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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

Andy, Tim and Charles take a look at the Jane Doe lawsuit for sexual assault against Diddy, and more importantly for this episode, Jay-Z. The litigation tactics of Jay-Z's attorney came under scrutiny both by the judge in the case and the pundits online. Crazy, or crazy like a fox? By the time we got this episode edited the case had been dropped by the plaintiff, so ... spoiler warning.

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Episode 30: Do Not Sue Us

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We return to Somalia, this time via a close read of book-length interview with Giancarlo Marocchino — The Moroccan. He rubs shoulders with killers, insults Admirals, dodges cannon fire, and delivers unmarked sealed crates (no questions asked) across Mogadishu.

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Episode 440: Il Polpo 3: Truth Is Not A Choice: Part 1 (trailer)

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The Turtle was the world's first combat submarine, built during the American Revolution, and somehow, it didn't turn into an elaborate suicide device.

Sources:

https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/head-tilting-history/bushnells-turtle-revolutionary-submarine

https://www.masshist.org/beehiveblog/2022/06/the-turtle-submarine-warfare-during-the-american-revolution/

https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1942/february/david-bushnell-and-first-american-submarine

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/premium/article/submersible-history-revolutionary-war

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/david-bushnells-turtle-the-worlds-first-submarine/

Episode 355 - The Turtle, The World's First Combat Submarine

Dog trainers Zacky Limble (Andrew), Houndmaster Chengis (Branson), and Jazz Palmetto (Charles) discuss their idiosyncratic training styles. E1 on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/e1podcast

380 - Man’s Best Friend

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

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George Patton launches a very badly thought-out mission to rescue his son-in-law from a POW camp.

Sources:

http://oflag64.us/ewExternalFiles/whitaker-richard-tfb-article.pdf

https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/costly-failure-pattons-raid-liberate-hammelburg

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/task-force-baum-george-pattons-controversial-mission-to-rescue-his-son-in-law-from-a-pow-camp.html

https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/witnessing-pattons-failure-a-prisoners-view-of-the-task-force-baum-raid/

Episode 362 - Task Force Baum

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A Moluccan terror group took over a train in the Netherlands, leading to the longest train hijacking in history. It only ends when Dutch Commandos launch one of the worst rescue operations in European history.

Sources:

https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9789048555796-004/html?lang=en&srsltid=AfmBOopTs6kSVyzglNe9ZE0NzwO_2weL5McjhDU6iWQ3mOsH7_gDPyjF

https://www.sbs.com.au/language/dutch/en/article/40-years-on-questions-remain-the-extraordinary-story-of-the-1977-dutch-train-siege/4y5ex2171

https://nltimes.nl/2017/05/30/dutch-govt-releases-transcriptions-1977-train-hijacking

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2018/07/court-clears-marines-for-killings-in-1977-moluccan-train-hijacking/

https://www.historischnieuwsblad.nl/hansina-uktolseja-1955-1977/

https://www.nytimes.com/1977/06/16/archives/20day-ordeal-aboard-the-hijacked-dutch-train-as-described-by-those.html

https://nltimes.nl/2018/07/25/dutch-state-accountable-1977-train-hijackers-deaths-court-rules

https://nltimes.nl/2018/05/08/moluccan-train-hijackers-die-new-witnesses-say

https://web.archive.org/web/20070716051414/http://www.nrc.nl/binnenland/article721950.ece/Herdenking_voor_kapers_van_trein_bij_De_Punt_1977_

https://www.delpher.nl/nl/kranten/view?query=Treinkaping+bij+De+Punt&page=7&sortfield=datedesc&cql%5B%5D=%28dategte+%2201-01-1977%22%29&cql%5B%5D=%28datelte+%2231-12-1977%22%29&coll=ddd&redirect=true&identifier=ddd:010959646:mpeg21:a0156&resultsidentifier=ddd:010959646:mpeg21:a0156&rowid=2

https://nltimes.nl/2014/11/20/unarmed-hijackers-killed-train-hijacking

https://www.dutchnews.nl/2017/10/marines-in-court-over-shooting-of-activists-in-1977-de-punt-train-hijacking/

https://apnews.com/general-news-b390fa1dad6147ab9179c262a49f80b4

https://time.com/archive/6848782/terrorists-the-commandos-strike-at-dawn/

Episode 363 - The 1977 Dutch Train Hijacking

This week we start off with a few stories from Trumpworld: the new budget, allegations of white genocide, importing of white Afrikaaners and deporting of Danish people. Then we switch over to a few stories from Demworld: Gerry Connolly's death, an article in Politico about how the Dems are stuck in the black lodge, and an article in the New York Times about the search for the liberal Joe Rogan. Finally, we discuss the shooting of two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington DC last night.

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Episode 393: Creeping Hygge

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In which the casus belli of two 14th-century Italian city states going to war was, in popular consciousness at least, the theft of a town's wooden bucket. Some Germans get involved as well.

Sources used:

https://allthatsinteresting.com/war-of-the-bucket

https://www.historynet.com/what-we-learned-from-the-battle-of-zappolino-1325/

https://militaryhistorynow.com/2020/10/18/beyond-the-pail-the-unbelievable-war-for-the-oaken-bucket-2/

https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/bloodiest-medieval-war-fought-bucket.html

http://www.zappolino.it/battaglia.htm



Episode 365 - The War of the Oaken Bucket

Our old pal Steve Sladkowski from the band Pup stops by to talk tariffs, Canadian politics, TikTok, Drake's abs, and what peak performance looks like

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Episode 399: Venetian Polymath Diet (w/ special guest Steve Sladkowski)

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