Ever realize something that everyone else in the world has already realized, but you feel the need to make mention of it anyway? You have to add that whole "not an original observation" caveat to keep from getting made fun of? I had that this week when I listened to a cassette tape of Alanis Morissette's classic 1995 album "Jagged Little Pill." I don't know that I'd ever listened to it start to finish before. I realized, damn, this record has a lot of hits! Like, every song practically! Like, you figure you're getting All I Really Want and You Oughtta Know right up top, then Hand In My Pocket hits, and you're already having a hell of a time, then in the latter half, you get You Learn followed by Head Over Feet? And two songs later you get Ironic? Impossible. What a legend. Maybe that's why none of her other records ever did as well, she wrote a career's worth of bangers on one album. I think every car ride with my mom between the ages of 3 and 10 featured at least one song on the radio from that album. This has nothing to do with anything in the episode, but it's been a thing in my life I felt was worth mentioning. I've also been housing so much coffee I have an eye twitch. Many things to think about going forward.
This week we start off with a listener email and a breakdown of the opening weekend in the NFL Then, three tales of guys from all over the world, featuring a legendary Australian outlaw, an Irish town drunk who was damn near invincible, and an obnoxious aristocrat who faced steep consequences for trying to sabotage Magellan's voyage.
Moondyne Joe- 30:07
Michael Malloy- 1:03:33
Juan de Cartagena- 1:26:40
