Overshadowed Podcast
Overshadowed is a podcast about the siblings and spouses of people who changed the world. Have you ever felt overlooked or irrelevant because of your sibling’s accomplishments? How do you think Asia Booth felt after her brother assassinated Abraham Lincoln? Pretty bad! It overtook her life, and she even wrote a memoir trying to humanize John. ”He was so nice to everyone, I have no idea how this could’ve happened!” kind of stuff. Check out episode one to learn more (and try to overlook its ”episode 1” elements.) Siblings we’ve covered include: Nannerl Mozart, Theo Van Gogh, Marc ”Cage” Coppola, Joseph Bonaparte, and many more. We also cover spouses who (typically...) prop up their loved ones, like George Putnam (Amelia Earhart) and Lady Bird Johnson (Lyndon B. Johnson), although in grim cases like Cleopatra and Albert Einstein, those spouses don’t fare so well. This podcast is hosted by comedians Zach Russell and Charles Engle so chill out. Suggestions for siblings/spouses/weird stories? Write to us overshadowedpod@gmail.com Patreon for standup sets,roast battles, bonus episodes, and more!
Episodes
Zach and Charles talk American Revolution with Harshil Shukla in this episode about Sam and John Adams. One's a fiery late-blooming behind-the-scenes ugly batman and the other's a learned fat president who loves his naked morning strolls.
Featuring: Sam Adam's grave, boufing tea, a lot of anti-Hancock rhetoric and more. A failure until 41 years old, "Sam" is someone we can all look to to excuse our failings as simply laying the gro...
Zach crashes a wedding and swims with alligators. Charles struggles to sell exercise equipment to the one percent. We also discuss Drake Bell, Israel, TikTok ban, Jeff Jackson, and how to lie your way into free drinks.
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APPLICATIONS ARE STILL OPEN for experiencing solar eclipse totality with Cory Russell April 8, 2024 in a Lake Placid airbnb. Submit resume/picture to overshadowedpod@gmail.com.
This week, we welcome Cory Russell, Zach's actual brother, for a little bro show where Cory makes a play for thematic consistency and pisses Zach off. This week, we tackle clouds, shadows, autism, homelessness, bigfoot, Medusa, and the biggest shadow our Ear...
We're back with our coldest episode yet, covering North America's most overshadowed gold rush - the Yukon/Klondike - that spanned 1896-1899 and yielded MORE GOLD than the California gold rush, which lasted twice as long. Featuring: outdoorsy gambling addicts, deadbeat dads, lady-yeast, the boom town of Dawson, a scamming willy wonka type, and what we think is too many dead horses.
The Klondike Stampede saw 100,000 inexperienced h...
No jokes this week, just important causes: post-9/11 awareness campaigns, hate-free "smear the queer" alternatives, and tips for maintaining male friendships. Also, if anyone knows any touring 21-year-olds who want 2 all around good guys in their roster, drop us a line: overshadowedpod@gmail.com
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Recorded Sept 2023, I'm a pos.
Produced by Za...
This week we welcome the very funny, pseudo-comedian Megan Baniewicz to Overshadowed to discuss being homeschooled (TX), the grace period of early 20's-hood slowly trickling away, getting away with Club Penguin, & much more.
Also featured on this episode is Megan's very funny, definitively-comedian sister, Caroline Baniewicz!: A singer. A comic. A woman. A triple threat.
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PART 2! We dive right into Lyndon B. Johnson's reasons for departing from his racist southern past and how Lady Bird pushed him to run for elected office. We end with his hog shower, so if you're keen on hearing about that, skip to the last 10 minutes.
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This week, we're covering Lyndon B. Johnson's wife, "Lady Bird" Johnson, an incredibly intelligent and successful woman in her own right. Not only was she the *first* President's wife to earn well over $1,000,000 before becoming First Lady, she also prevented our nation's highways from growing littered with billboards & rubble, and inspired Lyndon's presidential career. Without her, he might never have run in the first place. ...
This week, Nick gets picked last in a co-ed game of capture the flag, we meet the saddest woman in Pennsylvania, and Zach struggles to be a mean jerk while Nick and Charles excel at the artform. In the end, we can all agree you're filthy perverts.
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This week we welcome the vastly overqualified & hilarious Matisyahu Nissim to talk about Vincent Van Gogh's younger brother, Theo - a historically significant and successful art dealer in his own right - who supports Vincent financially, professionally, and emotionally through Vincent's life of turmoil. Special shoutout to Theo's wife who stayed with him throughout the syphilis - Johanna Bonger! - without whom we would have nev...
Let's cut straight to chase/moral of the story: BEWARE THE ABYSS. This week, Zach & Charles discuss the troubled life of Theodore Roosevelt's younger brother Elliott Roosevelt, who shared a fate similar to that of Rosemary Kennedy after an illegitimate child with a chambermaid 'threatens' TR's run at the Presidency... Or does it? Please write in to overshadowedpod@gmail.com with your thoughts on Venus as our new producer.
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WOO-EEEE this ep is a hot one! Setback Zach returns with a weekend of misery, Charles gets clamboozled at Chowderfest, and discuss how to get away with peeing a little on your pants.
Have a suggestion for someone we should cover or have a follow-up question/correction from one of the episodes? Write in! overshadowedpod@gmail.com Check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Recorded June 2023 And follow us ...
This is a small segment from this week's Patreon, where we talk about Silence Dogood letters.
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This week! We cover James Franklin, Ben's older brother and print master who beats him until he truly understands what it means to be antivax.
Have a suggestion for someone we should cover or have a follow-up question/correction from one of the episodes? Write in! overshadowedpod@gmail.com
Check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Recorded May 2023 And follow us on social media! https://linktr.ee/...Hot ep this week! Silverback Zach faces off against the Poolking, Charles prevents man-r*pe, and several minor characters vomit. Charles pees no fewer than 6 times.
Have a suggestion for someone we should cover or have a follow-up question/correction from one of the episodes? Write in! overshadowedpod@gmail.com Check out the Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/overshadowedpodcast Recorded April 2023. And follow us on social medi...
This week, Zach gets crunched by a Porsche, and the boys explain the unexpected rise and fatal fall of Marie Antoinette, featuring: luxury binges, a horny bishops, scheming half-bloods, prostitute doppelgängers, HSBIC's, and a very expensive diamond necklace. Long live Freedom Pod.
Have a suggestion for someone we should cover or have a follow-up question/correction from one of the episodes? Write in! overshadowedpod@gmail.com
...Back on our sibling grind! We're covering Louis Stanislas XVIII, who unlike his brother, King Louis XVI, avoided decapitation during the French Revolution and returned to France after decades living in exile to restore the monarchy. We really studied for this one folks... If you're in school and have an exam about the French Rev., after listening to this episode, you'll at least get a 65%. Pretty good!
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