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Losers, Pretenders & Scoundrels

Auteur(s): Andrew Heaton Andrew Young
  • Résumé

  • Unlicensed historians Andrew Heaton and Andrew Young sort out characters from the Earth's history into categories of failures, fakes, and rascals. Funny but technically informative.
    2021
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  • Captain For A Day! - Wilhelm Voigt
    Sep 21 2022

    What could you get away with if you looked the part? What if you're trying to trick a bunch of German soldiers with a sense of blind obedience? Wilhelm Voigt managed to commandeer a whole squad and take over a city hall long enough to grab a boatload of cash. Heaton and Young dive into how he did it.

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    27 min
  • The Ice Palace King of the Desert - Saparmurat Niyazov
    Sep 13 2022

    Saparmurat Niyazov was a Soviet thug turned insane dictator of Turkmenistan. And as their leader he made sure to hit all the classics. Built a religion around himself, wiped out the free media and syphoned money away from his people. But what about his great ideas like...the ice palace in the desert. Or his beloved golden statue that turned to face the sun. Heaton and Young explore this insane dictator.

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    44 min
  • The Austrian Emperor of Mexico - Maximillian the First
    May 3 2022
    Maximillian I was the "other" Hapsburg son. The one who was born second and didn't get to be Emperor of Austria. But he thought he'd found the next best thing! Emperor of a country across an ocean who he had no common heritage or connection with. Unfortunately, the people of Mexico didn't agree. Heaton and Young explore this charismatic but ill-fated monarch.
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    55 min

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