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Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Caloroga Shark Media
30 episodes
6 hours ago
New episodes every Sunday with breaking epiosdes when stories develop.

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback takes you inside the most explosive conflicts between the world's most powerful people. From Hollywood legends to political titans, tech billionaires to music superstars, we explore the psychology behind epic battles that captivate the public and reshape industries.When current events heat up—presidential administrations fracturing over policy, tech moguls clashing with world leaders, entertainment industry power struggles—we deliver daily episodes tracking every twist, market impact, and social media explosion.

When the news cycle cools, we dive deep into legendary feuds that defined eras: Golden Age Hollywood rivalries that lasted decades, political partnerships that ended in betrayal, or family dynasties torn apart by ambition.Each episode peels back the public drama to reveal what really drives these conflicts: wounded egos, professional jealousy, ideological differences, and the relentless pursuit of power. We analyze the real-world consequences—careers destroyed, billions lost, political movements fractured—and ask why audiences remain endlessly fascinated by watching titans fall.

Whether it's breaking news about today's power players or untold stories from entertainment's golden age, Feuds delivers the drama, context, and psychological insight that turns celebrity gossip into compelling human storytelling. Because understanding these feuds means understanding power itself.

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New episodes every Sunday with breaking epiosdes when stories develop.

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback takes you inside the most explosive conflicts between the world's most powerful people. From Hollywood legends to political titans, tech billionaires to music superstars, we explore the psychology behind epic battles that captivate the public and reshape industries.When current events heat up—presidential administrations fracturing over policy, tech moguls clashing with world leaders, entertainment industry power struggles—we deliver daily episodes tracking every twist, market impact, and social media explosion.

When the news cycle cools, we dive deep into legendary feuds that defined eras: Golden Age Hollywood rivalries that lasted decades, political partnerships that ended in betrayal, or family dynasties torn apart by ambition.Each episode peels back the public drama to reveal what really drives these conflicts: wounded egos, professional jealousy, ideological differences, and the relentless pursuit of power. We analyze the real-world consequences—careers destroyed, billions lost, political movements fractured—and ask why audiences remain endlessly fascinated by watching titans fall.

Whether it's breaking news about today's power players or untold stories from entertainment's golden age, Feuds delivers the drama, context, and psychological insight that turns celebrity gossip into compelling human storytelling. Because understanding these feuds means understanding power itself.

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Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Perez Vs. Quintanilla - "To Selena, With Love and Lawsuits: The Battle for a Fallen Star's Soul"
Thirty years after Selena's murder, her widower Chris Pérez and the Quintanilla family remain locked in bitter warfare over who owns her memory. From Abraham forbidding their romance to Chris's secret elopement with the Queen of Tejano, from the $50 million estate Chris was frozen out of to his banned memoir "To Selena, With Love," Marcus Reid exposes how grief became greed. Featuring brutal lawsuits, social media wars, and the Netflix series that erased Chris from his own love story. This Día de los Muertos, we ask: who has the right to speak for the dead—the family who controlled her or the husband who loved her?

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Love drama? Obsessed with rivalries that shaped history? From Hollywood breakups to presidential vendettas, from rap battles to international Cold Wars, Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback delivers the most explosive conflicts in culture, politics, and entertainment.


Join thousands of fellow drama enthusiasts dissecting every episode, sharing theories, and debating who really won these legendary battles. We're building the ultimate community for people who understand that the best stories are always about conflict.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram—just search for "Feuds Podcast" or click the link in the show notes.


Because every great story needs people to tell it to.
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4 days ago
17 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
"The Amityville Horror Wars: America's Most Haunted Lie"
November 1974: Six members of the DeFeo family are murdered at 112 Ocean Avenue. A year later, the Lutz family flees after 28 days, claiming demonic possession. What follows is a four-way war over who owns America's most famous ghost story. From the lawyer who claims they invented it over wine, to the homeowners who sued for destroying their property values, to the Warrens who built careers validating the haunting, Marcus Reid uncovers the bitter feuds behind the bestseller and blockbuster.Featuring leaked collaboration sessions, explosive lawsuits, and the question that's generated millions in profits: was the Amityville Horror real, or America's most lucrative lie? Six people died. Everyone else got rich fighting over their ghosts.

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Love drama? Obsessed with rivalries that shaped history? From Hollywood breakups to presidential vendettas, from rap battles to international Cold Wars, Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback delivers the most explosive conflicts in culture, politics, and entertainment.


Join thousands of fellow drama enthusiasts dissecting every episode, sharing theories, and debating who really won these legendary battles. We're building the ultimate community for people who understand that the best stories are always about conflict.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram—just search for "Feuds Podcast" or click the link in the show notes.


Because every great story needs people to tell it to.
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1 week ago
18 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Halloween - Vampira vs Elvira - "Mistresses of the Dark: The Gothic Grudge Match That Defined Horror Hosting"
January 2008: Maila Nurmi dies alone and penniless in her Hollywood apartment, three decades after creating Vampira, the original gothic horror hostess. Meanwhile, Cassandra Peterson lives in luxury built on Elvira, the character Nurmi swore was stolen from her. From the 1954 birth of sexy horror hosting to the brutal 1991 lawsuit that bankrupted the originator while enriching the imitator, Marcus Reid uncovers television's darkest plagiarism battle. Featuring Nurmi's groundbreaking fusion of sex and death that shocked 1950s America, Peterson's convenient claims of ignorance, and the three-year legal war over who owns an archetype.

Through court documents and bitter interviews, we explore how the pioneer of horror hosting spent her last years homeless while her "carbon copy" made millions. The real horror isn't what's on screen—it's what happens when inspiration becomes exploitation. Some creators change culture. Others profit from it. And sometimes the original mistress of the dark dies forgotten while the copy lives forever.

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Love drama? Obsessed with rivalries that shaped history? From Hollywood breakups to presidential vendettas, from rap battles to international Cold Wars, Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback delivers the most explosive conflicts in culture, politics, and entertainment.


Join thousands of fellow drama enthusiasts dissecting every episode, sharing theories, and debating who really won these legendary battles. We're building the ultimate community for people who understand that the best stories are always about conflict.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram—just search for "Feuds Podcast" or click the link in the show notes.


Because every great story needs people to tell it to.
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2 weeks ago
18 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Halloween - Kubrick vs King - "Here's Johnny! The 45-Year War Over The Shining's Soul"
Stanley Kubrick turned Stephen King's most personal novel into a cinematic masterpiece—and King has never forgiven him. From the moment King watched Jack Nicholson prowl through Kubrick's cold corridors in 1980, he's waged war against the film that erased his story about alcoholism and redemption, replacing it with a meditation on inevitable madness. Featuring King's furious interviews calling the film "a beautiful Cadillac with no engine," Kubrick's silent dismissal of the criticism, and King's failed revenge with a 1997 TV miniseries that proved you can't kill a masterpiece. Marcus Reid explores how a recovering alcoholic's cry for help became a perfectionist's puzzle box, why audiences prefer the "wrong" version, and what happens when two geniuses fight over the meaning of horror itself. Forty-five years later, King still hates Kubrick's The Shining. Kubrick, dead since 1999, keeps winning anyway. Some ghosts refuse to be exorcised—especially when they look this good frozen in the maze.

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Love drama? Obsessed with rivalries that shaped history? From Hollywood breakups to presidential vendettas, from rap battles to international Cold Wars, Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback delivers the most explosive conflicts in culture, politics, and entertainment.


Join thousands of fellow drama enthusiasts dissecting every episode, sharing theories, and debating who really won these legendary battles. We're building the ultimate community for people who understand that the best stories are always about conflict.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram—just search for "Feuds Podcast" or click the link in the show notes.


Because every great story needs people to tell it to.
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3 weeks ago
19 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Halloween - Karloff vs Lugosi - "The Monster Mash-Up: When Dracula and Frankenstein Went to War"
October 1956: Bela Lugosi dies in a charity ward, buried in his Dracula cape—the only valuable thing he owned. Boris Karloff sends flowers but doesn't attend, too busy earning $7,500 a week on Broadway. The monsters of Universal Horror spent thirty years locked in a bitter rivalry that began when Karloff's Frankenstein eclipsed Lugosi's Dracula and ended with one man a pauper, the other a millionaire. From their first film together in 1934 to Lugosi's final humiliation playing the Monster he once "rejected," Marcus Reid unearths the petty sabotage, salary disputes, and scene-stealing that poisoned eight collaborations. Featuring Lugosi's morphine addiction, Karloff's icy British contempt, and the cruel mathematics of Hollywood fame that declared one monster a star and the other a has-been. Just in time for Halloween, discover how the men who gave us Dracula and Frankenstein spent more energy trying to destroy each other than any hero in their films ever did. Some monsters wear makeup. Others just wear their ambitions on their sleeves.

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Love drama? Obsessed with rivalries that shaped history? From Hollywood breakups to presidential vendettas, from rap battles to international Cold Wars, Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback delivers the most explosive conflicts in culture, politics, and entertainment.


Join thousands of fellow drama enthusiasts dissecting every episode, sharing theories, and debating who really won these legendary battles. We're building the ultimate community for people who understand that the best stories are always about conflict.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram—just search for "Feuds Podcast" or click the link in the show notes.


Because every great story needs people to tell it to.
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1 month ago
17 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
"Kelce vs Rodgers" & "Cardi B vs Bia" - "Double Shot: When Athletes Attack & Rap Queens Clash"
Two feuds, one explosive night. First: NFL stars Travis Kelce and Aaron Rodgers transform from respected rivals into bitter enemies when Kelce's Pfizer endorsement triggers Rodgers' anti-vax rage. Add Taylor Swift to the mix, and you get conspiracy theories, "Mr. Pfizer" taunts, and a culture war played out on the gridiron.

Then: Hip-hop's newest civil war erupts as Cardi B goes nuclear with receipts, playing voice memos that prove BIA stole her flows while claiming to be "100% authentic." From vaccine conspiracies to ghostwriting exposés, from NFL Twitter to the Swifties' wrath, Marcus Reid delivers a double shot of celebrity feuds that define modern fame. Featuring Rodgers' descent into Joe Rogan's conspiracy bubble, Kelce's rise with Swift Nation behind him, and Cardi's brutal Instagram Live that ended BIA's career in 47 devastating minutes.

When athletes attack and rap queens clash, everyone gets hurt. But in the age of social media, the audience always wins.

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Love drama? Obsessed with rivalries that shaped history? From Hollywood breakups to presidential vendettas, from rap battles to international Cold Wars, Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback delivers the most explosive conflicts in culture, politics, and entertainment.


Join thousands of fellow drama enthusiasts dissecting every episode, sharing theories, and debating who really won these legendary battles. We're building the ultimate community for people who understand that the best stories are always about conflict.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram—just search for "Feuds Podcast" or click the link in the show notes.


Because every great story needs people to tell it to.
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1 month ago
18 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Kimmel vs. Trump - "Nice Work If You Can Keep It: The Night Trump Silenced Late Night"
September 17, 2025: Jimmy Kimmel Live goes dark. After FCC Chairman Brendan Carr threatens broadcast licenses over Kimmel's comments about Charlie Kirk's assassination, ABC caves to pressure and pulls the show "indefinitely." Behind the corporate surrender: Nexstar's $6.2 billion merger hanging in the balance, death threats to Disney employees, and Donald Trump's twenty-year vendetta against the comedian who refused to stop mocking him. From Obama birther jokes to COVID callouts, from Oscar tweets to January 6th rage, Marcus Reid chronicles how a late-night host became Trump's most persistent enemy—and the first casualty in his war on comedy. Featuring the backroom executive meetings, the regulatory extortion, and the chilling message sent to every comedian in America: mock power at your own peril. As of this recording, Kimmel remains silenced. Fallon and Meyers are threatened next. The First Amendment meets corporate cowardice, and corporate cowardice wins.

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Love drama? Obsessed with rivalries that shaped history? From Hollywood breakups to presidential vendettas, from rap battles to international Cold Wars, Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback delivers the most explosive conflicts in culture, politics, and entertainment.


Join thousands of fellow drama enthusiasts dissecting every episode, sharing theories, and debating who really won these legendary battles. We're building the ultimate community for people who understand that the best stories are always about conflict.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram—just search for "Feuds Podcast" or click the link in the show notes.


Because every great story needs people to tell it to.
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1 month ago
22 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Lilly vs Novo - "The Trillion Dollar Shot: Big Pharma's War for America's Waistline"
When Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk accidentally discovered that their diabetes drug caused dramatic weight loss, they triggered the most expensive corporate war in pharma history. Eli Lilly, caught flat-footed, launched a brutal counterattack: poaching scientists with million-dollar bribes, sabotaging supply chains, and racing to build $9 billion manufacturing fortresses. From celebrity endorsement battles to bugged apartments, from Swiss airport deal-making to construction site warfare, Marcus Reid reveals how two century-old companies turned America's desperation to be thin into a trillion-dollar battlefield. Featuring corporate espionage, patient shortages, and the birth of Big Pharma's forever war.

Join the Feuds Community!

Love drama? Obsessed with rivalries that shaped history? From Hollywood breakups to presidential vendettas, from rap battles to international Cold Wars, Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback delivers the most explosive conflicts in culture, politics, and entertainment.


Join thousands of fellow drama enthusiasts dissecting every episode, sharing theories, and debating who really won these legendary battles. We're building the ultimate community for people who understand that the best stories are always about conflict.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram—just search for "Feuds Podcast" or click the link in the show notes.


Because every great story needs people to tell it to.
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1 month ago
19 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Disney vs. Netflix - "The Hundred Billion Dollar Suicide Pact: How Mickey Mouse and Netflix Murdered Hollywood"
November 2019: Disney+ launches to destroy Netflix. By 2025, they've destroyed everything—including themselves. From Bob Iger's $71 billion Fox acquisition to Reed Hastings' password crackdowns, from $450 million Knives Out deals to canceled HBO Max movies, this is how streaming's promise became Hollywood's apocalypse. Featuring the executive blood feuds, talent wars worth hundreds of millions, pandemic acceleration, double strikes, and David Zaslav's scorched earth rampage. Marcus Reid reveals how entertainment's biggest companies chose mutual annihilation over letting Netflix win—and why consumers now pay more for less while creativity dies on the algorithm altar.

Join the Feuds Community!

Love drama? Obsessed with rivalries that shaped history? From Hollywood breakups to presidential vendettas, from rap battles to international Cold Wars, Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback delivers the most explosive conflicts in culture, politics, and entertainment.


Join thousands of fellow drama enthusiasts dissecting every episode, sharing theories, and debating who really won these legendary battles. We're building the ultimate community for people who understand that the best stories are always about conflict.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram—just search for "Feuds Podcast" or click the link in the show notes.


Because every great story needs people to tell it to.
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2 months ago
24 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
"SNL's 2025 Cast Massacre Echoes the Night Chevy Chase and Bill Murray Nearly Killed Each Other"
As Saturday Night Live fires half its cast in 2025's shocking "creative restructuring," we reveal the violent origin story of SNL's toxic culture: February 18, 1978, when Chevy Chase and Bill Murray's backstage fistfight left blood on Studio 8H's floor. From "Medium talent!" to thrown punches minutes before airtime, from John Belushi's cocaine-fueled attempts to break it up to Gilda Radner's tears, this is the fight that established SNL's brutal survival-of-the-cruelest mentality. Marcus Reid connects the dots from that legendary brawl to today's cast bloodbath, exposing how Lorne Michaels has fostered five decades of competition and cruelty. Featuring the bitter aftermath—Chase's Hollywood exile, Murray inheriting his enemy's worst traits, and why every SNL generation cannibalizes itself. As 2025's fired cast members pack their dressing rooms, we reveal why the ghost of Chase-Murray still haunts 30 Rock, proving that at Saturday Night Live, the real comedy is how much the comedians hate each other.

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Love drama? Obsessed with rivalries that shaped history? From Hollywood breakups to presidential vendettas, from rap battles to international Cold Wars, Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback delivers the most explosive conflicts in culture, politics, and entertainment.


Join thousands of fellow drama enthusiasts dissecting every episode, sharing theories, and debating who really won these legendary battles. We're building the ultimate community for people who understand that the best stories are always about conflict.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram—just search for "Feuds Podcast" or click the link in the show notes.


Because every great story needs people to tell it to.
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2 months ago
25 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
USA vs. Russia - "Do You Believe in Miracles? The Goal That Started a 45-Year War"
February 22, 1980. Lake Placid, New York. Mike Eruzione's wrist shot beats Vladimir Myshkin with ten minutes left in the third period. Al Michaels screams into his microphone: "Do you believe in miracles? YES!" In that moment, a team of American college kids didn't just defeat the Soviet hockey machine—they lit a fuse that would explode into 45 years of escalating conflict between superpowers.

From Reagan's "Evil Empire" to Putin's revenge, from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the invasion of Ukraine, this episode traces how one hockey game became the catalyst for the modern USA-Russia rivalry. Marcus Reid reveals how the "Miracle on Ice" transformed from a moment of American triumph into the opening shot of a new kind of warfare—fought with hackers instead of hockey players, social media instead of slap shots, and nuclear threats that make the Cold War look civilized. Featuring exclusive insights into the personal vendettas that drive this conflict: Bush looking into Putin's soul and finding a liar. Obama's reset button mistranslated to "overcharge." Trump's inexplicable deference. Biden calling Putin a killer.

Through declassified documents and insider accounts, we explore how a game meant to showcase amateur athletics became the blueprint for professional hostility. This is the definitive account of how American kids beating Soviet professionals at hockey created a rivalry that would outlive the Soviet Union itself. From Lake Placid's innocent patriotism to election interference, from Olympic glory to Olympic doping scandals, from believing in miracles to believing in nothing—this is how a moment of pure joy became a forever war. The ice never melted. The game never ended. And 45 years later, both nations are still keeping score.

Join the Feuds Community!

Love drama? Obsessed with rivalries that shaped history? From Hollywood breakups to presidential vendettas, from rap battles to international Cold Wars, Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback delivers the most explosive conflicts in culture, politics, and entertainment. Join thousands of fellow drama enthusiasts dissecting every episode, sharing theories, and debating who really won these legendary battles. We're building the ultimate community for people who understand that the best stories are always about conflict.


Follow us on Facebook and Instagram—just search for "Feuds Podcast" or click the link in the show notes.


Because every great story needs people to tell it to.





















Join the Feuds Community!

Love drama? Obsessed with rivalries that shaped history? From Hollywood breakups to presidential vendettas, from rap battles to international Cold Wars, Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback delivers the most explosive conflicts in culture, politics, and entertainment.


Join thousands of fellow drama enthusiasts dissecting every episode, sharing theories, and debating who really won these legendary battles. We're building the ultimate community for people who understand that the best stories are always about conflict.

Follow us on Facebook and Instagram—just search for "Feuds Podcast" or click the link in the show notes.


Because every great story needs people to tell it to.
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2 months ago
23 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Drake vs. Lamar - "They Not Like Us: The Diss Track That Ended Drake's Reign"
"Motherfuck the big three, it's just big me." With those words in March 2024, Kendrick Lamar ignited the most explosive rap battle in a generation. What followed was eighteen months of warfare that redefined hip-hop: leaked family photos, pedophile accusations, AI-generated Tupac verses, secret children exposed, a club anthem that became a victory lap, and a Super Bowl halftime show that served as a coronation.

From their early collaboration on Drake's Club Paradise tour to the nuclear exchange that forced an entire industry to choose sides, this episode chronicles how Drake and Kendrick Lamar transformed from mutual admirers into permanent enemies. Marcus Reid breaks down the thirteen-year cold war that exploded into hip-hop's most significant ongoing battle since Biggie and Pac—but fought with streaming platforms, social media warfare, and corporate power plays. Through exclusive insights and cultural analysis, we explore how two fundamentally different visions of hip-hop—Drake's global commercialism versus Kendrick's artistic purity—created a rivalry that has become a permanent fixture in the culture. From "Control" to "Push Ups," from "Euphoria" to "Not Like Us," from the May 2024 explosion to the February 2025 Super Bowl triumph, this is the definitive account of a war without end.

Featuring deep dives into every diss track, the strategic chess moves that built tension for over a decade, the 48-hour period that saw rap's biggest stars unleash everything, and how the beef evolved from trading bars to competing for hip-hop's soul on the world's biggest stages. The 6 God meets the Good Kid. Commerce clashes with culture. And hip-hop finds itself permanently divided between two kings who refuse to share the throne.

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2 months ago
17 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Star Trek vs. Star Wars - The Battle for the Stars. The Ultimate Sci-Fi Rivalry.
What began as comic book competition became the defining entertainment war of the 21st century. In 1961, failing Atlas Comics challenged industry leader DC with the flawed heroes of Fantastic Four, sparking Stan Lee's "Brand Echh" campaign that revolutionized marketing. By 1972, Marvel had overtaken DC in sales, but success bred bitterness. Jack Kirby's 1970 departure to DC turned personal—he created villain "Funky Flashman" as vicious revenge against Stan Lee.

The rivalry exploded into Hollywood with Marvel's $30 billion MCU dominance versus DC's troubled $6 billion DCEU failure. Now James Gunn, who worked for both sides, leads DC's complete reboot. In July 2025, his Superman faces Marvel's Fantastic Four in the most crucial superhero showdown ever, with both films tracking for massive opening weekends that could reshape the entire industry.

To become a premium subscriber (no ads and no feed drops) visit caloroga.com/plus.   For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which seays UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. You also get 25+ other shows on the network ad-free!   Go to Caloroga.com for all our shows!
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2 months ago
24 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Hulk Hogan vs. Andrè the Giant - "The Bodyslam Heard 'Round the World"
March 29, 1987. The Pontiac Silverdome. 93,173 screaming fans witness the impossible as Hulk Hogan lifts all 520 pounds of André the Giant above his head and slams him to the canvas. It's the moment that transformed professional wrestling from regional carnival act to global phenomenon. But behind this iconic image lies a carefully orchestrated betrayal—a friendship destroyed by jealousy, ambition, and the ruthless vision of Vince McMahon. From the calculated destruction of a brotherhood to the mainstream explosion of WrestleMania III, this episode explores how Hulk Hogan and André the Giant created the template for every wrestling feud that followed.

We trace Hogan's genius for manufacturing conflicts that felt achingly real—from his wars with Randy "Macho Man" Savage to his shocking heel turn in WCW, from boardroom battles that killed companies to a sex tape scandal that destroyed a media empire. Through exclusive research and insider accounts, we reveal how the man who perfected the art of fake fighting eventually found himself in real battles he couldn't bodyslam his way out of. Just days after Hogan's death at 71, Marcus Reid examines the complicated legacy of wrestling's most iconic figure—a man who played a hero so convincingly that 30 million people believed in Hulkamania, but whose real-life feuds exposed the dark contradictions between Terry Bollea and the character that consumed him.

This is the story of how personal conflicts became a billion-dollar business, why the best rivalries blur the line between fiction and reality, and what happens when the cameras stop rolling but the feuds never end. The irresistible force meets the immovable object. Heroes become villains. Friends become enemies. And in the end, the only thing real about wrestling is the damage it leaves behind.

Become a premium subscriber! (no ads and no feed drops). For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which says UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING. You also get 25+ other series from comedy to paranormal, royals, romance, trivia, politics, movies, music, murder, sports, travel, religion, spirituality, celebrity gossip and feuds, consisting of THOUSANDS OF SHOWS AD-FREE! (it’s only $4.99 a month with a free-trial month) PLUS, subscribers get offers like early show releases and subscriber-only shows. Go to Caloroga.com for all our shows!
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3 months ago
22 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
"Oh My God, They Killed Comedy!" - Trump vs. South Park
When South Park returned after two years with a $1.5 billion deal, they didn't just mock Trump—they declared war. Their "Sermon on the 'Mount" episode showed a naked cartoon president in bed with Satan, sparked a White House meltdown, and exposed the systematic destruction of American comedy. But this isn't just about crude cartoons and hurt presidential feelings. This is about how Trump extracted $57 million from Disney, CBS, and Meta through "frivolous" lawsuits, forced Stephen Colbert off the air, and weaponized federal power to silence critics. When corporate America bent the knee, two guys from Colorado stood up. From Jeffrey Epstein allegations to four-day arguments about cartoon genitalia, this is the story of the last comedy show willing to fight a president who turned the legal system into his personal vendetta machine.

To become a premium subscriber (no ads and no feed drops) visit caloroga.com/plus.   For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which seays UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. You also get 25+ other shows on the network ad-free!   Go to Caloroga.com for all our shows!
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3 months ago
41 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Brad Pitt vs Angelina Jolie - Love, War, and the Price of Fame
From Hollywood's ultimate power couple to one of entertainment's most devastating divorces, this episode chronicles the complete collapse of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie's relationship. What began as forbidden love on the set of "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" evolved into a decade-long fairy tale romance that captivated the world—before exploding into eight years of legal warfare that would tear apart a family and cost millions in attorney fees.

Host Marcus Reid takes listeners inside the September 2016 private jet incident that triggered an FBI investigation and changed everything, the bitter custody battle that followed, and the ongoing $164 million Château Miraval lawsuit that has kept their conflict alive long after their divorce was finalized. Through exclusive details from court documents and FBI reports, discover how two of the world's biggest movie stars became so consumed with destroying each other that they lost sight of what they were really fighting for: their six children.

This isn't just another celebrity breakup story—it's a cautionary tale about how fame amplifies personal pain, how love can transform into hatred, and how the people we care about most can become the ones who hurt us deepest. From humanitarian missions to hostile courtrooms, from red carpet appearances to restraining orders, witness how Hollywood's golden couple became its most tragic cautionary tale.

To become a premium subscriber (no ads and no feed drops) visit caloroga.com/plus.   For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which seays UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. You also get 25+ other shows on the network ad-free!   Go to Caloroga.com for all our shows!
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3 months ago
26 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Marvel vs. DC - The Ultimate Comic Book War. Superman vs The Fantastic Four
What began as comic book competition became the defining entertainment war of the 21st century. In 1961, failing Atlas Comics challenged industry leader DC with the flawed heroes of Fantastic Four, sparking Stan Lee's "Brand Echh" campaign that revolutionized marketing. By 1972, Marvel had overtaken DC in sales, but success bred bitterness. Jack Kirby's 1970 departure to DC turned personal—he created villain "Funky Flashman" as vicious revenge against Stan Lee.

The rivalry exploded into Hollywood with Marvel's $30 billion MCU dominance versus DC's troubled $6 billion DCEU failure. Now James Gunn, who worked for both sides, leads DC's complete reboot. In July 2025, his Superman faces Marvel's Fantastic Four in the most crucial superhero showdown ever, with both films tracking for massive opening weekends that could reshape the entire industry.

To become a premium subscriber (no ads and no feed drops) visit caloroga.com/plus.   For Apple users, hit the banner on your Apple podcasts app which seays UNINTERRUPTED LISTENING. For Spotify or other players, visit caloroga.com/plus. You also get 25+ other shows on the network ad-free!   Go to Caloroga.com for all our shows!
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3 months ago
27 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
"Go Back Where You Came From" - Trump vs. Rosie O'Donnell
Nineteen years after Rosie O'Donnell called Trump a "snake-oil salesman" on The View, their feud just went nuclear. When the President of the United States threatened to revoke her citizenship, calling her a "threat to humanity," O'Donnell unleashed scorched earth revenge: Jeffrey Epstein client list accusations, sexual abuse allegations, and the most savage takedown in political history. From a 2006 Miss USA scandal to constitutional crisis, this is the story of how five minutes of truth-telling became two decades of presidential obsession. Some criticism gets you blocked on Twitter. This criticism got her exiled from America—and made Trump look like "King Joffrey with a tangerine spray tan."

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3 months ago
28 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
Lionel Messi vs. Cristiano Ronaldo - The Greatest of All Time: The Ultimate Football Rivalry
For 15 years, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo waged the most captivating rivalry in sports history. From Barcelona's La Masia academy to Madeira's poverty, both future legends overcame incredible odds to reach the top. Their El Clasico battles from 2009-2018 redefined football excellence, with both routinely scoring 50+ goals per season and trading Ballon d'Or victories. Ronaldo conquered Europe with Portugal in 2016 while Messi endured heartbreak after heartbreak with Argentina, even retiring briefly in 2016.

The 2022 World Cup in Qatar became their final showdown—Messi's magical semifinal performance against Croatia and eventual triumph settling the GOAT debate forever. Now in twilight at Inter Miami and Al-Nassr, their legacy stands: 45 trophies vs. 34, 8 Ballon d'Ors vs. 5, and over 1,600 combined goals that elevated football to an art form.

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4 months ago
29 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
"Send Him Back" - The Trump-Musk Partnership That Shook Washington Part 4
The world's richest man vs. the world's most powerful man just got nuclear. Three weeks after their explosive June 5th breakup, Trump and Musk's war has escalated beyond politics into something far more dangerous: deportation threats, drug accusations, and $34 billion in financial carnage. When Steve Bannon called for Musk to be "deported immediately" as an "illegal alien," the gloves came off completely. Secret 1995 visa fraud allegations.

Trump privately branding Musk a "big-time drug addict." A cold war of contract cancellations and bureaucratic warfare. And polling data that revealed America's brutal verdict: 92% of MAGA supporters chose Trump over the man who spent $290 million to elect him. From immigration lawyers preparing for an unprecedented denaturalization case to Tesla losing $150 billion in market value, this is the story of how a political feud became an existential threat.

When pride becomes more important than policy, when personal vendettas trump national interests, and when the deportation of a billionaire becomes the ultimate power play. Some breakups end in lawyers. This one might end in handcuffs—and a one-way ticket out of America. New episodes drop every Sunday. Previous episodes: "The Alliance," "The Crack," and "The Explosion" available now.

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4 months ago
30 minutes

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback
New episodes every Sunday with breaking epiosdes when stories develop.

Feuds: Power, Pride, and Payback takes you inside the most explosive conflicts between the world's most powerful people. From Hollywood legends to political titans, tech billionaires to music superstars, we explore the psychology behind epic battles that captivate the public and reshape industries.When current events heat up—presidential administrations fracturing over policy, tech moguls clashing with world leaders, entertainment industry power struggles—we deliver daily episodes tracking every twist, market impact, and social media explosion.

When the news cycle cools, we dive deep into legendary feuds that defined eras: Golden Age Hollywood rivalries that lasted decades, political partnerships that ended in betrayal, or family dynasties torn apart by ambition.Each episode peels back the public drama to reveal what really drives these conflicts: wounded egos, professional jealousy, ideological differences, and the relentless pursuit of power. We analyze the real-world consequences—careers destroyed, billions lost, political movements fractured—and ask why audiences remain endlessly fascinated by watching titans fall.

Whether it's breaking news about today's power players or untold stories from entertainment's golden age, Feuds delivers the drama, context, and psychological insight that turns celebrity gossip into compelling human storytelling. Because understanding these feuds means understanding power itself.