Countries That Don't Exist Anymore

Comedian, writer and pirate game creator Alasdair Beckett-King climbs onboard to talk pirates, point n click Monkey Island homage, Nelly Cootalot and 13th century rubbish islands.

Know your pirate slang? Join us for Buccaneer Balderdash. Who was the best pirate? We play Flying Gang Top Trumps to settle it, and you can too: https://www.ctdeapod.com/post/pirate-top-trumps

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We head to the sun-drenched Bahamas in the early 18th century to visit the Republic of Pirates. Meet Blackbeard, Benjamin Hornigold and other famous and infamous members of the legendary Flying Gang. 

Was the Republic of Pirates just a base for thievery or was it a revolutionary attempt to cast off colonial oppression? Jump onboard and find out.

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YouTube sensations Map Men (aka Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones) join the CTDEA Team to chat about making Map Men and top-knotch Inca trivia.

Did an Inca couple literally "tie the knot" by binding themselves together? Find out in Knot Truth or Not Truth - where we delve deeper into fascinating Quipu culture.

And where in history were prostitutes required to be blonde? We cover that too. For some reason.

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Join the CTDEA Team as we discover the Inca Empire, South America's answer to the Romans. Without metal, the wheel or beasts of burden, the Inca managed to build a massive empire filled with incredible architectural achievements and technological wizardry that will BLOW YOUR MIND - according to Inca Buzzfeed.

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Comedian, actor and writer Lucy Frederick joins us for Fourth Roman Republic flavoured chat. Lucy takes a virtual tour around the eternal city but has to spot the fraudulent sites in our Roman or Fauxman quiz.

PLAY ALONG: https://www.ctdeapod.com/post/roman-or-fauxman

Is Garibaldi the best teatime companion? Find out in Celebritea and Biscuits. 

Plus, Ed reveals his Facebook banning scandal for pushing the show TOO HARD. Hear all about it before the tabloids have their way.

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Forget the first, second and third Roman republics, Countries That Don't Exist Anymore is all about the Fourth Roman Republic. Join Mazzini, Garibaldi and a pretty peeved pope (plus Ed and Phil) to hear the story of revolution, invasion and attempted Italian unification.

Plus, find out answers to the following: did the Pope prefer All Saints or Girls Aloud? Why were there two Sicilies? And what happens when Garibaldi goes into Beast Mode?

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We talk to comedian, TV personality and 15th in line to the Ottoman throne, Naz Osmanoglu about the prequel to the Ottoman Empire - AKA the Sultanate of Rum. Can Naz work out which crimes his royal ancestors committed in Who Do You Think You Aren't? Which monk hates the Sultanate most? Is it Roger the Monk or Peter the Monk? Find out! 

Ed admits to more historical errors in confessions of the Fifth Crusade. Phil takes on the role of Byzantine Emperor/ tabloid journalist and there's some confusion about whether Sultan Mehmet IV was a cabbage farmer or a wheelwright. 

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Countries That Don't Exist Anymore whisks you away to the Sultanate of Rum, AKA medieval Turkey. Join Ed and Phil on a trade route through Anatolia, stopping at the caravanserais of conquest, gentrification and the Crusades.

Why did one sultan think he was German? What did Kilij Arslan have to do with the Anglo-Saxons? And could a lowly governor in the Sultanate ever become Emperor of Constantinople? Find out right now... or after that nap. 

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This time on Countries That Don't Exist Anymore, we take an early Spring Break in the Free and Independent Republic of West Florida. A grandiose sounding republic in early nineteenth century North America that lasted for less time than Bros. Who was Fulwar Skipwith? Why did milk defeat the Spanish Empire? And don't miss our Kemper Brothers hoedown.

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Unfortunately since we recorded the episode the Dominion of West Florida (https://dbwf.net/) is no more. I guess they were sick of waiting for Elizabeth!