We're going to take a break from history to look at interesting rulers from fiction. This year, we're talking about Ganondorf, the main antagonist for most of the Legend of Zelda games. We'll look at how a cycle of violence thousands of years in the making effects things for a man born to be a king.

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Music:

Intro/Outro: “Life O’ the Lavish” - Jules Gaia, “Epic Cinematic Inspiration Piano” - Protraxx, “Dayfreak” - White Bones, “Forest Walk” - Alexander Nakarada, “Zone Out” - Daniel Fridell, “Upbeat Stomp Rock” - Alexey Anisimov, “Reconcile” - Peter Sandberg

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Music:

Intro/Outro: “Life O’ the Lavish” - Jules Gaia

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This week on Royally Screwed, we’re talking about Pharaoh Tutankhamun. While the name may be famous, what exactly did the boy-king do during his rule? Well, his reign was actually a very important period for restoring Egypt from an age of chaos.

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Music:

Intro/Outro: “Life O’ the Lavish” - Jules Gaia, “The Crossroads” - Lindsey Abraham, “Glitz at the Ritz” - Jules Gaia, “Neroli” - Ennio Máno, “In Next Life” - Uneasy, “Beginner’s Luck” - White Bones

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This week on Royally Screwed, we’re talking about Akhenaten, a pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt who would attempt to do away with the old polytheistic religion of his kingdom in order to devote everything to a lesser known sun god.

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Music:

Intro/Outro: “Life O’ the Lavish” - Jules Gaia, “Vapour” - Osoku, “Always There” - Table Etiquette, “Beginner’s Luck” - White Bones, “Homegrown Style” - Macy’s Voice, “Archipelago Exploration” - Christian Andersen

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This week on Royally Screwed, we’re talking about the Crisis of the Third Century, a period in 3rd century CE Rome in which the Empire was splintered into three pieces. We're also going to be taking a look into the reign of Queen Zenobia of Palmyra, the woman who would seek to bring the eastern half of the Empire under her control.

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Music:

Intro/Outro: “Life O’ the Lavish” - Jules Gaia, “Action rock_full” - Radio_Parma, “Mysterious Package” - Kikoru, “Mystery Garden” - Brendon Moeller, “Upbeat Stomp Rock” - Alexey Anisimov, “Zone Out” - Daniel Fridell

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This week on Royally Screwed, we’re talking about Jefferson Davis, the only man elected as president for the Confederate States of America. Why was he chosen to lead the southern states after they seceded? And what happens to a man like that when his nation loses the Civil War?

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Music:

Intro/Outro: “Life O’ the Lavish” - Jules Gaia, “Homegrown Style” - Macy’s Voice, “Underwater Junkyard” - T. Morri, “Edsvikens Vals” - Jerry McHoy, “Mysterious Package” - Kikoru, “Dayfreak” - White Bones, “Epic Cinematic Inspiration Piano” - Protraxx

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On this in-between season break special episode of Royally Screwed, we’re talking about three Roman historians whose work I personally use for a lot of my research for Roman episodes of this show: Tacitus, Suetonius, and Cassius Dio. We'll also learn a bit about why we can probably trust what these guys wrote.

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Music:

Intro/Outro: “Life O’ the Lavish” - Jules Gaia, “Coffeeshop Stories” - Almost Here, “Smooth Passenger” - White Bones, “Time For Cadillac” - Cooloop

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This week on Royally Screwed, we’re diving into the reign of Emperor Claudius, the fourth emperor of Rome. Though he's not as bombastic and entertaining as his predecessors, for both the better and the worse, Claudius was still a man trying to forge his own path in the early Roman Empire. And maybe, he'll do just okay enough for that to not be such a bad thing.

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Music:

Intro/Outro: “Life O’ the Lavish” - Jules Gaia, “Action rock_full” - Radio_Parma, “Glitz at the Ritz” - Jules Gaia, “Forest Walk” - Alexander Nakarada, “Zone Out” - Daniel Fridell, “The Last Bar in Chicago” - Nicky Dowling

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This week on Royally Screwed, we’re talking about Simon Bolivar. He's a man on a mission. That mission? Kick the Spanish Empire out of South America. And maybe become a dictator while he's at it.

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Music:

Intro/Outro: “Life O’ the Lavish” - Jules Gaia, “Vapour” - Osoku, “Upbeat Stomp Rock” - Alexey Anisimov, “Smooth Passenger” - White Bones, “Reconcile” - Peter Sandberg, “Epic Cinematic Inspiration Piano” - Protraxx

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This week on Royally Screwed, we’re talking about Franklin Delano Roosevelt, aka FDR, the president of the United States who helped his nation through the Great Depression. We'll see how far he'll try to go to get his plans passed, and maybe why it's a good thing that the government has a system of checks and balances.

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Music:

Intro/Outro: “Life O’ the Lavish” - Jules Gaia, “Coffeeshop Stories” - Almost Here, “Homegrown Style” - Macy’s Voice, “Neroli” - Ennio Máno, “Zone Out” - Daniel Fridell, “Dayfreak” - White Bones, “Underwater Junkyard” - T. Morri

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