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<p>SOUND CREDIT: The Chamber Stage (YouTube)</p><p>Support the boys (Thomas Vanek & Richard Sinex) and I on YouTube:</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@hemlock-yt</p><p>Because someone will ask: the Nixon tape is from Feb...
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Bad Role Models
Hosted by William Engels and Richard Sinex · history · EN-US
About this Podcast:
A fair but irreverent look at some of our most dubious cultural heroes. Written and performed by Richard Sinex (CIA, FBI, ex-NATO Special Forces, Space Force, and Miramax Studios) and William Engels (History of Philosophy Audio Archive).
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What is Bad Role Models about?
A fair but irreverent look at some of our most dubious cultural heroes. Written and performed by Richard Sinex (CIA, FBI, ex-NATO Special Forces, Space Force, and Miramax Studios) and William Engels (History of Philosophy Audio Archive).
Who hosts Bad Role Models?
Bad Role Models is hosted by William Engels and Richard Sinex. The show has published 14 episodes to date.
What has Bad Role Models covered recently?
Recent episodes include "SAURON INCORPORATED: A Corporate History of Palantir Part 1: Peter Thiel Crawls Out of an Apartheid-Era Uranium Mine and into the White House" (12 December 2025, 111 minutes), "Duuuuuuuuune (Part 2) - Thomas and Richard Melt Will's Spice-Dusted Brain with Frank Herbert's Cursed Lore [BRM9]" (13 November 2025, 133 minutes), and "Duuuuuuuuune (Part 1) - Thomas and Richard Melt Will's Spice-Dusted Brain with Frank Herbert's Cursed Lore [BRM8]" (1 November 2025, 114 minutes).
How often does Bad Role Models publish?
Bad Role Models publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 135 minutes across 14 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Bad Role Models?
Booking probability for Bad Role Models is 19%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Bad Role Models requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Bad Role Models's contact route on record: verified email.
About the host
William Engels and Richard Sinex hosts Bad Role Models, a history podcast with 14 episodes published.
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Bad Role Models
Duuuuuuuuune (Part 2) - Thomas and Richard Melt Will's Spice-Dusted Brain with Frank Herbert's Cursed Lore [BRM9]
Nov 13, 20252h 13mS0<p>Worm gods, ayahuasca babies, megadeath, the conquest of the universe, gross protuberances, white saviors, seeing the future, declining immortality, accepting immortality, liberating the universe, and most...
Bad Role Models
Duuuuuuuuune (Part 1) - Thomas and Richard Melt Will's Spice-Dusted Brain with Frank Herbert's Cursed Lore [BRM8]
Nov 1, 20251h 54mS0<p>He who can destroy a thing (Will's sanity) controls a thing.</p><p>On this episode, Thomas and Richard flap their hands and shriek for 2 hours about Dune and Dune: Messiah lore. If you've only seen the movies (Will)...
Oct 26, 20251h 26mS0<p>Paul Thomas Anderson made this when he was 28. So did Richard and Will.</p><p>A celebration of the greatest movie of our greatest living director. Hats off to you, man.</p><p>advisory: child abuse, self-harm...
Oct 6, 20252h 49mS0<p>Keep this work free for everyone and unlock my entire corpus for $5 per month on Patreon!</p><p>Samuel Mathers is Bane, not Wolverine.</p><p>People Mentioned:</p><p>Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers</p><p>H. P...
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Oct 1, 20252h 40mS0<p>Kick in on Patreon to support the both of us!</p><p>This is the new work.</p><p>Movies:</p><p>The Master (2012)</p><p>There Will Be Blood (2007)</p><p>Magnolia (1999)</p><p>Boogie Nights...
Sep 26, 20252h 4mS0<p>Come join the Patreon!</p><p>https://patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreon</p><p>The best version of Musashi in English that I have found is the book The Complete Musashi translated by Alexander Bennett, which is available...
Sep 15, 20251h 10mS0<p>A truly decadent and indulgent episode for the genuinely twisted wordheads and storyfreaks still crawling on all fives. Cheers, you beautiful bastards.</p><p>Music by Anapse, track Bisector off Streamsafe...
Sep 15, 20252h 6mS0<p>With special guest Deputy Dick filling in (for) Richard Sinex.</p><p>Music by Anapse, track Bisector off Streamsafe Essentials</p><p>--Books--</p><p>Hells Angels by Hunter S Thompson</p><p>Fear and Loathing in Las...
Aug 12, 20252h 39mS0<p>Now It's Dark. </p><p>Advisory: This episode contains potentially upsetting discussions of child sexual abuse/violence as well as addiction and human trafficking.</p><p>Music Credit: Twin Peaks Theme (Cover) by...
Aug 7, 20252h 25mS0<p>Now It's Dark. </p><p>Advisory: This episode contains potentially upsetting discussions of child sexual abuse/violence as well as addiction and human trafficking.</p><p>Music Credit: Twin Peaks Theme (Cover) by Dehli...
Aug 4, 20251h 55mS0<p>Patreon support:</p><p>patreon.com/c/hemlockpatreon</p><p>Podcast Sources (AI Generated, May Contain Errors):</p><p>Ada Lovelace</p><p>Source: Wikipedia: Ada Lovelace</p><p>Summary: Ada Lovelace was an English...
Jul 21, 20252h 5mS0<p>It's not easy being a gay brain-sex icon and a straight brain-sex icon at the same time but ya boi Byron did it. Part 1 of 2.</p><p>Support the show and get ad-free content on Patreon</p><p>Also, I decided Richard...
Jul 21, 20254h 15mS1<p>Bhagwan Richard and I explore the life, mind, and times of a certain Raj Rajneesh, AKA Bhagwan Sri Rajneesh, AKA Osho, AKA FBI's most wanted guru.</p><p>Support the Show on Patreon!</p><p>References and...
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