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- 6 Pirate Ching Shih – The Terror of South China
This week’s story really does have everything: Pirates! Prostitution! China! Drama! Tragedy! Twists! And Lorna has a really good hearty laugh at Innes’ face (it is a funny face).
If that’s not enough to get you on board we have special guest Dan, who has a real degree in something real, so that’s a selling point I guess.Pure Speculation (everybody’s favourite!) comes into play as per usual when Innes fails to understand his own story.Disclaimer – We are not promoting any of the products mentioned on this episode – GU desserts, Krave, badassoftheweek.com; although all are great (maybe?).
Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod
Email: [email protected]
Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17 @lornabarryy @InnesJackson
1 hr 10 min - 5 Ramses II and the Battle of Kadesh
This week we travel back to Ancient Egypt for a report from Matt. He talks us through Ramses II’s famous Battle of Kadesh. Did he win, lose, draw? Find out!
If you stopped reading there: he drew. Or lost I guess. Or won? I’m not sure.Ancient times means BC/BCE by the way. Wow dates are so confusing aren’t they?! Who knew?!We also let Innes do the end of episode plugs this week which was a wonderful car crash, much like this episode description in fact. Enjoy!Find our real plugs below!
Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod
Email: [email protected]
Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17 @lornabarryy @InnesJackson
1 hr 5 min - 4 Operation Tiger
It’s Lorna’s turn to teach us something this week and she’s chosen WWII tragedy, Operation Tiger. To try and lighten the mood, the group chat about their own dreadful boating experiences and Matt continuously gets confused by Devon and Dover. And as always, important historical questions are answered such as:
What role would we have had in the D-Day landings?And why is Innes choosing a pedalo as his mode of transport?!Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod
Email: [email protected]
Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17 @lornabarryy @InnesJackson
1 hr 3 min - 3 Eric Bloodaxe
This week Innes grabs his axe and a handful of unreliable poems to tell us the tale of Viking Eric Bloodaxe. When facts fail us we once more lean on our favourite historical technique: Pure Speculation!
Don’t worry we address the most vital of questions:Which one of us would’ve fared best in a Viking village?If we had to invade Norway today which (obscure) celebrities would we take with us?And finally, what would our own personal Valhalla look like?Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod
Email: [email protected]
Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17 @lornabarryy @InnesJackson
42 min - 2 Louis XIV and the Palace of Versailles
This episode we travel back to 17th Century Europe and catch up with Louis XIV and his Palace of Versailles. Matt leads us through the statues, the Hall of Mirrors and even the daily routine of the notoriously vain king. We then try to create our own famous quotes to adorn our own imaginary palaces, and get particularly stuck on one of Innes’ about pugs, pubs and beds.
Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod
Email: [email protected]
Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17 @lornabarryy @InnesJackson
1 hr 19 min - 1 Montgomery Bus Boycott
In this episode Lorna takes us back to 1955 and the incredibly brave tale of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Innes gets in on the action with his own story about a spitting man and a baby on a Glaswegian bus and we all get a little confused by parents calling their children their own name.
Twitter: @IdiotHistoryPod
Email: [email protected]Individual Twitters: @MattSingleton17 @lornabarryy @InnesJackson51 min
About Idiots Talk History
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A weekly history based podcast where we discuss lesser known moments from the past, or shine a new light on famous events, in our own distinctive British way.