EARLY EPISODE: The Taiping Rebellion Part 3: The Chicken King

Since Manchu government banned pretty much all public gatherings, anything from neighborhood watch/help groups to actual anti government groups became secret societies.

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Nate claims he was never in a cult, but that's a damn lie. He was airborne infantry for years

Noblesse Oblahaj

"I really fucking hate it when I get betrayed by my directional kings", is a phrase I will be using in my everyday life. Thanks Nate!

Good and fun episode, although the South American wars of independence are actually real and super interesting - Simon Bolivar et al, Mike Duncan on Revolutions had a good series on this.

Nolan Thomas Denman

Late to the party, but I took a class with Jonathan Spence once. He seemed like a cool guy, but that was the semester where I decided to take 4 history classes, so honestly it's all a bit of a blur.

vercingix

A lot of Meat Loaf's stuff was actually inspired by Wagner, if I remember, so good call. And as a power metal dork, sure enough, a lot of that genre (which has a big scene in Germany) can trace itself back to him. also god DAMN bat out of hell is a banger and a half

Wontolla

i didn’t have a Invader Zim spot on my Lions Led By Donkeys Bingo card.

Capt. Trey Perrett

Meatloaf was born Marvin Lee Aday, but legally changed the first name to Michael because of a Levi's commercial that had the line, "Poor fat Marvin can't wear Levi's"

Shamus Hewitt

As I understand it they were usually a mix of organized crime and filling in as infrastructure when the government couldn’t.

Matt

“HIS NAME WAS ROBERT PAULSEN!” Also he ded.

Matt

Joe I would love next episode if you explain what the fuck these secret socities are. Do they just do spook shit recreationally?

jackson macpherson

Okay you need to watch the 1987 film Walker starring Ed Harris. It's so bad it's good

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