Best Sober Sidekick Podcasts (2025)

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The Great Chicago 1920s Taxi Wars! 1:04:32

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Send us a text Chicago was a bustling city in the 1920s, a mecca, a destination, the place to be, a spectacle to see for the country dwellers...and out of town folk. But, well most people didn't have a vehicle, maybe you've never ridden in one before and you gotta get somewhere. So, have a couple dollars you scraped together, how about catch a cab.…

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The Signal Was Hacked: Ghosts in The Broadcast! 52:09

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Send us a text Television, TV, all the names we have for our little box of electronic joy. Oh, but back in the day, these little TV devices were absolutely hackable, and frequently attacked by a multitude of humans with ill intent. Some of these hacks were full of hilarity, others were probably quite a bit more concerning and caused a panic. Max He…

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Operation Hammer: LAPDs War on Gangs 1:18:11

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Send us a text LAPD (Los Angeles Police Department) one of the country’s most prominent police departments. The LAPDs history is filled with heroism, skepticism, conspiracies, conflict, and legacies. How many TV shows, movies, books, and more are based on the life and times of an LAPD police officer, or detective...countless. So, we take you back t…

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Silent Tracker, Relentless Lawman: The Bass Reeves Story 1:18:38

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Send us a text Back to the old west we go...into the world of Bass Reeves, legendary lawman! No more really needs to be said, Bass Reeves has been featured in books, movies, TV shows, comics, on and on...to live a life that lands you in so many different kinds of media, is truly a statement of the mark you have left in history. We tell the story of…

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Would You Rather: Grab Bag Episode! 1:55:01

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Send us a text Here we go!!! One of our favorite shows to do, the grab bag episode! This one is going to be a total blitz on your brain, from complete ridiculousness, history, mayhem, to just plain hilarity! This episode is full of everything for everyone...absolute fun! So, join us on a mental mind bending brain party, as we take you on a Would Yo…

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Whiskey, War, and Mayhem: The Paddy Mayne Story 1:19:13

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Send us a text We head back to WWII, and hit the epic adventure of the famed British SAS soldier, Paddy Mayne! This story is nothing but crazy, and something straight out of the movies...but it's not a Hollywood blockbuster, its a true story from history! This adventure goes from heroism and mayhem, to sheer lunacy, and tragedy! Brace yourselves fo…

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An Interview with 2 Senior MUFON (Mutual UFO Network) Field Investigators! 2:20:00

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Send us a text Mutual UFO Network (MUFON), if you know who they are, great you are a step ahead. If you don't know who they are or why they exist, you're gonna learn today!!! Join us as we take a deep dive into MUFON, with Seth and Anniversary, from MUFON, it was an amazing experience! This is a don't wanna miss episode!!! Seth and Anniversary drop…

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The Quiet Quitting Paradox and Other Common, Not So Common Work Terms! 1:21:34

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Send us a text Well, most of us have to work, need a job, a career, whatever you call it. Make money to live, pay bills, and do important things...sometimes those jobs come with a set of unwritten rules. As a wise person once said, "Do you live to work, or do you work to live." There is no right answer, only your answer. If you have spent anytime o…

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Old Cops, New Cops, RODs, and Ex-Cops! 1:43:18

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Send us a text In this episode we head back to our roots, and take a dive into some terms often tossed around in the law enforcement culture, military, and first responder world. From locker rooms, briefing rooms, out in the field, training rooms, and at after work functions. Maybe you know a police officer, or are one yourself, or you just want a …

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Heat the Movie, A Look at A Classic 90s Movie! 1:54:48

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Send us a text Well, it's movie time again folks. Have we got a doozy for ya, Heat...jam packed with stars abound. Robert DeNiro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer, Tom Sizemore, Natalie Portman, Ashley Judd, Dennis Haysbert, William Fitcher, and Henry Rollins, and more. It is your classic cops and robbers movie, Al Pacino the seasoned LAPD Detective. Chases R…

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Wake Island History, Mystery, and Tragedy! 1:17:37

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Send us a text For this episode, we are headed back to the Pacific Ocean one more time. We are jumping from Hawaii haunts, to a very small, very remote island in the South Pacific...plopped in the middle of nowhere! Wake Island is filled with a lot of history, and mystery! It was pivotal in WWII, was a crucial strategic location for both the US, an…

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Hawaiian Haunts! 1:17:28

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Send us a text Oh, the great majesty of Hawaii, and all it's splendor, the ocean gently colliding with the white sandy beaches, people drinking cocktails laden with sweet, tropical flavors...while the children harmlessly stare at the faceless ghost woman floating by a tree. Oh, the Hawaii you thought you knew, we have the tales of some of Hawaii's …

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The Tartarian Empire, Flat Earther's, Hollow Earth and Heribert Illig... 1:23:10

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Send us a text So, you find yourself bored, sitting around on some dull day, then the internet creeps into your brain, and you think gee, what about those Tartarian people, or what about flat earthers, hollow earth or the phantom time hypothesis theory...Heribert Illig. Well if this has ever happened to you, then we got you covered! You are in the …

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McNamara's Morons, Project 100,000 A Vietnam War Debacle 1:12:33

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Send us a text The Vietnam war is a black mark in history, many stories from Vietnam are filled with tragedy and sadness. The story of McNamara's Project 100,000 was a practice in idiocy...went on to garner the nickname "McNamara's Morons", a complete tragedy. In this episode we take a look at this absolute disastrous plan to fill the ranks of depl…

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Grab Bag Spectacle, Strange Facts, Mysteries, and the Paranormal... 1:49:00

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Send us a text It is that time once again for one of our absolutely favorite episodes to do, the GRAB BAG!!!! We love the grab episodes, so entertaining, fun, and filled full of awesomeness!!! Todays topics cover Strange Facts, Mysteries, and the Paranormal...a literal hat is filled with a pile of cutout pieces of paper containing a wide array of t…

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An Interview With Retired Lt. Col. Dave Grossman 2:05:07

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Send us a text If you have been in the military, or worked in any facet of law enforcement, you have probably heard the name Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. If you haven't you are gonna learn today!!! This is an interview you don't want to miss. We are extremely thankful, appreciative, and very excited for the opportunity to speak with Lt. Col. Dave Grossm…

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Modern Mythology and Those Reptile People 1:24:47

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Send us a text Myth's, mythology, the unknown, misunderstood, and lest us forget the reptilian humanoids...yeah, there is a lot to unpack here. Now, we understand myths can cover a very wide range of thought, spanning religion, to just plain terrifying. In todays show, we dive into the world of modern mythology, and the reptile people and we cover …

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1980s Martial Arts Mayhem! 1:37:31

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Send us a text It was a decade of pure violence and absolute movie magic, the 1980s martial arts movie mayhem. This decade was running amuck with martial arts movies. In this episode we dive into the crazy decade of 1980s martial arts movies...the freaking doors blew off in the 1980s, everyone wanted a piece of the action! There is no end to the nu…

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The Great Train Robbery Life and Legacy of Ronnie Biggs! 1:13:31

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Send us a text The classic train robbery, can see it now, old spaghetti westerns playing out on the silver screen...horses, bandanas, 6-guns a blazing...robbing the train. Well, we take you deep into an actual train robbery in England in 1963 and the story of Ronnie Biggs! It is a twisted tale of criminals, trains, music, love story, and a criminal…

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First Documented Kidnapping in The US For Ransom! 1:10:14

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Send us a text The year was 1874, Charley and Walter Ross were taken by 2 nefarious actors while playing in their front yard in Germantown, PA. Walter Ross was released that same day, but Charley would never be seen again...a crime that still remains partially unsolved, the body of Charley Ross was never recovered. Many people over the years follow…

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1500 Years of Fighting an Interview with Dr John Giduck 2:04:07

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Send us a text In this episode we are honored to have with us in Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things studios, Dr John Giduck. Dr. Giduck is the author of a fabulous new book now available on Amazon.com (https://a.co/d/h10mah2) titled 1500 Years of Fighting: The Complete Book of Russian, Ukrainian, and Soviet Martial Arts from the Cos…

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College Mob Attack Traps 1:13:48

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Send us a text Ripped right from the headlines! College in Massachusetts, lures a man on campus and chase him off with a violent mob of angry college students!!! It was all set off by a TikTok trend based on the TV show "To Catch a Predator". Unfortunately, the man who was chased off the Assumption Campus was a Army soldier on leave, and was deploy…

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The Alien Abduction Mystery 1:36:31

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Send us a text We have seen the stories, the movies, the books on alien abductions...brings about so many feelings, some of dread, and some of pure fantasy. What do you believe...and today the alien abduction mystery deepens. In this episode we tackle the challenge of making sense out of something that fits in so many realms, fact, fiction, moralit…

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UAP, UFO, Congressional Hearing Part 2! 1:42:23

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Send us a text So, well, the first Congressional Hearing on UAPs, and UFOs happened in July of 2023. The second hearing just happened on 11/13/2024...and boy is there a lot to unpack here! In today's episode we take you through the second Congressional UAP hearing, the information presented is earth shattering, and at some moments bone chilling. Is…

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Holiday Grab Bag Episode - Toys, Holiday Food, and Really Bad Movies! 2:05:00

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Send us a text It is out thing, the Grab Bag Episode! Just like it sounds, we put a bunch of topics in a hat, and just grab them out. We have no idea what they are...or what is coming up next. In this Grab Bag Special we hit the holiday season, yeah I know a little early...just calm down! We do a Grab Bag Episode every 10 episodes!!! Topic is Toys,…

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John Billington the First Murderer 1:30:44

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Send us a text In 1620, the Mayflower landed in the Cape Code area bringing settlers over from England, or what some may call the Pilgrims. Among this historical bunch of grand explorers was the Billington family, which according the logs kept by William Bradford (First settlers Plymouth Governor) were a surly bunch of hooligans. John Billington an…

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UAPs, UFOs, and Aliens...WTAF!!! 1:34:06

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Send us a text The world awaits the news...are we alone in the universe, do we have some neighbors of sorts, out there awaiting to be found...or should they be found? Since the 1940s the world has been captivated by the presence of aliens, mysteries, secret operations, cover-ups, and of course we must not forget Roswell, Mount Rainier sightings, an…

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Harry Price the First Ghost Hunter 1:25:37

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Send us a text Ghost hunting, it is that time of year as we say, the spooky season! Man, do we have an episode for you...the first ghost hunter - Harry Price - this is truly a great story, of a man on a mission who was way before his time. He set the groundwork for so many paranormal investigators of today. Some of the tech and procedures he used i…

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USAF UFO Whistleblower Charles McNeal and So Much More... 1:39:33

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Send us a text The media is exploding with videos of UAPs, or UFO's freely zipping all over the place...and we ask, WTF is going on. Well, a fella named Charles McNeal dropped an interview claiming a lot of things, pending alien presence announcements, to US government alliance with an alien race, to a formed relationship between the Taliban and th…

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The Ludlow Massacre 1:20:01

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Send us a text How about some hard labor, maybe in a coal mine, how about some hard labor, a union, and a militia laying waste to a union strike. Well, your in the right place, today we go back to the early 1900's to a mining town in Colorado, called Ludlow...the Ludlow Massacre, a terrible tragedy on all fronts. Mining for coal is hard enough, eve…

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The Future is Wide Open 1:35:39

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Send us a text 2020, Covid pandemic hit and changed the world forever, everyone was forced to adapt and overcome, every industry was pushed to the limits. Here we are 2024, we are advancing at an alarming rate, remote work, remote everything, Amazon, drones, AI, robotics, and so much tech slapping us in the face. So much of it born out of the Covid…

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The MK Ultra Experience 1:44:13

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Send us a text The Bourne Identity, The Manchurian Candidate, Jacobs Ladder...so many books, movies, stories, the cold war, and so much more...the prospect of the CIA meddling in mind control is something of fact or fiction...you decide! The MK Ultra Experience...sounds like an amusement park ride! In this episode we take a dark journey into the mi…

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Elijah Bond The Ouija Board Guy... 1:18:58

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Send us a text Ahhhhh, yes, the Ouija Board...spooky! Well do we have an episode for you! A story filled with adventure, history, debauchery, and just plain Ouija Board shenanigans, but heavy on some history stuff! The story of Elijah Bond, the man credited with the creation of the Ouija Board. Not to mention, a tale of a jury who used a Ouija Boar…

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Alcatraz Warden James A Johnston 1:52:06

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Send us a text The Rock, Alcatraz, the story of the first warden of Alcatraz James A Johnston...truly a crazy one at that. We take you to the legendary prison located on Alcatraz, an island off the coast of San Francisco, a place of mystery, great escapes, hell, and some of the worst criminals in society were sent there. Of course a prison needs a …

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Grab Bag Special: Failed and Weird Inventions 2:04:07

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Send us a text So here we are...episode 110...it is time for one of our favorite episodes to record, the Grab Bag Episode. We do a Grab Bag Special every 10 episodes...it is a thing we do here at Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things...this episode is full of hilarity, history, and mayhem. The Grab Bag Episode is a set of topics writte…

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North Hollywood Shootout!!! We are bringing back one of our favorites!!! 1:27:48

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Send us a text Remastered and ready to rock, we are bringing back one of our favorite episodes...the North Hollywood Shootout, Guns, Guns, and the Militarization of the Police and More Guns!!! If you don't know anything about this event you will want to check this re-drop out!!! It's a doozy! We originally dropped this episode in November of 2022! …

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Vladimir Demikhov Madman or Genius 1:17:27

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Send us a text We love the tale of a great horror story...but what if it was happening right before your eyes...in a lab in Russia. We bring you the true story of Vladimir Demikhov, the man who would give the world great advancements in medical treatments, followed by horrific experiments into the realm of transplanting dog heads. You really have t…

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The Gladiator A Legacy of Death 1:31:48

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Send us a text Spartacus, The Gladiator, the movies, the stories, the history, legendary tales of life and death. In this episode we take you on a journey through the world of the Gladiator...A Legacy of Death...legends of Rome! It is an episode full of history, tales of adventure, and debauchery...things get a little crazy! We attest that no one w…

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The Red Baron 1:34:46

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Send us a text WWI, The Great War, the war to end all wars...a new fangled machine had just been invented merely 10 years before the start of WWI, called the airplane. So, what did we do as humans, when a great invention comes along. We figure out a way to weaponize and destroy each other with it...oh, and no one was better than the Red Baron at do…

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Miller Ranch Road...The Unknown vs The Science 1:31:28

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Send us a text The world has always been mystified by the unexplained, and the science behind a world that lives beyond our sight. In this episode we take a look at a conspiring world of the paranormal, technology and science surrounding the Miller Ranch. Miller Ranch is located in the southern central area of Colorado, near the border. Within this…

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Freedom of Choice and Thank You For Your Service... 1:34:56

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Send us a text We all have choices to make, careers to choose, and decisions to make within those careers we choose. So once we choose our path, career, as a first responder, military, service industry, or wherever you choose to land your feet. Once we get settled in that career, it's easy sometimes to forget we put our dammed selves there...kind o…

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Johnston McCulley (Zorro) and Legendary Sword Fighters 1:35:22

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Send us a text Maybe you are of the age, or maybe you are to young to know the tales and the stories of the Legend of Zorro, vigilante hero who saved the day...the Robin Hood of early 1900's Los Angeles. If you were born a certain time of age, you might even have found yourself grabbing up a Zorro costume for Halloween...or you dawned your homemade…

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Gabriele Amorth an Exorcist for Rome! 1:27:52

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Send us a text The Exorcist, Exorcist, The Pope's Exorcist, books, more movies, demonic possession, documentaries, demons, demonic children, priests, the Catholic church, so many things come to mind when we hear the words The Exorcist...but what of it, right, is it real, does it happen, do demons exists? In this episode we wander through the world …

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Ma and Fred Barker, the FBI's Longest Gunfight 1:21:04

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Send us a text We give you an almighty FUBAR, when the Barker/Karpis gang (1935) exchanged bullets with the FBI, well, not the whole gang, just Ma and Fred Barker. The events and craziness leading up to this pivotal encounter is nothing short of nutty. Ma and Fred Barker, were criminals to the core, leading the FBI and local law enforcement agencie…

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Long Haul Truckers a Serial Killers Playground! 2:01:58

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Send us a text When we were kids, it was a thing to open your car window on a summer day, lean out, make a fist and pump your arm up and down as a big rig-semi-truck passed by hoping they would sound the horn...that infamous highway big rig horn! In this episode, we stray from those glorious childhood memories to a darker time, and take a look at s…

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Grab Bag Episode, Movies, Music, and Pop Culture!!! 2:02:30

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Send us a text The Grab Bag Episode is one of our favorite episodes to put out, the Grab Bag Episode!!! Absolute shenanigans, and all sorts of things happen in these episodes, we have no idea what is going to happen, or who is going to say what. These episodes are some of our most unedited shows, so much fun to do! A hat full of topics on folded pi…

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Should First Responders Be Allowed to Smoke Marijuana... 1:41:19

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Send us a text In this episode the Detectivery State of Mind and Other Strange Things team gets after the question everyone is asking. Should Police Officers, Firefighters, nurses, doctors, medics, military, or any other careers that restrict Marijuana use, and allow these employees to partake in the usage of the Devil's Lettuce? Oh, it's a quandar…

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Longhair "Big" Jim Courtright, Outlaw, Lawman 1:34:53

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Send us a text On this episode, we head on back to the old west, and step into the world of Longhair "Big" Jim Courtright...was he an outlaw, or a lawman, or both. Well, that's we are going try and find out!!!! So, saddle up, grab your six-gun, we are heading to the late 1800's for this one...man is this a crazy, crazy true story of one of the most…

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Women Work In Law Enforcement Deal With It!!! 1:41:50

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Send us a text On today's episode we have a very special guest joining us, Sergeant H. She has 18 years of law enforcement experience, has worked as a 911 emergency dispatcher, a patrol officer, FTO, Taser Instructor, trainer, and is currently a sergeant working for a busy transit authority division. Sergeant H has seen some shit! We are very pleas…

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The Uncanny Valley and Anthropomorphism... 1:28:00

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Send us a text Have you ever heard the terms Uncanny Valley, or Anthropomorphism...yes, great. No, we that's great to...cause your in for a treat. In order to understand what these terms mean, well, your just gonna have to listen...your mind will be totally blown open...or swirled into a liquid gelatin mass, that is probably more likely... Have you…