Latest Notorious Podcast Episodes
Arizona’s Family Investigates the Department of Justice Report into Phoenix Police
Arizona’s Family Investigates - July 01, 2024 23:19 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 54 ratingsOur investigative team looks at the available data, compares descriptions of news events to our video record, and speaks to experts and critics about the Department of Justice investigation into the Phoenix Police Department. Our investigation finds mischaracterizations, misstatements and errors...
#101 - Hachikō, Stay
Bittersweet Infamy - June 16, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsTaylor tells Josie about Hachikō, the Japanese dog who became a national icon by loyally waiting for his long-dead master, and other very good boys of note. Plus: the long, curly tale of the feral hogs of Ossabaw Island, and the unusual attempts to preserve and study them.
#100 - One Hundred Gumballs
Bittersweet Infamy - June 03, 2024 03:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsJosie and Taylor present the Melties, celebrating your choices for the best moments of 100 episodes of Bittersweet Infamy. Josie chews so much gum that she becomes unstuck in the multiverse. Taylor's vendetta with an old foe has deadly consequences.
#99 - Country Lessons
Bittersweet Infamy - May 12, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsJosie tells Taylor about the controversial 2016 CMA Awards performance by Beyoncé and The Chicks, and how it inspired Beyoncé's 2024 album, Cowboy Carter. Plus: it's full speed ahead on the Road to the Melties as Taylor and Josie prepare their ballots for episode 100 of Bittersweet Infamy!
#98 - I Beg That I Have Not Intruded
Bittersweet Infamy - April 28, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsTaylor tells Josie about activist Sacheen Littlefeather, her protest on behalf of actor Marlon Brando at the 1973 Academy Awards, the disputes around her claims to Indigeneity, and the history of Indigenous identity fraud. Plus: does Denver's infamous haunted horse statue, Blucifer, have a cousi...
#97 - URGENT! Exclusive Opportunity
Bittersweet Infamy - April 14, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsJosie tells Taylor about the history of the Nigerian prince email scam, and the rise and fall of influencer/fraudster Ramon Olorunwa Abbas, a.k.a. Hushpuppi the Billionaire Gucci Master. Plus: a chess-playing robot attacks a child? A viral chess trend makes it to outer space? The truth isn't bla...
#96 - All 33 of Us Are Safe in the Shelter
Bittersweet Infamy - March 24, 2024 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsTaylor tells Josie about the 2010 San José mine cave-in in the Atacama Desert near Copiapó, Chile, and the 33 miners whose rescue captivated viewers around the world. Plus: the fatal 2009 accident at Utah's Nutty Putty Cave.
Notorious B presents Houseworks #43
Neocoertex - March 17, 2024 16:17 - 1 hourEvery week a new dj set brodcasted live at eurobeat radio with exclusive promos and some classics in between
#95 - Florida Man
Bittersweet Infamy - March 10, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsJosie tells Taylor about Florida Man, the memetic everyman whose chaotic antics dominate the headlines of the Sunshine State. Plus: a shambolic AI-generated Willy Wonka live experience leaves parents and kids in a world of pure infuriation.
#94 - Dulce Amor (Sweet Love)
Bittersweet Infamy - February 25, 2024 08:00 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsBittersweet Romance - Candy Hearts edition! Inspired by the randomly chosen candy heart “CUTIE,” Taylor tells Josie about “Mi Bebito Fiu Fiu,” the viral TikTok anthem based on Peruvian ex-president Martín Vizcarra’s alleged salacious WhatsApp messages. Plus: Josie and Taylor indulge in a racy ga...
#93 - The Tree Huggers
Bittersweet Infamy - February 18, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsBittersweet Romance - Candy Hearts edition! Inspired by the randomly chosen candy heart "HUG ME," Josie tells Taylor about the Chipko movement of 1970s Northern India, where villagers hugged trees to save the endangered Himalayan forests. Plus: learn about the infamous reality TV show, "Who Want...
#92 - No Other Love
Bittersweet Infamy - February 11, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsBittersweet Romance! Taylor tells Josie about the turbulent marriage between R&B icon Faith Evans and rap legend The Notorious B.I.G., and the East Coast vs. West Coast hip-hop feud that ended in two of music's most infamous assassinations. Plus: meet the Egyptologist influencer couple whose con...
#91 - Driven
Bittersweet Infamy - February 04, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsBittersweet Romance! Josie tells Taylor about astronaut Lisa Nowak and her most dangerous mission: an overnight drive from Houston to Orlando to eliminate a romantic rival. Plus: Jack and Meg White of award-winning rock band The White Stripes—brother and sister? Married? Neither? Both?
Notorious B presents Houseworks #22
Neocoertex - February 01, 2024 11:05 - 1 hourEvery week a new dj set brodcasted live at eurobeat radio with exclusive promos and some classics in between
#90 - I'd Like to Phone a Friend
Bittersweet Infamy - January 28, 2024 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsIn this special episode, Taylor surprises Josie with Bittersweet Ambush, a guerrilla game show with a devious twist, before telling her about the history of game show cheating scandals, including: the quiz show fixing trials of the 1950s; the ultra-gamers that broke Press Your Luck and The Price...
#89 - To the Island
Bittersweet Infamy - January 15, 2024 02:53 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsJosie tells Taylor about the life and letters of New Zealand writer Janet Frame, who was scheduled for a lobotomy when her debut book won a national prize. Plus: keeping it Kiwi with a report back from Josie and Mitchell's van life honeymoon on New Zealand's South Island.
#88 - The Final Countdown
Bittersweet Infamy - December 31, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsNew Year's Eve special! Taylor tells Josie about the computer glitch turned doomsday spectacle: the millennium bug, Y2K. Plus: as Steamboat Willie lapses into the public domain, we look back at the colourful history of Disney's Mickey Mouse copyright.
Notorious B presents Houseworks X-Mas special
Neocoertex - December 28, 2023 10:24 - 1 hourEvery week a new dj set brodcasted live at eurobeat radio with exclusive promos and some classics in between
#87 - SantaCon is Coming to Town
Bittersweet Infamy - December 17, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsHoliday special! Josie tells Taylor about the anarchic origins of the rowdy annual Santa celebration, SantaCon. Plus: on Christmas Day 1914, a heartwarming moment of peace emerges from the icy trenches of war.
Notorious B presents Houseworks #20
Neocoertex - December 05, 2023 12:52 - 1 hourEvery week a new dj set brodcasted live at eurobeat radio with exclusive promos and some classics in between
#86 - Self-Insert
Bittersweet Infamy - December 03, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsGuest host Amanda Ortiz tells Josie and Taylor about the web of fate connecting the September 11 terrorist attacks, My Chemical Romance, Twilight, and Fifty Shades of Grey. Plus: the local legend of Jim McIngvale a.k.a. Mattress Mack, Houston's best known gambler, philanthropist, and furniture b...
#85 - Rand Larceny
Bittersweet Infamy - November 19, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsJosie tells Taylor about South Africa's crooked cop turned brazen bank robber, the infamous André Stander. Plus: the stone cold truth about the most iconic novelty gift of the 1970s—the Pet Rock.
Notorious B - Mechanized Reverberation
Neocoertex - November 16, 2023 10:24 - 10 minutesEvery week a new dj set brodcasted live at eurobeat radio with exclusive promos and some classics in between
#84 - Gotta Get Down On Friday
Bittersweet Infamy - November 05, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsSeason premiere! Taylor tells Josie about the viral anthem of 2011, "Friday," and the sudden infamy of singer Rebecca Black. Plus: all the gossip from Josie and Mitchell's wedding, including the haunting in hotel room #309!
Notorious B presents Houseworks #13
Neocoertex - October 22, 2023 17:24 - 1 hourEvery week a new dj set brodcasted live at eurobeat radio with exclusive promos and some classics in between
#83 - A House That Eats Girls
Bittersweet Infamy - October 22, 2023 07:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsHalloween special + season finale! Taylor tells Josie and guest host Mitchell Collins about the scary movie co-written by a child: Nobuhiko Obayashi's infamously eccentric experimental horror comedy, House (1977). Plus: Josie and Mitchell trap Taylor in a fiendish and frightening choose-your-own...
#82 - Get the Hell Out
Bittersweet Infamy - October 08, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsHalloween special! Josie tells Taylor about three infamous exorcisms, including a convent of hell-raising nuns in 17th century France, a passel of seemingly possessed Pueblo women in the Spanish colony of New Mexico, and the mid-century possession that inspired the classic horror flick The Exorc...
#81 - The Flying Tailor
Bittersweet Infamy - September 24, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsTaylor tells Josie about garment-maker/inventor Franz Reichelt and his fateful 1912 flight from the Eiffel Tower. Plus: unmasking Saúl Armendáriz, a.k.a. Cassandro, an iconic and exotic figure in the world of lucha libre (Mexican professional wrestling).
Notorious B presents Houseworks #12
Neocoertex - September 10, 2023 10:10 - 1 hourEvery week a new dj set brodcasted live at eurobeat radio with exclusive promos and some classics in between
#80 - The Mysterious Affair at Harrogate
Bittersweet Infamy - September 10, 2023 07:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 31 ratingsJosie tells Taylor about the infamous 1926 disappearance of mystery icon Agatha Christie. Plus: the shocking lost Sesame Street episode that traumatized child audiences, "Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce."