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Episode 325 - Viktor Bout, The Merchant of Death: Part 2

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Part 2/2 GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: www.universe.com/events/lions-led…s-belfast-83V5QD SUPPORT THE SHOW, GET BONUS CONTENT: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys If you want to support the show via a one time donation without using Patreon, you can PayPal us at [email protected] Check out Failure to Launch: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/fail…ch/id1585592962 *since the time of recording, all prisoners involved in a possible exchange for Viktor Bout have been released. Once upon a time the film Lord of War was made about the international arms dealer Viktor Bout. They had to tone it down in order to make it more believable. Bout, a possibly, maybe GRU operative became the premier arms smuggler for anyone in the world who needed it, contributing to the deaths of untold millions and fueling wars that continue to rage to this day. sources: Estulin, Daniel, Shadow Masters Greg Cambell. Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/magazi…-and-the-man.html archive.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/…venience.htm www.cbsnews.com/news/viktor-bout-…-brittney-griner/ www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/…ernationalcrime Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun. Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.

Aug 18, 20241h 34m

Episode 324 Viktor Bout, The Merchant of Death: Part 1

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GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-belfast-83V5QD SUPPORT THE SHOW, GET THE CONCLUSION TO THIS SERIES RIGHT NOW: https://www.patreon.com/posts/109935474?pr=true If you want to support the show via a one time donation without using Patreon, you can PayPal us at [email protected] Check out Failure to Launch: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/failure-to-launch/id1585592962 *since the time of recording, all prisoners involved in a possible exchange for Viktor Bout have been released. Once upon a time the film Lord of War was made about the international arms dealer Viktor Bout. They had to tone it down in order to make it more believable. Bout, a possibly, maybe GRU operative became the premier arms smuggler for anyone in the world who needed it, contributing to the deaths of untold millions and fueling wars that continue to rage to this day. sources: Estulin, Daniel, Shadow Masters Greg Cambell. Blood Diamonds: Tracing the Deadly Path of the World's Most Precious Stones https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/magazine/arms-and-the-man.html https://archive.globalpolicy.org/intljustice/wanted/2008/0624convenience.htm https://www.cbsnews.com/news/viktor-bout-russia-arms-dealer-merchant-of-death-brittney-griner/ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2008/mar/09/armstrade.internationalcrime Douglas Farah, Stephen Braun. Merchant of Death: Money, Guns, Planes, and the Man Who Makes War Possible.

Aug 12, 20241h 10m

*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots Presents: Chappie

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Aug 7, 20249 min

Episode 323 -Doug Hegdahl, The Incredibly Stupid One

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GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-belfast-83V5QD If you want to support the show via a one time donation without using Patreon, you can PayPal us at [email protected] Check out Failure to Launch: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/failure-to-launch/id1585592962 Once upon a time a POW pretended to be so stupid that his captors assumed he wasn't a threat. It turned into one of the largest North Vietnamese intelligence failures of the Vietnam War. Sources: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.usni.org/sites/default/files/users/rsmith/Poor%20Peasant.pdf https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/holy-cow-history-17880270.php https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/70-02000/70-2654.html https://www.lowellmilkencenter.org/programs/projects/view/douglas-hegdahl-the-incredibly-stupid-one/hero https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13062045/vietnam-war-hero-doug-hegdahl-stupid-one-memorize-names.html https://www.wearethemighty.com/popular/amazing-pow-douglas-hegdahl/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070930093201/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901396,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20070930060007/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,901221,00.html https://web.archive.org/web/20080918094431/http://www.geocities.com/talesofseasia/rossperotandparis.html https://web.archive.org/web/20091024130127/http://geocities.com/talesofseasia/doug.html Cutler, Thomas. A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy

Aug 4, 20241h 9m

*PREVIEW* The Battle of Shipka Pass

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Aug 1, 20249 min

Episode 322 - Alvin York

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GET YOUR TICKETS FOR OUR BELFAST SHOW: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD Vote for us to win a podcast award: https://www.podcastawards.com/ Alvin York started WWI as a conscientious objector and finished it as a bloodthirsty demon built for war. Sources: https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/sergeant-alvin-york-personal-accounts-that-reveal-his-true-story/ https://www.historynet.com/alvin-york-hero-argonne/ Alvin York: A New Biography of the Hero of the Argonne

Jul 28, 20241h 15m

*PREVIEW* The Battle of New Market LIVE FROM THE HAGUE

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Jul 26, 202411 min

Episode 321 - The Invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom

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GET YOUR TICKETS FOR OUR BELFAST SHOW: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD Vote for us to win a podcast award: https://www.podcastawards.com/ The Satsuma Domain launches an invasion of the Ryukyu Islands leading to a battle of samurai, muskets, and barrels full of snakes. sources: Stephen Turnbull. The Samurai Capture A King: Okinawa 1609 MG Haynes. Samurai Invasion: Japan's 1609 Conquest of Ryukyu https://en.tabi-samurai-japan.com/story/event/562/ Yuan Jiadong. Satsuma’s Invasion of the Ryukyu Kingdom and Changes in the Geopolitical Structure of East Asia

Jul 21, 20241h 18m

Episode 320 - The Whiskey Rebellion

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Get live show tickets here: https://www.universe.com/events/lions-led-by-donkeys-podcast-live-in-belfast-tickets-83V5QD support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Bad tax law almost starts a new American Revolution only a few years after the last one. Sources: William Hogeland. The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/whiskey-rebellion John Allen Miller. How Whiskey Almost Started a War. https://www.emmitsburg.net/archive_list/articles/history/rev_war/whiskey.htm https://www.battlefields.org/learn/primary-sources/george-washingtons-proclamation-whiskey-rebellion

Jul 14, 20241h 20m

*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 9: The Gundam is Meat

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Jul 10, 202410 min

Episode 319 - The Makin Raid

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SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys VOTE FOR US TO WIN AN AWARD https://www.podcastawards.com/ A Marine officer builds a special forces unit on the ideas of Maoism and launches one of the strangest raids of WWII Sources: Duane Schultz. Evans Carlson, Marine Raider: The Man Who Commanded America's First Special Forces https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-makin-raid-what-really-happened-to-the-marines/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/raid-on-makin/ https://www.historynet.com/gung-ho-makin-raids-strange-legacy/ https://www.historynet.com/marine-veterans-recount-daring-raid-on-makin-atoll/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/evans-carlson-forms-carlsons-raiders/

Jul 8, 20241h 20m

*PREVIEW* The Strange Journey of the SMS Emden

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Jul 3, 202410 min

Episode 318 - The Münster Rebellion: Part 3

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Jun 30, 20241h 22m

*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 8: Lube Proof Gun

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Jun 25, 202410 min

Episode 317 - The Münster Rebellion: Part 2

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The horrors continue! part 2/3 Sources: Anthony Arthur. The Tailor King: The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Munster Peter Vansittart. The Siege. Paul Ham. New Jerusalem: The short life and terrible death of Christendom's most defiant sect

Jun 23, 20241h 8m

*PREVIEW* The Strange British Anti Tank Weapons of WWII

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Jun 17, 202410 min

Episode 316 - The Münster Rebellion: Part 1

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Support the show on Patreon and get the rest of the series right now: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Check out our YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 What starts as a rational critique of the Reformation turns into a wild, sex crazed, blood thirsty, and heavily armed cult ruled by a man who thinks he can cure blindness by spitting in someone's eye while mass executions take place via comically oversized anime sword. The Anabaptists of Munster eventually turn everyone against them from Martin Luther to the Catholics to their own believers who simply like their wives. Content Warning: Everything, throughout the series. Part 1/3 Sources: Anthony Arthur. The Tailor King: The Rise and Fall of the Anabaptist Kingdom of Munster Peter Vansittart. The Siege. Paul Ham. New Jerusalem: The short life and terrible death of Christendom's most defiant sect

Jun 16, 20241h 9m

Episode 315 - Bacon's Rebellion

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SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys A colonial American uprising that united white men who wanted to steal more native land, slaves, and indentured servants against a corrupt Governor. GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-live-from-the-hague-tickets-912551134007 Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 Sources: https://virginiahistory.org/learn/bacons-rebellion-virginia-years-1675-1676 https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part1/1p274.html https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/events-african-american-history/bacons-rebellion-1676/ https://www.jyfmuseums.org/learn/research-and-collections/essays/a-history-of-bacons-rebellion-in-six-sources Tales from a Revolution: Bacon's Rebellion and the Transformation of Early America

Jun 10, 20241h 5m

*PREVIEW* The Battle of Palmito Ranch

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Jun 3, 20249 min

Episode 314 - The Zeebrugge Raid

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GET LIVE SHOW TICKETS: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lions-led-by-donkeys-live-from-the-hague-tickets-912551134007 SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Untrained soldiers and suicide submarines raid a port during WWI with mothballed ships, reinforced with armor made from used mattresses and sandbags. Sources: https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/worldwars/wwone/war_sea_gallery_06.shtml https://www.royalmarineshistory.com/post/the-raid-on-zeebrugge-23-april-1918-for-england-and-st-george https://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-12161 https://issuu.com/faircountmedia/docs/special-operations-outlook-2018/s/72765 https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/zeebrugge-a-gallant-raid-on-saint-georges-day/

Jun 3, 20241h 18m

*PREVIEW* The Greatest Beer Run Ever

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May 28, 20249 min

Episode 313 - The Fall of Confederate New Orleans

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SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sinking forts, suicide gun boats, and one very dumb fake country. Check us out on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 Sources: https://www.battlefields.org/learn/articles/new-orleans-civil-war https://64parishes.org/entry/fall-of-new-orleans-and-federal-occupation-adaptation https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/1962/april/fall-new-orleans https://www.historynet.com/big-trouble-big-easy-confederacy/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/conquering-the-queen-city/

May 26, 20241h 6m

*Preview* The Kuznetsov, Russia's Cursed Aircraft Carrier

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May 21, 202410 min

Episode 312 - The Mogami, Japan's Most Unlucky Warship That Refused to Die

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Check us out on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Japan creates a death trap that becomes so unlucky it becomes known throughout the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII Sources: David Lippman. Mogami: Japan's Luckless Cruiser http://combinedfleet.com/ships/mogami David Brown. Warship Losses of WWII Paul Dull. The Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy

May 20, 20241h 8m

*PREVIEW* lions Led By Robots Presents: Real Steel

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May 14, 202410 min

Episode 311 - The Weather Underground: Part 2

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SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys CHECK US OUT ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 The conclusion to our two parter on the Weather Underground

May 13, 20241h 19m

Episode 310 - The Weather Underground: Part 1

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SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Tom takes the wheel and tells Joe about the time a man created a terror organization in order to get laid.

May 6, 20241h 17m

Episode 309 - The 1527 Sack of Rome

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SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys The King of Spain hires a bunch of mercenaries to go to war and refuses to pay them leading to them sacking Rome for a paycheck. Sources: https://www.historynet.com/rome-ravaged/ https://www.medievalists.net/2022/06/sack-rome-1527/ https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2023/05/the-darkest-day-in-the-history-of-the-swiss-guard/ Idan Sherer. A Bloody Carnival? Charles' V Soldiers and the Sack of Rome in 1527

Apr 29, 20241h 25m

*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 7: Piss Gundam

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Apr 23, 202410 min

Episode 308 - The Battle of Flodden Field

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SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Scotland invades England with one of the largest armies in Scottish History and nearly wipe out their own government in the process. Sources: https://www.fulltextarchive.com/book/Marmion--A-Tale-of-Flodden-Field/ https://web.archive.org/web/20070227045328/http://www.ourpasthistory.com/England/the-battle-of-flodden-field-or-branxton-moor Peter Reese. Flooden: A Scottish Tragedy Ida Taylor. The Life of James IV William Welsh. Butchered At The Battle of Flodden. Military Heritage Magazine. Volume 22, No. 4

Apr 22, 20241h 12m

Episode 307 - Task Force Smith

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SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys In the opening stages of the Korean War the US sent a badly underarmed, undermanned Task Force to blunt the advance of the entire North Korean military. It did not go great. Sources: https://www.historynet.com/rush-disaster-task-force-smith/ https://www.thenmusa.org/task-force-smith-and-the-problem-with-readiness/ chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkajhttps://apps.dtic.mil/sti/tr/pdf/ADA381834.pdf chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkajhttps://www.moore.army.mil/infantry/magazine/issues/2022/Spring/PDF/LessonsFromThePast.pdf https://www.warhistoryonline.com/instant-articles/task-force-smith-americas-entry.html https://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/Korea/ExecutiveLeaderFailures

Apr 15, 20241h 33m

*PREVIEW* The Death of Mussolini

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Apr 10, 202411 min

Episode 306 - The Battle of Brisbane

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SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Joe and Nate talk about the time a bunch of drunken American soldiers caused a pitched battle between themselves and their allies while stationed in Australia during WWII Correction: Indigenous Australians were given Australian citizenship at the same time other Australians (1949) however, the quality of that citizenship was not equal to that of non-indigenous Australians. This continued for decades and as many indigenous Australian activists have pointed out, continues in various forms to this day. This included discrimination on enlistment. Some areas of Australia legally allowed indigenous people to enlist, but in practice, turned them away based on how they looked. Others were enlisted but not paid. Others were paid, but not equally and kept in segregated units and virtually none received benefits. sources: https://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/bob.htm https://www.awm.gov.au/collection/E84830 https://www.9news.com.au/national/the-battle-of-brisbane-how-world-war-ii-mass-riot-startedg/78b4e1be-bd3d-4d35-aef0-8b196213f4e7 https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/culture-clash-americans-in-world-war-ii-south-pacific/ https://www.warhistoryonline.com/world-war-ii/battle-of-brisbane.html https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/brisbane-news/diggers-lay-into-yanks-in-brisbane-battle-20171122-p4yx5o.html https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/homefront/us_forces

Apr 8, 20241h 31m

Episode 305 - The Boxer Rebellion Part 5: Legation Garden Party

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The conclusion to the boxer rebellion series! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy joe's new sci fi series: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVL5M34N?binding=kindle_edition&searchxofy=true&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1711954537&sr=8-1

Apr 1, 20241h 5m

*PREVIEW* Sharpe's Regiment

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Mar 26, 20249 min

Episode 304 - The Boxer Rebellion Part 4: The Rembrandt of Violence

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Part 4/5 A Wild Smedley Butler Appears! support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Mar 25, 20241h 10m

*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 6: The Gundam Gimp

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Mar 19, 20249 min

Episode 303 - The Boxer Rebellion Part 3: Old Betsy

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Part 3/5 SUPPORT THE SHOW AND GET THE REST OF THE SERIES RIGHT NOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3K76S781H082F&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XHKGWIOva407zn4HjcxVoDwpnrg_teWOwoT_cwv4MFhELwL-P_oC8zl_Tn7SdmE1hqhUiaxIM18D5M9PRpYDktSOd6zkDyGguWFvbaV8Mwn6hHhTfF2w2nBkSMqIZyMmunRrnoLp1hr5HopuXq0OYr1iHAgz9JEoxGKuWIJWNqFmbYFMvKLhHsBpVVbNo9vPPZMn_2BYVOwcUjL9zaORsskz4Q3k5x06kkbFQG5Ct0A.kvo5nqES86hdehPE6YBIEFnCDNpPIYxdJ0Nq9a-xWkE&dib_tag=se&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1710749293&sprefix=%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-1 The Eight Nation Alliance hits some speed bumps as the various sides seem to want to fight each other as much as they do the Boxers.

Mar 18, 20241h 8m

Episode 302 - The Boxer Rebellion Part 2: Eunuch Fumes

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Mar 10, 202458 min

*Preview* Operation Flipper

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This is a preview. For the full episode become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/100085482?pr=true Joe, tom, and Nate talk about the time British Commandos attempted to kill Erwin Rommel. It did not go great.

Mar 10, 202410 min

Episode 301 - The Boxer Rebellion Part 1: Unbeatable Army of Ultra Nerds

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The Imperial powers of Europe and Japan humiliate China until they create an uprising of magical martial artists who are terrified of period blood. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: David Silby. The Boxer Rebellion and The Great Game in China Diana Preston. The Boxer Rebellion: The Dramatic History of China’s War Against Foreigners That Shook the World in the Summer of 1900 Henry Keown-Boyd. The Fists of Righteous Harmony Joseph Esherick. The Origins of the Boxer Uprising

Mar 3, 20241h 10m

Episode 300 - Orde Wingate and the Chindits: Part 2

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The conclusion to the story of a boy and his Chindits. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TQI3C0BO6I0B&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1707720101&sprefix=%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-1 SOURCES: John Diamond. British General Orde Wingate's Blurred Legacy https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2015/2/13/orde-wingate-and-combat-leadership David Rooney. Orde Wingate and the Chindits: Redressing the Balance.

Feb 26, 20241h 31m

*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots Presents: Pacific Rim

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Feb 25, 202410 min

INVISIBLE WAR is Now Available!

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Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=K3BFMO2K65MB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xITP5VDK0NMzM91XP9IaMlodb2n95xjFC7uID5p--a1B6MtHNWPNlSJSLLCdzQ2KVMakjwi6q9-JEzHaABSWCtP_4w2xmdmyxnYgd3M_XKDO30AOVQnrEp97_JfwfCbsVUsEGEM8RUho9L7Qc1_aWLJLLG1YhONXExr3ZGNogXo4Gz3a3Q8F60RAhyhYl0RgizUT39Zdzg5CqVLFikbp5xNp_80kPktvyDU72G-qar8.T5GNkIz7oSM9HnUnCUtFvUVZTkoSLxzwGrMXwX406Ec&dib_tag=se&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1708770212&sprefix=%2Caps%2C511&sr=8-1 Their minds stolen. Uploaded into war-machines. They fight a secret war to preserve humanity. What if there was a war raging for one million years, but it was kept secret? It's a question Sargis never considered, born as an upper middle class man living in Prime City during a so-called “Millenia of Peace.” As far as he, or anyone else knows, humanity has no army, no weapons, and no wars. The people of Earth have been expanding into the stars for as long as anyone remembers, free of conflict while the Techno King and his Royal Cabal enrich themselves on the backs of their labor. All was as it always has been. Then, Sargis dies. Unbeknownst to him, an app he used every single day of his life hijacks his consciousness and uploads it into a synthetic engine of war known as a sleeve. Along with countless others, he has been conscripted into the Undying Legion, charged with fighting a secret, unending war in the name of humanity.

Feb 24, 20241 min

*PREVIEW* Himmler Was A Weird Little Freak (Live In London)

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Feb 20, 202410 min

Episode 299 - Orde Wingate and the Chindits: Part 1

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SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Orde Wingate was an insane person who thought exercise would cure malaria, wore a necklace of raw onions and garlic, and carried an alarm clock that would go off at random times like he was the Mad Hatter. He was also a commander of one of the most famous British military units during the Second World War. BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2TQI3C0BO6I0B&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1707720101&sprefix=%2Caps%2C204&sr=8-1 SOURCES: John Diamond. British General Orde Wingate's Blurred Legacy https://thestrategybridge.org/the-bridge/2015/2/13/orde-wingate-and-combat-leadership David Rooney. Orde Wingate and the Chindits: Redressing the Balance.

Feb 18, 20241h 34m

Episode 298 - The Insane Corruption of the Union Army During the US Civil War

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Union soldiers may have marched off to fight for the right side of the war but that didn't mean that every contractor and General in the north wasn't going to try to steal something from the military along the way. BUY JOE'S BOOK: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3IDZ3WJXQ4CQJ&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1707120531&sprefix=%2Caps%2C236&sr=8-1 SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys SOURCES: https://www.americanheritage.com/lincolns-corrupt-war-department Micheal Thomas Smith. The Enemy Within: Fears of Corruption in the Civil War North. Journal of the Civil War Era. Vol 3, no. 1. Pp. 137-139 Tim Koenig. The Days of Shoddy: Wost Manufacturers of the Civil War. Civil War Quarterly. Vol. 3. no. 2.

Feb 12, 202458 min

*PREVIEW* Sharpes Sword

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This is a preview. For the entire episode support us via Patreon. https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-sharpe-8-98013118

Feb 7, 20249 min

Episode 297 - The History of Fragging and the Case of Alberto Martinez

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Joe and Nate explore the history of Fragging in the US military and the case of Alberto Martinez, a soldier who almost certainly killed two officers during the Iraq War and got away with it. Buy Joe's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Invisible-War-Military-Sci-Fi-Undying-ebook/dp/B0CQ6BH6BD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=KQQ88V9SZ7K1&keywords=joe+kassabian&qid=1706602108&sprefix=%2Caps%2C201&sr=8-1 Sources: George LePre. Fragging: Why US Soldiers Assaulted Their Officers in Vietnam https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/2017/01/27/alberto-martinez-acquitted-killing-local/22538316007/ https://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/21/nyregion/21frag.html https://journalnow.com/witness-soldier-changed-before-fatal-iraq-blast/article_95ae16fb-b3e6-51b8-b445-d609e6d77e94.html https://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/16/nyregion/16guard.html

Feb 4, 20241h 24m

*PREVIEW* The Voyage of the Damned Live in London

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This is a preview of our first ever live show. For the whole thing, become a supporter of our show via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/live-show-voyage-97404031

Jan 29, 20249 min