Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
Episodes
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...
Episode 41 - Donkey Reading Series: Why Arabs Lose Wars By Norvell B. De Atkine
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Travis read the famous history article "Why Arabs Lose Wars" by former US Naval Institute professor Norvell B. De Atkine and d...
Episode 40 - The Assholes of Holocaust Denial
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Nick and Joe dive into the insane world of Holocaust Denial and why these people shouldn't be debated, they should be attacked. Supp...
Episode 39 - Yemeni Civil War Part 3: Erik Prince's Mercenary Army and the SEAL Death Squad
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On our final episode of the Yemeni Civil War series the UAE decides they need to buy an army to go with all of their mercenary commanders, and they lo...
Episode 38 - Yemeni Civil War Part 2: His Excellency General Steve
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Travis talk about how a retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel who once ran a breast enhancement pyramid pill scheme out of his ga...
Episode 37 - Yemeni Civil War Part 1: An Outsourced War
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Travis takes Joe through the history of Yemen and the nearly constant foreign meddling in it's affairs that brought us to the Yemeni Civil War. He als...
Episode 36 - Volunteering to Fight in the Donbass Ft. Russianwithoutbs
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe talks to @russiawithoutbs a writer, army veteran, and the closest thing to an expert on the Donbas War that would come and hang ou...
Episode 35- The People's Crusade
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Nick dive into the age of the Crusades...kind of. The People's Crusade was an mob put together by a starving, homeless monk t...
Episode 34- The Accidental Confederate Suicide Submarine
14 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Nick talk about the CSS Hunley, the first submarine to ever sink an enemy ship in combat. Via suicide bombing. Support the ...
Episode 33 - Yukio Mishima and the Suicidal Crossfit Cult
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Rich talk about Yukio Mishima, one of the greatest writers Japan has ever produced, as well as a psychotic devotee to the Japa...
Episode 32- Everyone is a Nazi!
31 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe is joined by Army Veteran and one of the characters from The Hooligans of Kandahar, Mike Huang to talk about how a number of peopl...
Unlocked Bonus Episode: The Battle of Hogwarts
25 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Unlocked Bonus Episode: The Battle of Hogwarts by
Episode 31- A lesson on recent Kurdish History
24 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by Travis Haycraft again to talk about the countless misconceptions people have about Kurdish history, the Peshmerga, the SDF, and we ta...
Episode 30 - PragerU is Bad for America
17 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe is joined by Justin Rose. Justin is a Marine and US Army Veteran and host of the Everything is Awful Podcast to talk about the dan...
Episode 29- The Mahmudiyah Murders
10 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe is joined by Riley Dosh, a recent graduate of West Point, to talk about one of the most heinous crimes of the Iraq War, the rape a...
Episode 28 - Iran Iraq War Part 6: The Wild and Wacky World of Iraqi Weapons
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We aren't done quite yet! Joe is joined by Travis Haycraft as Travis takes us on the wild, insane, and criminal world of Iraq's weapons procurement pr...
Episode 27- Iran Iraq War Part 5: And then things got worse
26 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 27- Iran Iraq War Part 5: And then things got worse by
Episode 26 - Iran Iraq War Part 4: Marsh Madness!
19 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On the 4th part of our Iran Iraq War series Joe is joined in the studio by Tom to talk about the insanity of the Battle of the Marshes and that one ti...
Episode - 25 Iran Iraq War Part 3 - Who Needs a Blue Wave When You Have A Human Wave?
12 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On part 3 Saddam's army quickly falls apart as the Iranians launch wave after wave of screaming volunteers at their trenches. Donate to the show http...
Episode 24 - Iran Iraq War Part 2: An Army Full of Red Shirts
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 24 - Iran Iraq War Part 2: An Army Full of Red Shirts by
Episode 23- Iran-Iraq War Part 1: Revolution!
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sources for all related episodes: Karsh, Efraim (2002). The Iran–Iraq War: 1980–1988 https://www.iranchamber.com/history/iran_iraq_war/iran_iraq...
Episode 22 - Jade Helm
22 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Nick fly off the deep end talking about the origins and stupidity of one of the internet's favorite military conspiracy theori...
Episode 21 - Halloween Special
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On our first halloween special Joe is joined by true crime and serial killer junkie Rich to discuss a Bela Kiss, otherwise known as the "Hungarian Vam...
Episode 20 - Meuse Argonne Offensive Ft. Angry Staff Officer
08 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Joe is joined by Historian, writer, and host of the War Stories Cast Angry Staff Officer to talk about the 100th Anniversary of the Meuse Argonne Offe...
Episode 19 - Nukes LOL Ft. Marty Pfeiffer
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe is joined by Nuclear Anthropology PhD student Marty Pfeiffer. Marty takes us through the terrifying history of man's relationship ...
Episode 18 - The War of 1812 Part 3: let's all pretend this didn't happen
24 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we close out the war of 1812 with style! Joe is joined by Flynn while Nick is away and we discuss the ending to the most pointless war...
Episode 17 - War of 1812 Part II: Electric Boogaloo
17 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On part II of the War of 1812, America bites off more than it can chew as it is kicked out of Canada and begins to burn down Canadian towns in anger. ...
Episode 16 - War of 1812 Part 1: A Cannonball to the Face
10 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
It's our first ever series so buckle up as we talk about the beginnings of the War of 1812 between a newborn America and British Empire. Thank you t...
Episode 15 - The Battle of Jadotville
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we discuss the Battle of Jadotville, a little known battle during the Congolese Crisis that pit a company of badly armed Irish UN Peac...
Episode 14 - The Haditha Massacre
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we discuss the Haditha Massacre carried out by members of the US Marine Corps during the Iraq War in 2005 and the cover up that follow...
Episode 13 - The Great Emu War
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we discuss the Great Emu War while simultaneously offending the entire nation of Australia probably. Follow us on twitter @Lions_by ...
Episode 12 - General Butt Naked and the Liberian Civil War
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On the most depressing episode yet Joe and Nick talk about the Liberian Civil War and a insane, blood drinking, heart eating warlord by the name of Ge...
Episode 11 - The Battles That Never Were
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Nick talk about Battles that never actually happened! From the Great LA air raid to the Battle of Kransebes, where Joseph II A...
Episode 10- Listener Q & A
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On our 10th episode we go to our Emails to answer all the questions that have been sent to us over the last couple of week. Nick finally admits reenac...
Episode 9 - German Armor Fails of WWII Ft. Tom
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 9 brings us our first guest! Tom is an Officer in the United States Army Armor Corps, history graduate, and anonymous shitposter on twitter. O...
episode 8 - The Bonus Army
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we talk about the Bonus Army! A rag tag Army of unarmed WW1 veterans to marched on DC to demand the money they were owed. If you think...
Episode 7 - Retreat From Kabul
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On our seventh episode we jump back in time to The Great Game. The British Empire invades Afghanistan and puts the most truthworthy idiot to ever be p...
Episode 6 - The Second French Intervention in Mexico
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we talk about the Second French Intervention in Mexico. France makes an attempt at regime change in Mexico. Hilarity ensues. Rate and...
Episode 5- Pavel Grachev
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode we talk about Pavel Grachev, the Russian Minister of Defense who ordered the storming of Grozny while piss drunk during the First Chec...
Episode 4 - The House Built Out of Dead Nazis
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode of the Lions Led by Donkeys we talk about Sergeant Yakov Pavlov and his Soviet House of Death during the Battle of Stalingrad. Nick ch...
Episode 3 - Bill Millin
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On episode three we talk about Bill Millin, the Mad Piper of Sword Beach and how sometimes you just have to fight fascism without wearing underwear. W...
Episode 2 - Sir Douglas Haig
14 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode Joe and Nick talk about Field Marshal Douglas Haig who led the majority of the UK's efforts during WW1, including the brutal battles o...