Show overview
Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast has been publishing since 2019, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 516 episodes. That works out to roughly 500 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 48 min and 1h 17m — though episode length varies meaningfully from one episode to the next. The publisher flags most episodes as explicit, so expect adult themes or strong language throughout. It is catalogued as a EN-language Comedy show.
The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 2 days ago, with 39 episodes already out so far this year. The busiest year was 2025, with 95 episodes published. Published by Lions Led By Donkeys.
From the publisher
The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict. Our podcast will always be free, but if you think what we do is worth a buck you can throw us one here: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Latest Episodes
View all 516 episodes*PREVIEW* The Santa Fe Expedition (Live in London)
Episode 416 - The Raid On Deerfield
*PREVIEW* The History of Armenia: The Life and Death of the First Republic: Part 5
Episode 415 - The Tsar Tank
*PREVIEW* Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood: Part 1
Episode 414 - The Battle of Iwo Jima: Part 3
*PREVIEW* The French Wars of Religion: Part 1
Episode 413 - The Battle of Iwo Jima: Part 2
It Was All Kicking Off: A Lions Led By Donkeys Short
Episode 412 - The Battle of Iwo Jima: Part 1
Episode 411 - The Battle of Rocroi
Episode 410 - The Death of PQ-17
*PREVIEW* The Mutiny of the USS Somers
Episode 409 - The Anglo-Satsuma War
*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 26: FLCL: Part 2 ft. Lucy Valentine
Episode 408 - The Fenian Ram
*PREVIEW* The Battle of Fort Eben Emael
EFor the full episode go here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/154487546?pr=true
Episode 407 - The Battle of Ramree Island
EPREORDER JOE'S NEW BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Highlands-Burn-Foundling-Brigade-Saga-ebook/dp/B0GSG5CNXX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=QWHSPAADI07D&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.uLEY0I7D6t0IC9GWsF7SH1FKEgKqsqTLmV4PQ_lLi-wVUCYgTqIv0BWd9_-x3VzP.xn7v2CqU5MjngXmmSbYvVGsY_fxkvgsz-LA2tkhHHTs&dib_tag=se&keywords=joseph+kassabian&qid=1774247705&s=digital-text&sprefix=%2Cdigital-text%2C176&sr=1-1 LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-london-29th-may-tickets-1985443952308 LIVE STREAM TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/livestream-lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-london-29th-may-2026-tickets-1985444086710 SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys The Battle of Ramree Island has gone down in history for being known for one thing: a massive crocodile attack that apparently destroyed the Japanese as they attempted to retreat. But, what if we told you that that popular story was completely made up by one guy who wasn't even there at the time? Sources: Allen, Louis. Burma: The Longest War McLynn, Frank. The Burma Campaign: Disaster into Triumph, 1942–45 Wright, B. S. (1962). Wildlife Sketches: Near and Far. Wright, B. S. (1968). The Frogmen of Burma Platt, Steven. Man eating by Estuarine Crocodiles: the Ramree Island massacre revisited Lyons, Chuck. The Mystery at the Battle of Ramree Island. WWII History. Vol. 25. No. 1 Frazier, George. A Man's Worst Friend. The Boston Globe Archive. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/438950677/ https://the-avocado.org/2019/03/02/things-that-are-not-the-horrors-of-ramree-island/ https://www.thetimes.com/uk/history/article/crocodile-massacre-of-troops-debunked-as-wartime-myth-k6vxhdfsq
Episode 406 - Project Habakkuk ft. Josh Boerman
EPREORDER JOE'S NEW BOOK https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0GSG5CNXX?ref_=dbs_m_mng_rwt_calw_tkin_0&storeType=ebooks&qid=1773423127&sr=8-3 SUPPORT THE SHOW ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys CHECK OUT THE WORST OF ALL POSSIBLE WORLDS: https://www.worstpossible.world/ Josh Boerman, of the Worst of All Possible Worlds and Ill Conceived, joins Joe in the studio to talk about the time that an absolute madman attempted to build the largest aircraft carrier in the world out of ice. sources: Perutz, M. F. "A Description of the Iceberg Aircraft Carrier and the Bearing of the Mechanical Properties of Frozen Wood Pulp upon Some Problems of Glacier Flow". The Journal of Glaciology. Lutz, Stephen. Project Habakkuk’s Iceberg Aircraft Carrier. WWII History. Vol 10, No. 8 Hemming, Henry. Churchill's Iceman: The True Story of Geoffrey Pyke: Genius, Fugitive, Spy. Gold, L W. The Canadian Habbakuk Project: a Project of the National Research Council of Canada. Cambridge, UK Cross, L D. Habbakuk: A Secret Ship Made of Ice.
*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 25: FLCL: Part 1 ft. Lucy Valentine
EFOR THE WHOLE EPISODE GO HERE: https://www.patreon.com/posts/153325099 Tom and Joe are joined by Lucy Valentine of the podcasts Boonta Vista and Savant Garde to talk about...whatever FLCL is. Is it about growing up? Puberty? Changing oneself for the better? Trauma? We have no idea but man is it fun.