Weird Little Guys
iHeartPodcasts and Cool Zone MediaWeird Little Guys is a weekly show about the worst people you’ve never heard of, taking you beyond the headlines to get to know the race warriors and aspiring terrorists trying to unravel the fabric of our society. Weaving together the origin stories of modern American white supremacist groups and the crimes that land their members in court, independent journalist Molly Conger exposes the monsters... more
| Publishes | Weekly | Episodes | 132 | Founded | 2 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | True CrimeSociety & Culture | |||
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A closer look at one of the men on the Pioneer Fund's team of scientists for segregation reveals that he wasn't a scientist at all.
Sources & Further Reading:
Tucker, William (2002). The Funding of Scientific Racism: Wickliffe Draper and The Pionee... more
Last week, the DOJ's Civil Rights division announced they were moving to dismiss more than 50 desegregation cases against school districts all over the country. Like the weird little guys trying to overturn the Brown v Board of Education decision in ... more
In the decade after the Supreme Court's ruling in the Brown v Board of Education case, segregationists used every tool available to prevent integration. By the early 1960s, a group of Pioneer Fund-backed scientists had teamed up with the lawyer they ... more
Wickliffe Draper's Pioneer Fund started out in 1937 by funding screenings of Nazi propaganda films in high schools. But like most American racists, the 1954 Supreme Court decision in the Brown v Board of Education case changed how he approached the f... more
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- The theme music gets to be too much
Sure, the music is inventive and well-done and fits in to the show superbly well, and yes it is super-handy as a tell that 3 minutes of ads are seconds away so get your finger on that +10 skip-ahead button, but Molly, there is just way way way WAY too much of the music, and it becomes an earworm that keeps loyal listeners up at night. It’s like the spooky music to the 60s Screen Gems jingle and logo—the stuff of nightmares, lol. Kindly maybe kinda sorta throttle back on the theme music a little,... more
Apple Podcasts4knocknamey
United Statesa month ago - I KNOW—
—That’s not your real voice and so do you. Very smart, very talented, I would LOVE to hear this show without the weird broadcast voice affectation 🙏 Your stories have plenty of drama without it!
Apple Podcasts5awkward_silence039United Statesa month ago - The MC kills it every Thursday
Best cast on planet Earth. 6/5 stars like the cookie-like the eel. A Southern Gothic version of Grey Gardens is just one example.
Apple Podcasts5SergeySmolenskaUnited Statesa month ago - 20/8/26
The bomb!! If your going to listen to anything today, listen to this episode. Then grab you family friends and reevaluate what you’re willing to g to live with and die for
Apple Podcasts5jen hodges
United Kingdoma month ago - 5 stars
One of the best to ever do it. Please tangent forever, i could listen to Molly read the phone book and I’d still probably learn more and be inspired more than 90% of podcasts on this hellhole.
Apple Podcasts5KzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzUnited States2 months ago
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Apple Podcasts | #244 | United States/True Crime |
Apple Podcasts | #86 |  South Africa/True Crime |
Apple Podcasts | #164 |  Argentina/True Crime |
Apple Podcasts | #167 |  Finland/True Crime |
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What is Weird Little Guys about and what kind of topics does it cover?
The show consistently centers on deep-dive investigations into white supremacist networks, extremist movements, and related civil rights history, often weaving archival research with narrative storytelling to connect individual biographies to broader patterns of radicalization and violence. Episodes frequently highlight how media, memory, and law intersect with these movements, and the host's meticulous research and storytelling style tends to anchor complex topics in character-driven context. A standout trait is the sustained focus on under-explored historical threads and modern implications of past extremist activity, making it especially valuable for listeners who want rigorous context beyond daily headlines. The format rewards patience ... more
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1. Molly Conger
2. Michael Edison Hayden
3. Glenn Allen
4. Sergey Slipchenko
5. Spencer Sunshine
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