So much more than the popular story

Where Game of Thrones was the War of the Roses with magic, the Witcher series is Eastern European history but with magic

Al Capone and his mythical nemesis Elliot Ness, his actual nemesis Frank Wilson and the woman behind the scenes who laid the ground work.

In another episode on one of Japans most famous exports we learn that everything we know about Japan comes from Edo period propoganda.

Not at all a filler episode

Not a full episode this week. Just letting you know HH will return. And a quick update on 5 Law Enforcement Myths

The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a necessary evil to end the war, they are what finally compelled the Japanese to surrender... right?

When modernity came knocking, Samurai met machine guns with swords... right? ... ummmm no.

Let's get ready to rumble!

In the left corner the slicing samurai and in the right the knifing knight!!

Who will win?

Forged in the fires of Mt Fuji, folded a thousand times, 9 for mortal men... wait I'm thinking of the one ring.

Correction: I mix up the tanto and the kodachi/ wakizashi at one point. The tanto was a small knife. The kodachi and wakizashi are short swords that look similar to katana, tachi, and o dachi