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<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:podcast="https://podcastindex.org/namespace/1.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" version="2.0"><channel><title>The Lesser Stories</title><link>http://www.thelesserstories.com</link><description><![CDATA[History's least-important bits....from the funny to the completely insane, and everything in between!<br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><atom:link href="https://www.spreaker.com/show/4559061/episodes/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><language>en</language><category>History</category><copyright>2025 Arkwright Group LLC</copyright><image><url>https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg</url><title>The Lesser Stories</title><link>http://www.thelesserstories.com</link></image><lastBuildDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:06:40 +0000</lastBuildDate><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:owner><itunes:name>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:name><itunes:email>lesserstories@ark25.com</itunes:email></itunes:owner><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:subtitle>History's least-important bits....from the funny to the completely insane, and everything in between!

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[History's least-important bits....from the funny to the completely insane, and everything in between!<br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:category text="History"/><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:type>episodic</itunes:type><item><title>S3E9: The Little Weapons That Couldn't</title><link>http://www.thelesserstories.com/season-3</link><description><![CDATA[The best efforts are wasted on bad ideas, and we've got some doozies straight from WWII. Anthony talks about the Krummlauf, which almost (if not quite) entirely failed to fire bullets on a curve. Adam talks about Anti-Tank no. 74 sticky grenades, which almost (if not quite) entirely failed to stick to tanks (or anything else).<br /><br /><b>Hosts: </b>Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer: </b>Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/71045265</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 15:06:34 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71045265/ls_s3e9.mp3" length="52517504" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f7c2daaf-5f6b-4c72-83c4-85690cc47809/f7c2daaf-5f6b-4c72-83c4-85690cc47809.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f7c2daaf-5f6b-4c72-83c4-85690cc47809/f7c2daaf-5f6b-4c72-83c4-85690cc47809.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/f7c2daaf-5f6b-4c72-83c4-85690cc47809/f7c2daaf-5f6b-4c72-83c4-85690cc47809.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The best efforts are wasted on bad ideas, and we've got some doozies straight from WWII. Anthony talks about the Krummlauf, which almost (if not quite) entirely failed to fire bullets on a curve. Adam talks about Anti-Tank no. 74 sticky grenades,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The best efforts are wasted on bad ideas, and we've got some doozies straight from WWII. Anthony talks about the Krummlauf, which almost (if not quite) entirely failed to fire bullets on a curve. Adam talks about Anti-Tank no. 74 sticky grenades, which almost (if not quite) entirely failed to stick to tanks (or anything else).<br /><br /><b>Hosts: </b>Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer: </b>Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1315</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>artillery,battle,churchill,german,grenade,guns,krummlauf,nazi,sticky,suicide,tank,war,wwii</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4d57ade7158657e221fdba804febcbab.jpg"/><itunes:season>3</itunes:season><itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S3E8: Go Sports Team! pt III</title><link>http://www.thelesserstories.com/season-3</link><description><![CDATA[Wind up and get ready to shoot a touchdown straight into the hoop, it's a SPORTS TEAM episode! Adam explores the only mildly horrifying tradition of One-Arm vs One-Leg Cricket, and Anthony uncovers a baseball plot so heinous that it cost a baseball player more than six whole games....gasp!<br /><br /><b>Hosts: </b>Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer: </b>Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70863613</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 09:30:05 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70863613/ls_s3e8.mp3" length="70282208" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0a467109-e47d-46ce-a78d-15a3c8c5240c/0a467109-e47d-46ce-a78d-15a3c8c5240c.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0a467109-e47d-46ce-a78d-15a3c8c5240c/0a467109-e47d-46ce-a78d-15a3c8c5240c.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/0a467109-e47d-46ce-a78d-15a3c8c5240c/0a467109-e47d-46ce-a78d-15a3c8c5240c.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Wind up and get ready to shoot a touchdown straight into the hoop, it's a SPORTS TEAM episode! Adam explores the only mildly horrifying tradition of One-Arm vs One-Leg Cricket, and Anthony uncovers a baseball plot so heinous that it cost a baseball...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Wind up and get ready to shoot a touchdown straight into the hoop, it's a SPORTS TEAM episode! Adam explores the only mildly horrifying tradition of One-Arm vs One-Leg Cricket, and Anthony uncovers a baseball plot so heinous that it cost a baseball player more than six whole games....gasp!<br /><br /><b>Hosts: </b>Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer: </b>Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1759</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>albert,baseball,bat,bell,cricket,injury,soldiers,uk,veterans</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4d57ade7158657e221fdba804febcbab.jpg"/><itunes:season>3</itunes:season><itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S3E7: Covert Affairs</title><link>http://www.thelesserstories.com/season-3</link><description><![CDATA[This episode is extremely classified, so you have to promise not to tell anyone. Anthony cracks the file on Robert Hanssen, who sold info to the Russians in the 90s. Adam goes back a little further to Elizabethan England, and the sordid life of Christopher Marlowe....poet, playwright, and 100% probably also a long-term spy. <br /><br /><b>Hosts: </b>Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer: </b>Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70719674</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Mar 2026 15:47:47 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70719674/ls_s3e7.mp3" length="89998148" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/7549d3b4-bd46-46d9-bd26-a1a9715050a4/7549d3b4-bd46-46d9-bd26-a1a9715050a4.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/7549d3b4-bd46-46d9-bd26-a1a9715050a4/7549d3b4-bd46-46d9-bd26-a1a9715050a4.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/7549d3b4-bd46-46d9-bd26-a1a9715050a4/7549d3b4-bd46-46d9-bd26-a1a9715050a4.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>This episode is extremely classified, so you have to promise not to tell anyone. Anthony cracks the file on Robert Hanssen, who sold info to the Russians in the 90s. Adam goes back a little further to Elizabethan England, and the sordid life of...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[This episode is extremely classified, so you have to promise not to tell anyone. Anthony cracks the file on Robert Hanssen, who sold info to the Russians in the 90s. Adam goes back a little further to Elizabethan England, and the sordid life of Christopher Marlowe....poet, playwright, and 100% probably also a long-term spy. <br /><br /><b>Hosts: </b>Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer: </b>Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2252</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>catholic,elizabeth,espionage,hanssen,history,information,marlowe,privy,queen,soviet,spy</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4d57ade7158657e221fdba804febcbab.jpg"/><itunes:season>3</itunes:season><itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S3E6: Baby, You Can Drive My Car</title><link>http://www.thelesserstories.com/season-3</link><description><![CDATA[What has four wheels and has a history of being used for wild adventures? If you answered "automobile", you are correct because this was not a joke, it was an easy quiz and you passed....good for you. Anthony recounts a car race from New York to Paris (yes, he'll answer that question) and Adam shovels up the goods on the Snow Cruiser.<br /><br /><b>Hosts: </b>Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer: </b>Adam Azra'el<br /><br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70601853</guid><pubDate>Thu, 12 Mar 2026 01:39:12 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70601853/ls_s3e6.mp3" length="106514228" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/53be767e-00c8-4b0c-81d1-71316bf40abd/53be767e-00c8-4b0c-81d1-71316bf40abd.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/53be767e-00c8-4b0c-81d1-71316bf40abd/53be767e-00c8-4b0c-81d1-71316bf40abd.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/53be767e-00c8-4b0c-81d1-71316bf40abd/53be767e-00c8-4b0c-81d1-71316bf40abd.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>What has four wheels and has a history of being used for wild adventures? If you answered "automobile", you are correct because this was not a joke, it was an easy quiz and you passed....good for you. Anthony recounts a car race from New York to Paris...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[What has four wheels and has a history of being used for wild adventures? If you answered "automobile", you are correct because this was not a joke, it was an easy quiz and you passed....good for you. Anthony recounts a car race from New York to Paris (yes, he'll answer that question) and Adam shovels up the goods on the Snow Cruiser.<br /><br /><b>Hosts: </b>Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer: </b>Adam Azra'el<br /><br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2666</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>antarctica,arctic,auto,boston,cars,chicago,explorer,history,mechanic,nyc,paris,race,snow,trucks,vehicles</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4d57ade7158657e221fdba804febcbab.jpg"/><itunes:season>3</itunes:season><itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S3E5: Popes pt III</title><link>http://www.thelesserstories.com/season-3</link><description><![CDATA[The big G might just sit this one out as Anthony explores the immensely gross but memorable funeral of Pope Alexander VI, and Adam digs deep on a 350-year anti-dick crusade through the Vatican's art collection. <br /><br />We don't know if there's a particular number of euphamisms after which we have to give some sort of content warning, but if there is then we hit it....there's your warning. See you all in hell.<br /><br /><b>Hosts:</b> Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer:</b> Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70442801</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 14:42:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70442801/ls_s3e5.mp3" length="44269904" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8ed640be-0cbe-4f2f-b17f-a592f491a4e7/8ed640be-0cbe-4f2f-b17f-a592f491a4e7.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8ed640be-0cbe-4f2f-b17f-a592f491a4e7/8ed640be-0cbe-4f2f-b17f-a592f491a4e7.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/8ed640be-0cbe-4f2f-b17f-a592f491a4e7/8ed640be-0cbe-4f2f-b17f-a592f491a4e7.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>The big G might just sit this one out as Anthony explores the immensely gross but memorable funeral of Pope Alexander VI, and Adam digs deep on a 350-year anti-dick crusade through the Vatican's art collection. 

We don't know if there's a particular...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[The big G might just sit this one out as Anthony explores the immensely gross but memorable funeral of Pope Alexander VI, and Adam digs deep on a 350-year anti-dick crusade through the Vatican's art collection. <br /><br />We don't know if there's a particular number of euphamisms after which we have to give some sort of content warning, but if there is then we hit it....there's your warning. See you all in hell.<br /><br /><b>Hosts:</b> Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer:</b> Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1107</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>art,catholic,funeral,history,politics,pope,vatican</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4d57ade7158657e221fdba804febcbab.jpg"/><itunes:season>3</itunes:season><itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S3E4: Modern Problems Require Modern Solutions</title><link>http://www.thelesserstories.com/season-3</link><description><![CDATA[Ahoy, matey!<b> </b>Adam and Anthony both take you out to sea by total coincidence; Adam talks about the miraculous(ly awful) rebuilding of the Osbourne Reef, and Anthony talks about what you do with dead whales when they wash up....and what you don't do. Ever. Even if it sounds cool.<b></b><br /><br /><b>Hosts: </b>Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer: </b>Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70271424</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2026 15:58:11 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70271424/ls_s3e4.mp3" length="63416864" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ca0cfb0f-03ba-4a1f-8703-04565205b84b/ca0cfb0f-03ba-4a1f-8703-04565205b84b.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ca0cfb0f-03ba-4a1f-8703-04565205b84b/ca0cfb0f-03ba-4a1f-8703-04565205b84b.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/ca0cfb0f-03ba-4a1f-8703-04565205b84b/ca0cfb0f-03ba-4a1f-8703-04565205b84b.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Ahoy, matey! Adam and Anthony both take you out to sea by total coincidence; Adam talks about the miraculous(ly awful) rebuilding of the Osbourne Reef, and Anthony talks about what you do with dead whales when they wash up....and what you don't do....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ahoy, matey!<b> </b>Adam and Anthony both take you out to sea by total coincidence; Adam talks about the miraculous(ly awful) rebuilding of the Osbourne Reef, and Anthony talks about what you do with dead whales when they wash up....and what you don't do. Ever. Even if it sounds cool.<b></b><br /><br /><b>Hosts: </b>Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer: </b>Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1587</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>boat,bomb,conservation,dynamite,explosives,florida,funny,history,ocean,oregon,pollution,reef,tires,whale</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4d57ade7158657e221fdba804febcbab.jpg"/><itunes:season>3</itunes:season><itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S3E3: Do A Barrel Roll</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s3e3-do-a-barrel-roll--70133740</link><description><![CDATA[Gamers of the world, take heed! Anthony talks about the Nintendo-Sony-Phillips love triangle that led to the PlayStation being created out of spite. Adam recounts the tale of Atari's spectacular corporate suicide surrounding the creation of E.T. - The Video Game.<br /><br /><b>Hosts: </b>Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer:</b> Adam Azra'el<br /><br />Episodes, articles, stories, and more at <a href="https://www.thelesserstories.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.TheLesserStories.com</a>]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/70133740</guid><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2026 16:03:30 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70133740/ls_s3e3.mp3" length="99502724" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2b32ad18-f95e-40d1-9a27-93dd701c8c76/2b32ad18-f95e-40d1-9a27-93dd701c8c76.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2b32ad18-f95e-40d1-9a27-93dd701c8c76/2b32ad18-f95e-40d1-9a27-93dd701c8c76.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/2b32ad18-f95e-40d1-9a27-93dd701c8c76/2b32ad18-f95e-40d1-9a27-93dd701c8c76.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Gamers of the world, take heed! Anthony talks about the Nintendo-Sony-Phillips love triangle that led to the PlayStation being created out of spite. Adam recounts the tale of Atari's spectacular corporate suicide surrounding the creation of E.T. - The...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Gamers of the world, take heed! Anthony talks about the Nintendo-Sony-Phillips love triangle that led to the PlayStation being created out of spite. Adam recounts the tale of Atari's spectacular corporate suicide surrounding the creation of E.T. - The Video Game.<br /><br /><b>Hosts: </b>Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><b>Producer:</b> Adam Azra'el<br /><br />Episodes, articles, stories, and more at <a href="https://www.thelesserstories.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">www.TheLesserStories.com</a>]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2490</itunes:duration><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4d57ade7158657e221fdba804febcbab.jpg"/><itunes:season>3</itunes:season><itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S3E2: Fool Me Once</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-3</link><description><![CDATA[Fraud, I say! Fraud! Adam explores the forgeries of Mark Hoffman, and Anthony lays out Carlos Kaiser's exciting and storied football career (kind of).<br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69953575</guid><pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 06:05:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69953575/ls_s3e2.mp3" length="86941316" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1808331c-b2cd-4bad-9544-64e1d53c721a/1808331c-b2cd-4bad-9544-64e1d53c721a.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1808331c-b2cd-4bad-9544-64e1d53c721a/1808331c-b2cd-4bad-9544-64e1d53c721a.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/1808331c-b2cd-4bad-9544-64e1d53c721a/1808331c-b2cd-4bad-9544-64e1d53c721a.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Fraud, I say! Fraud! Adam explores the forgeries of Mark Hoffman, and Anthony lays out Carlos Kaiser's exciting and storied football career (kind of).

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Fraud, I say! Fraud! Adam explores the forgeries of Mark Hoffman, and Anthony lays out Carlos Kaiser's exciting and storied football career (kind of).<br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2176</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>church,football,forgery,fraud,futbol,lds,lies,mormon,soccer,sports</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4d57ade7158657e221fdba804febcbab.jpg"/><itunes:season>3</itunes:season><itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S3E1: What Dreams May Dumb</title><link>http://www.thelesserstories.com/season-3</link><description><![CDATA[Question: What hibernates for three years without dying? Answer: The Lesser Stories and the two schmucks who host it! The Lesser Stories returns for a third season full of all the things you'd've learned in high school if your History teachers were allowed to drink and swear. <br /><br />Celebrating their first episode in over three years, the boys dig into some poorly-realized dreams! Anthony scans the skies for the Spruce Goose; Adam recounts the thrilling flight of Lawn Chair Larry. The sky's the (very literal) limit!<br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el<br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el<br />]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/69779626</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2026 05:40:38 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69779626/ls_s3e1_final.mp3" length="87899708" type="audio/mpeg"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/adc1926a-561c-4e45-a346-28fe8b4a7382/adc1926a-561c-4e45-a346-28fe8b4a7382.srt" type="application/x-subrip" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/adc1926a-561c-4e45-a346-28fe8b4a7382/adc1926a-561c-4e45-a346-28fe8b4a7382.txt" type="text/plain" language="en"/><podcast:transcript url="https://transcription.spreaker.com/starship/adc1926a-561c-4e45-a346-28fe8b4a7382/adc1926a-561c-4e45-a346-28fe8b4a7382.vtt" type="text/vtt" language="en"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Question: What hibernates for three years without dying? Answer: The Lesser Stories and the two schmucks who host it! The Lesser Stories returns for a third season full of all the things you'd've learned in high school if your History teachers were...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Question: What hibernates for three years without dying? Answer: The Lesser Stories and the two schmucks who host it! The Lesser Stories returns for a third season full of all the things you'd've learned in high school if your History teachers were allowed to drink and swear. <br /><br />Celebrating their first episode in over three years, the boys dig into some poorly-realized dreams! Anthony scans the skies for the Spruce Goose; Adam recounts the thrilling flight of Lawn Chair Larry. The sky's the (very literal) limit!<br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el<br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el<br />]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2200</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>airplane,airport,ambition,angeles,aviation,balloons,chair,comedy,flight,goose,history,howard,hughes,la,larry,lawn,los,project,spruce,wwii</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/4d57ade7158657e221fdba804febcbab.jpg"/><itunes:season>3</itunes:season><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E19: Pour Me Another</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[Cheers to the end of another season! It's all about the booze this episode; Anthony talks about definitely-not-alcohol sold during Prohibition, and Adam talks about definitely-alcohol being accidentally set on fire and sent rampaging through Dublin. Clink 'em and drink 'em, and we'll see you in Season 3! <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49833107</guid><pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2022 17:06:29 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/49833107/lesserstories_s2e19.mp3" length="54435332" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Cheers to the end of another season! It's all about the booze this episode; Anthony talks about definitely-not-alcohol sold during Prohibition, and Adam talks about definitely-alcohol being accidentally set on fire and sent rampaging through Dublin....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Cheers to the end of another season! It's all about the booze this episode; Anthony talks about definitely-not-alcohol sold during Prohibition, and Adam talks about definitely-alcohol being accidentally set on fire and sent rampaging through Dublin. Clink 'em and drink 'em, and we'll see you in Season 3! <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1363</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1920,alcohol,booze,comedy,dublin,fire,grapes,history,ireland,prohibition,usa,whiskey,wine</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>19</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E18: The Dogs of War</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[It's WWII time! Adam digs into a unit devoted entirely to making fake armies; Anthony talks about Finland's deadliest sniper.<br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten.  <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49718655</guid><pubDate>Tue, 10 May 2022 12:00:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/49718655/lesserstories_s2e18.mp3" length="52256504" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>It's WWII time! Adam digs into a unit devoted entirely to making fake armies; Anthony talks about Finland's deadliest sniper.

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten.  

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's WWII time! Adam digs into a unit devoted entirely to making fake armies; Anthony talks about Finland's deadliest sniper.<br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten.  <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1308</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>army,belgium,camoflauge,death,fake,finland,france,germany,ghost,haya,history,russia,simo,sniper,uk,usa,white,world,wwii</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>18</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E17: Doctor, You've Done It!</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[Next stop: medicine! Anthony talks about a doctor who changed the world forever. Adam talks about one who didn't change the world at all. Warning: parts of this episode are *spectacularly* gross. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49641057</guid><pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2022 13:57:47 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/49641057/lesserstories_s2e17_1.mp3" length="55072172" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Next stop: medicine! Anthony talks about a doctor who changed the world forever. Adam talks about one who didn't change the world at all. Warning: parts of this episode are *spectacularly* gross. 

Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el 

Producer: Adam...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Next stop: medicine! Anthony talks about a doctor who changed the world forever. Adam talks about one who didn't change the world at all. Warning: parts of this episode are *spectacularly* gross. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1379</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>comedy,disgusting,doctor,doctors,ffirth,funny,gross,history,hospital,louis,medical,medicine,pasteur,stubbins</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>17</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E16: On The Border</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[Anthony unpacks how Michigan and Ohio both wanted Toledo (for some reason). Adam talks about Nicaragua and Honduras, and how the wrong color green in a stamp re-ignited a century-old border dispute.   <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49557225</guid><pubDate>Tue, 26 Apr 2022 12:58:52 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/49557225/lesserstories_s2e16.mp3" length="65779436" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Anthony unpacks how Michigan and Ohio both wanted Toledo (for some reason). Adam talks about Nicaragua and Honduras, and how the wrong color green in a stamp re-ignited a century-old border dispute.   

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten
Producer:...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anthony unpacks how Michigan and Ohio both wanted Toledo (for some reason). Adam talks about Nicaragua and Honduras, and how the wrong color green in a stamp re-ignited a century-old border dispute.   <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1646</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>browns,comedy,congress,funny,history,honduras,michigan,nicaragua,ohio,spain,stamps,usa,war</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>16</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E15: Under The Sea</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[Adam, Anthony, and special guest Davey Jones (no, not really, don't be an idiot) discuss some stuff that happens where the sun don't shine. Mostly we mean at the bottom of the ocean, but in this case we also partly mean at the bottom of a person. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49478427</guid><pubDate>Tue, 19 Apr 2022 13:35:27 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/49478427/lesserstories_s2e15.mp3" length="79252256" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Adam, Anthony, and special guest Davey Jones (no, not really, don't be an idiot) discuss some stuff that happens where the sun don't shine. Mostly we mean at the bottom of the ocean, but in this case we also partly mean at the bottom of a person....</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Adam, Anthony, and special guest Davey Jones (no, not really, don't be an idiot) discuss some stuff that happens where the sun don't shine. 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Adam digs into the most important (and least-known) pharaoh ever discovered, and Anthony explores three deaths....two of which went totally unnoticed.<br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49410391</guid><pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:26:55 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/49410391/lesserstories_s2e14.mp3" length="54691112" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>If a tree falls in a forest but a BIGGER tree falls in a DIFFERENT forest, did the first tree even fall? Adam digs into the most important (and least-known) pharaoh ever discovered, and Anthony explores three deaths....two of which went totally...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[If a tree falls in a forest but a BIGGER tree falls in a DIFFERENT forest, did the first tree even fall? Adam digs into the most important (and least-known) pharaoh ever discovered, and Anthony explores three deaths....two of which went totally unnoticed.<br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1369</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>ancient,archaelogy,authors,comedy,darrell,egypt,history,huxley,jfk,lewis,literature,pharaoh,president,usa</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>14</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E13: Death Of A Monarch</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[It's not our last episode, but it was certainly theirs....Anthony closes the book on Charles The Bad, and Adam makes multiple attempts to kick Zog Of Albania's bucket. 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Hosts:...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[It's not our last episode, but it was certainly theirs....Anthony closes the book on Charles The Bad, and Adam makes multiple attempts to kick Zog Of Albania's bucket. It's death, murder, mayhem, destruction....you know. Wholesome stuff. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el<br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>956</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>albania,charles,comedy,death,england,europe,france,history,italy,murder,war,wwii,zog</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E12: The Pen Is Mightier</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[Can a book save a cathedral from being demolished? Turns out....yeah. Do we have any idea what the Voynich Manuscript is? Turns out....no. Adam and Anthony sit down to very academically unpack two famous historical literary works.<br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49225235</guid><pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2022 11:30:03 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/49225235/lesserstories_s2e12.mp3" length="47739116" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Can a book save a cathedral from being demolished? Turns out....yeah. Do we have any idea what the Voynich Manuscript is? Turns out....no. Adam and Anthony sit down to very academically unpack two famous historical literary works.

Hosts: Adam...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Can a book save a cathedral from being demolished? Turns out....yeah. Do we have any idea what the Voynich Manuscript is? Turns out....no. Adam and Anthony sit down to very academically unpack two famous historical literary works.<br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten<br /><br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1195</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>book,comedy,dame,europe,france,history,hugo,hunchback,italy,literature,manuscript,mystery,notre,victor,voynich</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E11: The Final Frontier, pt III</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[Is it technically littering when a space station falls out of the sky and onto your town? Anthony thinks so. Meanwhile, Adam is busy unpacking the drama of The Corned Beef Sandwich Incident. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49069912</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Mar 2022 16:17:10 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/49069912/lesserstories_s2e11.mp3" length="51569552" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Is it technically littering when a space station falls out of the sky and onto your town? Anthony thinks so. Meanwhile, Adam is busy unpacking the drama of The Corned Beef Sandwich Incident. 

Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Is it technically littering when a space station falls out of the sky and onto your town? Anthony thinks so. Meanwhile, Adam is busy unpacking the drama of The Corned Beef Sandwich Incident. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1291</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>australia,comedy,history,nasa,sandwich,skylab,space,usa</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E10: The Body Politic</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[Anthony talks about that one time that Ireland accidentally made drugs legal and same-sex marriage legally required. Adam digs into Honest Abe's dirty trick to win an election and end slavery in the United States.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48992044</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Mar 2022 14:11:04 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48992044/lesserstories_s2e10.mp3" length="43331348" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Anthony talks about that one time that Ireland accidentally made drugs legal and same-sex marriage legally required. Adam digs into Honest Abe's dirty trick to win an election and end slavery in the United States.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anthony talks about that one time that Ireland accidentally made drugs legal and same-sex marriage legally required. Adam digs into Honest Abe's dirty trick to win an election and end slavery in the United States.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1084</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>abraham,comedy,constitution,drugs,gaelge,gay,history,ireland,irish,lincoln,marriage,nevada,politics,republic,slavery,states,straight,united,usa</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>10</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E9: Tiny Little Wars</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[Anthony blows the dust off the Football War (4 days). Adam gets competitive and rolls out the Anglo-Zanzibar War (38 minutes). May history judge us all harshly. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48905226</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:05:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48905226/lesserstories_s2e9.mp3" length="56250848" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Anthony blows the dust off the Football War (4 days). Adam gets competitive and rolls out the Anglo-Zanzibar War (38 minutes). May history judge us all harshly. 

Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anthony blows the dust off the Football War (4 days). Adam gets competitive and rolls out the Anglo-Zanzibar War (38 minutes). May history judge us all harshly. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1408</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>africa,america,artillery,battle,british,central,comedy,el,fight,germany,history,honduras,salvador,uk,usa,war,zanzibar</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E8: Manmade Disasters</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[People are the WORST, and the lads can prove it. Adam talks about a suspicious flood in Missouri in 1993; Anthony got the extra-hot gossip (on account of it's been on fire for 50 years) from the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48605968</guid><pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2022 06:05:03 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48605968/lesserstories_s2e8.mp3" length="75624356" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>People are the WORST, and the lads can prove it. Adam talks about a suspicious flood in Missouri in 1993; Anthony got the extra-hot gossip (on account of it's been on fire for 50 years) from the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania. 

Hosts: Adam Azra'el,...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[People are the WORST, and the lads can prove it. Adam talks about a suspicious flood in Missouri in 1993; Anthony got the extra-hot gossip (on account of it's been on fire for 50 years) from the town of Centralia, Pennsylvania. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1893</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>catastrophe,centralia,comedy,crime,disaster,fire,flood,history,holdout,james,manmade,missouri,pa,pennsylvania,scott,survival,tragedy,true</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E7: Popes, pt I</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[Say three Hail Marys and get ready for some stories straight from the dude upstairs. Anthony talks about the death and subsequent troubles of Pope Formosus. Adam spills the beans on Pope John XII....and they're some spicy beans. If we're going to hell then we'll see at least one of these guys there. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48604825</guid><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2022 06:05:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48604825/lesserstories_s2e7.mp3" length="63472196" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Say three Hail Marys and get ready for some stories straight from the dude upstairs. Anthony talks about the death and subsequent troubles of Pope Formosus. Adam spills the beans on Pope John XII....and they're some spicy beans. If we're going to hell...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Say three Hail Marys and get ready for some stories straight from the dude upstairs. Anthony talks about the death and subsequent troubles of Pope Formosus. Adam spills the beans on Pope John XII....and they're some spicy beans. If we're going to hell then we'll see at least one of these guys there. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1589</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>bishop,cardinal,catholic,comedy,death,emperor,formosus,history,holy,john,murder,nobility,pope,popes,religion,rome,royal,scandal,sex,vatican</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E6: Off The Rails</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[All aboard! It's an episode about trains, with Anthony talking about the Crazy Eights incident and Adam exploring the Crash At Crush. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48604795</guid><pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2022 06:05:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48604795/lesserstories_s2e6.mp3" length="82349804" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>All aboard! It's an episode about trains, with Anthony talking about the Crazy Eights incident and Adam exploring the Crash At Crush. 

Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[All aboard! It's an episode about trains, with Anthony talking about the Crazy Eights incident and Adam exploring the Crash At Crush. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2061</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>comedy,crash,funny,history,ohio,police,runaway,texas,tragedy,train,trains,transportation,wreck</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E5: Putting Up Walls</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[Adam talks about Notre Damme and the monarchs who were beheaded in front of it. Anthony's got a monty-python-esque story about a light house that had to get built....and rebuilt....and rebuilt... // <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48525287</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 06:05:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48525287/lesserstories_s2e5.mp3" length="46818308" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Adam talks about Notre Damme and the monarchs who were beheaded in front of it. Anthony's got a monty-python-esque story about a light house that had to get built....and rebuilt....and rebuilt... // 

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // 

Producer:...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Adam talks about Notre Damme and the monarchs who were beheaded in front of it. Anthony's got a monty-python-esque story about a light house that had to get built....and rebuilt....and rebuilt... // <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1172</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>adam,anthony,art,azra'el,beheading,cathedral,comedy,damme,decapitation,england,france,guillotine,history,house,light,lighthouse,notre,ocean,staten,statues</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>5</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E4: Dear Leader</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[Who's got a more Presidential title? You decide as Adam makes the case for team Saparmurat Niyazov and Anthony shills for Idi Amin....oh, and both of them were crazy. Like, CRAZY crazy. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48436903</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2022 13:02:01 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48436903/lesserstories_s2e4.mp3" length="72943364" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Who's got a more Presidential title? You decide as Adam makes the case for team Saparmurat Niyazov and Anthony shills for Idi Amin....oh, and both of them were crazy. Like, CRAZY crazy. 

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Who's got a more Presidential title? You decide as Adam makes the case for team Saparmurat Niyazov and Anthony shills for Idi Amin....oh, and both of them were crazy. Like, CRAZY crazy. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1826</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>arabia,british,comedy,dictator,england,history,military,niyazov,president,saparmurat,saudi,turkmenistan,uganda,uk,ussr</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>4</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E3: The Silver Screen</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[Anthony's got some stories from Oz....or at least, from the set of a movie about Oz. Something about a Wizard. Not to be outdone, Adam throws it even farther back to one of the first blockbuster science fiction movies, its crazy director, and how we still don't know what it's about. // <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48280755</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 06:00:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48280755/lesserstories_s2e3.mp3" length="110467856" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Anthony's got some stories from Oz....or at least, from the set of a movie about Oz. Something about a Wizard. Not to be outdone, Adam throws it even farther back to one of the first blockbuster science fiction movies, its crazy director, and how we...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anthony's got some stories from Oz....or at least, from the set of a movie about Oz. Something about a Wizard. Not to be outdone, Adam throws it even farther back to one of the first blockbuster science fiction movies, its crazy director, and how we still don't know what it's about. // <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2765</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>cinema,comedy,fantasy,fiction,film,history,metropolis,movie,movies,oz,science,scifi,technicolor,wizard</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>3</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E2: Pirates!</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[Arrrrrrgh, matey. Anthony's got the dirt on the worst pirate in history. Adam's mad about one particular act of piracy that cost America dearly. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48249729</guid><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2022 13:34:18 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48249729/lesserstories_s2e2.mp3" length="61910372" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Arrrrrrgh, matey. Anthony's got the dirt on the worst pirate in history. Adam's mad about one particular act of piracy that cost America dearly. 

Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Arrrrrrgh, matey. Anthony's got the dirt on the worst pirate in history. Adam's mad about one particular act of piracy that cost America dearly. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1550</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>caribbean,carolina,carribean,comedy,history,metric,navy,ocean,pirate,pirates,sea,ship,usa</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>2</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S2E1: The Mad Scientists</title><link>https://thelesserstories.com/season-2</link><description><![CDATA[They're back, baby! Anthony talks Tycho Brahe; Adam digs into Nikola Tesla. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/48104462</guid><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2022 06:05:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/48104462/lesserstories_s2e1_replacement.mp3" length="69324860" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>They're back, baby! Anthony talks Tycho Brahe; Adam digs into Nikola Tesla. 

Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[They're back, baby! Anthony talks Tycho Brahe; Adam digs into Nikola Tesla. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1735</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>astronomy,brahe,comedy,denmark,electricity,history,moose,nikola,science,sweden,tesla,tycho,usa,wardenclyffe</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>true</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/1ea7a323222913279f1314bc9b3b1406.jpg"/><itunes:season>2</itunes:season><itunes:episode>1</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E19: The Great Escape(s)</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e19-the-great-escape-s--46608038</link><description><![CDATA[Adam and Anthony trade stories of prison escapes. Lots of prison escapes, in fact....but surprisingly few escapees.]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46608038</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 22:07:08 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/46608038/lesserstories_s1e19.mp3" length="54465608" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Adam and Anthony trade stories of prison escapes. Lots of prison escapes, in fact....but surprisingly few escapees.</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Adam and Anthony trade stories of prison escapes. Lots of prison escapes, in fact....but surprisingly few escapees.]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1363</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>azra'el,cime,escape,france,helicopter,jail,police,prison,ridiculous,staten,system,true,usa</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>19</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E18: Man vs. Nature</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e18-man-vs-nature--46607984</link><description><![CDATA[Anthony talks about China's Four Pests initiative....and one pest in particular. Adam gets philosophical with an exploration of the Perverse Incentive....formerly known as the Cobra Effect. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46607984</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 22:04:10 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/46607984/lesserstories_s1e18.mp3" length="54450992" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Anthony talks about China's Four Pests initiative....and one pest in particular. Adam gets philosophical with an exploration of the Perverse Incentive....formerly known as the Cobra Effect. 

Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anthony talks about China's Four Pests initiative....and one pest in particular. Adam gets philosophical with an exploration of the Perverse Incentive....formerly known as the Cobra Effect. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1363</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>azra'el,birds,british,china,cobra,colonial,comedy,communism,dehli,economics,education,europe,hanoi,history,india,mao,pests,pollution,staten,vietnam</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>18</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E17: Take Me Out At The Ball Game</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e17-take-me-out-at-the-ball-game--46607936</link><description><![CDATA[Another sports episode?! Adam talks about the infamous "Ten Cent Beer Night" riot. Anthony covers "Disco Demolition Night". Both of those are real things. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46607936</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 21:59:06 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/46607936/lesserstories_s1e17.mp3" length="61990760" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Another sports episode?! Adam talks about the infamous "Ten Cent Beer Night" riot. Anthony covers "Disco Demolition Night". Both of those are real things. 

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Another sports episode?! Adam talks about the infamous "Ten Cent Beer Night" riot. Anthony covers "Disco Demolition Night". Both of those are real things. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1552</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>azra'el,baseball,comedy,disco,explosion,fight,history,indians,mlb,rangers,riot,sports,staten</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>17</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E16: A Hero Will Rise</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e16-a-hero-will-rise--46607896</link><description><![CDATA[Anthony talks about the bloody last stand....of a dentist. Adam explores the first documented case of a soldier overdosing on meth during combat. Buckle up; you're in for a ride. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46607896</guid><pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2021 21:53:45 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/46607896/lesserstories_s1e16.mp3" length="46957160" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Anthony talks about the bloody last stand....of a dentist. Adam explores the first documented case of a soldier overdosing on meth during combat. Buckle up; you're in for a ride. 

Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anthony talks about the bloody last stand....of a dentist. Adam explores the first documented case of a soldier overdosing on meth during combat. Buckle up; you're in for a ride. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1175</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>azra'el,battle,combat,comedy,dentist,drugs,finland,history,japan,military,pacific,soldier,soviet,staten,usa,war,wwii</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>16</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E15: Accidental Genius</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e15-accidental-genius--43452224</link><description><![CDATA[Anthony talks about the invention of dynamite; Adam dusts off some stories about a merchant in the early days of America. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el<br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43452224</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:39:46 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43452224/lesserstories_s1e15.mp3" length="55056512" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Anthony talks about the invention of dynamite; Adam dusts off some stories about a merchant in the early days of America. 

Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anthony talks about the invention of dynamite; Adam dusts off some stories about a merchant in the early days of America. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el<br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1378</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>accidental,alfred,bomb,books,carribean,comedy,continental,dexter,dynamite,explosive,genius,history,nitroglycerin,nobel,revolutionary,timothy,usa,war,wwii</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>15</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E14: The Near Miss</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e14-the-near-miss--43451710</link><description><![CDATA[Adam shines a light on a government plan to blow up Alaska, and Anthony digs into a routine flight gone very, very wrong. // <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43451710</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 22:51:06 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43451710/lesserstories_s1e14.mp3" length="53024888" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Adam shines a light on a government plan to blow up Alaska, and Anthony digs into a routine flight gone very, very wrong. // 

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Adam shines a light on a government plan to blow up Alaska, and Anthony digs into a routine flight gone very, very wrong. // <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1327</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>airline,airplane,alaska,amazing,bomb,comedy,crash,england,flight,harbor,history,miss,near,nuclear,nuke,pilot,plane,usa</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E13: Thank You, Mr. President</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e13-thank-you-mr-president--43451123</link><description><![CDATA[Like hearing about Presidents getting shot? Well, that's weird, but you do you. Adam talks Teddy Roosevelt, Anthony dishes on Andrew Jackson. // <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43451123</guid><pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2021 21:47:55 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43451123/lesserstories_s1e13.mp3" length="44776244" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Like hearing about Presidents getting shot? Well, that's weird, but you do you. Adam talks Teddy Roosevelt, Anthony dishes on Andrew Jackson. // 

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Like hearing about Presidents getting shot? Well, that's weird, but you do you. Adam talks Teddy Roosevelt, Anthony dishes on Andrew Jackson. // <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1120</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>andrew,assassination,blood,bullet,comedy,duel,history,jackson,potus,president,roosevelt,shooting,shot,teddy</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>13</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E12: It's The Little Things</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e12-it-s-the-little-things--43435293</link><description><![CDATA[Anthony talks about an innocent tree that knocked out part of the US Electrical Grid, and Adam explores the ridiculous history of a diamond necklace which was definitely NOT owned by Marie Antoinette. // <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43435293</guid><pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:06:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/43435293/lesserstories_s1e12.mp3" length="101002952" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Anthony talks about an innocent tree that knocked out part of the US Electrical Grid, and Adam explores the ridiculous history of a diamond necklace which was definitely NOT owned by Marie Antoinette. // 

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten //...</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anthony talks about an innocent tree that knocked out part of the US Electrical Grid, and Adam explores the ridiculous history of a diamond necklace which was definitely NOT owned by Marie Antoinette. // <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten // <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2528</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>antoinette,blackout,diamond,electricity,france,french,grid,infrastructure,jewelry,marie,ohio,revolution,usa</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>12</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E11: Bombs, Bears, and Bull Run</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e11-bombs-bears-and-bull-run--41278571</link><description><![CDATA[Adam digs into a bear that joined the Polish Army in WWII. Anthony explores where the American Civil War began....and ended. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41278571</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2020 14:50:53 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/41278571/lesserstories_s1e11.mp3" length="58858760" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Adam digs into a bear that joined the Polish Army in WWII. Anthony explores where the American Civil War began....and ended. 

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Adam digs into a bear that joined the Polish Army in WWII. Anthony explores where the American Civil War began....and ended. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1473</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>american,battle,bear,beer,bull,civil,comedy,egypt,history,iran,memorial,palestine,poland,run,scotland,uk,usa,war,wojtek,wwii</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>11</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E10: Go Sports Team!</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e10-go-sports-team--41278550</link><description><![CDATA[Anthony shines a light on how exactly a person can steal an entire NFL franchise, and Adam re-opens old wounds for the Brazilian water polo team from the 1932 olympics. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41278550</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2020 14:46:22 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/41278550/lesserstories_s1e10.mp3" length="70823000" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Anthony shines a light on how exactly a person can steal an entire NFL franchise, and Adam re-opens old wounds for the Brazilian water polo team from the 1932 olympics. 

Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anthony shines a light on how exactly a person can steal an entire NFL franchise, and Adam re-opens old wounds for the Brazilian water polo team from the 1932 olympics. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1773</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>1932,angeles,baltimore,brazil,colts,football,funny,history,indianapolis,los,maryland,nfl,olympics,polo,sports,usa,water</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>10</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E9: PR Problems</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e9-pr-problems--41278514</link><description><![CDATA[Adam explores a Pepsi marketing campaign that resulted in a legal fight over ownership of a fighter jet. Anthony dreams of 25-foot-tall popsicles. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/41278514</guid><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2020 14:41:26 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/41278514/lesserstories_s1e9.mp3" length="66484136" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Adam explores a Pepsi marketing campaign that resulted in a legal fight over ownership of a fighter jet. Anthony dreams of 25-foot-tall popsicles. 

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Adam explores a Pepsi marketing campaign that resulted in a legal fight over ownership of a fighter jet. Anthony dreams of 25-foot-tall popsicles. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1664</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>campaign,comedy,harrier,history,jet,legal,marketing,military,nyc,pepsi,popsicles,pr,record,records,superbowl,world</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>9</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E8: To Arms, All Good Men!</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e8-to-arms-all-good-men--40798947</link><description><![CDATA[Anthony digs into an excellent strategy for a stupid battle, and Adam explores a terrible strategy for an important battle. It's bees, trees, and machine guns for days. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40798947</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:47:21 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/40798947/lesserstories_s1e8.mp3" length="58204172" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Anthony digs into an excellent strategy for a stupid battle, and Adam explores a terrible strategy for an important battle. It's bees, trees, and machine guns for days. 

Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anthony digs into an excellent strategy for a stupid battle, and Adam explores a terrible strategy for an important battle. It's bees, trees, and machine guns for days. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1457</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>africa,battle,bees,british,comedy,german,germany,guns,history,korea,north,uk,un,wwi</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>8</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E7: The Corporate Powers</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e7-the-corporate-powers--40798920</link><description><![CDATA[Adam explores Banana Republics, and Anthony digs into an unlikely post-Cold War superpower. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40798920</guid><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2020 13:44:02 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/40798920/lesserstories_s1e7.mp3" length="53608484" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Adam explores Banana Republics, and Anthony digs into an unlikely post-Cold War superpower. 

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Adam explores Banana Republics, and Anthony digs into an unlikely post-Cold War superpower. <br /><br />Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>1342</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>america,banana,central,chiquita,comedy,dole,fruit,history,honduras,infrastructure,pepsi,republics,russia,stolichnaya,usa,ussr,vodka,war</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>7</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E6: Rock 'n Roll Royalty</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e6-rock-n-roll-royalty--40733609</link><description><![CDATA[Anthony's got a smorgasbord of rock 'n roll stories; Adam only has eyes for ZZ Top's shenanigans. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40733609</guid><pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2020 18:08:42 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/40733609/lesserstories_s1e6.mp3" length="81922808" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Anthony's got a smorgasbord of rock 'n roll stories; Adam only has eyes for ZZ Top's shenanigans. 

Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el 

Producer: Adam Azra'el</itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary><![CDATA[Anthony's got a smorgasbord of rock 'n roll stories; Adam only has eyes for ZZ Top's shenanigans. <br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el <br /><br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></itunes:summary><itunes:duration>2050</itunes:duration><itunes:keywords>aerosmith,alice,buffalo,chicken,comedy,cooper,fun,funny,history,injuries,music,rock,roll,show,top,tour,zz</itunes:keywords><itunes:explicit>false</itunes:explicit><itunes:image href="https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/85f0d9b4fda0a9c2a3c6b657741150e9.jpg"/><itunes:season>1</itunes:season><itunes:episode>6</itunes:episode><itunes:episodeType>full</itunes:episodeType></item><item><title>S1E5: The Final Frontier, pt II</title><link>https://www.spreaker.com/episode/s1e5-the-final-frontier-pt-ii--40549065</link><description><![CDATA[Anthony talks cosmonauts and guns; Adam digs into the REAL first man-made object in space.<br /><br />Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el<br />Producer: Adam Azra'el]]></description><guid isPermaLink="false">https://api.spreaker.com/episode/40549065</guid><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2020 20:25:00 +0000</pubDate><enclosure url="https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/40549065/lesserstories_s1e5.mp3" length="52457996" type="audio/mpeg"/><itunes:author>Arkwright Podcasts</itunes:author><itunes:subtitle>Anthony talks cosmonauts and guns; Adam digs into the REAL first man-made object in space.

Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el
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Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten
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Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el
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