Napoleon Bonaparte is remembered as a brilliant general, a political visionary—and famously, as a very short man. But the truth is far taller. This episode unpacks how a mistranslated measurement, ruthless propaganda, and pop culture solidified one of history’s biggest lies. The real story changes everything you thought you knew.

• The real measurement and how it was mistranslated

• British propaganda’s role in creating “Little Boney”

• Why the Napoleon Complex is psychological fiction