How To Destroy Everything
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About this podcast
This is the true story of Richard Jacobs – a narcissist who destroyed a childhood, a marriage, a family, and a community. He sued every sentient being on the face of the earth, got banned from restaurants, and inspired a support group composed solely of people he traumatized. He stole notary stamps, hacked emails, forged signatures… and won a U.S. Supreme Court case. He was also my dad.
Join us each week as hosts Danny Jacobs and Darren Grodsky will shift between past and present to explore the lasting impact of Richard Jacobs.
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Episodes
The newest 20 of 43 episodes
- How To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - The Interview with Lisa and Sheila (Bonus Episode) · 1 h 24 minIn this special bonus episode, we hear Toughen Up from the shared perspective of Stephen’s sisters, Lisa and Sheila. Hear how they navigated a childhood of fear, loss and…
- How To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 10: Assisted So-Called Living, Something's Gotta Get Ya and The Punchline · 52 minIn the season finale, unable to carry on alone, Eugene finally surrenders and moves into an Assisted Living facility. He’s not there long before he is hospitalized and enters…
- How To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 9: Crushing Blossoms and The Burden · 50 minIt’s 15 years later and Eugene’s wife Helen dies very suddenly, leaving him very much adrift. At the urging of a priest, Stephen’s father learns to ask for help at the gravesite…
- How To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 8: Albertsons, Aspirin and Telling the Truth · 54 minWith Stephen off to college, his mother strikes out on her own, renting a room in a house and scoring her dream job. Not long after, however, Maureen is diagnosed with terminal…
- How To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 7: Driving School, Dad's Big Surprise and Blowing the Hatch · 1 h 13 minIn this seventh chapter, we find a mid-life Maureen facing her fears and calling upon her brother, Jimmy, to finally teach her how to drive. Then, Eugene shocks the family with a…
- How To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 6: Mom Hustle and The Girl Upstairs · 1 h 0 minIn this chapter of our story, we find Maureen is officially back on her feet, though struggling to make ends meet for her and the kids. After a variety of jobs, she ends up…
- How To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 5: Homeless and The Edges of Town · 1 h 3 minWe now find Lisa, Sheila and Stephen taking refuge with their Uncle John in Washington State, where young Stephen learns some hard life lessons on a construction site. They…
- How To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 4: The Road to 333 · 48 minAfter losing their suburban home, Maureen moves with Stephen and Sheila into a Travelodge, only to dispatch her children on an epic road trip with their fugitive sister Lisa…
- How To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 3: Wes, Skatebarn, The Big Split and Frank · 1 h 9 minWherein young Stephen seeks refuge from his own family at a house “down the street.” His father then reveals a side of himself that no one could have imagined, just before the…
- How To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 2: Buses, Nuns, Christmas, Knives and a No-Name Sister · 1 h 3 minEpisode Two finds Maureen taking on The Reverend Mother of her children’s Catholic School. The family then experiences the darkest Christmas of their lives, propelling them…
- How To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up - Episode 1: Mom, Dad and the Fighting · 1 h 4 minIn our first episode, we meet Stephen’s tough girl Jersey mother and his post war(s) farm boy father, as they attempt to raise him, his two sisters, and themselves in a tiny…
- Interregnum: How to Destroy a Live Show · 1 h 11 minWherein Danny and Darren confront their audience live for the very first time. Danny discusses his complicated feelings about St. Louis, and surprise guests abound. Recorded at…
- Trailer: How To Destroy Everything Presents: Toughen Up · 2 minIn the spirit of familial destruction, How To Destroy Everything is proud to present, Toughen Up, written and performed by Stephen Kearin. Toughen Up is the story of an American…
- Episode 16: How to Create Something New · 1 h 12 minWherein Danny returns, at last, to the scene of the crime(s). Danny (alongside Darren and Sandy) go back to his childhood home, The Royal Manor, and Danny confronts his past…
- Interregnum: How to Destroy the Calm Before the Storm · 1 h 0 minWherein Danny and Darren check in one last time with Sandy and talk about the entirety of her podcast journey. In doing so, they discover the incredible strides that Sandy has…
- Episode 15: How to Destroy Richard Jacobs · 55 minWherein Danny and Darren finally track down their white whale: a member of the support group founded to bring together people who had been sued and harrassed by Richard Jacobs…
- Interregnum: How to Destroy Death · 50 minWherein Danny and Darren watch the "death video" Richard made for Danny back in the 1980s. Also, the boys discuss Richard's view of death and his conception of the "afterlife"…
- Episode 14: How to Destroy a Brotherhood Part 2 · 1 h 12 minWherein Danny and Darren sit down once more with Danny's brother and delve deeper into understanding each other's perspectives. Danny's brother brings a unique point of view…
- Episode 13: How to Destroy a Brotherhood · 59 minWherein Danny and Darren sit down with Danny's brother and discuss how they survived their childhood as the sons of Richard Jacobs, how their perspectives differ, and whether or…
- Interregnum: How to Destroy a Dating Profile · 51 minWherein Danny and Darren dive deeper into Beth's relationship with Richard, which includes a shocking revelation that Danny's dad had been operating dating profiles on his sons'…
