The Enlightened Dirtbags Podcast

By: Dylan Knapp and Jonah Kondro
  • Summary

  • The Enlightened Dirtbags are Version II (Dylan Knapp) and Jonah Kondro, a couple of lifelong friends that share a passion for motorcycles, history, philosophy, and books. Each podcast season is themed, and each episode features a different book that the hosts discuss. They review what they’ve read, and at the end of each episode, they give the book an 87, 89, 91, or 94 grade octane rating.
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Episodes
  • Chaos
    May 4 2024

    Tom O'Neill is an award-winning investigative journalist whose work has appeared in Premiere, New York, the Village Voice, and Details. Together with Dan Piepenbring, Tom O'Neill spent 20 years writing Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties.

    The Enlightened Dirtbags review and discuss Chaos in the Season 2 Finale and have a surprising Octane rating for O'Neill's work. To celebrate the "boss level" book, V2 has a giveaway that you'll have to listen in for to get the secret details.

    #Books #Chaos #CharlesManson #TateLaBianca #CIA #Murder #Conspiracy

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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • The Spy and the Traitor
    Nov 21 2023

    The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War, by Ben Macintyre, is a stunning account of Oleg Gordievsky's work as a double agent for MI6.

    Macintyre takes the political, historical, and cultural situation of the Cold War and writes a captivating true narrative of Gordievsky's almost unbelievable contribution to global security. #Books #Reading #Espionage #SpyCraft #ColdWar #Russia #SovietUnion #Enlightened #Dirtbags

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    1 hr and 36 mins
  • Marching Powder
    Sep 4 2023

    Marching Powder, by Rusty Young, is The Astonishing Real-life Story of a Brit Drug Smuggler Banged Up in Bolivia's Most Notorious Jail.

    Thomas McFadden was busted for attempting to smuggle 5 kilos of cocaine out of Bolivia, and Marching Power is Thomas's story of surviving and thriving in San Pedro prison.

    Listen to the Enlightened Dirtbags discuss the funny, depressing, and stunning details of life inside San Pedro prison.

    #Books #Reading #Cocaine #Prison #Boliva #SanPedro #Enlightened #Dirtbags

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    1 hr and 36 mins

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