Stakuyi and The History of Everything Podcast

YouTube Early Access: China Is Waging A Hidden War At Sea

China's massive fishing fleet functions as a quasi-military force, often termed a "maritime militia," used to assert territorial claims, intimidate neighbors and control disputed waters like the South China Sea, blurring lines between civilian fishing, illegal activities (IUU fishing), intelligen...

Toe pic promised from podcast

I promised toes pics in my listener episode. These are for Patreon. You people sicken me but I love you

History of Everything: Aztecs in Asia, Woman Giving Birth to Rabbits, and Hot Chocolate

And welcome back to the history of everything podcast. Specifically welcome back to what is our end of the 2025 year listener special where we take your suggestions and questions from patreon and put all of them into one episode. We are looking at Aztec warriors fighting in Asia, a woman who gave...

YouTube Early Access: Why Bulgaria Cannot Stop Collapsing

Gen Z protests have been sweeping the world's countries and they have just toppled their first European government. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced his resignation on Dec. 11th, making him the latest in a slew of Bulgarian heads of government to step down in recent years. The ...

Patreon Christmas weird special input

Hello my friends merry Christmas to you all! I want you to know that we are going to film a podcast show. In fact. We will Be filming all future podcasts and we want to start with something from you all. We need your WEIRDEST history suggestions. Christmas or otherwise it does not matter. We will...

YouTube Early Access: How Iran's Economy and Shadow Fleet are Collapsing

The Iranian economy and shadow fleet are collapsing. For years now, Iran has been under ever increasing strain economically, politically and so much more due to sanctions as well as its own internal inefficiencies. The only reason the state has been able to keep itself afloat is due to the existe...

Everyone Hates King John: The War of The Barons

The First Barons' War erupted in the early 13th century, primarily due to King John's unpopular reign, characterized by heavy taxation, military failures, and disputes with the nobility. The conflict was sparked by John's refusal to adhere to the terms of the Magna Carta, which he had sealed in J...

YouTube Early Access: Why Haiti Will Always Be A Failed State

Xenophon and The Great Journey of 10,000 Mercenaries

In the year 401 BCE, 10,000 Greek mercenaries became stranded in the heart of the Persian Empire. Betrayed and without their employer Cyrus the Younger, who was killed in the Battle of Cunaxa, they retreated across the region and were forced to trek their way back home through barbaric landscapes...

Youtube Early Access: Japans New Iron Lady Could Change Everything

Patron Exclusive: Vietnam 1971-1972

I'm sorry friends! It has been far too long since we were able to continue with our story of the Vietnam War. But here we have the penultimate episode before we move onto other patron exclusives. Thank you for your patience and enjoy!

Who put the FUN in Funeral?

Let's face it. Death is kind of scary and really sucks. But different people around the world throughout all of human history have come up with answers as to what you are supposed to do when someone dies. Sometimes that answer may seem strange to us but hey, there is always a story behind it. So ...

Vietnam, exclusives, and more

My friends hello we were gone for a while due to leading group trips in Japan. A full month at that. But we are back now and jumping into the workload.

I am sorry it has taken so long to get back to Vietnam but the next one is being recorded right now with several other exclusives being wor...

Why The Emperor of Japan was a GOD

Hello my friends and welcome back to the history of everything podcast live from japan. Well truthfully it is not live. We did plan on doing a big group episode together over the course of the trips but then 3 separate times everyone was like hey what if we went to all you can drink karaoke? And ...

Hey Kids, Do You Want To Crash A Train?

Today, people use the phrase "train wreck" to describe a disaster from which you cannot tear your eyes. More than a century ago, clever hucksters spotted the potential for profit in getting two steam locomotives to smash into each other and charging people to watch the spectacle.

Travel to ...

Early Access: Corruption and Collapse in Peru

GenZ is at it again. Peru is on fire and at the rate things are going it is likely not going to get any better. Systemic corruption is endemic to the state

The Silly History of Beating People up

Martial arts history began in prehistoric times, with evidence of combat techniques dating back to at least 3000 BC in Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. Early forms like Pankration in Greece and Shuai Jiao in China developed thousands of years ago, while other traditions like Malla Yuddha emerged in...

Weird and Attempted Assassinations

My friends over the course of history we have seen many successful and less than successful assassinations. These have changed the world as we know it and some of them were downright strange

Early Access: The Oldest Corrupt President in the World

As of October 2025, Paul Biya is the President of Cameroon. At 92, he is the world's oldest president and has been in power since 1982. Biya has long been accused of corruption and authoritarian rule, with his government often facing international criticism. If he wins this latest election he wil...

Early Access: How Iran Is Literally Destroying Itself With Water

Iran is a warning to every society that treats water as infinite. Over the summer, Iran’s water crisis turned into an emergency. Wells collapsed and some reservoirs ran dry. Taps went dry for half a day in Tehran, and state media warned that the city of about 10 million people could hit “Day ...

Early Access: The Dark Predatory Side of Roblox

Roblox has established itself as one of the most popular online gaming platforms for children and teens, drawing millions of gamers worldwide on a daily basis. But beneath its kid-friendly façade, it has also been plagued by crisis and controversy surrounding issues such as content moderation, p...

The Most GLUTTONOUS People in History

over the course of history there have many people that exemplified at least one of the seven deadly sins. In todays episode we will be tackling hunger

The World Just Keeps lighting on Fire with Stak and James

Hello my friends. Todays episode actually has been made with James Lopez, editor of the podcast and co researcher as todays guest. Now we dive into some historical geopolitics and how messy things have been and are getting

The Stupid and Weird Story of Guns

The history of guns rides right along with the evolution of our armies and play a key role in changing the way wars were fought. This dates back to the early days of the 10th century and all the way up to modern times. During this time guns have experienced intense technical advances and economic...

Bonus Youtube: How Gen Z Overthrew The Government of Nepal

Nepal has faced a rash of political turmoil that has claimed the scalp of Prime Minister K.P. Oli and toppled his government. Oli’s resignation came after state forces killed 21 protesters during demonstrations on 8 September. Fourteen of the victims were 28 or younger – a reflection of the a...

Getting Kidnapped to Make Movies For North Korea

Yes, the North Korean regime under Kim Jong-il kidnapped South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee and her ex-husband, filmmaker Shin Sang-ok, to force them to make films to improve North Korea's cinema industry, which was an obsession for Kim Jong-il. The couple was reunited in North Korea years after t...

NEW BENEFIT LAUNCH

Hello my friends we finally have the big change to memberships and patreon

As you all know it takes a long time to make my geopolitical history videos. 3-5 days in many cases. Because of this I wanted a way to be able to give you all more value and thanks. So i have decided to start upload...

Youtube Audio Early Access: Why Indonesia Set itself on Fire

Hello my friends indonesia has gotten spicy

Protesters have been killed, buildings torched and politicians' houses looted as anti-government unrest spreads across Indonesia - and the authorities respond with force.

Mass demonstrations, fuelled by cost-of-living woes and public frustra...

Dumb events, Bulgarian Corruption, and Friends

Hello my friends! This random show comes to you live from turkey and our group trip. Want to travel with me? Check out the links below

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Sinner and Saint: A tale of Corporate Corruption

Do you want to learn about one of the biggest investment fraud cases in US history? The story we’re going to tell today is a tale of two businessmen that we think all of us can use as an example of good morals and bad morals. A good leader and a bad leader. An honest man who lived by his convic...