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   Number 1: Marco Polo Part 2

   We continue the epic journey of Marco Polo with things both real and imagined, believed and disbelieved. All grand adventures and great odysseys must come to an end, but the question now was, were they to be believed? Sources: Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu by Laurence Bargreen The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo and Rustichello da Pisa Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

   September 15, 2026·2h 1min
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   Number 2: Marco Polo Part 1

   Marco Polo dictated the greatest world travel adventure story in history while he was in prison. How did he get there? Well, he was only 17 when he joined his father and uncle in the family trade, and so begins the odyssey of Marco Polo… Sources: Marco Polo: From Venice to Xanadu by Laurence Bargreen The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo and Rustichello da Pisa Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford

   September 06, 2026·1h 45min
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   Number 3: Bass Reeves

   Marshal Bass Reeves was a legend of the Wild West. What sets him apart from the usual lexicon of Wild West legends wasn’t that he was black or a black law man, it’s because he was the real deal. Joining us is the incomparable Beau Binek from the How the West Was F#cked podcast! Sources: Burton, Arthur T. Black Gun, Silver Star : The Life and Legend of Frontier Marshal Bass Reeves. Lincoln, Neb., University Of Nebraska Press ; Chesham, 2008.

   March 03, 2026·2h 32min
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   Number 4: Frank Gotch vs. George Hackenschmidt

   In the early days of profession wrestling, a sport already rife with conmen and circus tricks, there would be one rivalry that would make, and simultaneously threaten to break, the sport across the globe. Two worlds collided with the rough and tumble American, Frank Gotch, and the first world heavyweight champion of the world, The Russian Lion, George Hackenschmidt. Joining us is Taylor, the host of the Wild Mouse podcast and a co-host of the Grave Plot Podcast! Sources: Jr, Ken Zimmerman. Gotch vs. Hackenschmidt: The Matches That Made and Destroyed Legitimate American Professional Wrestling. Independently Published, 28 Aug. 2018. ‌ Langmead, Jon. Ballyhoo! University of Missouri Press, 29 Jan. 2024.

   February 17, 2026·1h 51min
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   Number 5: Iwo Jima

   The Battle of Iwo Jima during WWII was the bloodiest in United States Marine Corps history. Join us for a unique perspective of this legendary historical event, and our 100th episode! Sources: “Bill Richardson: 4th Battalion, 14th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division - Marines.” Witness to War: Preserving The Oral Histories of Combat Veterans, https://www.witnesstowar.org/combat_stories/WWII/8409. Brown, Ronald J. A Brief History of the 14th Marines. History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, 1990. King, Dan, and Linda Ryan. A Tomb Called Iwo Jima: Firsthand Accounts from Japanese Survivors. Dan King, 2020. Smith, Larry. Iwo Jima: World War II Veterans Remember the Greatest Battle of the Pacific. W.W. Norton, 2009. Tyson, Ann Scott. American Spartan. William Morrow, 2015.

   March 25, 2023·2h 45min
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