Welcome to the finale of season five! In episode 102, we invite a long time friend of the Smoke Circle--Derek from History's Greatest Idiots! History is full of idiotic moments, ranging from little whoopsies to full blown, planet-altering fuck-ups. In today's episode, we talk an escaped Galapagos Tortoise, a dead pope put on trial and a pig who started a war. YUP.

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Source Materials--

Cadaver Synod--

https://daily.jstor.org/the-cadaver-synod-putting-a-dead-pope-on-trial/

https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1045&context=fac_pm

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/vatican-dead-pope-on-trial?loggedin=true&rnd=1747710126274

https://www.medievalists.net/2025/05/cadaver-synod/

Pig War--

https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/The-Pig-War/

https://www.nps.gov/sajh/learn/historyculture/the-pig-war.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLq6GEiHqR8

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Intro/outro music: "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (⁠incompetech.com⁠) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/