Weird Little Guys

Weird Little Guys 2025 Q&A

Molly answers your weird little questions and shares her personal conspiracy theory about who tried and failed to assassinate a nazi in 1967. Sources: Donald Horton and Richard Wohl, 'Mass Communication and Parasocial Interaction: Observations on Intimacy at a Distance', Psychiatry 19: 215-29, 1956 https://www.participations.org/03-01-04-horton.pdf [https://www.participations.org/03-01-04-horton.pdf] Nadora, Mikhaela, "Parasocial Relationships with Podcast Hosts" (2019). University Honors Theses. Paper 771. https://doi.org/10.15760/honors.789 [https://doi.org/10.15760/honors.789] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Magic Beans

In 2017, a man showed up at the emergency room and confessed that he'd accidentally poisoned himself with homemade ricin. He was federally charged with possessing a biological agent, but his case was dismissed on almost unbelievable technicality. But he's not the only man who thinks he can create the perfect weapon from nothing but a handful of beans. Original Air Date: 7.31.25 Sources: https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional/ajc-watchdog-north-man-arrested-for-ricin-radicalized-online/wdxws9G7zMmaUDmm22njYK/ [https://www.ajc.com/news/state--regional/ajc-watchdog-north-man-arrested-for-ricin-radicalized-online/wdxws9G7zMmaUDmm22njYK/] https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-perfect-poison-ricin-used-in-3-recent-cases/ [https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/the-perfect-poison-ricin-used-in-3-recent-cases/] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17023504/united-states-v-jordan/ [https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/17023504/united-states-v-jordan/] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6378803/united-states-v-siers-hill/ [https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6378803/united-states-v-siers-hill/] https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6293428/united-states-v-gibbs/ [https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/6293428/united-states-v-gibbs/] Melissa Abbes, Marc Montana, Christophe Curti, Patrice Vanelle. Ricin poisoning: A review on contamination source, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and reporting of ricin poisoning. Toxicon, Volume 195, 2021 Tucker, Jonathan B. “Dilemmas of a Dual-Use Technology: Toxins in Medicine and Warfare.” Politics and the Life Sciences, vol. 13, no. 1, 1994, pp. 51–62 Bergen, Peter, et al. “Key Trends in Terrorism.” Terrorism in America 18 Years After 9/11, New America, 2019, pp. 45–50 Leo J. Schep, Wayne A. Temple, Grant A. Butt, Michael D. Beasley. Ricin as a weapon of mass terror — Separating fact from fiction. Environment International, Volume 35, Issue 8, 2009 https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/us/ricin-terrorism-plot-sentencing.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/15/us/ricin-terrorism-plot-sentencing.html] https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/cfr [https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/cfr] https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscode [https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscode] https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/744 [https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/744] https://thebulletin.org/2013/06/barely-lethal/ [https://thebulletin.org/2013/06/barely-lethal/] https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6020875&page=1 [https://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/story?id=6020875&page=1] https://slate.com/technology/2012/01/white-powder-hoaxes-a-trend-in-fake-terrorism.html [https://slate.com/technology/2012/01/white-powder-hoaxes-a-trend-in-fake-terrorism.html] https://www.justice.gov/archive/tax/usaopress/2002/txdv02091.html [https://www.justice.gov/archive/tax/usaopress/2002/txdv02091.html] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-49434687 [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-devon-49434687] https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/22/woman-poison-plot-mother-breaking-bad-court [https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/sep/22/woman-poison-plot-mother-breaking-bad-court] https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/breaking-bad-inspired-georgetown-student-charged-ricin [https://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/breaking-bad-inspired-georgetown-student-charged-ricin] https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34288380 [https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-34288380] USAMRIID’s MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF BIOLOGICAL CASUALTIES HANDBOOK, Ninth Edition https://usamriid.health.mil/assets/docs/training/USAMRIIDs_Blue_Book_9th_edition_PDF_format.pdf [https://usamriid.health.mil/assets/docs/training/USAMRIIDs_Blue_Book_9th_edition_PDF_format.pdf] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

The Lost Episode: Nazis for Ron Paul: Curtis Maynard, Pt. 2

In 2007, a white nationalist known for his addiction to causing drama claimed he saw Ron Paul at a nazi supper club. Ron Paul supporters, including those on nazi message boards, pushed back. The feud that ensued led to Curtis Maynard's fall from grace as a holocaust denial blogger - he'd been keeping a secret from his readers. Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/politics/ron-paul-disowns-extremists-views-but-doesnt-disavow-the-support.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/26/us/politics/ron-paul-disowns-extremists-views-but-doesnt-disavow-the-support.html] https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hate-watch/ron-pauls-new-organization-reportedly-stacked-extremists/ [https://www.splcenter.org/resources/hate-watch/ron-pauls-new-organization-reportedly-stacked-extremists/] https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jan/16/guiltbyassociation [https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2008/jan/16/guiltbyassociation] https://web.archive.org/web/20071226150527/themedium.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/the-ron-paul-vid-lash/ [https://web.archive.org/web/20071226150527/themedium.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/12/24/the-ron-paul-vid-lash/] https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/pageoneplus/corrections.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/27/pageoneplus/corrections.html] https://web.archive.org/web/20071221222229/http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=28341_Neo-Nazis_Say-_Ron_Paul_is_One_of_Us&only [https://web.archive.org/web/20071221222229/http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=28341_Neo-Nazis_Say-_Ron_Paul_is_One_of_Us&only] https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2018/10/01/alleged-white-nationalist-peter-gemma-resigns-from-sarasota-gop-executive-committee/9732609007/ [https://www.heraldtribune.com/story/news/local/sarasota/2018/10/01/alleged-white-nationalist-peter-gemma-resigns-from-sarasota-gop-executive-committee/9732609007/] https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/04/07/for-holocaust-denier-theres-no-telling/057d4471-7668-4bf2-ba59-6e7f9666bb18/ [https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2005/04/07/for-holocaust-denier-theres-no-telling/057d4471-7668-4bf2-ba59-6e7f9666bb18/] http://new.wymaninstitute.org/2004/12/former-senior-aide-to-pat-buchanan-spoke-at-holocaust-deniers-meeting/ [http://new.wymaninstitute.org/2004/12/former-senior-aide-to-pat-buchanan-spoke-at-holocaust-deniers-meeting/] https://www.mediamatters.org/white-nationalism/white-nationalist-writer-peter-gemma-resigns-sarasota-gop-executive-committee [https://www.mediamatters.org/white-nationalism/white-nationalist-writer-peter-gemma-resigns-sarasota-gop-executive-committee] https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/conservativism-and-foreign-policy/182250 https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/conservativism-and-foreign-policy/182250 [https://www.c-span.org/program/public-affairs-event/conservativism-and-foreign-policy/182250] https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/world/americas/21iht-hate.4.17140643.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/world/americas/21iht-hate.4.17140643.html [https://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/21/world/americas/21iht-hate.4.17140643.html]  https://roanoke.com/news/local/nazi-leader-bill-white----in-his-own-words/article_7e5c7e03-bdcf-5542-a6be-0433ba2d7aee.html [https://roanoke.com/news/local/nazi-leader-bill-white----in-his-own-words/article_7e5c7e03-bdcf-5542-a6be-0433ba2d7aee.html]  https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/assault-gets-even-ugliercontroversy-escalates-over-sexual-violence-campus/  [https://www.thenation.com/article/archive/assault-gets-even-ugliercontroversy-escalates-over-sexual-violence-campus/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: Revisionist History Riverboat Cruise: Curtis Maynard, Pt. 1

This episode originally ran on January 23, 2025. The second half of the story had to be taken down a few weeks later. That episode has now been rewritten and re-recorded. Before you listen to the newly released version of the lost episode, here's the original part one to refresh your memory. ------ In 2010, a rising star in the small world of holocaust denial blogging murdered his ex-wife and then took his own life. This first chapter of his story follows his path from a troubled career as a registered nurse to his growing fame as a white supremacist blogger. Sources: https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Lawyer-Lake-Jackson-murder-suicide-followed-1710794.php [https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Lawyer-Lake-Jackson-murder-suicide-followed-1710794.php] http://www.thenation.com/article/arrows-war [http://www.thenation.com/article/arrows-war] https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/americas-promise-ministries/ [https://www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/americas-promise-ministries/] https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/proclamation-5555-national-hungarian-freedom-fighters-day-1986 [https://www.reaganlibrary.gov/archives/speech/proclamation-5555-national-hungarian-freedom-fighters-day-1986] https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/view/Szittyakurt_USAHUN_1986/?pg=39&layout=s [https://library.hungaricana.hu/en/view/Szittyakurt_USAHUN_1986/?pg=39&layout=s]  https://www.bocskairadio.org/en/an-interview-with-akos-l-nagy-president-of-the-american-hungarian-federation/ [https://www.bocskairadio.org/en/an-interview-with-akos-l-nagy-president-of-the-american-hungarian-federation/] Katalin Hasulyó-Pintz. Doctoral dissertation, Identity Preservation and Diaspora Relations in the USA: the Hungarian Community of New Brunswick, New Jersey. Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest 2020 https://collections.ushmm.org/oh_findingaids/RG-50.573.0005_tcn_en.pdf [https://collections.ushmm.org/oh_findingaids/RG-50.573.0005_tcn_en.pdf] https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1465015471074263044.html https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1465015471074263044.html [https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1465015471074263044.html] https://www.yadvashem.org/docs/international-commission-on-romania-holocaust.html [https://www.yadvashem.org/docs/international-commission-on-romania-holocaust.html] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

CZM Rewind: An Accidental Nazi Rally

In 2017, an anti-Muslim nonprofit crowd-sourced the organization of a nationwide series of rallies. Many of the people who stepped up to help turned out to be well known white supremacists. Original Air Date: 2.13.25 Sources: https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2017/05/portland_suspect_in_2_slayings.html [https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2017/05/portland_suspect_in_2_slayings.html] https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/27/portland-double-murder-white-supremacist-muslim-hate-speech [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/27/portland-double-murder-white-supremacist-muslim-hate-speech] https://islamophobia.org/special-reports/the-hate-that-act-for-america-wrought/ [https://islamophobia.org/special-reports/the-hate-that-act-for-america-wrought/] https://islamophobia.org/islamophobic-organizations/act-for-america/ [https://islamophobia.org/islamophobic-organizations/act-for-america/] https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidnoriega/meet-the-charming-terrifying-face-of-the-anti-islam-lobby [https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/davidnoriega/meet-the-charming-terrifying-face-of-the-anti-islam-lobby] https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/americas-most-anti-muslim-activist-is-welcome-at-the-white-house/520323/ [https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/03/americas-most-anti-muslim-activist-is-welcome-at-the-white-house/520323/] See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.