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In which the casus belli of two 14th-century Italian city states going to war was, in popular consciousness at least, the theft of a town's wooden bucket. Some Germans get involved as well.
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2025-05-25 22:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 27!
2025-05-23 11:04:50 +0000 UTC
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Come see us live in London June 22nd:
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A conflict breaks out between a newly independent Mexico and a newly back-to-having-kings France. It culminates in a small series of armed incursions and blockades in 1838-39. Did it start because of an aggrieved Fr...
2025-05-18 19:12:30 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 26!
2025-05-15 22:01:03 +0000 UTC
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We finally did it! Thank you for joining us on this very stupid journey.
2025-05-14 10:43:46 +0000 UTC
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A Moluccan terror group took over a train in the Netherlands, leading to the longest train hijacking in history. It only ends when Dutch Commandos launch one of the worst rescue operations in European history.
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2025-05-11 14:18:54 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 25!
2025-05-09 10:07:03 +0000 UTC
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COME SEE US LIVE JUNE 22ND IN LONDON:
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Joe is joined by Josh Boerman, one of the hosts of The Worst of all Possible Worlds ( https://www.worstpossible.world/ ) to talk about the WWI...
2025-05-07 08:42:54 +0000 UTC
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George Patton launches a very badly thought-out mission to rescue his son-in-law from a POW camp.
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2025-05-04 07:42:33 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 24!
2025-05-02 13:00:11 +0000 UTC
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Come see us live in London June 22nd:
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Once upon a time, the British Navy built one of the worst submarines ever put to sea and then promptly smashed them into one another repeatedly.
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N.S Nash. K Boat Catastrophe: Eight Ships and F...
2025-04-27 09:49:54 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 23!
2025-04-24 22:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Joe and Ani talk about the story of Armin Wegner, the german soldier who went AWOL to document the Armenian Genocide.
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Sources:
Armin T. Wegner and the Armenians in Anatolia, 1915
2025-04-23 13:05:38 +0000 UTC
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The conclusion to our series on the Armenian Genocide
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2025-04-20 15:43:10 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 22!
2025-04-17 22:01:02 +0000 UTC
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Come see us live in London June 22nd at the Big Fat Festival:
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Joe and Tom take the stage at Rich Mix to tell the story about the world's first military high speed train chase.
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William Pittenger. Daring and suffering: a histor...
2025-04-16 08:05:13 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 21!
2025-04-04 16:51:46 +0000 UTC
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We'll be performing at the Big Fat Festival on June 22nd! Come see us, Trash Future, Glue Factory, and others over the weekend!
2025-04-04 06:37:57 +0000 UTC
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All good rebellions start at a bar. Note that we did not say 'successful' there. Quinn from the Failure to Launch podcast joins us as a guest host to discuss a time when francophone and anglophone Canadians joined forces to fight the British in hopes of declaring independence.
COME SEE US LIVE IN LONDON! We're performing at Rich Mix in Shoreditch on Friday, 11th April. Tickets availbable here: 2025-04-02 21:35:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 20!
2025-03-29 00:10:59 +0000 UTC
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Joe and Ani discuss the strange history of an Armenian-American prodigy, early nuclear physicist, and guy who died because of nearly causing a nuclear explosion in a lab during the last days of the Manhattan Project. That's right: we're discussing Harry Daghlian.
2025-03-27 15:36:05 +0000 UTC
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Chapter 19!
2025-03-22 10:15:42 +0000 UTC
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