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The Lesser Stories

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    Pour Me Another

    17 MAY 2022 · 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! Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el Producer: Adam Azra'el
    22m 42s
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    The Dogs of War

    10 MAY 2022 · It's WWII time! Adam digs into a unit devoted entirely to making fake armies; Anthony talks about Finland's deadliest sniper.
    21m 47s
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    Doctor, You've Done It!

    3 MAY 2022 · 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 Azra'el
    22m 58s
  • On The Border

    26 APR 2022 · 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.
    27m 25s
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    Under The Sea

    19 APR 2022 · 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. Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten Producer: Adam Azra'el
    33m 3s
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    Two Headlines, One Day

    12 APR 2022 · 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.
    22m 48s
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    Death Of A Monarch

    5 APR 2022 · 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. Hosts: Anthony Staten, Adam Azra'el Producer: Adam Azra'el
    15m 55s
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    The Pen Is Mightier

    29 MAR 2022 · 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.
    19m 54s
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    The Final Frontier, pt III

    15 MAR 2022 · 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
    21m 30s
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    The Body Politic

    8 MAR 2022 · 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.
    18m 3s
History's least-important bits....from the funny to the completely insane, and everything in between!

New episodes every Tuesday.

Hosts: Adam Azra'el, Anthony Staten

Producer: Adam Azra'el
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