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History Go Time!
Hosted by Damian Smith · EN
Somewhere between Dan Carlin and George Carlin, professional comedian and history enthusiast Damian Smith regales with his favourite anecdotes from throughout the annals of time. These stories are fun, exciting, compelling, and quite often actually happened - for as Leo Ferre once said: ”you must believe in ancient history, even if it is not true.” Guaranteed at least 90% truth.
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The Thucydides Trap
2w ago00:41:28Tap to summarizeWhy do you keep hearing the term "Thucydides Trap"? Here's why. Short answer: Smart Dude (Thucydides) talks about the nature of empire (Peloponnesian War) and why it inevitably leads to people dying (current global power shift). I think we'd all like to stop living through history, but what are you gonna do?
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Going Down Swinging - The Teddy Sheean Story
Apr 2600:35:33Tap to summarizeFor this Anzac Day special we explore the underrated story of Australia's only Navy Victoria Cross recipient - Ordinary Seaman Teddy Sheean and how he not only fought until his last breath, he fought well past it.
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The Cheese Caves
Mar 1500:46:52Tap to summarizeWhy do Americans put cheese on everything? In the tapestry of history it begins with Mark Sykes and François Georges-Picot arbitrarily drawing lines on a map at the end of WW1. You wanted a show about an economic crisis caused by a criminal Republican president of the USA fighting a war in the Middle East, you really should have specified which crime/president/war/Middle East.
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Without Precedent? No, There's Precedent
Feb 2300:45:41Tap to summarizeThe BBC rather audaciously called the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor "without precedent." History knows better. Enough people asked that I made a show, enjoy.
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How The Nazis Consolidated Power
Jan 3101:30:22Tap to summarizeThis was a mandatory subject when I went to high school, so I didn't think I needed to cover it. Boy, was I wrong. So here's how the Nazis came to power. You're supposed to stop it from happening again.
Transcribe →I Hate April Fool's Day
Dec 2400:49:31Tap to summarizeDo you want to know what a bonus show sounds like? Merry Christmas! This is about the weird origins of April Fool's Day, but surprisingly you can't explore that without going into Christmas and New Year's, they're all the same magical animal. By the way, do you know why New Year's Day is always exactly a week after Christmas? Have fun with that.
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Ein Kleine Nachthexen (Rebroadcast)
Dec 500:30:18Tap to summarizeThis is old enough that you've probably forgotten it. Tonight (December 5th) is Krampusnacht. Which means that it's the only time of the year when I'm justified in reseeding this show about Krampus, the terrifying German Christmas monster.
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The Gunpowder Plot II: Treason Season
Nov 1001:26:19Tap to summarizeThe slapstick tragedy that is the Gunpowder Plot, one of the dumbest things that has ever happened.
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The Gunpowder Plot I: Doth Protest Too Much
Oct 2501:14:21Tap to summarizeSo it turns out that to talk about the Gunpowder Plot, you need to do over an hour of stuff to lay the groundwork for the Gunpowder Plot. In the beginning...in 1517 Martin Luther staples an essay to a church, leading to millions of deaths for dumb reasons. These are those reasons.
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The Curse of the Pharaoh!
Sep 2701:07:36Tap to summarizeYou all know there's no such thing as curses. Sure. You all know there's no such thing as the Curse of the Pharaoh. But you may not know just how brazen the lie is.
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