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Category: Season 5

  • 5.15 The DFL Anal Corn

    5.15 The DFL Anal Corn

    Episode Summary

    DFL Anal Corn discovered Eugene Hash in 2014 while studying journalism at the University of Oregon. A friend promised people running around a park drinking beer; the small, close-knit, “hippie” kennel gave him a community he had not found elsewhere. A larger Portland toga hash then revealed the scale, songs, and theatrical energy possible beyond Eugene.

    Returning to his hometown, he founded the Salem Hash and became its GM and president-for-life, building an eight-year club through personal money, labor, social media, and persistent recruitment. He speaks openly about naming, leadership conflicts, race, politics, COVID isolation, online visibility, and the emotional cost of keeping a small kennel alive. His journalism instincts and enormous Facebook network have also made him an informal chronicler and connector across the wider hash world.

    2014, Eugene, Founder: Salem H3 (GM, RA, etc.), Social Media personality Robert Rose

  • 5.14 Tight Lips

    5.14 Tight Lips

    Episode Summary

    Tight Lips ran her first trail while deployed to Baghdad in January 2005, accepting a colleague’s invitation because there was little else to do on a free afternoon. Back in the United States she joined Harrisburg-Hershey Hash, where several failed naming attempts ended with an apt reference to her Army intelligence career: Tight Lips.

    Her subsequent service and travel produced hashes across countries, continents, and major events, while retirement opened an even busier itinerary. She discusses live trails, GM duties in North Carolina, charity red-dress runs, crash space, event sizes, injuries, family-friendly kennels, and the practical generosity of traveling hashers. Only late in the conversation does her professional rank emerge: she retired as a three-star lieutenant general and former head of the U.S. Army Reserve, making the hash’s rank-free fellowship especially meaningful.

    2005, Baghdad, Harrisburg-Hershey, Philly, Mount Vernon, 50+ countries, Founder: Bimbos of Jersey (BJ H3), Sir Walter’s H3(GM)

  • 5.13 Pope by Run2Eat

    5.13 Pope by Run2Eat

    Episode Summary

    Pope can date his first London Hash precisely: July 28, 1984, from the Green Man in Kingsbury. A magazine article led the shy young professional to a social athletic club where older members treated him as an equal. On an early away weekend, an RA repeatedly called Paul “John,” producing the simple progression John Paul—Pope.

    Four decades of hashing brought a wife, stress relief, extensive European and Asian travel, memorable Interhashes, trails, songs, and occasional encounters with police and public suspicion of flour. Pope weighs large versus small events, single-sex traditions, changing names and songs, aging membership, and the need to welcome younger generations without abandoning the humor and equality that first attracted him. He remains active in UK events, hared trails, and red-dress gatherings.

    1985, West London + London Hashes, Founder Black Death H3, 1st Interhash 1988, Bottom Feeder

  • 5.12 Sex Reject by Run2Eat

    5.12 Sex Reject by Run2Eat

    Episode Summary

    Sex Reject found Brussels hashing in 1995 through a four-page magazine feature shortly after arriving to work for the European Commission. Alone in a new city, he phoned the GM, met at a nearby pub, and discovered muddy trails, freely offered beer, friendly conversation, and what he calls the “joyful nonsense” of a good circle. He returned the following week and had found his tribe.

    Interviewed at the Bras and Pants Hash anniversary, he discusses the origin of his name, founding another kennel, favorite songs and RAs, Scandinavian and European travel, and some punishingly memorable trails. He prefers smaller events where conversation and friendships are possible, and considers how technology, cost, and competing distractions affect recruitment. His central advice is simple: try several kennels and traditions before deciding whether hashing is for you.

    199x – Brussels Manneken Pis H3, Essex H3, …

  • 5.11 Robo-The Human Sponge

    5.11 Robo-The Human Sponge

    Episode Summary

    Robo the Human Sponge joined Gloucestershire’s young Cotswold-area hash on its third run in 1981 after a football match was canceled. Early outings had few formal marks, songs, or circles; those traditions arrived gradually as members traveled and learned from other kennels. The same year also brought the first UK Nash Hash, giving him a historical thread he has followed for more than four decades.

    A runner, founder-club supporter, historian, and author, Robo discusses UK Nash Hash’s camping culture, host succession, COVID interruptions, changing attendance, red-dress fundraising, and the personalities who built British hashing. His recent publication gathers documents, memories, photographs, and the story of founder Uncle Gerry. The episode argues that archives and recognition matter because an informal organization can otherwise lose its origins surprisingly quickly.

    1981, Cheltenham and Cotswold (Run #3), Founder: New Cotswald H3, UK Nash Historian and Survivor- 1 of 4 to attend all UK Nash Hashes

  • 5.10 Bushrat

    5.10 Bushrat

    Episode Summary

    Bushrat started hashing as a U.S. Marine on Okinawa in 1989. A motor-transport unit carried participants by bus to remote A-to-B jungle trails, leaving little option but to finish; the physical challenge and camaraderie captivated him immediately. He soon joined Okinawa’s larger hash and formed a long hared partnership with Yepper, ultimately accumulating four-digit trail experience.

    Hashing also transformed him into a serious runner, leading from his first difficult Marine Corps Marathon to a 3:03 personal best and extensive road racing. He discusses hundreds of trails, Appalachian terrain, travel across the United States and abroad, television coverage, memorable beer checks, and his preference for direct, difficult trail over excessive ceremony. Now in Pennsylvania, he remains an active hare and advocate for the craft of designing an adventurous route.

    1989 Okinawa, Camp L​ejeune, Carolina Trash, Harrisburg Hershey, Founder: Keystone H3

  • 5.09 Uncle Gerry

    5.09 Uncle Gerry

    Episode Summary

    Uncle Gerry began with Singapore’s Monday men’s hash in 1970 after a flying instructor claimed it was too tough for an Englishman. The challenge worked: he joined a closed, 120-member club and explored an island still rich in jungle, rubber, palms, swamps, and reservoirs. Hashing strengthened his confidence and connected him with prominent early characters across Southeast Asia.

    Back in Britain, Gerry became the founder of UK Nash Hash, creating a national gathering that has continued for decades, and helped write memorable entertainment including the “Rocky Hollow Show” at Cyprus Interhash. He reflects on early events, changing clubs, red-dress runs, hash museums and heritage projects, aging organizers, and the uneven recognition given to founders. His stories link the demanding expatriate hashes of the 1970s to a lasting British institution.

    Uncle Gerry, 1970 Singapore (JM, etc.), 1st Interhash, Surrey H3, FOUNDER UK NASH HASH (see him there in 2025)

  • 5.08 Alouette

    5.08 Alouette

    Episode Summary

    Alouette joined Long Beach Hash in 1985 after fellow runners encouraged her to try an Easter egg trail. She was named on her first outing—standing on a pizza-parlor table while the pack sang “Alouette”—and soon became indispensable, setting twenty-five consecutive trails when few others volunteered. The club grew into an extended family and introduced her to Wild Bill, her future husband.

    Her greatest legacy may be documentation: decades of mileage records, run histories, photographs, shirts, anniversary books, and other memorabilia preserving Long Beach’s culture. She discusses international travel, hash weddings, translations on foreign trails, mentoring new hares, and the decline from enormous 1990s packs to smaller modern turnouts. The episode honors both visible adventure and the meticulous archival work that lets later hashers understand what came before them.

    1985-Long Beach H3 (GM etc.), Orange County H3, Co-Founder: Fire and Ice(land), Hash Historian

  • 5.07 Wild Bill

    5.07 Wild Bill

    Episode Summary

    Wild Bill found hashing in 1984 while installing a radar system at Malaysia’s Butterworth Air Base. A secretary cautiously pointed the serious runner toward Penang’s men’s and mixed hashes, whose enthusiastic jungle trails took him into places he had hesitated to explore alone. Australian visitors later connected him with Long Beach Hash, where he met his future wife, Alouette.

    Together they traveled, hared, and hashed on all seven continents, including laying an improvised trail in Antarctica. Wild Bill recalls early Interhashes, meeting historic figures, managing Long Beach and Orange County activities, rafting trips, awards such as Trail of the Year, and the importance of club publications. His stories celebrate athletic adventure while insisting that hashing remains noncompetitive, adaptable, and grounded in the people who keep showing up.

    1984-Penang, Co-Founder: Fire and Ice(land), Long Beach H3/ Orange County H3, bottom feeder of Alouette

  • 5.06 One Left One (take 2)

    5.06 One Left One (take 2)

    Episode Summary

    One Left One entered hashing by instruction rather than invitation: when Chase Manhattan posted him to Seoul in 1975, his country manager told him Wednesday Hash was where many multinational clients gathered. The selective expatriate club limited American membership and brought together bankers, diplomats, businesspeople, and other nationalities in a social network that reflected its time and place.

    After returning to California, he helped build the Long Beach Hash and became part of its unusually democratic, well-documented culture. He discusses early trails, club liability, leadership rotation, changing traditions, statistics approaching a thousand runs, and the expansion from urban Long Beach into Orange County terrain. His fifty-year perspective connects the formal expatriate world of 1970s Korea with a durable volunteer club on America’s West Coast.

    1975, Seoul Korea (GM), 1st Interhash 1978, Manila, Long Beach,(940 trails). Los Angeles Run #1, 1st HashCash