What a Creep: "Sports Creeps" Mike Tyson, Margaret Court, John Rocker & Sean Avery
Release Date: 07/24/2020
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What a Creep: Norman Mailer Season 14, Episode 3 Writer, Activist, & Wife-Stabber Norman Mailer has been in the news lately due to the fact his son John Buffalo Mailer who is partnering with Mailer biographer J. Michael Lennon on a new trove of Mailer writings with the later writers’ ideas on what American democracy will look like in the future. The man died in 2007 at the age of 84 and lived as big a life as any (we will get into it all today.) Yet, Mailer’s longtime publisher Random House said they will not be associated with this work, instead, Skyhorse publishing (which...
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Rush Limbaugh was one of the most popular talk radio hosts and leading voices of the conservative movement in the United States. He was the prototype to Fox News trashcans like Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity, and even disgraced former president Donald Trump.
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What a Creep: Canada's Residential Schools (Non-Creeps: Dan Levy & Eugene Levy)
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Margo & Sonia talk about the Residential Schools of North America in this episode which lays out why it happened, how it kept going on for several decades, and the collateral damage of seven generations of cultural genocide. THEN, we talk about Canadians who are NOT Creeps. TW: Child abuse and SA.
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What a Creep: (Bonus!) Reality TV Talk with the "Book of Lies" Podcast
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Margo & Sonia talk with two of our favorite podcasters, Sunni & Brandi of the Book of Lies podcast about all things reality TV-related including Real Housewives of Salt Lake City, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, Selling Sunset, Love After Lockup, 90 Day Fiance, the Duggars and more!
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What a Creep: Dov Charney (Former CEO of American Apparel)
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Dov Charney is the creator of American Apparel, a retail clothing chain that sold the building blocks for your hipster wardrobe - leggings, plain T-shirts, and pants. But it had really sleazy marketing and a dedication to not make their clothes in a sweatshop which made them kinda cool. Unfortunately, Dov Charney is probably more famous for his sexual harassment than he is for American Apparel.
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What a Creep (Bonus!): Interview with Trashy Divorces podcast & celebrity divorces
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Margo & Sonia talk with two of our favorite podcasters Stacie & Alicia from Trashy Divorces! We talk about the latest celebrity divorces in the news, their new podcast launching this month (Love Letters…), and what they each believe helps make a marriage stronger. Just a bonus episode of fun with a couple of amazing women in podcasting.
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What a Creep: Robert Durst ("The Jinx" Creep)
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In 2015, HBO released a docu-series that took the nation by storm. The first media interview with Robert Durst, the son of billionaire real estate magnate Seymour Durst, in decades at the time. The then 72-year-old Durst has been accused of three murders in his life and seemed to use his money and privilege to avoid any real penalty. He is now serving time for first-degree murder and will soon be on trial for the murder of his first wife. Will he make it long enough to face a jury of his peers again?
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What a Creep: Altamont "Creepy Concert Tragedy" Not Fade Away Replay
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What a Creep: Frank Sinatra (replay)
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Margo & Sonia talk about the lifelong creepiness of one of the biggest voices of the 20th Century--Frank Sinatra. A singer, actor, lover, cheater, gambler, and one of the angriest people in show business. (That is really saying something!)
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What a Creep: Rex Harrison (Old Timey Hollywood Creep!)
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Season 6, Episode 1
"Sports Creeps"
It’s season six here at What a Creep and today’s episode is all about the Creeps and assholes in the sports world (two apiece) and then we talk about a couple of sports folks who are about a “Not Creepy” as it gets. Enjoy!
Main sources for this episode:
Margaret Court
The West Australia
CNN
BBC.com
Margaret Court (Wiki)
Mike Tyson
People Magazine - October 17, 1988
People Magazine - February 24, 1992
Mike Tyson was the heavyweight champion of the world. He wrote a best-selling memoir. He did a one-man show in Vegas. He’s the guy in “The Hangover” movies and the animated series named “Mike Tyson Mysteries” on Adult Swim. He’s also a convicted rapist and domestic abuser.
Sean Avery
Alyssa Hope YouTube Sean Avery Top Jerk Moments
John Rocker
John Rocker was a relief pitcher and closer in the MLB in the late 90s. He played for the Atlanta Braves, Cleveland Indians, Texas Rangers, and Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He’s also a racist and homophobic bigot.
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