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EARLY EPISODE: The Boxer Rebellion Part 5: Legation Garden Party

Part 5/5!

EARLY EPISODE: The Boxer Rebellion Part 4: The Rembrandt of Violence

Part 4/5

EARLY EPISODE: The Boxer Rebellion Part 3: Old Betsy

part 3/5

EARLY EPISODE: The Boxer Rebellion Part 2: Eunuch Fumes

Part 2/5

EARLY EPISODE: The Boxer Rebellion Part 1: The Unbeatable Army of Ultra Nerds

Part 1/5

The Imperial powers of Europe and Japan humiliate China until they create an uprising of magical martial artists who are terrified of period blood. 

Sources: 

David Silby. The Boxer Rebellion and The Great Game in China

Diana Preston. The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic History of China’s War Against Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900

Henry Keown-Boyd. The Fists of Righteous Harmony

Joseph Esherick. The Origins of the B...

BONUS: Lions Led By Robots Presents: Pacific Rim

guillermo del toro creates a live action anime.

BONUS EPISODE: Himmler Was A Weird Little Freak (Live In London)

Himmler really liked Witches. Live from Big Belly Comedy Club

Joe's New Book, INVISIBLE WAR, Is Out Today!

EARLY EPISODE: Orde Wingate and the Chindits: Part 2

The conclusion to the crazy, diseased story of a man and his Chindits.

The Hooligans of Kandahar: Chapter 18

EARLY EPISODE: Orde Wingate and the Chindits: Part 1

Orde Wingate was an insane person who thought exercise would cure malaria, wore a necklace of raw onions and garlic, and carried an alarm clock that would go off at random times like he was the Mad Hatter. He was also a commander of one of the most famous British military units during the Second World War. 

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2024-02-12 06:43:45 +0000 UTC View Post

Interested in attending an Amsterdam live show this summer? Please fill out this form

Hi everyone,

After the stunning (to us, at least!) success of the London live shows, we'd like to continue planning for future live events and have decided to look into an Amsterdam show next. We're looking at planning something between late May and mid-July, and we'd like to get a sense of what size of venue we should be looking for. So, if you can say with relative certainty that you'd buy tickets and attend an Amsterdam live show, could you please fill out this Google form? This woul...

BONUS: The Sharpe Show 8: Sharpe's Sword

The gang returns to talk about the most haunted sandwich. 

EARLY EPISODE: The Insane Corruption of the Union Army During the US Civil War

Union soldiers may have marched off to fight for the right side of the war but that didn't mean that every contractor and General in the north wasn't going to try to steal something from the military along the way.

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Hooligans of Kandahar Ebook

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Warriors of Armenia: Episode 1

Two veterans of the First Karabagh War talk about their assault on an Azeri position with their volunteer unit. 

EARLY EPISODE: Fragging and the Case of Alberto Martinez

Joe and Nate explore the history of Fragging in the US military and the case of Alberto Martinez, a soldier who almost certainly killed two officers during the Iraq War and got away with it. 

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LIVE SHOW: The Voyage of the Damned

Joe, Tom, and Nate live in London talk about the time the Russian Empire sent a fleet around the world to fight the Japanese Imperial Navy.

Preview of our upcoming video series: Warriors of Armenia

Episode 1 of our 6 part video series will premiere in February and be available at the 5$ and up level.

Live show merch table information

BONUS: Lions Led By Robots 4: Child Pit Fighting

Domon pressures a small child into a robot fight where his opponent is a magical mummy that can control the weather. 

EARLY EPISODE: The Battle of the Three Kings

Three kings enter. Zero leave.

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2024-01-21 17:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post

The Hooligans of Kandahar: Chapter 16

The Hooligans of Kandahar: Chapter 17

We're back!

EARLY EPISODE: The Satsuma Rebellion Part 2: Imperial Goon Cave

The conclusion to the Satsuma Rebellion! 

Sources: 

Andrew Gordon. A History of Modern Japan

William Beasley. The Meiji Restoration

James Buck. The Satsuma Rebellion of 1877

Romulus Hillsborough. Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai. 

Noel Perrin. Giving Up The Gun: Japan's Reversion To The Sword.

2024-01-14 19:02:29 +0000 UTC View Post

BONUS: Waterloo (1970)

Once upon a time tens of thousands of soviet soldiers were drafted into a movie production. This is the story of that film. 

EARLY EPISODE: The Satsuma Rebellion Part 1: Dutch Kabuki

The heroic story of how Samurai Warlord Saigo Takamori rose up against the changing of the times. But actually, it wasn't really about that at all.

Sources: 

Andrew Gordon. A History of Modern Japan

William Beasley. The Meiji Restoration

James Buck. The Satsuma Rebellion of 1877

Romulus Hillsborough. Samurai Revolution: The Dawn of Modern Japan Seen Through the Eyes of the Shogun's Last Samurai. 

Noel Perrin. Giving Up The Gun: Japan's Reversion T...

EARLY EPISODE: Operation Lam Son 719

In 1971 South Vietnam invaded Laos. It did not go well. 

Sources: 

https://www.comanchero.org/LamSon719.html

https://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/invasion-02172021125804.html

https://www.jstor....

Your Digital Copy of The Hooligans of Kandahar

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BONUS: History of Armenia 32: The Russian Military Base In Gyumri

There is a russian military base in Gyumri, Armenia's second largest city. It has some problems.