The Lesser Stories

The Lesser Stories

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The Lesser Stories episodes

  • S2E8: Manmade Disasters
    People are the WORST, and the lads can prove it. Adam talks about a suspicious flood in Missouri in 1993; Anthony got the extra-hot gossip (on account of it's been on fire for 50 years) from the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania.

    Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten

    Producer: Adam Azra'el
    32 min
  • S2E7: Popes, pt I
    Say three Hail Marys and get ready for some stories straight from the dude upstairs. Anthony talks about the death and subsequent troubles of Pope Formosus. Adam spills the beans on Pope John XII....and they're some spicy beans. If we're going to hell then we'll see at least one of these guys there.

    Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten

    Producer: Adam Azra'el
    27 min
  • S2E6: Off The Rails
    All aboard! It's an episode about trains, with Anthony talking about the Crazy Eights incident and Adam exploring the Crash At Crush.

    Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el

    Producer: Adam Azra'el
    35 min
  • S2E5: Putting Up Walls
    Adam talks about Notre Damme and the monarchs who were beheaded in front of it. Anthony's got a monty-python-esque story about a light house that had to get built....and rebuilt....and rebuilt... //

    Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten //

    Producer: Adam Azra'el
    20 min
  • S2E4: Dear Leader
    Who's got a more Presidential title? You decide as Adam makes the case for team Saparmurat Niyazov and Anthony shills for Idi Amin....oh, and both of them were crazy. Like, CRAZY crazy.

    Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten //

    Producer: Adam Azra'el
    31 min
  • S2E3: The Silver Screen
    Anthony's got some stories from Oz....or at least, from the set of a movie about Oz. Something about a Wizard. Not to be outdone, Adam throws it even farther back to one of the first blockbuster science fiction movies, its crazy director, and how we still don't know what it's about. //

    Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten //

    Producer: Adam Azra'el
    47 min
  • S2E2: Pirates!
    Arrrrrrgh, matey. Anthony's got the dirt on the worst pirate in history. Adam's mad about one particular act of piracy that cost America dearly.

    Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el

    Producer: Adam Azra'el
    26 min
  • S1E18: Man vs. Nature
    Anthony talks about China's Four Pests initiative....and one pest in particular. Adam gets philosophical with an exploration of the Perverse Incentive....formerly known as the Cobra Effect.

    Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el

    Producer: Adam Azra'el
    23 min

About The Lesser Stories

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History's least-important bits....from the funny to the completely insane, and everything in between!

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten

Producer: Adam Azra'el