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History Hyenas with Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas

Chris Distefano and Yannis Pappas

History, Comedy Interviews, Popculture, Yannispappas, Chrisdistefano, Comedy, Historyhyenas

4.8 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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The Hyenas sink their teeth into the “Father of Public Relations,” Edward Bernays—a man who figured out how to sell bacon, cigarettes, and even wars by hacking the human mind. From Freud’s nephew to America’s puppet master, Bernays turned psychology into marketing and propaganda into PR. Yanni and Chrissy break down his wild schemes, from convincing women to smoke “torches of freedom” to engineering coups with ad campaigns. It’s the story of how one man rewired democracy with a billboard. History gets hyena’d! Support our sponsors: To explore coverage, visit https://ASPCApetinsurance.com/HYENAS Go to https://GetSoul.com and use the code HISTORYHYENAS. #comedy #Podcast #History Join our Patreon at 👇 https://www.patreon.com/historyhyenas/ Subscribe to the poddy woddy Our YouTube!: https://bit.ly/2ARdDOz HH Clips:https://bit.ly/2YaK2Z8 iTunes: https://apple.co/2UQTHCc Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3fxtsc0 Follow us Cuz! 🙆🏻‍♂️ Yannis Pappas Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/yannispappas/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/yannispappas Website - https://www.yannispappascomedy.com/ 🙆🏼‍♂️ Chris Distefano Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/chrisdcomedy/ Twitter - https://twitter.com/chrisdcomedy Website - https://www.chrisdcomedy.com/ 🐕More Hyenas Website: www.historyhyenasisback.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/historyhyenas/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HistoryHyenas Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/historyhyenaspod Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	baby we have a great episode for you about edward bernays the father of public relations was he a devil
0:07.1	was he a good guy i don't know come see me thursday september 11 theater at madison square garden
0:11.9	and then september 27th in saudi arabia go to christie comedy dot com for tickie wikis or history
0:17.0	ainaise is back dot com you could see me in miami september 11, 12th, Bakersfield, California, October 3rd, and 4th.
0:23.5	Toronto, October 18th, Tulsa after that in October.
0:27.8	Enjoy this episode.
0:29.0	It's going to be a good one.
0:30.9	Just to know if you're eating bacon and smoking a cigarette, you got manipulated.
0:33.8	You got manipulated. What's up everybody? Welcome to another episode of the history hyenas.
1:10.1	I'm Krista Stefano, aka Chrissy Avocado, no fetta.
1:13.5	With me as always, Yannas Pappas, aka Yanni's looking cute.
1:17.8	So are you.
1:18.7	You're looking very cute and you're ready for the fall.
1:20.9	You can't wait until it gets to the weather that your ancestors like,
1:25.8	which is a little, little cloudy and a little cool.
1:30.7	A little cloudy, a little cool.
1:31.8	I was in Chicago this weekend, it was 60 degrees,
1:34.6	and it was nice, and I gotta be honest with you.
1:37.8	I woke up every two hours with gas,
1:41.6	so I'm a little sleeping.
1:43.7	You have gas because you may be overdoing it with the husk.
1:47.3	Like me. I haven't shit in a week now. Yeah. It's just what it is because I, they call me Elon Husk.
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