The Zhengde Emperor decides that being the divine sovereign is *boring* and that being a cool war-hero would be way cooler... and... it goes weirdly better than expected. Also, he gives himself a cool nickname, and makes everyone call him that.

Time Period Covered:
1510-1518 CE

Major Historical Figures:
The Zhengde Emperor (Zhu Houzhao) [r. 1505-1521]
Jiang Bin
Qian Ning
Liu Yun, Eunuch Commander
General Zhu Shou, Heroic Defender of the Realm [?? -??]

Tibet:
The Prince of Rin-Sprungs [r. 1512-1544]

Mongols:
Dayan Khan (Batu Möngke) [r. 1479-1517]

The History of China

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In today's episode, Andy is joined in the studio by author & creative director Kyle Creek. They discuss why Kyle needed to do #75HARD at a desperate time in his life, how it has helped improve his professional & personal life as a father, and the power this program has to make America a stronger nation.

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Pizza. It's ubiquitous. It's a fixture at parties and office break rooms, and there's a good chance you order it from your favorite place for dinner every single week.

But there's one setting where pizza doesn't show up very often, and that's in your own oven, having been made in your own kitchen. But my guest today, who's spent decades pursuing the perfect pizza, says you ought to be making your own pies more often and will teach you the secrets to getting restaurant-quality pizza at home. His name is Dan Richer, and he's the owner and chef of Razza in New Jersey, as well as the author of The Joy of Pizza: Everything You Need to Know.

We begin our conversation with what makes pizza such an awesome, go-to, inexhaustibly delicious dish and how to overcome the obstacles that typically prevent people from creating pizzeria-level pizza at home. Dan then gives us his recommendations on sauce, cheese, and toppings in order to create the perfect pizza pie, including his take on that most burning of questions: does pineapple belong on a pizza?

#784: The Secrets to Making the Perfect Pizza

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In today's episode, Andy answers your questions on how to overcome a traumatic moment in your life that resulted in a noticeable scar on your forehead, what advice Andy would have given himself when he was going through the piss-stained mattress phase of building his business, and the best way to overcome the depression experienced by many of us these past few years due to virtual interactions.

376. Q&AF: Overcoming Getting Shot In The Face, Piss-Stained Mattress Phase & Remote Work Causing Depression

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