We're kicking off the second season of the Dirty Bits with Scotty Bowers, the guy who got it on with everyone in Hollywood (ladies and gents) for almost 4 decades while playing matchmaker/pimp to the stars.

Albert Einstein

Sep 5th, 2017 20m 23s

xAs Einstein scholar John Stachel says, “Too much of an idol was made of Einstein. He’s not an idol—he’s a human, and that’s much more interesting." The physicist was quite the cad….guilty of numerous acts of hanky panky with a slew of ladies..

Marie Curie

May 23rd, 2017 18m 5s

Maria Skłodowska, more commonly known by her French name as Marie Curie, is mostly known for her groundbreaking work in radioactivity and being a fierce bitch on wheels.

Catherine the Great

Apr 13th, 2017 19m 30s

Catherine the Great had a string of affairs with handsome young men, was called sexually insatiable, a nymphomaniac and allegedly got it on with a stallion. While many urban legends and conflicting opinions from historians are tied to her name,

Ramon Novarro – Classic Hollywood

Feb 20th, 2018 21m 14s

Jose Ramon Gil Samaniego, better known as Ramon Novarro, was a Mexican actor who graced the stage, movie theater, and tv sets with his presence. He started out in silent film in 1917 and grew up to become 1920’s Jake Gyllenhaal.

Spencer Tracy Part 2– Classic Hollywood

Feb 13th, 2018 14m 57s

We left off last week with Spency finally getting recognition in Hollywood while he was boozing it up and shacking up with a grip of women who weren’t his wife...

Spencer Tracy Part 1 – Classic Hollywood

Feb 6th, 2018 18m 44s

He was versatile and effortlessly talented. Tracy was nominated for nine academy awards out of the 75 he appeared in and was the winner of two for best actor. He was also a raging alcoholic, womanizer, pissy little hot head obsessed with death

Errol Flynn – Classic Hollywood

Jan 30th, 2018 17m 24s

Errol Flynn is known best for his romantic, adventurous, ruffian type roles in his films. What he’s less well known for is being a skeevy creep who could have given Weinstein a run for his money.

Greta Garbo Part 3 – Classic Hollywood

Jan 23rd, 2018 18m 39s

Last week, we found out that while Greta Garbo never married, she was in plenty of relationships. This biographer Barry Paris wrote this book called, “Garbo” and he’s like, “Ok, there is so much gay shit about this woman. I’m pretty sure she da

Greta Garbo Part 2 – Classic Hollywood

Jan 16th, 2018 21m 32s

Last week we learned about Greta Garbo’s lightning fast rise to fame. She was a huge, profitable star, and had just been wooed back into a contract with MGM when they allowed her to portray King Cristina on screen. After that, things started ge

Greta Garbo Part 1 – Classic Hollywood

Jan 9th, 2018 19m 51s

Greta Garbo wasn’t a name that was unfamiliar to me. I’ve been passionate about film and entertainment my entire life so I naturally knew about the famed ice queen who made the rare, successful transition from silent film to talkies.

Season Two – An Introduction From Tawny

Nov 21st, 2017 3m 24s

Hollywood has been rocked by horrific sex scandals in the last few years. Bill Cosby, Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, and possibly others reminded everyone how the culture of Hollywood protects predators and erases truths. Things like Statutory

Genghis Khan - Controversial Characters

Oct 26th, 2017 20m 17s

Genghis Khan was the founder of the largest contiguous empire in history after his death. He practiced meritocracy, was religiously tolerant and unified the nomadic tribes of Northeast Asia. He’s also notorious for Dothraki like cruelty, is co

Fidel Castro - Controversial Characters

Oct 17th, 2017 29m 31s

His first name is derived from the Latin word meaning “faithful” which is pretty ironic when you’re accused of sleeping with 35,000 women over the course of your life.

Mao Zedong - Controversial Characters

Oct 10th, 2017 21m 47s

Mao Zedong is easily one of the most controversial figures in history. His physician also released a book that claimed the chairman engaged in many (MANY) scandalous and salacious acts before his passing in 1976.

Taking on the Tudors Part 3 - The Final Chapter

Oct 3rd, 2017 20m 16s

In the final episode of our mini series "Taking on the Tudors," we explore all the sexy secrets, rumors and intrigue surrounding the perhaps not so virginal Queen Elizabeth I of England.

S1E21 Taking on the Tudors: Part II – Things Get Complicated

Sep 26th, 2017 47m 28s

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S1E20 Taking on the Tudors: The Beginning

Sep 12th, 2017 23m 55s

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Elagabalus

Aug 29th, 2017 19m 52s

We’re taking it way back to ancient Rome, where every name is fun to say and much of the history is composed of hearsay, rumors and downright bullshit.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Aug 22nd, 2017 20m 15s

Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century. One of the main players behind the Enlightenment in not only France, but all across Europe.But this is the Dirty Bits- so we’re more interested in the fact that he loved being span

S1E17 Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Aug 22nd, 2017 24m 19s

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James Joyce

Aug 15th, 2017 16m 17s

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce was born February 2, 1882. But he went by James Joyce. He’s also responsible for creating some of the smuttiest, porniest, scatalogical and ass fetish-y letters I’ve ever read.

Julie d’Aubigny

Aug 8th, 2017 15m 40s

The myth, the legend, the subject of plays, memes, and a French TV series. Julie d’Aubigny was basically Arya Stark with a little Miley Cyrus streak and some Ronda Rousey sprinkles on top.

Philippe I Duke of Orleans

Aug 1st, 2017 22m 12s

His title was Philippe I, Duke of Orleans but as the younger brother of the king, he was known simply as Monsieur. He also had many, many boyfriends and frequently crossed dressed.