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Apr 2024
54m 51s

Winston Churchill

VOYAGE MEDIA
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Winston Churchill had a lot going on... he may or may not have let a catastrophic famine slide.

Scumbags of History is a production of Voyage Media and Enthusiast Gaming. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, and Dan Benamor (Voyage Media), J.B. Elliott, Roarke Boes, and Amanda Scherker (Enthusiast Gaming) and Samuel Levine. Executive Produced and hosted by Brittany Schmitt and Mateen Stewart. Showrunner: Joe Borden. Original Concept: Amanda Scherker. Research: Amanda Scherker and Dan Benamor. Technical Producer and Editor: A.J. Moseley. Theme song by Derlis Gonzalez and Morgan Jay. Special thanks to Mike Nell, recorded at Second Floor Studios.

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