The Scofflaws: A History of Law and Disorder

What happens when you put a common, everyday comedian and a historian in a room together to discuss history? Scofflaws: History of Crime and Disorder looks to figure that out. Dive in as we discuss various scofflaws, miscreants, and whatever description of rule breaker you can come up with in this informative and entertaining podcast.

Kate and Sean take on the topic of highwaymen! The gentlemen theives, not the guys in the tool booth. What motivated them? How did they operate? Does Sean only define history in hat styles? Tune in and find out! Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Kate and Sean continue their dive into the history of pirates while at Anime Central! Sean misremembers things he read on wikipedia and Kate gleefully corrects him. Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Kate and Sean go to the final frontier and examine the laws that govern the infinite void of space. What's the real Prime Directive? What articles of secession do the colonies have to file to secede from the United Earth Federation? Does Kate get any of these references? Also, discussion of movie actors and characters without remembering their names and spoilers for a 20 year old comic book. Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Substitute cohost Cody and Sean tackle the tough question of: What if a dog is not a good boy/girl? Impossible, I know, but some animals can and have broken the laws of man and nature. What happens in that case? Can animals be tried in a court? Is there some sort of police procedural about crimes committed by animals? If there isn't should we cast Snoop Dog in it? Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Kate and Sean swim up from the lake that was the Chicago-land area to discuss one of everyone's favorite labor laws, the 8-hour work day. When did it start? How did unions impact its creation? Also, Sean gives an impromptu geography lesson vis-a-vis fruit and you should really visit some museums cause they're awesome and deserve you're patronage. Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Kate and Sean get in the holiday spirit and discuss Christmas crimes! What do you think is the worse crime discussed today, and why is it the guy who just went around telling kids Santa isn't real? I mean, who does that?! Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Kate and Sean celebrate Sean's birthday by taking it easy and discuss the crimes that occur in the Harry Potter universe! Harry is on the hook for soooooo many B&E's. Also, hot takes on beloved characters! Please don't hurt us. We bruise easily. Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Special guest Trai and Sean go off script and talk about the history of the Mona Lisa, one of the most famous stolen artworks in existence! It's also super tiny and effective against Bug, Grass and Fairy type paintings! Also discussed, the Marquis of the Vale to Hell! Dun dun DUUUUUUUUN! Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Kate and Sean go through a brief history of gamlbing, humanities oldest competition. How does roulette work? We have no idea! Also, discussion of how much it hurts to step on tiny pyramids and wondering what mammoth steaks tasted like. Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Kate and Sean raise the Jolly Roger and set sail on the high seas of Anime Central 2018! Get your letters of mark ready, gather your villainous crew and get ready to journey through the three ages of piracy! Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Kate and Sean discuss the power of proper branding through one of the greatest self-promoters of all time, Jesse James! Also, not enough people have names that start with z, and the Wisconsin Minnesota dairy wars. Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Kate and Sean get the New Year started the only way they know how, by talking about the systemic classis, of vagrancy laws! Also, you should visit your local library and rent a roasting pan. Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Substitute cohost Alison and Sean talk about the disparity of law enforcement in relation to women. No, there's no exclamation point there. That sentence it way too dry to say excited. What? Don't believe me? YOU try saying it like your super jazzed about it. Sometimes you just have to get information across. Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Kate and Sean ramp up for Halloween by proving that the gig economy was alive and thriving in the 16th century, except instead of driving people and things places, it was witchfinders. Who were guys, who found witches. It's not always a clever pun, sometimes it's just a straightforward business name. Also, Costumes of Halloween past, and the adopt-a-highway program of 16th century England: adopt-a-vagrant. Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai...

Kate and Sean push onward in disecting the Salem witch trials! We name names and call out garbage teens for being garbage teens who hate old people, apperantly. Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Kate and Sean talk about Regicide, both regicide and the Regicide that regicide. If that sentence hurts you brain, don't worry, that's just Pennywise haunting your ears. We'll see you through it. Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Kate and Sean sit down and defiantly talk about the noble topic of civil disobedience. From the vaguely defined (by us, not by history) small rebellions of Cicero to the sit ins and protests of Martin Luther King Jr, join us as we discuss the history of people seeing and experiencing injustice and saying "that's enough." Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Sean quizzes Kate on the hometown superhero (villian?) of Florida, FloridaMan! Where do his powers come from? What are his powers? How strong are his toes? See if you can best Kate at picking out true FloridaMan stories from false ones! Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal

Substitute cohost Cody and Sean remember Stan Lee fondly and talk about people who probably do the same, Real Life Superheroes! Who knows the secrets that lay in the hearts of men? Who watches the watchmen? Are they faster than a speeding bullet? Listen in to find the answer to literally none of these questions! Music: Prohibition Blues (Scofflaws remix) from www.purple-planet.com, remixed by Trai Orthal