Each week history enthusiasts Matt Cooper and Joel Benner bring you the dirt behind iconic people, places, and things. Nothing is sacred, and no one is safe. No matter how well you think you know a subject, it's always way more complicated than you initially thought.
If you think the Nazi's were Naughty, wait until you get a load of these kinky bastards.
Captain Phillips is probably the most incompetent Captain that ever lived. #Captainphillips #iconoblast
After partying for 4 days in Miami, it only made sense to talk about the infamous Miami drug lord, "The Cocaine Godmother," Griselda Blanco. #thecocainegodmother #griseldablanco #miamidruglord
Coop and Joel tell the stories of 3 infamous moonshiners: Who's passion for hooch, passed down from generation to generation, withstood the test of time, drove fast and left the cops in their dust, on their quest for the American Dream.
John Wick 1-4, The Wire, Oz, Lost, Always Sunny - These are just a few of the movies and tv shows that Lance made better. Come with Coop, Joel, and Adam as we drink in Lance's name, and remember what he has left behind.
Alcohol may be addictive, but how many times has it saved lives? Joel and Coop talk about the history of Alcohol, the "double-edged-sword" that has changed the course of the human race for good and evil.
Iconoblast Epitaphs 1 Coop and Joel are joined by Adam Hester to talk about the late and great Tom Sizemore. #tomsizemore #savingprivateryan #blackhawkdown
While Joel refuses to stop talking about flashlights, fake butts, and vaginal surgery, Coop wraps up the story of The Harlem Hellfighters. Specifically the true story of The Harlem Terminator, Henry Johnson #henryjohnson #Harlemhellfighters #ww1
While Joel suffers from a horrible hangover Coop takes us back to school. Today's lesson? The true story of the Harlem Hellfighters! #harlemhellfighters #iconoblast #ww1
Coop and Joel are joined by Jessie Wiseman to continue the journey that is George Washington: the first president of the United States. #georgewashington #president #unitedstates
Coop and Joel talk about the early life of George Washington before he became the first president of the United States! Epic battles, slow motion walking with explosions, and an amazing dive bar in Amsterdam. #ourfirstpresident #georgewashington #1stpresident
Since our sweet innocent boy Coop is dying from the Rona, we pulled out an ancient episode from the unreleased archives. We happened to have one in the bank about Valentines Day sooo, perfect timing! Pray for Coop.
Coop tries to teach us about King Leopold the Second, the Belgian Congo, and how slave labor is still used to make cars today, but Joel just wants to talk about the movie Congo and laser guns.
Coop and Joel talk about a famous castle in Prague known as Vysehrad (High Castle) and the legend of Horimir and his trusty horse. #vysehrad #Bohemia #czechrepublic
Coop and Joel discuss the positives and negatives of AI and how much its going to change F'ing everything, with a massive twist at the end! #artificialintelligence #skynet #iconoblast
Coop and Joel recap 2022 and try not to be racist white people.
To wrap up all this nonsense about outer space from last year, Joel talked to one of his "contacts" at "Nasa" and found the "true story" of a man named Charlie. He was just a normal guy, a plumber, who ended up saving the world. After Joel annoys everyone with talking about his new year adventures in Prague, Coop magically wisps us away, into the magical world of poop, hookers, and space travel! This episode is sort of a paradox mixture of a tangent and a bedtime story episode. Happy New Year you no good bastards!
Space Plumbers are a real thing and might be the most important person on your ship. #spaceplumber #spacetoilet #spacetravel
Coop tries to tell Joel about the struggles of space travel, but Joel refuses to listen and talks about how cool it would be if James Cameron and Elon Musk joined forces.
On this episode of Iconoblast Coop takes Joel into space and tries to get him to understand the complexities of distance, time, the speed of light, aliens and the Fermi paradox. #fermiparadox #iconoblast #spacesharks
Joel and Coop discuss the power of drugs and what to be thankful for on this delicious (last minute) Thanksgiving special.
Coop and Joel dig into the history of classic fairy tales like Snow White and The Little Mermaid. Come to find out, the original versions of these classic stories are full of violence, mutilation and murder.
Matt and Joel get intimate while reading some erotic fiction about "The Mile High Club" #milehighclub #iconoblast #eroticfiction
Coop and Joel discover the true stories behind horror icons like Freddy Krueger, Leatherface, Beauty and the Beast, The Exorcist and much more! #leatherface #FreddyKrueger #DevilsRejects
Coop and Joel talk about a crazy spirit witch lady that haunted the bell family for years and years. Jealous wife? Murder? The Black Dog from the movie Black Dog? Who knows! merch https://shop.drinkinbros.com/search?q=iconoblast #thebellwitch #iconoblast #witchcraft
Coop and Joel talk about a crazy French spy with an endless appetite to eat, including entire baskets of apples, and baby humans. Merch link! https://shop.drinkinbros.com/search?q=iconoblast #iconoblast #history #fatshaming
Coop and Joel are joined by two incredible actors, Jessie Wiseman and Jack Mandaville to reenact the massive party that happened after our forefathers created the constitution. We drank like they drank and celebrated our 100th episode with our founding presidents. What a banger. Merch! https://shop.drinkinbros.com/search?q=iconoblast #forefathers #constitution #america
Coop and Joel are joined by Jake The Desert Hippie to discuss a family of 60 cannibals living in a cave for over 25 years. Merch! https://shop.drinkinbros.com/search?q=iconoblast #thecannibalking #iconoblast #sawneybean
Coop tries to help Joel fall asleep by reading him a couple incest confession stories.
Coop and Joel discuss a real life version of the movie Jaws, releasing sharks into the Austin river, and wtf the difference between a hill and a mountain is. Merch! https://shop.drinkinbros.com/search?q=iconoblast #matawanmaneater #sharkattacks #iconoblast
Coop and Joel are joined by voice legend, Reuben Snyder to finish up the story of the controlling, dog raping, womanizing asshole, Hugh Hefner. Merch! https://shop.drinkinbros.com/search?q=iconoblast #hughhefner #playboymansion #playboybunny
Joel and Coop put Hugh Hefner on blast! #hughhefner #playboybunny #playboymansion
Coop and Joel discuss the true story about Devil's Night: A night in Detroit that started in the 1940's, and the connection between this fiery day, Brandon Lee and a comic book called The Crow. #devilsnight #thecrow #brandonlee
Coop and Joel are joined by Adam Hester to talk about the tragic life of Marilyn Monroe. #marilynmonroe #iconoblast
Joel and Coop are joined by Adam Hester to discuss the insane life of our childhood hero, The Macho Man Randy Savage. #MachoMan #RandySavage #machomanrandysavage
Matt Cooper and Joel Benner talk about the unluckiest man to ever live. Or is he the luckiest unlucky person to ever live? What is luck? Baby don't hurt me. Don't hurt me. No more.
Coop and Joel talk about Universe 25, the rat utopia created by John B Calhoun and how it relates to modern society. #JohnCalhoun #ratprison #secretofnimh
Despite Coop and Joel's rage they are still just a rat in a cage.
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Matt Cooper and Joel Benner celebrate the history of the Devil Dogs and tell the stories of some of the greatest warriors to ever eat a 24 pack of Crayon crayons. Semper fi! #devildogs #usmc #marines
Happy 4th of July Iconofam! On this episode of Iconoblast Matt Cooper and Joel Benner discuss the wonders of the 4th of July and of the secret naughty life of Elvis Presley! #Elvis #Elvispresley #SausageCouncil
Part 2 of the Mayhem series- Matt Cooper and Joel Benner discuss the murder of Euronymous by the one and only, Varg "Count Grichnackh" Vikernes. #vargvikernes #Mayhem #euronymous
Matt Cooper and Joel Benner are joined by Colton Petry, AKA GHOST, to unlock the hidden treasures of the past in this Ancient Artifact Special!!! #iconoblast #dinopoop #Megalodon
Presented by Ghosted.com Matt Cooper and Joel Benner go on a quest to find the Holy Grail. #holygrail #cupofchrist #kingarthur
Iconoblast Tangents #3 Matt Cooper and Joel Benner are joined by David Cline, a former military drone operator in this BONUS episode, to analyze the 3 popular ufo videos, Gimble, Go Fast, and Flir. #gimblevideo #gofast #aliensexist
Presented by Ghosted.com Matt Cooper and Joel Benner finish the story about the most dangerous man that ever lived. Responsible for 100's of millions of deaths and also maybe Hip-Hop. #iconoblast #leadedgas #2pac
Presented by Ghosted.com Matt Cooper and Joel Benner talk about the deadliest man to ever live. Why he was the deadliest may surprise you.
Presented by Ghosted.com Joel Benner on HIS show The Joel Iconoblast Show is joined by Matt Cooper to discuss the story of "Dead". A member of the band Mayhem. #Mayhem #blackmetal #Euronymous
Presented by Ghostbed.com Matt Cooper and Joel Benner battle depression while discussing famous sayings and their origins. #idioms #iconoblast #theRword
Matt Cooper and Joel Benner are joined by the one and only Memaw Coop to discuss motherhood, childhood, life, sex, drugs, and mostly just embarrass the hell out of Mr. Coop. #Mothersday #mom #theunaballer