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BONUS: Lions Led by Robots 3: Sombrero Space Station

Happy Holidays and a joyous racist fighting robot to one and all! 

EARLY EPISODE: The Defense of the Great Wall

Chinese soldiers defended the Great Wall of China armed with swords, axes, and martial arts....in the 1930s

Sources:

https://www.historynet.com/last-battle-great-wall/

https://grantpiperwriting.medium.com/the-forgotten-story-of-japans-att...

BONUS: The 761st Black Panthers

An all black tank battalion fought racist assholes for years just to get the right to become one of the best American tank units in all of WWII.

sources: 

https://www.history.com/news/761st-tank-battalion-black-panthers-liberators-battle-of-the-bulge

2023-12-18 12:41:27 +0000 UTC View Post

Early Episode: The Christmas Truce

Once upon a time enemies put aside their differences to collectively ignore their officers orders.

Sources:

https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce

https://www.history.com/news/christmas-truce-1914-world-war-i-soldi...

Joe's new book is available for pre order!

Go grab it if you enjoy military sci fi!

Housekeeping Update!

Today I went through our entire patreon and reorganized it. Every bonus episode is now in a collection depending on what its topic is. Side series are their own collection as well. I hope that makes the Patreon a little easier to use going forward! 

BONUS: History of Armenia 31: Breaking from Empire

Armenia is slowly moving away from Russia. But what does that actually look like?

EARLY EPISODE: The Divine Wind

You've heard of the Kamikaze. Now learn about where they got their name. 

Sources:

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/kamikaze-001995

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/141104-ka...

First live show is sold out! Tickets are still available for night two!

Night two will include a completely different episode as well as a Q&A at the end!

Get your tickets here: https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led-by-donkeys-live-podcast-27jan24/

BONUS: Napoleon (2023)

The Sharpe's Show gang sit down to talk about the very strange Napoleon film.

*LIVE SHOW TICKETS*

Night one: bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led…s-live-podcast/
Night two: 2023-12-04 20:03:39 +0000 UTC View Post

EARLY EPISODE: Eugene Bullard: The Coolest Man Who Has Ever Lived

Circus performer, champion boxer, first ever African American combat pilot, club owner, Jazz artist, and spy. Eugene Bullard was one of the coolest men to ever live.

*LIVE SHOW TICKETS*

Night one: bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led…s-live-podcast/
Night two: 2023-12-03 17:46:50 +0000 UTC View Post

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Hooligans of Kandahar ebook

is attached below. Thank you for supporting the show

Are you enjoying the bonus series format?

Over the last year or so we've changed from doing a bunch of random bonus episodes to a series format (Sharpe's Show, The Romecast, History of Armenia, LIons Led by Robots)

Do you like this change? Tell us how you feel! 

BONUS: Lions Led By Robots Episode 2: A Message From the French Government

This episode we watch G Gundam episodes 3-6 and we all discover what Tom is looking for in a woman.

EARLY EPISODE: The Beslan School Siege: Part 2

Part 2 and the conclusion to the Beslan School Siege series.

Night one: bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led…s-live-podcast/
Night two: 2023-11-27 08:57:17 +0000 UTC View Post

LIVE SHOW TICKETS

Due to already selling out the first night our live show is now TWO NIGHTS. Get your tickets now! Both shows will have their own episodes so even if you already grabbed tickets for night 1, you will see a whole new show on night 2! 

Night one: https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led...

FIRST EVER LIVE SHOW TICKETS

**TICKETS AVAILABLE AT 6PM GMT**

The night will be full of fun as we cover a highly requested topic and you'll even get a chance to ask us your question from the legion in person.   As tickets will be limited please do not delay picking them up as we expect them to be in high demand and we don't want anyone to be disappointed.  Seating is unreserved and will operate on a first come first served basis. Doors will be open from 6pm on the day and the show begins at approxima...

EARLY EPISODE: The Beslan School Siege: Part 1

This is the story of how Chechen Terrorists and the Russian state joined forces to create the worst school attack of all time.

GET YOUR LIVE SHOW TICKETS RIGHT HERE: 

https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led-by-donkeys-live-podcast/

Sources:

Timothy Phillips. Beslan: Tragedy at school number 1

John Giduck. Terror at Beslan

HBO. Children of Be...

BONUS: The Sharpe Show 7: Sharpe's Battle

The Sharpe series takes a headlong dive into hating the Irish

EARLY EPISODE: The Death of Captain Cook

Captain Cook shows up in the Hawaiian Islands and pisses off the entire population ending in the funniest possible outcome.

Sources: 

Richard Tregaskis. Hawaii's Warrior King: King Kamehamaha The Great

Glyn Williams. The Death of Captain Hook: A Hero Made and Unmade

Hawaiian Historical Society Reprints 1787, 1788,1789

Val Wake. Who Killed Captain Cook?

BONUS: The History of Armenia 30: After The Fall

During and after the fall of Karabakh Armenians inside of the Republic of Armenia took to the streets in protest. What were these protests about? Who was fueling them? Well, it was a few things. 

EARLY EPISODE: The Time The US invaded Canada

Before Benedict Arnold became the world's most famous traitor, he tried to invade Canada, it went about as well as you'd expect. 

BONUS EPISODE: The Dumb Story of the Littoral Combat Ship

What if you built a ship so terrible, the navy didn't even want it. 

Sources: 

https://www.propublica.org/article/how-navy-spent-billions-littoral-combat-ship

https://warontherocks.com/2021/11/lessons-from-the-littoral-combat-shi...

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EARLY EPISODE: The Fenian Raids

Once upon a time Irish-Americans thought it would be a good idea to invade Canada from the US. It did not go well.

CORRECTION: Andrew Johnson*

EDIT: I meant David Fincher

Sources:

https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/chrono/1774fenian_e.html

2023-10-29 20:40:38 +0000 UTC View Post

BONUS: History of Armenia 29: The Fall

On September 19, 2023 Azeri forces invaded on conquered the Republic of Karabakh. In this episode we talk about what led to this and what happens next. 

BONUS: Lions Led By Robots Episode 1: Gundams Are a Sandwich

The first episode of our new side series, LLBR, where Tom and Joe watch robot related media! For this first series arc we're watching G Gundam, the most insane thing ever thought up by the Gundam universe.

Watch G Gundam here: https://www.youtube.com/@duoxdeathscythe

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