song that hit #6. "Tubthumping" by the dyed-in-the-wool anarchist punk band, Chumbawa was a pounding sports/drinking anthem…
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Tasting History with Max Miller
We have an exciting episode for you today: Max Miller the host of the INSANELY popular "Tasting History" on YouTube AND newly crowned celebrity cookbook king with the runaway best-seller, "Tasting History" cookbook. Q and Max discuss where their mutual love of history comes from, his surprise...
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CA’s Non-Profit Scam. How to Make Millions and NOT Solve a Problem
Fentanyl is a poison and a scourge in California and the only solution the Assembly Committee on Public Safety can see is to (drum roll) throw money at it. Here’s the problem with that: once people and organizations start to get money to solve a problem they don’t want to actually solve the…
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Strip-Mining the IP! Hollywood’s Franchise Fatigue
In this episode, Q and Mike talk about the big Hollywood weekend of Oppenheimer and The Barbie Movie. Q is excited because at least it isn’t another “franchise weekend” while Mike relates that virtually ALL Hollywood storytelling comes from intellectual property instead of original ideas. Movies...
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The Most Sampled Song Ever! The Amen Break Tragedy
In 1969 a pretty-much forgotten R&B group called The Winstons released a hit single called “Color Me Father,” it went to #7 in the pop charts and won the R&B Grammy for Single of the Year. But it was the B-side of that single that changed music history. “Amen Brother” was the B-side and it had a...
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Cutting Through: Could the Democrats be Headed for a 1968 Problem?
Are the Democrats headed for a 1968 Convention problem? Mike and Q review the latest in the current presidential race by looking back at 1968 when the incumbent dropped from the race only months before the convention and the chaos that ensued. Mike only gives it a 25% max chance that President...
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CA Sen. Shannon Grove Talks Overcoming the “Public Safety” Cmte to Fight Child S*x Trafficking Industry
We have a VERY special guest today, California State Senator Shannon Grove from Bakersfield, California. Barely over 24 hours after Senator Grove pulled back the curtain on what “public safety” really means in the California Legislature. Her bill, SB14, would increase penalties for repeat sex...
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Cutting Through: The UFO Frenzy!
Are we alone in the universe? Have aliens visited the Earth? Is the government hiding it all from us? Q and Mike talk about the testimony of David Grush, a former intelligence officer, who claims his old unit had 12 alien spaceships. Well, Mike calls BS! As always, he gives his three rational...
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Cutting Through: Crazy & Brave Calls on the 2024 Presidential Election
The presidential election is in 2024 so Q (a lobbyist) and Mike (a legislator) talk about long-shot presidential candidates. Q is “RFK Jr.-curious” but Mike and Q walk through myriad potential candidates and outcomes. Jamie Dimon, Elon Musk, Gavin Newson & Kamala Harris all get their turn in the...
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The Album That Owned America! Frampton Comes Alive!
How the #$@! Was That Hit has never done an album until today! At the beginning of 1976 Dog Day Afternoon was the #1 movie, Gerald Ford was President and the Pittsburgh Steelers were about to beat the Dallas Cowboys in Super Bowl X. By the end of 1976 it was all about Charlie's Angels, JAWS, and…
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Cutting Through - California's War on Goats
See those cute little goats cleaning up the highway or local fields in California? Enjoy them now because it may not be for much longer! Learn how new California labor laws, unless something is done immediately, will absolutely drive this industry out of the state. Why is this happening? Is it...
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Cutting Through - How Shoplifting ATE California
CA’s biggest cities are losing major retail, streets are packed with tents for the homeless, large retailers will not enforce theft crimes and small retailers have given up on operating all over - how did we get here!? Mike and Q discuss how Proposition 47, the Safe Neighborhood and School Act…
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AirBnBust: Fact or Fiction?
Reports are coming in from across the county – Airbnb properties are falling off a cliff. Investors who sunk millions into Airbnb properties are now bailing. So what is the truth? Is the Airbnb bubble about to burst? 62% of the 1.2 million Airbnb listings in the US have only been around 3 years.…
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The German Song That Swept the World - By Mistake
It's March of 1984: The U.S. and the Soviet Bloc were engaged in a Cold War and fear of WW 3 was at a fever pitch - and the #2 song in the US was "99 Luftballoons" by a completely unknown German group Nena. How did a song about the end of the world sung completely in German with multiple tempo...
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The Fabulous Helen Carr: Spilling Royal Tea
Joining us just in time for a royal coronation we have the popular British historian and TV presenter Helen Carr. We get into the complicated love-hate history between England and France, how the Plantagenet Dynasty was always in the middle of all of it, and why she chose to write the definitive...
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King Neeko: The Hustle is Real
YouTube comic and hip-hop star King Neeko had a misspent youth in and out of prison but now he's blowing up on social media! King tells Q about how he fell into “the life,” how he was able to pull himself out, and why he wants to help others escape as he did. But we also get into the nitty gritty...
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How the @#! was That a Hit?!: (You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (to Party) by The Beastie Boys
This episode of How the #@&! Was That a Hit is "Fight for Your Right (To Party)" by the Beastie Boys. The Beastie Boys are a groundbreaking hip-hop trio from New York City that blended rap, rock, punk, funk, and more in their innovative and influential music. And "Fight for Your Right (To Party)"...
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Juan Corona: The Machete Murderer w/ Det. John Cabrera
Our audience's favorite guest, Detective John Cabrera, returns to the Quintana Show! Today we cover another forgotten serial killer: Juan Corona. In 1971, a year that saw Patty Hearst, the Charles Manson trials, and the Zodiac Killer, the deadliest killer in US history was in the sleepy river…
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How the @#! was That a Hit?! The Hit Everyone Hates! "We Built This City" by Starship
The year was 1985, Reagan and Gorbachev met for the first time, Doc Gooden won his only Cy Young award, NBC's the Cosby Show was the most popular TV show and on November 16th, THE WORST ROCK SONG EVER hit Number 1 in America! We Built This City by Starship (not Jefferson Starship) rocked up the...
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True Grift The Con of Anna de Rothschild
Anna de Rothchild was a wealthy heiress to the European banking dynasty and real estate developer networking with other high society folks at Mar-a-Lago. She played rounds of golf, took photos, and hobnobbed with the cream of the American political elite. But, turns out, she was a complete fraud…
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He Got Lucky! "Puttin' on the Ritz" by Taco
It’s September of 1983: Martina Navratilova wins her first Wimbledon, Vanessa Williams is the first black Miss America, and the #4 song in America is… Puttin’ on the Ritz by Taco?? How and why did this song from the 1920s regain popularity in the 80s and should it have been a hit? Tim and Q break...
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This Song Changed Music Forever: "Believe" by Cher
Cher is waaaaay bigger than you thought! She has been a pop star, fashion icon, Oscar-winning actress, and cultural phenom since the mid-60s but didn't have her biggest number 1 until she was 52 years old! Regrouping in London after being dropped by her label Cher worked with an innovative…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
David Quintana has spent decades mastering the ins and outs of CA politics but politics isn’t his sole focus, and he knows it’s not yours either. Quintana looks outside the realm of politics for insightful and entertaining conversations about history, social justice, pop culture, business, music, and sports, with a dash of politics from time to time. Welcome to the show and enjoy!
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