You Boys Like Assassinations?
This week on The Notorious Friday Night Posse, Bright and Nilla power through a two-man episode and dive headfirst into one of America’s darkest recurring traditions:
presidential assassinations and assassination attempts.
The main hook is the latest attempt involving President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, but the guys use it as the launch point for a full historical rundown of direct attacks on U.S. presidents, presidents-elect, former presidents, and candidates. From Andrew Jackson surviving two misfired pistols and then trying to beat the attacker with a cane, to Lincoln, Garfield, McKinley, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR, Truman, JFK, Gerald Ford, Reagan, George W. Bush, and Trump, the Posse breaks down the wildest facts, weirdest details, and “how did we forget this happened?” moments in American political violence.
Along the way, the episode hits all the NFNP essentials: JFK conspiracy fuel, Ronald Reagan’s Washington Hilton connection, Gerald Ford somehow surviving two attempts in 17 days, Trump’s multiple modern attempts, the strange three-name assassin pattern, and the uncomfortable question of whether America has a political violence problem that keeps repeating itself every few decades.
Then, for Local in the Lou, the guys shift into a serious but fascinating St. Louis cold case update: a 1986 rape and sodomy case in Clayton’s Shaw Park that authorities say was revived through new DNA evidence.
They also hit Six Flags St. Louis opening day chaos, where more than 100 juveniles were reportedly involved in brawls, because apparently even roller coasters need security briefings now.
It’s part history lesson, part conspiracy corner, part local chaos, and part two dudes realizing that presidential security, cold case DNA, and teenage theme park fights all somehow belong in the same episode.
Listen now at NFNPPOD.com.
