129 - Ted "The Unabomber" Kaczynski

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2019

⏱️ 128 minutes

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Ted Kaczynski, aka "The Unabomber", is an American domestic terrorist who conducted a seventeen-plus-year series of attacks, using mail bombs to target academics, business executives, and others. This mathematical genius wanted to destroy man's dependence on technology. Luckily, he failed miserably. The Unabomber bombing campaign killed three people and injured 23, starting in the late 1970s and lasting until 1996. Learn why Ted did what he did in today's crazy mountain man, weirdo beardo edition of Timesuck! Upcoming Happy Murder Tour Standup dates: March 28 Naples, Florida - Off the Hook Comedy Club CLICK HERE for tix! March 30 Miami, Florida - The Improv CLICK HERE for tix! April 4-6 Cleveland, Ohio - Hilarities CLICK HERE for tix! April 11th Des Moines, Iowa - The Funny Bone CLICK HERE for tix! April 12-13 Kansas City, Missouri - The Improv CLICK HERE for tix! ** LIVE ANT HILL KIDS CULT TIMESUCK April 6 Cleveland - Hilarities CLICK HERE for tix! Listen to the best of my standup on Spotify! (for free!) https://spoti.fi/2Dyy41d Timesuck is brought to you by the following sponsors: Season two of the Breach podcast. Listen wherever you listen to podcasts! The OZY Confidential podcast. Listen wherever you listen to podcasts! The Great Courses Plus! Get two full months for just 99 cents at TheGreatCoursesPLUS.com/TIMESUCK Watch the Suck on Youtube (new and improved audio!): https://youtu.be/OgUQyIJdIS4 Merch - https://badmagicmerch.com/ Want to try out Discord!?! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v Want to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn't been put in FB Jail :) For all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG, @timesuckpodcast on Twitter, and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast Wanna be a Space Lizard? We're over 3500 strong! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast Sign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits!

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0:00.0	Ted Kaczynski, the unibomber.
0:02.4	Before this week, when I heard that name,
0:04.0	that nickname, the word manifesto popped up in my head.
0:07.4	Picks that infamous police sketch
0:08.8	of some creepy ass,
0:09.7	moustacheo dude, Nuhudi,
0:11.8	wearing some aviator sunglasses.
0:13.8	I imagine a bearded, wild-eyed maniac
0:17.0	living alone in a remote Montana cabin,
0:19.8	making and mailing bombs.
0:21.4	And that was about all I knew.
0:23.0	Know a whole bunch more now.
0:24.9	And the full story of a man who started off with so much potential,
0:28.1	a literal genius with an IQ of 167 who studied at Harvard,
0:32.2	started studying when he was only 16 years old.
0:34.6	A guy who had a doctorate in mathematics by the age of 25,
0:38.1	his doctoral thesis written at the University of Michigan
0:40.9	is considered a mathematical work of art.
0:43.6	Ted could have lived such a good life.
0:46.0	There's a young handsome professor at the age of 25,
0:48.3	had a good childhood,
0:49.4	supported a family,
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