Beyond Reproach

Beyond Reproach

Beyond Reproach is a comedic history podcast about scandals and scandalousness in politics and government. Each episode, hosts Stephanie & Tux explore the sordid stories of America's past, all while drinking heavily, talking too much, and generally making fools of themselves. They hope that these stories entertain you, teach you a thing or two, and maybe even draw parallels between the mistakes of the past and the quagmire that is American politics today. read less
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Episodes

S5 Ep72: Team Hateful: Episode 72 (Anita Bryant's Save Our Children Campaign)
Jun 19 2023
S5 Ep72: Team Hateful: Episode 72 (Anita Bryant's Save Our Children Campaign)
Happy Pride y’all!! ‘Tis the season for gay scandals and gay scandalousness✨🏳️‍⚧️✨🏳️‍🌈✨🏳️‍⚧️✨🏳️‍🌈✨🏳️‍⚧️✨ In this episode, we have a light and summery classic that is one of our personal favs–the Aperol Spritz. This easy, quintessentially Italian cocktail’s American popularity peaked in the 70s, the era of STEPHANIE’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ In honor of Pride, STEPHANIE sheds a light on Anita Bryant and how her Save Our Children campaign birthed Florida's current LGBTQIA culture war on education.  We 🥂to rightwing Americans symbolically using care for children as a weapon to move discussions away from liberty and justice for all to instead focus on what is in best interest of a child's education, which just so happens to maintain the status quo.  Anita Bryant getting the pie in the face she deserved: Anita Bryant's Pie to the Face - www.NBCUniversalArchives.com  ALSO DISCUSSED: F*ck them kids, gay bullshit, OUIJA board, choose your own adventure toast, Golden Girls, gassing up the youth, Agent Orange, no seasonings, gay citrus, the nerve, gall & gumption, The Third Wheel FM podcast, My Little Corner of the World by Connie Smith, Adam & Steve, Thomas Lawrence Higgins, Gen Z, god’s will, doing the white lady, Bob’s Burger, land of make-believe, dick scurvy, and be gay do crime! For source information on each scandal and to peruse our online shop: SITE  🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/ 🐦 - https://twitter.com/ReproachBeyond 👤 - https://www.facebook.com/beyondreproachpod/ 📌 - https://www.reddit.com/user/Tux_n_Steph Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all! Tell 2 friends while you are at it! PATREON If you want to throw us a couple nickels that we can throw at Thomas, our new sound editor. 💰 - https://www.patreon.com/beyondreproach   TIPS Love the show and wanna show some random love? Venmo Tip Jar: @Beyond_Reproach OUR SPONSORS If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com
S5 Ep71: Butt Stuff: Episode 71 (Masquerade Laws and the Three Article Rule)
Jun 5 2023
S5 Ep71: Butt Stuff: Episode 71 (Masquerade Laws and the Three Article Rule)
Happy Pride y’all!! In this episode, we are drinking a fruity, ornamental crushed ice concoction is called the Brandy Cobbler. This scaled down simple recipe was super popular in the 1850s the era of TUX’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ In honor of Pride, TUX sheds a light on Masquerade Laws. We 🥂to putting the disobedience back in civil disobedience! Support Drag performers and the LGBTQ+ community HERE: Support The Drag Defense Fund | American Civil Liberties Union  ALSO DISCUSSED: Gay shit, pegging, drag queen story hour, municipal police forces, gender inappropriateness, allowing one’s eyes to be different, Hashtag History podcast. TERFs, sassy walks, Target, Proud Month, drag ban, dick scurvy, and citrus’s woke agenda. For source information on each scandal and to peruse our online shop: SITE  🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/ 🐦 - https://twitter.com/ReproachBeyond 👤 - https://www.facebook.com/beyondreproachpod/ 📌 - https://www.reddit.com/user/Tux_n_Steph Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all! Tell 2 friends while you are at it! PATREON If you want to throw us a couple nickels that we can throw at Thomas, our new sound editor. 💰 - https://www.patreon.com/beyondreproach   TIPS Love the show and wanna show some random love? Venmo Tip Jar: @Beyond_Reproach OUR SPONSORS If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com
S5 Ep70: Pissing on Reagan's Grave Season: Episode 70 (The Plot to Intentionally Keep Hostages in Iran)
May 15 2023
S5 Ep70: Pissing on Reagan's Grave Season: Episode 70 (The Plot to Intentionally Keep Hostages in Iran)
In this episode, we are drinking a sexy cognac and rum based cocktail called Between the Sheets. This strong concoction is a twist on the Sidecar popularized at Harry’s Bar in the 80s, the era of TUX’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ TUX does a deep dive into the controversy surrounding the convenient timing of the end of the Iran Hostage Crisis with President Reagan’s inauguration in 1981. We 🥂to the adage “you are who you surround yourself with!”  ALSO DISCUSSED: Mario’s flat ass, the D, pissing on Reagan’s grave season, hold on to your butt, Bengazi-ing, October Surprise, drugs & akahol, The Third Wheel FM podcast, witting westles, the failing NYT, cowardliness, Yasser Arafat, and now that we found love, what are we going to do with it? For source information on each scandal and to peruse our online shop: SITE  🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/ 🐦 - https://twitter.com/ReproachBeyond 👤 - https://www.facebook.com/beyondreproachpod/ 📌 - https://www.reddit.com/user/Tux_n_Steph Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all! Tell 2 friends while you are at it! PATREON If you want to throw us a couple nickels that we can throw at our new sound editor. 💰 - https://www.patreon.com/beyondreproach   TIPS Love the show and wanna show some random love? Venmo Tip Jar: @Beyond_Reproach OUR SPONSORS If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com
S5 Ep66: Minisode 66: OSS Spy Tech
May 8 2023
S5 Ep66: Minisode 66: OSS Spy Tech
In last week’s scandal STEPHANIE mentioned the OSS or the Office of Strategic Service, the intelligence agency headed by Willian Donovan that was largely reorg’d into the CIA. In this mini she takes a look at their declassified spy tech from WWI. ALSO MENTIONED: Rosie, chamber wiring, cooks, Pearl Harbor, several many, Dr. Moriarty, straight men having brilliant ideas, paper bullets, Walmart, Herstory on the Rocks podcast, raising the roof, CIA museum, School of the Americas, Smang It, sausage quick energy, Operation Mongoose, Kodak, loose bowel movements, devil’s lettuce, Cuba, anthrax, NATO’s fascist clause, Tom Foolery, jazz cigarettes and STEFANIA. Lemme Smang It Video: LEMME SMANG IT- Yung Humma and Flynt Flossy (@RealFlyntFloss) Simpson’s reference The Simpsons - These wieners will give me the quick energy i need to escape! For more info about us and to peruse our online shop: SITE 🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/ 🐦 - https://twitter.com/ReproachBeyond 👤 - https://www.facebook.com/beyondreproachpod/ 📌 - https://www.reddit.com/user/Tux_n_Steph Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all! Tell 2 friends while you are at it! PATREON If you want to throw us a couple nickels that we can throw at Tim, our podfather and savior. 💰 - https://www.patreon.com/beyondreproach   OUR SPONSORS If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com
S5 Ep69: Concave Inverted A**: Episode 69 (Operation Gladio and more CIA f*ckery in Post-War Italy)
May 1 2023
S5 Ep69: Concave Inverted A**: Episode 69 (Operation Gladio and more CIA f*ckery in Post-War Italy)
In this episode of the podcast we sip on a delightfully tangy gin and champagne treat called the French 75. This cocktail, named in honor of the French 75-millimeter light field gun (a fast and deadly weapon used during WWI), was quite the hit in France in the late 40s and early 50s the time when STEPHANIE’s scandal would start in Italy and be pushed out to the rest of Europe. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ STEPHANIE sheds like on Gladio, the codename for the secret CIA-backed paramilitary network of “stay behinds” in Western Europe whose explicit goal was to activate in the event of a Soviet invasion but in reality was used in the event the working class grew too strong once again. We 🥂to doing fascists things with your friends! ALSO DISCUSSED: “Somebody” spun a yarn, brunch girlie gang, best mimosa recipe, Oliver Stone, gladiator, Western Front could never, concave inverted ass, capitalism’s invisible army, NATO, yo that’s crazy, tacos, someone has the the look they deserves, Hashtag History podcast, spremuta, School of Americas, fascist Big Brothers Big Sisters, nosey Italian, foreign aid, and the No Homers Club. For source information on each scandal and to peruse our online shop: SITE  🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/ 🐦 - https://twitter.com/ReproachBeyond 👤 - https://www.facebook.com/beyondreproachpod/ 📌 - https://www.reddit.com/user/Tux_n_Steph Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all! Tell 2 friends while you are at it! PATREON If you want to throw us a couple nickels that we can throw at Dev, our new sound editor. 💰 - https://www.patreon.com/beyondreproach   TIPS Love the show and wanna show some random love? Venmo Tip Jar: @Beyond_Reproach OUR SPONSORS If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com
S5 Ep68: Captain F*ck Sh*t: Episode 68 (CIA Meddling in Italy's First Election)
Apr 17 2023
S5 Ep68: Captain F*ck Sh*t: Episode 68 (CIA Meddling in Italy's First Election)
In this episode of the podcast we cheekily dedicate our cocktail to the lovely ladies of Hashtag History as we are imbibing on the precursor of the Negroni called the Americano! This simply refreshing cocktail was a bit hit with American tourists in Italy during the era of STEPHANIE’s scandal.  🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ STEPHANIE shines a light on the CIA’s role in Italy’s first election. We 🥂To foreign election interference being bad only when other nations do it but NBD when we do it. **Correction: Italy did have elected prime ministers starting in 1861** ALSO DISCUSSED: When in Rome, oh yes she better do, hilarious yokes, Casino Royale, WWII, being covered in shame, “strong” men, Il Duce, fuck Truman 4ever, patient zero, catching a fish thiiiiiis big, hot lava, Well…That’s Interesting podcast, Time Magazine, soul rolls, meme fails, middleclass fancy, Spike Lee joints, toned arms from gesturing, those assholes over there, and 100 year cycles. For source information on each scandal and to peruse our online shop: SITE  🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/ 🐦 - https://twitter.com/ReproachBeyond 👤 - https://www.facebook.com/beyondreproachpod/ 📌 - https://www.reddit.com/user/Tux_n_Steph Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all! Tell 2 friends while you are at it! PATREON If you want to throw us a couple nickels that we can throw at Dev, our new sound editor. 💰 - https://www.patreon.com/beyondreproach   TIPS Love the show and wanna show some random love? Venmo Tip Jar: @Beyond_Reproach OUR SPONSORS If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com
S5 Ep67: Too Fast Too Furious: Episode 67 (The Deadly Story of Wayne Wheeler and the Volstead Act)
Apr 3 2023
S5 Ep67: Too Fast Too Furious: Episode 67 (The Deadly Story of Wayne Wheeler and the Volstead Act)
We’re back BABY! In this episode of the podcast we are drinking a cocktail called the south side, a crisp gimlet adjacent drink that may become your new fav! This refreshingly herbal gin concoction is simple to make and easy to drink; its popularity ties into the era of TUX’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ TUX talks about prohibition, the time in the 1920s when the government tried to force us to quit drinking through the 18th amendment and a lesser known scandal about how Wayne Wheeler convinced the government to poison a popular source of bootleg liquor leading to the deaths of thousands of Americans. We 🥂 to the knowledge of too much power in the hands of too few hands is a terrifying combination. ALSO DISCUSSED: We did it Joe, Scam Goddess, Thomas our new narrator/editor, sleep deprivation, Roma, new editor, Stanley Tucci vibes, free shame pizzas, pitchforks, male only spaces, temperance, Good Times, oh no she better don’t, balls, Wheelerism, villainizing drag queens, white women rights, Captain Planet, Pinterest vision board, Edith Wilson, Welch’s, wet drinks, dinner parties, speedboats, crimin’, Eliot Ness, Maeby Fünke, and resting in piss. For source information on each scandal and to peruse our online shop: SITE  🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/ 🐦 - https://twitter.com/ReproachBeyond 👤 - https://www.facebook.com/beyondreproachpod/ 📌 - https://www.reddit.com/user/Tux_n_Steph Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all! Tell 2 friends while you are at it! PATREON If you want to throw us a couple nickels that we can throw at Dev, our new sound editor. 💰 - https://www.patreon.com/beyondreproach   TIPS Love the show and wanna show some random love? Venmo Tip Jar: @Beyond_Reproach OUR SPONSORS If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com
S5 Ep66: He Thought He Ate: Episode 66 (The Wild Story of Congressman Jim Traficant)
Feb 20 2023
S5 Ep66: He Thought He Ate: Episode 66 (The Wild Story of Congressman Jim Traficant)
On this episode of the podcast we are drinking a Kamikaze, the scaled up cocktail form of the very popular 80s shot. This bright and delicious concoction is basically a margarita with vodka and its popularity ties into the era of TUX’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ TUX regales us with the life and times of Jim Traficant, the controversial denim-clad congressman from Ohio. We 🥂 to the ol’ “I know you are but what am I” defense! ALSO DISCUSSED: Snapping, 31 being the new 12, Jesus Christ Superstar, Spotify wrapped, The Longaberger Basket Company, joining violence gangs, Coming to America, 3D chess, taking bribes vs Taking Bribes, Shared History podcast, denim suits, miniscule testicles, polyester, Tim Whatshisnuts, D.A.R.E, mess as facial filler, married white women letting us down, is he cute or tall and bonne nuit. For source information on each scandal and to peruse our online shop: SITE  🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/ 🐦 - https://twitter.com/ReproachBeyond 👤 - https://www.facebook.com/beyondreproachpod/ 📌 - https://www.reddit.com/user/Tux_n_Steph Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all! Tell 2 friends while you are at it! PATREON If you want to throw us a couple nickels that we can throw at Dev, our new sound editor. 💰 - https://www.patreon.com/beyondreproach   TIPS Love the show and wanna show some random love? Venmo Tip Jar: @Beyond_Reproach OUR SPONSORS If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com
S5 Ep65: Good Vibes Only: Episode 65 (The 504 Sit-In Disability Rights Protest)
Feb 6 2023
S5 Ep65: Good Vibes Only: Episode 65 (The 504 Sit-In Disability Rights Protest)
Happy Black History month! We are back on our regular bull**** y’all! We are drinking a drink that originated with a viral practical joke in 1874 called the Tom Collins. Though this crisp, classic gin cocktail was still popular a hundred years after the fact, the era of STEPHANIE’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ STEPHANIE’s scandal is the protest known as the 504 Sit-ins, the longest non-violent occupation of a federal building in US history. We 🥂 to forcing Democrats to do the right thing because it is not their natural inclination to do so. **Please note an edit error clipped what “HEW” stands for: the Department of Health Education Welfare** ALSO DISCUSSED: STEPHANIE’s Bald no more, microblading, TUX’s visits Colombia, guerilla marketing, red hot stove, the late great Mayor George Moscone, good vibes only, good deeds, eugenics, clear air act, dat ass, the Third Wheel FM Podcast, maintaining the status quo, queer women, camping, the FBI FBIing, sex elevator, Salvation Army, McDonalds, white nights, Black Panther Party, collective action, fake bombs, curb cuts, ADA, quarter waters, sodie, and tennis shoes. For source information on each scandal and to peruse our online shop: SITE  🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/ 🐦 - https://twitter.com/ReproachBeyond 👤 - https://www.facebook.com/beyondreproachpod/ 📌 - https://www.reddit.com/user/Tux_n_Steph Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all! Tell 2 friends while you are at it! PATREON If you want to throw us a couple nickels that we can throw at Dev, our new sound editor. 💰 - https://www.patreon.com/beyondreproach   TIPS Love the show and wanna show some random love? Venmo Tip Jar: @Beyond_Reproach OUR SPONSORS If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com
S5 Ep64: Capitalists Are Gonna Capitalist: Episode 64 (The Explosive History of the Ford Pinto)
Jan 16 2023
S5 Ep64: Capitalists Are Gonna Capitalist: Episode 64 (The Explosive History of the Ford Pinto)
We are back with another very special episode, we are graced by the presence of the brilliant hosts of the Hashtag History podcast, Rachel and Leah.  In this episode, we are drinking a simple vodka-based cocktail named after the infamous bus company called the Greyhound that features grapefruit juice. This bright and tart concoction’s popularity matches the era of HASHTAG HISTORY’s scandal. 🍸 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/the-cocktails/ HASHTAG HISTORY’s scandal is an expose on the Ford Pinto’s explosive history. We 🥂 in remembrance for the people who lost their life as a result of American corruption and capitalism first and foremost but also to be able to endure the retelling of this shameful event. ALSO DISCUSSED: Chappaquiddick, DisneyLand, Titanic, Campari, bananas, corruption, cost benefit analysis, 2020, capitalism, Shared History podcast, profits over people, frivolous lawsuits, 11 dollars, McDonald’s, corporations corporationing, Mother Jones, and adjacent mess. For more information on HASHTAG HISTORY: Hashtag History is a podcast for both History Nerds and History Haters alike where we dive each week into History's greatest stories of controversy, conspiracy, and corruption. For source information on each scandal and to peruse our online shop: SITE  🌐 - https://www.beyondreproachpod.com/ SOCIALS 📸 - https://www.instagram.com/beyondreproachpod/ 🐦 - https://twitter.com/ReproachBeyond 👤 - https://www.facebook.com/beyondreproachpod/ 📌 - https://www.reddit.com/user/Tux_n_Steph Don’t forget to rate, review, & subscribe y’all! Tell 2 friends while you are at it! PATREON If you want to throw us a couple nickels that we can throw at Dev, our new sound editor. 💰 - https://www.patreon.com/beyondreproach   TIPS Love the show and wanna show some random love? Venmo Tip Jar: @Beyond_Reproach OUR SPONSORS If you would like to sponsor the podcast, please get in touch with us at BeyondReproachPod@gmail.com