Best Beth Beer Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 109: Kathy McGee and Beth Godvik (CBS News) 59:29

8d ago59:29

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Host Greg Iwinski is joined by CBS New York writer-producer Kathy McGee and CBS Chicago writer-producer Beth Godvik for a conversation about their work in the Broadcast/Cable/Streaming News sector. They discuss the winding paths that make a career, trusting your instincts in a fast-paced news environment, and keeping up with a constantly evolving m…

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Episode 108: John Wilson, "How To with John Wilson" 48:38

22d ago48:38

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Host Geri Cole sits down with documentarian John Wilson to discuss How To choose episode titles that will make for good stories, How To make your writers room feel like a therapy session, How To find serendipitous interview subjects, and more. John Wilson is a New York City-based documentary filmmaker known for creating and hosting the acclaimed co…

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Strange Country Ep. 280: Gimme Some Credit 52:40

29d ago52:40

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Dear Dash Hounds, join Beth and Kelly as we try to pull the curtain open on the Wonderful Wizard of credit scores. Do you know your credit score? Do you care? Has it ruined your life? We talk about many things on Strange Country from periods to sex to murder and now, the most secretive of things–money. ‘Mericans don’t talk openly about their money …

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Episode 107: Jesse Armstrong, "Succession" 1:15:02

1M ago1:15:02

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To kick off a brand new season, host Taffy Brodesser-Akner sits down with Succession creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong to discuss how he staffed and ran his writers’ room, the importance of maintaining distance and perspective in your artistic endeavors, what's next for Jesse now that Succession is over, and much more. Jesse Armstrong is a scr…

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Strange Country Ep. 279: Robbers Cave Experiment 49:49

2M ago49:49

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The mid-20th century was the heyday of figuring out why humans were the worst through the use of social psychological experiments. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly talk about one such experiment, Muzafer Sherif’s Robbers Cave Experiment where Sherif gathered a group of 12 year old boys to see if he could pit the boys against one another. Sher…

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Strange Country Ep. 278: Emma Goldman 49:07

2M ago49:07

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Hey Dash Hounds, are you still there? Beth and Kelly are. Or are we? Has ChatGPT taken over? Can it? We are just women after all. What is our worth? In this episode, we will talk about women’s worth and Emma Goldman, a woman who fought for many things and has been forgotten like so many others. But Strange Country is doing its best to keep women’s …

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Strange Country Ep. 277: The Sullivan Institute 1:06:20

3M ago1:06:20

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Happy 2024! And Beth and Kelly are back with another tale of another cult on another year of Strange Country. What’s to say? It starts off with plans for communal living and burns out in abuse, financial malfeasance and weird sex awfulness. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands. Cite your sources: Hoban, Phoebe. “Psycho Drama: The Chill…

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Strange Country Ep. 276: OneTaste 1:01:08

4M ago1:01:08

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You’ve heard of six-minute abs, but how about the 15-minute orgasm? That’s what Nicole Daedone of OneTaste was touting; female empowerment through clitoris stimulation. Then like most high-demand groups, things go south pretty quickly. In this Strange Country episode, co hosts Beth and very uncomfortable Kelly talk about the rise and fall of OneTas…

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Strange Country Ep. 275: Henry Darger 50:14

4M ago50:14

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Henry Darger is one of the most profitable outsider artists out there. Unfortunately he didn’t reap the benefit of that while he was alive, spending much of it in abject poverty. He was compelled to make and write art during the time he was not working as a janitor or dishwasher. His artwork dealt with themes of child abuse and violence, subjects v…

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ENCORE: Strange Country Ep. 274: Bohemian Grove 53:53

5M ago53:53

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Welcome dash hounds to an old episode from the pre-covid days when men could be rich men and spend the weekend urinating on trees and ruminating on how they could make life miserable for the rest of us. Strange Country will be back soon with a brand spanking new episode. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands. Sources: Flock, Elizabeth. …

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Strange Country Ep. 273: Kary Mullis 45:57

5M ago45:57

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We’re sure you’ve heard of the Nobel Prize although it’s hard to make the case Beth has since she mispronounces it quite a bit in this episode. But have you heard of Nobel Disease? It’s when people are labeled geniuses and go on to embrace some whackadoodle pseudoscience. In today’s Strange Country episode, Beth and Kelly discuss Kary Mullis, the o…

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ENCORE: Strange Country Ep. 272: Killers of the Flower Moon 1:00:19

6M ago1:00:19

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Welcome to a blast from the past. This is a re-release of ep. 59 The Osage Murders, repackaged as Killers of the Flower Moon to coincide with the new film by Martin Scorsese. Thanks for all your support, dash hounds. We’ll be back with a new episode soon. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Cite your sources: http://usdakotawar.org/hi…

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Strange Country Ep. 271: Candyman 38:27

6M ago38:27

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Hey DashHounds, if you were listening last episode, we mentioned the true story of Candyman. This may be the very first time Beth and Kelly said “we should look into that” and actually did! Find out how haunting life was in Chicago in the 1980s if you lived in Cabrini Green housing. It is scary to think how people lived and even scarier to hear abo…

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Strange Country Ep. 270: The Man Who Killed Halloween 35:23

7M ago35:23

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Halloween is the time of year of ghouls, goblins and moral panic about candy. Could some neighbor be handing out candy full of pins? Or even worse, plain boxes of raisins? Where did this all come from? Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly talk about the origin of poisoned candy, stemming from one father who poisoned his own kid to collect insuran…

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Strange Country Ep. 269: Vaccine Roulette 56:36

7M ago56:36

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In the 1980s, whilst the media stirred up frenzies over Satanists in our midst or a nuclear bomb landing in Washington, a reporter made a documentary adding vaccines to the growing list of dangers. Vaccine Roulette claimed the pertussis vaccine caused brain damage in kids, which led to a drop in immunizations, a rise in whooping cough, and a near-e…

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Strange Country ep. 268: Mabel Norris Reese 52:52

8M ago52:52

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Mabel Norris Reese shone a light on racism and injustice in Lake County Fla. in the 1950s and 60s before the racist element drove the newspaper editor out of town. Strange Country cohosts and former reporters Beth and Kelly talk about this intrepid journalist and wish that Bugs Bunny gif of him sawing off Florida could somehow come true. Theme musi…

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Strange Country Ep. 267: Ruth Handler 54:03

8M ago54:03

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We are requiring all readers of Strange Country and their partners, families and friends and everyone else to watch the Barbie movie. That way you can fully enjoy Kelly and Beth’s homage to Ruth Handler, the creator of Barbie. Learn details about the woman who, really, all of us should have studied in school as an example of an entrepreneur. Women …

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Strange Country Ep. 266: Stone Mountain 54:24

9M ago54:24

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If your site is like a video game health regenerator for the Ku Klux Klan, that might be a sign your site needs a facelift. Yet Stone Mountain, Ga., continues to exist as the the largest Confederate monument in the world. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly discuss this paean to traitors and how the United Daughters of the Confederacy united to …

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Strange Country Ep. 265: Anthrax Attacks of 2001 1:09:44

9M ago1:09:44

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Maybe this got lost in the shuffle for you, dear readers, like it did for Beth who completely spaced about this, but in the weeks after 9/11, opening the mail was a terrifying act. That’s because someone was sending anthrax letters to the media and politicians. Five people died and another 17 were sickened in these attacks. It took eight years for …

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Strange Country Ep. 264: Goody Garlick 47:03

10M ago47:03

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Join us this week on Strange Country as we go way back in time to the 1600s when life was grand, and if you lived to be a 50-year-old woman, you should just STFU. Because if you did decide to speak truth of any sort you would likely be accused of witchcraft. That’s what happened to Goody Garlick of Easthampton (originally one word), NY. Enjoy Goody…

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Guns Gays Mexicans 1:33:41

10M ago1:33:41

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Vernon visits Quantum Bombs with Matt and Russell with plenty to dive into.

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Strange Country Ep. 263: The Curious Case of Natalia Grace 1:00:19

10M ago1:00:19

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What is the youngest age a child can live on her own? In this episode, Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly discuss the absolutely bonkers documentary “The Curious Case of Natalia Grace” that premiered this year on Investigation Discovery. An Indiana couple petitioned a court to have their adopted child re-aged from 9 to 22 so she could be remove…

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Strange Country Ep. 262: The Mattachine Society 52:22

11M ago52:22

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Twenty years before the Stonewall Uprising, another group fought for rights for LGBTQ Americans. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly discuss The Mattachine Society, a group that sought dignity and respect for LGBTQ during a time when being gay was criminalized. Luckily things are chill now. Oh wait. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousa…

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FDA Approves Neurolink in Human for Elon, Debt Ceiling No Solution in Sight, AI ideology and art 1:29:14

11M ago1:29:14

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Russell explains our failing battle against the debt ceiling our failing fiat against a private bank printing money into existence. RFK attends a bitcoin conference and Joe Biden still won’t debate him. Whales attack boats. 6 drones visit Moscow but it wasn’t Ukraine. Tara Reade a sexual assault acuser of Joe Biden seeks citizenship from Putin in R…

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North Face & Target’s New Swimwear, Earth’s Population and Talent pool, Russell ponders starting a Thailand Tantric Cult 1:15:41

11M ago1:15:41

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Tipping is being found in our day-to-day lives more. Will North Face and Target become the new Bud Light after their pride month clothing lines debut? Matt compares today's LGBTQ+ climate and groomers to Lord of the Flies where there are no more adults left. Are Blackrock and Vanguard behind it all? Or is it spiritual forces that put us in an inter…

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Bikini Babes Offended by Miller Light, Beers Culture War, Concealed Carry and Mass Shootings in America, Ukraine 1:41:57

11M ago1:41:57

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As a bikini babe and beer advocate Beth takes offense to the woke commercial Moeller Light did but points out the importance we not lose focus on the Bud Light ban. Russell points out why it is so important that Bud Light ban is the first time we have stood up to the mid level violence from the fringe left. We discuss why Jennifer carries guns and …

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Strange Country Ep. 261: Purity Culture 58:25

11M ago58:25

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You know how every little girl dreams of the day her dad signs a pledge promising to keep her vagina penis-free until she marries. Wait, you don’t? Well, sit back, slap on your purity ring, superglue your legs together and get ready for a Strange Country episode on purity culture. Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands Beaty, Katelyn. “O…

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Strange Country Ep. 260: History of Smiling 43:02

11M ago43:02

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Hey Readers! You know, you look a little tired. Maybe you should. . . smile? While you’re at it, take a listen to Beth and Kelly as we learn the history of the smile. You will learn that Kodak had more to do with why we smile for the camera and don’t look as miserable as we are. Smiles are a funny thing or are they? Are they really a creepy thing? …

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Strange Country Ep. 259: James Arthur Ray 56:48

12M ago56:48

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What is the main PSA of Strange Country? Trust your gut. Especially when self-proclaimed gurus tell you to suck it up inside a blistering hot sweat lodge. On this episode, cohosts Beth and Kelly discuss James Arthur Ray, another self-help platitude-spilling grifter, who hawked the law of attraction and The Secret, repackaged as Harmonic Wealth ™. H…

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