I'm sorry, I can't do it. I'm gay as hell, and never had a problem with any of the violence this show covers (except Nanking), but musical theater is still too much for me.

this Show makes welding so much harder cause i just laugh my ass off while i try to keep my hand steady

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Francis joins Joe to talk about one of the most memorable battles of the Vietnam War, which was completely and utterly pointless.

Sources:

https://web.archive.org/web/20190515114632/https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/star/images/1683/168300010494.pdf

https://www.history.com/news/hamburger-hill-controversy

Frank Boccia. The Crouching Beast: A United States Army Lieutenant's Account of the Battle for Hamburger Hill

Robert L. Durham. 101st Airborne fight for Hamburger Hill. Military Heritage. Vol. 21, No. 4

Episode 344 - The Battle of Hamburger Hill

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*Correction*
Toyotomi Hideyoshi ordered the invasion of Korea, not Tokugawa Hideyoshi.

Once upon a time in Japan, shitty landlords, high taxes, and religious persecution united a diverse band of Christians, Samurai, Ronin, and farmers under the leadership of a teenager, believed to be an Apostle, in order to rise up against the Lords of Shimabara and the Shogun himself.

Part 1/3

Sources for this series:

 Robert Bellah. Tokugawa Religion.

Ivan Morris. The nobility of failure: tragic heroes in the history of Japan

Jonathan Clements. Christ’s Samurai: The True Story of the Shimabara Rebellion

Episode 345 - The Shimabara Rebellion: Part 1

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The conclusion to our series on the Shimabara Rebellion! 



Episode 346 - The Shimabara Rebellion: Part 3

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Joe is joined by the cast of The Worst of All Possible Worlds to talk about the time the US attempted to open Korea with gunboat diplomacy in 1871.

Sources:

Thomas Duvernay. Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United States and Korea

Eric Niderost. Military Heritage Magazine. August 2002. Vol 4, no. 1

http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20100407175236/http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/marine_amphib_korea.htm

https://web.archive.org/web/20041011181532/http://www.kimsoft.com/2000/sherman.htm

https://hsp.org/blogs/hidden-histories/the-other-korean-war-a-little-known-conflict-in-american-history





Episode 347 - The Shinmiyangyo Incident ft. The Worst of All Possible Worlds

Take a break from hearing about Elon Musk’s pernicious influence in U.S. politics to learn about Elon Musk’s pernicious influence in U.K. politics.

Annie Kelly brings us an update on the state of the far right across the pond. Specifically, we learn about political party Reform UK, and its relationship to the UK’s two most prominent far-right figures. Those figures are: Nigel Farage - Mr Brexit himself and Reform’s leader, and Tommy Robinson, the perpetually re-imprisoned anti-Islamic agitator. Elon Musk spent weeks on X boosting the views of Tommy Robinson. This has caused some consternation for Farage, who has tried to distance himself from Robinson’s explicit ethnonationalism. 

This episode features contributions from Joe Mulhall, director of research at Hope Not Hate, the UK's largest antifascist organization.

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Editing by Corey Klotz. Theme by Nick Sena. Additional music by Pontus Berghe, Jake Rockatansky, and Corey Klotz. Theme Vocals by THEY/LIVE (https://instagram.com/theyylivve / https://sptfy.com/QrDm). Cover Art by Pedro Correa: (https://pedrocorrea.com)

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LINKS


Web Worm: How Racist Agitator Tommy Robinson Found Support with the World’s Richest Men
https://www.webworm.co/p/tommyrobinson

Hope Not Hate
https://hopenothate.org.uk/ 

Rebel Sounds: Music as Resistance by Joe Mulhall https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Rebel-Sounds/Joe-Mulhall/9781804441169

Reform UK, Nigel Farage, and Elon Musk (E311)

This week we're joined by Bryan Quinby, host of the Guys podcast, to discuss AI, scams, and urban legends concerning some of our most hallowed public figures

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Episode 382: Doom Guys (w/ special guest Bryan Quinby)

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Joe, Tom, and Nate talk about time the people of Carthage wove their own hair into weapons to defend their city from the Romans.

Spoiler: It didn't work.

Sources:

Adrian Goldsworthy. The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265–146 BC

David Norris. The Siege of Carthage: Death of an Empire. Military Heritage. Volume 26. No 1.

https://www.historynet.com/romes-final-war-against-carthage/

Episode 353 - The Death of Carthage

After a viral Tik Tok conspiracy claimed there was a “true story” behind the hit series “Squid Game,” Jake goes down the rabbit hole to try to separate fact from fiction.  The Tik Tok people were very wrong, and what we discover instead is far more horrific.  Julian and Brad are forced to cope as Jake tells the devastating story of “Brother’s Home”, an 80s era South Korean so-called ‘Wellness Center’ that turns out to be anything but.  


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SOURCES:

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/12/10/secrets-of-south-koreas-house-of-horrors-hidden-in-australia

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/25/world/asia/korea-abuse-brothers-home.html

https://www.cnn.com/2016/10/25/asia/south-korea-brothers-home-abuse/index.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-52797527



Brother’s Home (E316)

This week Tom and Aaron discuss Kristi Noem's propaganda video violating the 4th Geneva Convention, the signal Yemen invasion scandal, remote viewing, and the state of art

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Episode 386: Best Laid Plans

Soyjaks! 4chan! Breeding kink! Katy Perry!

All that and a surprise update about skateboarder and television personality Bam Margera in this week's episode.

First up, Travis will tackle the recent devastating hack of 4chan, the infamous image board that gave us Pepe memes, QAnon family members, and maybe even a president. What is this “Soyjak Party” and why do they hate 4chan so much? 

Then Julian will cover the recent Elon Musk breeding kink fanfic — if the Wall Street Journal were a “fan” and documented reporting were a “fic.”

Finally Jake will report on his investigation on worrying claims from conspiracists that the recent influencer-friendly flight of a Blue Origin rocket was entirely faked. We’ll also try to figure out which graphic designer is responsible for sneaking images of Baphomet into every spaceflight patch.


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REFERENCES

Notorious image board 4chan hacked and internal data leaked
https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/notorious-image-board-4chan-hacked-and-internal-data-leaked/

Suspected 4chan Hack Could Expose Longtime, Anonymous Admins
https://www.wired.com/story/2025-4chan-hack-admin-leak/

Soyjak Party
https://wiki.bibanon.org/Soyjak.party

The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers
https://archive.vn/5r3jL

Katy Perry launches into space with all-female crew on Blue Origin rocket
https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/katy-perry-launches-into-space-with-all-female-crew-blue-origin-rocket-2025-04-14/



4chan Down: Revenge Of The Soyjaks (E320)

EDIT: We're taking the week off from putting out a free episode, so we're unlocking our Patreon episode from Monday, featuring our old pal Kate Wagner, author of the blog McMansion Hell. Our conversation covers a lot of ground: the Pope, the modern conservative movement's relationship to Catholicism, whether or not the bourgeoisie might be giving up on their own project, the so-called "Abundance" agenda, urban sprawl, and much more. 

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**UNLOCKED** Fuck It, We Sprawl (w/ special guest Kate Wagner)

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