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What's Shakin with Shaner
Where we celebrate the passion and the madness of the Geek, the Nerd, and often the Absurd. Each episode will be a different topic such as Saturday morning cartoons or Superheroes, favorite books, debates on absurd issues, movies and lesser known historical people and events.
Episodes
48 episodes
Psycho Bob Says Who is the werewolf of Bedberg?
Join Shaner and Psycho Bob the Cat as they discuss the case of a supposed werewolf in a remote German farming community. This is a well-documented case from the 1500's and was even referenced in the Exorcist and a Scooby Doo animated movie and ...
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Episode 48
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Psycho Bob Says Where is Buffalo Bill Cody Buried?
Join Psycho Bob & Shaner as they explore a contraversy or Buffalo Bill's final resting spot. Buffalo Bill Cody has been glamorized and criticized for over 100 years because of his role as a government scout, buffalo hunter, and Wild West Sh...
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Episode 47
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People Against Idiotic Nincompoopery (P.A.I.N.)
Join Jeremy, Kevin and Shaner as they host the inaugural meeting of People Against Idiotic Nincompoopery (P.A.I.N.). They share their stories about the Agents of STUPID (Sluggsih, Thick-headed, Unthinking, Puerile, Inane, Dunderheads). As a par...
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Episode 46
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Psycho Bob Says Why did Harry Houdini Testify Before Congress?
Shaner and Bob dive into Harry Houdini testifying before Congress. Never before had a congressional hearing been described as “UPROARIOUS,” until master magician and escape artist Harry Houdini provided expert testimony in which he ...
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Episode 45
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11:57
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The Legends of Pirate Treasure
Psycho Bobb and Shaner discuss pirate treasure. Dive into the rabbit hole with them and hear about the pirates, Captain William Kidd, Olivier Levasseur also known as the Buzzard, Black Sam Bellamy and Amaro Pargo.Did pirates really ...
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Episode 44
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25:58
Psycho Bob Says What's the Cosmos Club?
Join Psycho Bob and Shaner as they discuss the Cosmos Club, which was founded in 1878 by the Civil War soldier, Grand Canyon explorer and scientist John Wesley Powell. Powell and the other original members envisioned the club, located in ...
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Episode 43
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Dashiell Hammett & the Dain Curse
Join Psycho Bob the Cat and Shaner as they rediscover Dashiell Hammett and discuss the Continental Op, one of the first major hardboiled detectives later developed in such characters as Hammett's own Sam Spade, Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe...
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Episode 42
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25:08
Psycho Bob Says Watch the Blue Eye Samurai
Join Psycho Bob and Shaner as they discuss and recommend the Netflix series, the Blue Eye Samurai. They say, Holy Crapadoodle its awesome and they are not kitten.In 17th-century Japan, when borders are closed to the outside world, citiz...
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Episode 41
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Ancient North America's First City
Join Shaner and Bob as they discuss Poverty Point in northeastern Louisiana. Many archaeologists and scientists consider it as North America’s First City. It lies 15 miles west of the Mississippi River. At 1500 BCE, everywhere else in North Ame...
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Episode 40
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23:17
Psycho Bob Says Read Kradak the Champion
Join Bobber and Shaner as they discuss Shawn Inmon's book, Kradak the Champion. Kradak the Champion's first appearance is standing atop a mound of bodies; some of which are not quite dead. In his arm is a chubby child he's rescued,...
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Episode 39
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10:38
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Psycho Bob Says What did Ancient Cultures think of the Northern Lights?
In the past few months, the aurora borealis, also known as the northern lights have been visible by so many people, other than those in the extreme north. A member of the Nerd Herd, Scott from South Dakota, asked what did ancient civilizations ...
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Episode 38
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Robin Hood Men in Tights
Stew from the Stew World Order podcast, joins Shaner as they discuss the 1993 Mel Brooks movie, Robin Hood Men in Tights. Find out why Shaner has a special spot for this movies and Stew's cross-country trip that led to an insane number of viewi...
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Episode 37
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46:04
Psycho Bob Says, Hey Grimm Bothers, What the Hell?
Join Bobber and Shaner as they discuss that after the 1st Edition of their fairy tales, the Grimm Brothers had several of the stories altered such as Snow White’s biological mother became her step-mother and Rapunzel was not pregnant. &nb...
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Episode 36
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10:19
Psycho Bob Says What's the Antikythera Mechanism?
Another installment of Psycho Bob Says is here and Bobber asks, what is the Antikythera Mechanism? For more than 100 years, scholars have struggled with defining it, determining its origin and replicating it. After decades of study...
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Episode 35
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10:12
Psycho Bob Says Was Johann Konrad Dippel the real Dr. Frankenstein?
Another 10-minute installment of Psycho Bob Says...Join him and Shaner as they try to answer 3 questions:Who was Johan Konrad Dipple?Was he the inspiration for Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein?Was he the real-lif...
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Episode 34
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11:36
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MTV Spider-Man, the Animated Series
Join Will and Shaner as they discuss the single season of MTV Spider-Man, a fully CGI animated series, solely on MTV. MTV Spider-Man lasted only one season but addressed more mature themes following Peter, Harry and Mary Jane at Em...
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Episode 33
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54:30
Psycho Bob Says Read the House of Silk by Anthony Horowitz
Bob and Shaner recommend the book, "The House of Silk," by Anthony Horowitz. This is the first Sherlock Holmes novel to be authorized by the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Estate. Horowitz has been called one of "the most original and best...
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Episode 32
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Psycho Bob Says GI Joe issue # 21 Rocks!
Join Psycho Bob and Shaner as they geek-out over Marvel's GI Joe issue #21, the Silent Interlude. The issue has no dialogue, word bubbles, or onomatopoeia and was published in March 1984 the Writer and Penciller was Larry Hama. It ...
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Episode 31
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10:32
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Psycho Bob Says what does Yule mean?
Join Psycho Bob and Shaner as they discover the real meaning and origination of the word Yule! They jump into 5th and 6th century references as well as Norse history and sagas to discover that Yule is a reference to a pagan celebra...
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Episode 30
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10:54
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Failed 80's TV Shows
Join Shakin Shaner and Psycho Bob as they explore some horrible shows from the 80's, some of Shaner's favorite shows that were cancelled and one diamond in the rough of sucktastic 80's shows. Have you heard of the shows, B.A.D. CAT...
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Episode 29
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31:20
Psycho Bob Says What's the Deal with the Crystal Skulls?
Crystal skulls have been a popular subject appearing in numerous TV shows, novels, and video games. Popular references are the movie, “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and the video game Assassin Creed Series.Join Bob...
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Episode 28
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Dan Daly: Marine. Legend. Badass.
Join Shaner as he celebrates the Marine Corps Birthday, honors Veterans Day and discusses one of the most iconic Marines ever, Dan Daly, a legendary badass.Daniel Joseph Daly was born on November 11, 1873 in Glen Cove, New York. By size...
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Episode 27
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26:30
Icelandic Sorcery
Join Shaner as he dives head-first into a new rabbit hole and discovers Icelandic Sorcery. He discusses the historical background of Iceland as a nation, the introduction of Christianity, the uniqueness of Iceland magic. He really ...
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Episode 26
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32:04
Psycho Bob says how bad are these ads?
Another 10-minute installment of Psycho Bob Says...Join him and Shakin Shaner while they try to determine how bad are these ads? In “Whats Shakin with Shaner’s” episode 13, “The Crash at Crush” we explored failed marketing and publ...
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Episode 25
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Blue Beard: A fairy tale or a horror story
Join Shaner as he dives down the rabbit hole of the French fairy tale Blue Beard. He was completely unaware of this tale previously and discovers the horrific murder of seven wives. In this episode, he provides a reading of the fairy tale, expl...
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Episode 24
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46:57