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Bonus Episode: Babylon Berlin Dec 28, 2023

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Thanks to Demetria's brilliant decision to get as many vaccines as possible on the same day, there's no new episode this week. Instead, we're releasing a bonus episode from our Patreon archives about one of our all-time favorite works of historical fiction. We'll be back on our regular posting schedule in 2024!

Content warning: Babylon Berlin is set in the Weimar Republic and contains some admirably frank depictions of the rise of fascism, so there's a lot of discussion of antisemitism and Nazis in this episode and on the show.

CW "Shorty" Young Dec 14, 2023

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On one side, a crooked saloon owner with a side business running brothels and opium dens. On the other side, a moralistic tycoon with rail car full of beautiful vegetables. Which one of them did more damage to a frontier town in Montana?

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The Reichsbürger movement Dec 01, 2023

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Want to crown yourself the king of Germany? Want to conquer Europe because you have really strong opinions about public transit? Want to get rich quick selling fake government ID cards? With this one completely nonsense legal strategy, you too can claim the government of Germany isn't real and join the ranks of some very iffy far-right extremists.

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Episode delay this week Nov 28, 2023

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Hi everyone,

Owing to a bout of illness, we're bumping back the release date for this week's episode by 24 hours. We expect to still be able to get it out there by Friday morning (Pacific Time). Sorry for the delay!

The Stone of Destiny Heist Nov 16, 2023

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To crown the monarch of the United Kingdom, you need a 336-pound block of sandstone. But who really owns that big chunk of stone, and who was the thief who stole it from its rightful place?

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The Osaka Incident of 1827, part 2 Nov 02, 2023

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If you're going to accuse a gang of spirit mediums of practicing a banned religion on the down low, you have to prove they're actually members of that religion. But what if your only understanding of how this religious group worships comes from stories about outrageous magical villains?

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The Osaka Incident of 1827, part 1 Oct 19, 2023

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A group of spirit mediums found a way to use their psychic prowess to get rich in the physical realm. But when an investigator started looking into a suspiciously successful prosperity scheme, he uncovered a case of divine fraud.

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Lie Detector Tests Oct 05, 2023

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Let's dive into the dangerous, divine, and occasionally kinky history of trying to figure out who's telling the truth.

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James Reavis, Part 2 Sep 21, 2023

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In the second part of our story, the Baron of Arizona has to create a Baroness so he can rise to great heights in Europe and use his connections to keep swindling in America. But while the upper crust in the old country buy into his wild story, Americans are starting to unravel his fraud.

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James Reavis, Part 1 Sep 07, 2023

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James Reavis was a failed real estate investor, but he had a knack for document forgery. And if you lose all the land you own legally, why not acquire some more with the help of a few doctored papers?

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