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Easter Is Stolen IP Apr 18, 2022

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This week Jake tries to dunk on Jesus and fails, Rob thinks Six Flags is the same as Disney, and we all learn about the pagan traditions that live on in modern Easter celebrations.

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The Worst Way Any Japanese Soldier Died During WW2 Apr 12, 2022

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Human beings might be at the top of the planet's food chain but we've taken some L's to animals over the years, none worse than what happened to the Japanese soldiers who, near the end of World War II, retreated into the swamps of Burma's Ramree Island and found ancient, bloodthirsty predators waiting for them.

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Thank God Native Americans Killed Everything That Used To Live Here Apr 05, 2022

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This is the story of the FIRST colonization of the Americas, some 13,000ish years ago. Humans arrived here for what turned out to actually be the second time and, like people are wont to do, they killed the other people living here and, more importantly, the giant nightmare monsters that called the Americas home.

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Classic Hollywood’s ”Unsolved” Murders Mar 29, 2022

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The guys talk about the golden age of Hollywood's most unusual deaths, including a sketchy accidental fatality on William Randolph Hearst's yacht, a teenaged starlet's older lover's suspicious death, and a famous actress's suicide that was super obviously NOT a suicide.

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The Cancelled Goat Ball Doctor Mar 22, 2022

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This week we learn about J.R. Brinkley, a shady doctor with even shadier practices that had an election stolen from him, his radio platform stolen, and probably stole some goat balls himself.
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Russia: The Bridesmaid of Europe Mar 14, 2022

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Breaking down how the Russian invasion of Ukraine is just the latest in a long history of Russia trying to prove that it's way more powerful and important than it really is, from the nation declaring Moscow the "Third Rome" after the fall of Constantinople to its epic fails in the Crimean War and the Russo-Japanese War.

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China’s Hooker Pirate Queen Mar 08, 2022

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Ching Shih was a prostitute who pulled herself up by the stilettos and became one of the most successful pirates in world history.

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The Pope Blessed Murder In Florence Mar 01, 2022

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This week we cover the Pazzi Conspiracy, a plot to assassinate the Medici banking family, and how the Pope kind of OK’d the whole thing.

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Ancient Egypt Was #AntiWork Feb 22, 2022

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Ancient Egypt seems like a long time ago, but this recovered sick leave document from 1250 BC proves that Egyptians were just like us: drunks who hated work and had a rough time when the women in their house were menstruating.

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The Helen Keller 9/11 Connection With Jessie Wiseman Feb 15, 2022

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Jessie Wiseman joins the boys as we burn on Helen Keller.
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