EARLY EPISODE: The Turtle, The World's First Combat Submarine
Liveshow tickets are now available for April 11th in London:
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2025-03-16 19:34:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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BONUS: Lions Led By Robots 13: Fist Communication
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2025-03-12 14:12:25 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The 1813 Battle of Medina
Liveshow tickets are now available for April 11th in London:
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2025-03-09 19:30:53 +0000 UTC View PostBONUS EPISODE: The Anglo-Zanzibar War ft. Riley Quinn
Liveshow tickets are now available for April 11th in London:
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2025-03-05 10:33:38 +0000 UTC View PostLLBD Live in London, April 11th: Tickets Available!
We're coming back to the UK to perform at Rich Mix in London on Friday, April 11th! Tickets are available in the attached link, and we'll also have a ticketed livestream for people who can't make it. Livestream tickets are available here!
2025-03-04 22:38:01 +0000 UTC View PostLLBD Emu Jima T-Shirt Preorders Now Open
Hello everyone,
We've launched presales on another t-shirt design. This one commemorates the total and complete emu victory in the Emu War of 1932. We also still have Doug the Donkey figurines on sale on the store, as well as clearance prices on a few remaining older t-shirt designs. The size guide is available on the site!
Please note: the Emu Jima shirts will ship in about...
2025-03-02 16:54:29 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Death of Carthage
Joe, Tom, and Nate talk about time the people of Carthage wove their own hair into weapons to defend their city from the Romans.
Spoiler: It didn't work.
Sources:
Adrian Goldsworthy. The Fall of Carthage: The Punic Wars 265–146 BC
David Norris. The Siege of Carthage: Death of an Empire. Military Heritage. Volume 26. No 1.
Warriors of Armenia: Ukraine: Part 8
Tigran, originally from Armenia, joined the war after the full-scale Russian Invasion of Ukraine, fighting as infantry, special forces, and as a drone operator.
2025-02-26 09:51:47 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Attack on Mers El Kebir
Joe and Nate explore the time the French surrendered during WWII, leaving the British worried if their fleet was going to change sides and fight for the Nazis. Rather than waiting to find out, they conducted the naval equivalent of shooting fish in a barrel.
Sources:
Philippe Lasterle. Could Admiral Gensoul Have Averted the Tragedy of Mers el-Kebir? The Journal of Military History....
2025-02-23 18:26:29 +0000 UTC View PostLions Led By Robots Presents: Akira ft. Hussein Kesvani
Joe and Nate are joined by Hussein Kesvani of Trashfuture and 10k Posts to talk about the legendary film Akira.
2025-02-19 09:41:00 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The 410AD Sack of Rome
Joe is joined by the Zoo Crew to talk about the time Rome hosted the world's largest Goth convention.
Sources:
Zosimus. New History
Michael Kulikowski. Rome's Gothic Wars: From the Third Century to Alaric.
Ludwig Heinrich Dyck. The Goth Sack of Rome: Barbarians at the Gate in 410 AD. Military Heritage. Volume 7, no 2. 2005.
Herwig Wolfram. The Roman Empir...
2025-02-16 07:41:01 +0000 UTC View PostBONUS EPISODE: The Mutiny on the Batavia: Part 2
Joe and Nate are once again joined by Lucy of the Boonta Vista Podcast to wrap up our two parter on history's most deadly mutiny.
Mike Dash. Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny.
Peter Fitzsimmons. Batavia: the true, adventurous story of the sinking of the VOC ship Batavia in 1629.
Hugh Edwards. Island of Angry Ghosts: The ...
2025-02-12 12:08:35 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Modoc War
Once upon a time, the US went to war against a small tribe in the pacific northwest, and, despite winning due to the massive power imbalance, they managed to get their asses kicked the entire time.
Sources:
Arthur Quinn. Hell With the Fire Out: A History of the Modoc War
Terry Johnston. Devil's Backbone: The Modoc War, 1872–3
Robert McNally. The Modoc War: A Little ...
2025-02-09 09:27:30 +0000 UTC View PostBONUS EPISODE: The Mutiny on the Batavia: Part 1
Joe and Nate are joined by Lucy of Boonta Vista to talk about the time a strange dutch apothecary led the most deadly mutiny of all time.
Sources:
Mike Dash. Batavia's Graveyard: The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny.
Peter Fitzsimmons. Batavia: the true, adventurous story of the sinking of the VOC ship Batavia in 1629.
Hugh Edwards. Isla...
2025-02-05 10:44:47 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Battle of the Kalka River ft. Milo Edwards
Joe and Tom are joined by Trashfuture's Milo Edwards to talk about the time a bunch of guys named Mstislav got destroyed by the Mongols.
Sources:
Leo De Hertog. Genghis Khan: Conqueror of the World.
Richard Gabriel. Subotai The Valiant: Genghis Khan's Greatest General.
The Chronicle of Novgorod. chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/2025-02-02 12:56:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Warriors of Armenia: Ukraine: Part 7
Artur, from Odesa, volunteered to fight after the Maidan Revolution 2014 and has been fighting in one way or another ever since.
2025-01-29 15:48:48 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Battle of Cape Gloucester
Marines storm ashore a rainforest-bound, diseased-filled, swampy death trap of an island to take an airfield with no strategic value.
Sources:
Bernard Nalty. The Green Inferno.
Frank Hough. The Campaign on New Britain
John Miller. History of U.S. Marine Corps Operations in World War II. Volume II: Isolation of Rabaul
Al Hemingway. The Incessant Rains of the Gree...
2025-01-26 09:46:33 +0000 UTC View PostHistory of Armenia 38: The Promise
Joe and Ani sit down to watch the film The Promise about the Armenian Genocide.
Man, does this movie suck.
2025-01-22 11:56:12 +0000 UTC View PostEARLY EPISODE: The Shinmiyangyo Incident ft. The Worst of All Possible Worlds
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Joe is joined by the cast of The Worst of All Possible Worlds to talk about the time the US attempted to open Korea with gunboat diplomacy in 1871.
Sources:
Thomas Duvernay. Sinmiyangyo: The 1871 Conflict Between the United S...
2025-01-19 20:26:59 +0000 UTC View PostBONUS EPISODE: The Fu-Go Balloon Bombs of WWII ft. Dr. Patrick Wyman
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Joe and Tom are joined by Dr. Patrick Wyman of the Tides of History Podcast to talk about the idiotic attempts by the Japanese to start wildfires in the western United States during WWII.
Sources:
EARLY EPISODE: The Shimabara Rebellion: Part 3
The conclusion to our series on the Shimabara Rebellion!
2025-01-12 11:51:36 +0000 UTC View Post