Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
Episodes
Episode 134 - The Khmer Rouge Part 2: Year Zero
21 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
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Episode 133 - The Khmer Rouge Part 1: Revolutionary Snitching
14 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Part 1 of 4 on the rise and fall of the Khmer Rouge sources for all 4 episodes: Voices from S-21: Terror and History in Pol Pot's Secret Prison A Cam...
Episode 132 - Luigi Cadorna: Redux
07 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Our first episode ever was about Luigi Cadorna. A lot has changed in the last nearly 3 years so we decided to redo the whole thing during a charity li...
Episode 131 - USS Indianapolis
30 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
naval incompetence, sharks, and suicide oh my! Support the show :https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.history.navy.mil/br...
Episode 130 - The Teenage Communist Hit Squad of The Netherlands
23 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During WWII partisans came in all shapes, sizes, and ages. And sometimes death was 15 years old and riding a bicycle. Listen to It Came From the Sea...
Episode 129 - Spartacus Part 2: Return of the Corpse Road
16 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The conclusion of the Third Servile War Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys follow us on twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/lion...
Episode 128 - Spartacus Part 1: Jupiter's Cock!
09 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Rome really loves enslaving people. Spartacus disagrees. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources for all related episod...
Episode 127 - The Battle of Athens
02 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One day in in 1946 a group of WWII Veterans grabbed their weapons and went to war against police brutality and electoral fraud. Support the show: ht...
Episode 126 - How World Militaries Attempted to Weaponize the Paranormal
26 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe and Nick talk about all the times the militaries of the world attempted to weaponize the powers of woo woo bullshit. Support the show: https://ww...
Episode 126 - The Horrible Death of President James Garfield
19 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Folks, it's bad. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/dirty-painful-death-presi...
Episode 125 - The Kunduz Airstrike
12 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the Battle of Kunduz, the US bombed a Doctors Without Borders hospital, one of the worst war crimes of the Afghan War. Nobody has ever been pun...
Episode 124 - Life on a U-Boat was terrible
05 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Life aboard a U-boat during WWII was horrible but thankfully short from all the dying. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys ...
*Unlocked* Valkyrie
04 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Cruise is the worst pirate ever. Support the show to get more bonus episodes like this: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow our Twi...
Episode 123 - Broken Arrow
28 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Francis from the Hell of a way to die Podcast and Shocks, everyone's favorite podcast lawyer join the show to talk about all of the times the US and U...
Episode 122 - Russo - Japanese War Part 4: So long and thanks for all the imperialism
21 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The war ends and the world sets itself on course for nuclear hellfire. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources regardin...
Episode 121 - Russo -Japanese War Part 3: The Voyage of the Damned
14 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Russian Navy sets off on a one way journey into naval history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Episode 120 - Russo-Japanese War Part 2: The Siege of Port Arthur
07 Sep 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Russia and Japan are introduced to the weapons of modern war. Hilarity does not ensue. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Episode 119 - Russo-Japanese War Part 1: Willy, Nicky, and Racism
31 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Imperialism and Racism lead Imperial Russia down a path of one of the biggest self owns in military history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.c...
Episode 118 - Silvercorp USA and the Dumbest Coup Ever
24 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Once upon a time a group of idiots with an airsoft rifle attempted to invade a country. Hilarity (and prison sentences) ensued. Support the show: htt...
Episode 117 - Gerald Bull and the Space Cannon
17 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Once upon a time there was a man who loved cannons. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/1...
Episode 116 - The Niihau Incident
10 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The one time a downed Japanese pilot started a small civil war on a remote Hawaiian island. *correction* A pronunciation guide was used for the word...
Episode 115- The Myth of the Clean Wehrmacht
03 Aug 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Folks, it turns out Nazis are in fact, bad. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys *CORRECTION* A correction is needed regardi...
Episode 114 - The Battle of the Golden Spurs
26 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stupid sexy Flanders. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: DeVries, Kelly (2006). Infantry Warfare in the Early Fou...
Episode 113 - The 47 Ronin
20 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Grab your butt ladles and get ready for the most epic tale of revenge in history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sourc...
Episode 112 - Wagner Group
13 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Wagner Group is what happens when money, strange neo nazi cults, and proxy wars have a baby. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledb...
Episode 111 - Mount Rushmore is a Racist Tourist Trap
06 Jul 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Blow up Mount Rushmore. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/sordid-history-m...
Episode 110 - Joseph Medicine Crow
29 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Medicine Crow became the last War Chief of the Crow Tribe. He did this by counting coup, stealing an enemy's weapon, and stealing their horses....
Episode 109 - Shogun 2, The Last Samurai, and Western Misconceptions Ft. Dr. Nyri Bakkalian
22 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Nyri Bakkalian joins Joe to talk about video games, anime, and all of the things the west misunderstands about Japanese history. Support the sho...
Episode 108 - The T-55: A History
15 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Travis dive into the history of the podcast's favorite cold war tank: the T-55. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/li...
Episode 107- Joseph Beyrle
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Beyrle is the only known American Soldier to fight within the ranks of the Red Army during WWII. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/li...
Episode 106 - Leo Major
01 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Once upon a time there was a one eyed Canadian beserker who liberated an entire town on his own. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledby...
Episode 105 - Robert E Lee Was a Monster
25 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Robert E Lee was a traitor, a slave owner, and a war criminal. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Sources for this episode...
Episode 104 - The Edgewood Experiments
18 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
During the Cold War the US dosed thousands of its soldiers with acid. Hilarity did not ensue. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydo...
*UNLOCKED* Windtalkers
15 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Nic Cage and John Woo flamethrower karate fight their way across the pacific theater of WWII. support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydon...
Episode 103- Popular Front Ft. Jake Hanrahan
11 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Creator of Popular Front Jake Hanrahan joins Joe to talk about how he got his start in Conflict Journalism, why westerners need to stop projecting the...
Episode 102 - The Crippled Eagles of Rhodesia
04 May 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Crippled Eagles were a collection of American Neo nazis, white nationalists, and fascists who flooded the colony of Rhodesia to defend white natio...
*Unlocked* Rambo (2008)
30 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We take a walk down white savior lane as Rambo kills more people than an atomic weapon. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
Episode 101 - Soghomon Tehlirian: The Luger of Justice
27 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The Ottoman Empire, fueled by Turkish Nationalism, launched a genocidal campaign of violence against their own Armenian subjects. This is the story ...
*UNLOCKED* There is No Life or Nourishment in the Meat
24 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode the gang eats a bunch of military rations from around the world and discusses some horrific missteps from the history of military food...
Episode 100 - The 100th Episode Special
20 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For our 100th episode we answered questions from fans. Everything from the great tortilla debate to Jane Fonda tune in and listen to our probably terr...
Episode 99.5 - French Invasion of Russia Part 6: March or Die
13 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Napoleon begins his retreat from Moscow, the Grand Army dies a slow death, and the Cossacks get blinged out as hell. Support the show: https://www.pa...
Episode 99 - French Invasion of Russia Part 5: Moscow is Decadent and Depraved.
06 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Moscow burns, Napoleon begins to lose his mind. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow us on Twitter @lions_by Join th...
Episode 98 - French Invasion of Russia Part 4: Barefoot Borodino
30 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Napoleon finally gets the battle he wants, leading to one of the bloodiest days in European history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsl...
*UNLOCKED* Iron Sky ft. Francis Horton
25 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
*UNLOCKED* Iron Sky ft. Francis Horton by
Episode 97 - French Invasion of Russia Part 3: The Not So Grand Army
23 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Napoleon's famed Grande Armee finally begins its march towards war. Almost immediately his soldiers begin starving to death and shooting themselves be...
*UNLOCKED* Red Dawn (2012)
18 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Imaging being a North Korean conscript, thousands of miles away from home and watching your friends get gunned down by the guy from Drake and Josh. S...
Episode 96 - French Invasion of Russia Part 2: Worst Enlistment Ever
16 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On part 2 we talk about the terrible life and times of a soldier in the 1800s. 25 year conscription, disease, banditry, and good old government ran ch...
Episode 95 - French Invasion of Russia Part 1: Imperial Bromance
09 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Napoleon attempts to make friends, ends up making war instead. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Follow us on Twitter @l...
Episode 94 - Fighting Like Cats and Dogs
02 Mar 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Rich talk about some more war animals like Sarbi, the Australian wonder dog and Unsinkable Sam, the unkillable navy cat. Sup...
Episode 93 - Kevin Patrick Dawes
24 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Sources: https://nationalpost.com/tag/kevin-patrick-dawes/ https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/syria-isis-kevin-dawes
Episode 92 - The British Free Corps
17 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The British Free Corps was an armed formation made of up brits and dominion soldiers who volunteered to fight for the Nazis during WWII. But rather th...
Episode 91 - Paul Mahar
10 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Imaging doing a favor for a friend that ended up with you spending over a year in a combat zone without a single day of training. Paul Mahar didn't ha...
Episode 90 - Millennium Challenge 2002 Ft. Francis Horton
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by Francis Horton from the Hell of a Way to Die Podcast to talk about the greatest self own in American Military history: MC02 Support ...
Episode 89 - Winter War Part 5: The Booty Call Armistice
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
On the finale of the Winter War the Mannerheim Line begins to crumble and Finland is only saved due the connections of a Government Minister's booty c...
Episode 88 - Winter War Part 4: The White Death
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
One of the deadliest men who has ever walked the earth probably was too short to ride a rollercoaster. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lion...
Episode 87 - Winter War Part 3: Comrade Zap Brannigan and the Molotov Cocktail
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Soviets launch unending frontal assaults against the Finnish Defenders. Little did the Soviets know that the Finns had a secret weapon: tens of thousa...
Episode 86 - Winter War Part 2: Molotov Bread Basket
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Stalin launches a war from his Apartment without any planning whatsoever. Hilarity ensues. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonke...
Episode 85 - Winter War Part 1: Russian Problems
30 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On part one of our Winter War series we dive into the history of Finland and its long struggle for independence from a string of different oppressors....
Episode 84 - Lax Bros Strike Back: The Michilimackinac Massacre
23 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A game of Lacrosse leads to the dumbest massacre in Michigan state history . Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy some me...
Episode 83 - St Clair's Defeat
16 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The US dispatches some soldiers to fight Native Americans resulting in the biggest defeat in US Military history and the creation of American governme...
Episode 82 - Clint Lorance is a Murderer
09 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Clint Lorance killed two unarmed Afghan civilians in 2012. Clint Lorance is a free man. He walked out of the United States Army Disciplinary Barrac...
Episode 81 - Philippines American War Part 3: War Crimes and Misdemeanors
02 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
At the conclusion of our series on the Philippines American War we dive into the Moro Rebellion and American war crimes so prolific they are turned in...
Episode 80 - Philippine American War Part 2: The Machete of Freedom
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The American Philippines War begins in earnest. America sets up a series of concentration camps and attempts to brutalize the Philippine people into s...
Episode 79 - Philippine American War Part 1: Thanks a lot Nebraska
18 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we dive into America's first overseas war of Empire and how two racists from Nebraska started a war. **Corrections** Andres Bonifacio...
Episode 78 - The Battle of Teutoburg Forest
11 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Join Joe and Nick as they dive into one of the worst military defeats in history. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/notifications Buy some m...
Episode 77 - Unit 731
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
*******TRIGGER WARNING******** Everything. Seriously everything. It is terrible. On this episode Joe and Rich discuss one of the greatest crimes in ...
Episode 74 - Exercise Tiger Ft. Francis Horton
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by the co host of the What a Hell of a Way to Die Podcast Francis Horton to discuss the worst training exercise in military history. S...
Episode 73- The Battle of the Crater
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
A very hungover Joe and Nick dive into one of the Union Army's biggest blunders during the US Civil War: The Battle of the Crater during the siege of ...
Episode 72- Robert Bales
14 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Bales was a Staff Sergeant in the US Army. He is also one of the worst war criminals in recent American history. Support the show: https://www...
Episode 71 - Anglo Zulu War Part 2: The End of a Kingdom
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Anglo Zulu War Part 2. In the conclusion of our series the war goes from Rourke's Drift to Eshowe before killing an Imperial Prince and burning th...
Episode 70 - Anglo-Zulu War Part 1: Don't Forget to Wash Your Spears
30 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Sources for all related episodes: https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/zulu-war https://www.sahistory.org.za/article/anglo-zulu-wars-1879-1896 https://www.hi...
Episode 69 - Do a Little Meth, Make a Little War
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On episode 69 (nice)Joe and Rich dive into the history of Meth in warfare. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/notifications Buy a shirt: htt...
Episode 68 - The Kamikaze
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Nick dive into the troubled and misunderstood history of the Kamikaze. Were they really so devoted to the Emperor they willing...
Episode 67 - The M-16 Rifle: A Dumb History
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we examine the birth of the M-16 Rifle and its deployment to the Vietnam War. How did the Pentagon take a rifle that passed every test...
Episode 66 - Donkey Reading Series: America Needs A Dead Hand Ft. Martin Pfeiffer
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this iteration of the Donkey Reading Series Joe is joined by our friendly neighborhood Nuclear Anthropologist Martin Pfeiffer (@NuclearAnthro) to d...
Episode 65 - Joseph Dresnok
26 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joseph Dresnok was a Private in the US Army stationed along the Korean DMZ. He quickly became depressed and developed one hell of an addiction to booz...
Episode 64 - Tarrare and Charles Domery: The Men Who Stare At Cats
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tarrare and Charles Domery were soldiers who fought in the War of the First Coalition. They were also afflicted with a never ending, voracious hunger ...
Episode 63 - Project 100,000
12 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Project 100,000 was a Vietnam War Era experiment conducted by the United States to see how low they could lower the standards for enlistment or conscr...
Episode 62 - The Pepsi Navy
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
This is the story of how Pepsi, yes that Pepsi, ended up controlling the world's sixth largest submarine navy. Support the show: https://www.patreon....
Episode 61 - Soviet Afghan War 7: Fear and Loathing in Afghanistan
29 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On the 7th (and final) installment in our Soviet Afghan series we take a look at what life was like as a Soviet conscript and just how miserable life ...
Episode 60 - Soviet Afghan War 6: Taking Your Ball and Going Home
22 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On part 6 the Soviet Union has to figure out how to pull their army out of Afghanistan while the entire country collapses around them while new journa...
Episode 59 - Soviet Afghan War 5: The Rise of Najibullah
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Babrak Karmal is a failure and the Soviets know he has to be replaced if they are ever going to get a functioning Afghan government. Enter Muhammed Na...
Episode 58 - Soviet Afghan War 4: Operation Cyclone
08 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As the Soviets got bogged down in Afghanistan the United States and its allies are helping the Afghan rebels, but only with a little cash and small ar...
Episode 57 - Soviet Afghan War 3: The Lion of the Panjshir
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Soviet Army digs in for the long haul while a Tajik warlord named Ahmed Shah Massoud makes them pay for every inch of land they take. Support the...
Episode 56 - Soviet Afghan War 2: Operation Storm 333
24 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Another Afghan head of state is assassinated and replaced with an even more insane despot. The Soviets decide if anyone is going to assassinate the Pr...
Episode 55 - Soviet Afghan War 1: A Revolution of Drunks
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On part 1 of the Soviet Afghan War the Afghan King is overthrown leading to a series of coups, counter coups, and purges that would eventually set the...
Episode 54 - One Year Anniversary Q & A
10 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You sent us questions and we answered them. Things got weird. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy a shirt: https://tees...
Episode 53 - The Donkey Reading Series: Max Boot
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this entry into the DRS Joe and Travis read Max Boot's "Why winning and losing are irrelevant in Syria and Afghanistan" from the Washington Post. I...
Episode 52 - The Battle of Agincourt
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode more inbred people beef over turf, English longbowmen drowned French knights in shallow puddles, and Joe mispronounces everything to d...
Episode 51 - The Dogs (and bear) of War
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joe, Nick, and Rich tell the stories of Sergeant Stubby, Chief Dog Sinbad, and Corporal Wojtek BECAUSE THEY ARE ALL SUCH GOOD BOYS. Buy Joe's new Mil...
Episode 50 - Dowsing for Bombs
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
James McCormick tricked the Iraqi government into buying tens of millions of dollars worth of dowsing rods to find bombs. Hilarity did not ensue. Su...
Episode 49 - The Kent State Massacre
04 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On May 4, 1970 Members of the Ohio Nation Guard gunned down four innocent people at Kent State University. Nobody has ever been held accountable. Su...
Episode 48 - Easter Rising Part 2: The Provisional Irish Republic
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On Part 2 of the Easter Rising Home Rule is put on hold while Irish Republicans remember the words of Wolfe Tone: Launch an uprising while the British...
Episode 47 - The Easter Rising Part 1: The Wolfe Tone
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we dive into some of the history that caused the 1916 Easter Rising like stealing Irish freedom with the Act of Union, extracting weal...
Episode 46 - Andersonville Prison
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Nick celebrate Confederate History Month by diving into crimes perpetrated by the Confederate States of America at Andersonvil...
Episode 45 - John Walker Lindh, The American Taliban
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joe and Nick talk about how a sickly kid who liked to pass his time trolling people on the internet ended up traveling across the world and joining th...
Episode 45 - The USS Pueblo Incident
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by Justin Rose to talk about the USS Pueblo Incident. An American spy ship is Captured by North Korea and we do our best not to make any...
Episode 44 - Gideon Pillow Ft. Matt Palmquist
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by the purveyor of @civilwarhumor Matt Palmquist to talk about Gideon Pillow. A General who spent his entire life proving the fact that ...
Episode 43 - The Kargil War
18 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Travis talk about the Kargil War of 1999. You may have never heard of it but it involves nukes, ice fortresses, World War One ...
Episode 42 - The White Rose
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Rich talk about one of the most badass groups of people to ever walk the earth: The White Rose. A non violent anti-war activis...