*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots 3: Sombrero Space Station
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Dec 25, 2023•11 min
Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.
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Episode 291 - The Christmas Truce
Once upon a time enemies put aside their differences to collectively ignore their officers orders. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/the-real-story-of-the-christmas-truce https://www.history.com/news/christmas-truce-1914-world-war-i-soldier-accounts https://www.iwm.org.uk/history/voices-of-the-first-world-war-the-christmas-truce https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-story-of-the-wwi-christmas-truce-11972213/ https://www.washi...
Dec 24, 2023•55 min
*PREVIEW* The 761st Black Panthers
This is a preview of a patreon exclusive episode. Get the entire episode here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94870719?pr=true
Dec 18, 2023•10 min
Episode 290 - The Divine Wind
You've heard of the Kamikaze. Now learn about where they got their name. Sources: https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/kamikaze-001995 https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/141104-kamikaze-kublai-khan-winds-typhoon-japan-invasion https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/japans-kamikaze-pilots-wwii https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/aug/18/how-typhoon-sank-kublai-khan-weatherwatch https://www.thoughtco.com/the-mongol-invasions-of-japan-195559 https://warfar...
Dec 17, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Episode 289 - Eugene Bullard. The Coolest Man to Ever Live
Circus performer, champion boxer, first ever African American combat pilot, club owner, Jazz artist, and spy. Eugene Bullard was one of the coolest men to ever live. *SUPPORT THE SHOW* https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys *LIVE SHOW TICKETS* Night one: bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led…s-live-podcast/ Night two: bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led…odcast-27jan24/ Sources: https://airandspace.si.edu/stories/editorial/eugene-j-bullard https://www.rfi.fr/en/france/20231112-eugene-ballard-pio...
Dec 10, 2023•1 hr 8 min
*PREVIEW* Napoleon (2023)
This is a preview. For the full episode become a supporter of the show: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94082033?pr=true *LIVE SHOW TICKETS* Night one: bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led…s-live-podcast/ Night two: bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led…odcast-27jan24/
Dec 04, 2023•11 min
Episode 288 - The Beslan School Siege: Part 2
*CONTENT WARNING* The conclusion to the Beslan School Siege *LIVE SHOW TICKETS* Night one: https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led-by-donkeys-live-podcast/ Night two: https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led-by-donkeys-live-podcast-27jan24/
Dec 03, 2023•1 hr 2 min
*PREVIEW* Lions Led By Robots Episode 2
This is a preview episode for access to the whole thing go here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/93669478
Nov 28, 2023•10 min
Episode 287 - The Beslan School Siege: Part 1
This is the story of how Chechen Terrorists and the Russian state joined forces to create the worst school attack of all time. SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys GET YOUR LIVE SHOW TICKETS RIGHT HERE: https://bigbellycomedy.club/event/lions-led-by-donkeys-live-podcast/ Sources: Timothy Phillips. Beslan: Tragedy at school number 1 John Giduck. Terror at Beslan HBO. Children of Beslan
Nov 27, 2023•1 hr
Episode 286 - The Death of Captain James Cook
Captain Cook shows up in the Hawaiian Islands and pisses off the entire population ending in the funniest possible outcome. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Richard Tregaskis. Hawaii's Warrior King: King Kamehamaha The Great Glyn Williams. The Death of Captain Hook: A Hero Made and Unmade Hawaiian Historical Society Reprints 1787, 1788,1789 Val Wake. Who Killed Captain Cook?
Nov 19, 2023•1 hr 1 min
*Preview* Sharpe's Battle
This is a preview for the whole episode go here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-sharpe-7-93002822
Nov 16, 2023•10 min
Episode 285 - The American Invasion of Quebec
Before Benedict Arnold became the world's most famous traitor, he tried to invade Canada, it went about as well as you'd expect. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.americanacorner.com/blog/quebec-assault https://www.americanacorner.com/blog/1775-invasion-quebec https://www.historynet.com/invasion-of-canada-during-the-american-revolutionary-war/ https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/arnolds-flawed-invasion-of-quebec/
Nov 12, 2023•1 hr 13 min
Episode 284 - The Fenian Raids
Once upon a time Irish-Americans thought it would be a good idea to invade Canada from the US. It did not go well. CORRECTION: Andrew Johnson* EDIT: I meant David Fincher Sources: https://www.warmuseum.ca/cwm/exhibitions/chrono/1774fenian_e.html https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2019/03/15/civil-war-vets-wanted-invade-canada-liberate-ireland.html https://www.archives.gov.on.ca/en/explore/online/fenians/index.aspx https://www.jstor.org/stable/24778340 https://www.militaryhistoryonline.com/Ce...
Nov 05, 2023•1 hr 6 min
*Preview* The Dumb Story of the Littoral Combat Ship
This is a preview episode, for the whole thing go here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-of-92144860
Nov 02, 2023•10 min
Episode 283 - The Battle of Stalingrad: Part 5
The conclusion to our Battle of Stalingrad series! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Last chance to preorder some merch: https://llbdmerch.com/products/stalingrad-street-fighting-academy-t-shirt
Oct 29, 2023•1 hr 8 min
Episode 282 - The Battle of Stalingrad: Part 4
Part 4/5 of the Battle of Stalingrad! Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Pre order some merch: https://llbdmerch.com/products/stalingrad-street-fighting-academy-t-shirt
Oct 23, 2023•1 hr 21 min
*Preview* Lions Led By Robots Episode 1
This is a preview, for the full episode become a patreon supporter here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/91202542?pr=true The first episode of our new side series, LLBR, where Tom and Joe watch robot related media! For this first series arc we're watching G Gundam, the most insane thing ever thought up by the Gundam universe.
Oct 18, 2023•10 min
Episode 281 - The Battle of Stalingrad: Part 3
Part 3 of 5 of our battle of stalingrad series. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys get some merch! https://www.patreon.com/posts/pre-order-your-90833773
Oct 15, 2023•1 hr 18 min
*Preview* Sharpe's Gold
This is a preview. For the full episode go here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/90824623?pr=true
Oct 12, 2023•10 min
Episode 280 - The Battle of Stalingrad: Part 2
The horrors beyond human comprehension continue! Part 2/5 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: David Glantz. Stalingrad I-III Anthony Beevor. Stalingrad. Alexander Hill. The Red Army and the Second World War. Chris Bellamy. Absolute War: Soviet Russia in the Second World War.
Oct 08, 2023•1 hr 26 min
*PREVIEW* Pete Ellis, The Drunken Madman Who Revolutionized Amphibious Warfare
*This is a preview of a bonus episode. If you want to listen to the whole thing, support the show on Patreon* https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Pete Ellis was a marine who not only foresaw the pacific theater of WWII, but pretty much invented the modern US Marine Corps. He was also a drunken madman who went on one of the worst spying missions in American history.
Oct 06, 2023•10 min
The Legion For Armenia Fund
https://www.patreon.com/posts/90133415 In late September 2023, Azerbaijan invaded what was left of the Republic of Nagorno-Karabakh/Artsakh after starving the population and holding them hostage since December 2022. Over 100,000 people are now in Armenia after they have been forced to flee upon fear of death or worse. The Armenian state on its own cannot handle the immediate needs of this many refugees. Our goal is to give a targeted monthly grant to the families most in need. Those with many yo...
Oct 01, 2023•2 min
Episode 279 - The Battle of Stalingrad: Part 1
The story of one of the most horrific battles in all of human history. Part 1/5 Support the show, get the entire series right now: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: David Glantz. Stalingrad I-III Anthony Beevor. Stalingrad. Alexander Hill. The Red Army and the Second World War. Chris Bellamy. Absolute War: Soviet Russia in the Second World War.
Oct 01, 2023•1 hr 9 min
Episode 278 - The Homestead Strike
Striking factory workers hold off an attempted amphibious invasion launched by Pinkertons with guns, bombs, and fire ships. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/homestead-strike https://battleofhomestead.org/the-battle-of-homestead/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/carnegie-strike-homestead-mill/ https://www.americanheritage.com/battle-homestead https://archive.org/details/jstor-25102447...
Sep 24, 2023•1 hr 5 min
*PREVIEW* Master And Commander
This is a preview. For the entire episode go here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/89709631?pr=true Tom and Joe watch Master and Commander, otherwise known as why life in the navy sucks.
Sep 23, 2023•10 min
Episode 277 - The United Red Army of Japan
The terror group the United Red Army was born out of the fires of the anti imperialist student movement of japan but rapidly turned into a death cult. Within a few weeks even taking a shower would be considered counter revolutionary. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: Yoshikuni Igarashi. Dead Bodies and Living Guns: The United Red Army and Its Deadly Pursuit of Revolution, 1971–1972. Patricia Steinhoff. Hijackers, Bombers, and Bank Robbers: Managerial Style in t...
Sep 17, 2023•1 hr 26 min
*Preview* The Philadelphia Experiment
This episode is just a preview. Get the whole thing here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-episode-65864515 Joe is joined by Sarah of It Came From the Sea to talk about that time when the navy teleported a ship and melted people into ship centaurs(or didn't but that's no fun)
Sep 17, 2023•11 min
Episode 276 - The Life and Death of the Submarine Surcouf
A badly designed submarine becomes the face of the french navy while accidently doing everything it can to convince people that the crew might be nazi agents. Support the show! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: William H. Langenberg. The Mysterious Disappearance of the Bizarre Surcouf Christopher Miskimon. Seizure of the Surcouf https://www.royalmarineshistory.com/post/seizure-of-the-surcouf-operation-catapult https://www.theday.com/local-news/20161119/french-subs-visit-to-new-l...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 8 min
*PREVIEW* The Gang Reads a Porno
*this is a preview. to get the full episode support the show on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/88848996?pr=true A few weeks ago Tom made a patreon goal that if we hit 5500 supporters we would read horrible fan fiction starring Muammar Gaddafi, Josef Stalin, and Leon Trotsky. It's horrible and you've been warned.
Sep 06, 2023•8 min
Episode 275 - The Red Army Faction Part 4: The Body as a Weapon
In the final episode of the series, we learn about the run-up to, and aftermath of, the Deutscher Herbst, or "German Autumn" of 1977. In two months in late 1977, the leadership of the first generation of the Red Army Faction would murder a high-profile German industrialist (and former SS officer), hijack a plane, and commit group suicide. And let's just say it made an impression in West Germany. Join the Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: The Red Army Faction. A Document...
Sep 04, 2023•1 hr 25 min
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