Jul 7

Bonus Episode - Plagiarizing Patriots, Human Chickens, and Canadian Character Assassination

On this Bonus Episode Sebastian takes questions about the recent series on the Knights of the Air and the one-off on the Midnight Ride. The host grapples with questions about the American perception of Canadian history, tarring and feathering, WWI weaponry, and Paul Revere's plag ... Show More

49m 36s

Jun 30

Episode #254 - What Went Down on the Midnight Ride?

Paul Revere is one of the best remembered heroes of the American Revolution. The Boston silversmith is often credited with rousing the Massachusetts countryside to resist the King's army as they moved against the towns of Lexington and Concord. However, he popular understanding o ... Show More

1h 35m

Jun 16

Episode #253 - Were the Knights of the Air a Myth? (Part II)

By 1916 the airplane had proven itself as an important new weapon in the Great War. Arguably just as important was the image of the glamorous flying aces. Entire flying units, like France's Lafayette Escadrille made up of American volunteers, were created with the hope of generat ... Show More

1h 23m

Nov 2015

Episode #8 - Who Were the Hash Smoking Assassins?

When Marco Polo returned from his travels in Asia he brought back with him tales of lands previously unimagined by Europeans. One of his strangest stories was that of the so-called "old man of the mountain" and his band of devoted assassins. The story of a mysterious mystic who u ... Show More

44m 26s

Sep 2023

Marco Polo

<p>You may have heard the many myths about the life and exploits of Marco Polo- was he really the one who brought ice cream and spaghetti from his travels on the Silk Road from the court of Kublai Khan, where he served as a diplomat? Almost as soon as he wrote his memoir, people ... Show More

27m 37s

Jul 2024

Ottoman Harems Were Disturbing and Ridiculous, Part One: Busting Myths

For centuries, westerners devoured lurid, embellished stories about the mysteries of Near Eastern culture -- and, chief amid their fascinations, the idea of the Sultan's harem. But what exactly was this thing, and how did it actually work? In the first part of this two-part episo ... Show More

30m 40s

Jun 2023

Marco Polo

<p>One of history’s great adventurers, Marco Polo’s accounts of his travels - dictated while in prison - were exceptionally widely read, introducing Europeans to the then-mysterious culture and inner workings of the Eastern world, including the wealth and great size of the M ... Show More

31m 48s

Jan 2024

Does India have assassination rings?

Is the Indian government ordering assassinations on foreign soil? At first it sounds like a wingnut conspiracy theory -- yet over the past few months, multiple countries have alleged this to be the case. Why, exactly? Join Ben, Matt and Noel and as they explore this disturbing, s ... Show More

1h 5m

Apr 2018

106C-African Legends: Who Tells Your Story

The king returns to his homeland after nearly a decade of exile. An evil sorcerer king is at the apex of his power. Owls deliver insults and dating is difficult no matter who you are. The epic story of Sundiata, the first emperor of Mali, concludes. The creature of the week is th ... Show More

31m 55s

Aug 2020

193A-Monkey King: Golden Cicada

We return to the stories of the Monkey King and pick up at the end of his long imprisonment under a mountain, for trying to overthrow everyone and everything. Meanwhile, a messenger from heaven is on the move, looking for a pilgrim to make a dangerous journey that will bring them ... Show More

48m 49s

Mar 2023

Assassins vs Templars: Rise of the Assassins

<p>Using targeted political murder to protect humanity from injustice and abuse of power, the Assassins are infamous as much for their secrecy as for their actions. The story of the Nizari branch of Ismaili Muslims goes right back to the start of Islam, and continues to this day. ... Show More

32m 25s

Nov 2023

Underground Entities

In 1255, Marco Polo heard weird accounts of half-man, half-beast “tunnel monsters” who lived in the tunnels of the Chinese cities. These types of encounters have occurred throughout history, all over the World. Individuals exploring vast underground tunnels and stumbling upon var ... Show More

1h 8m

Episode #8 - Who Were the Hash Smoking A...