Losers, Pretenders & Scoundrels

Andrew Heaton, Andrew Young

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historycomedy

Unlicensed historians Andrew Heaton and Andrew Young sort out characters from the Earth's history into categories of failures, fakes, and rascals. Funny but technically informative.

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Episodes (33)

King Zog I: The Chain-smoking Ruler of Albania

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Sep 25, 202456:02pending

The Craziest Governor of Oklahoma: Alfalfa Bill Murray

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Aug 16, 20241:01:02pending

Gregor MacGregor: Liar King of the Mosquito Coast - Part 2

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Jul 29, 202438:55pending

Gregor MacGregor: Liar King of the Mosquito Coast - Part 1

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Jul 24, 20241:05:38pending

The Congressman Who Shot a Guy at the White House

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Jul 9, 202448:36pending

Triple Secret Agent Man: Michael Goleniewski

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Jun 24, 20241:09:38pending

The (Maybe?) Fake King of France: Karl Wilhelm Naurndorff

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Jun 17, 20241:10:37pending

Andrew Carnegie's Fake Bastard Daughter: Cassie Chadwick

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Jun 11, 202456:38pending

The Goat Testicle Transplant Doctor (Part Two)

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Jun 7, 202451:14pending

The Goat Testicle Transplant Doctor (Part One)

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Jun 6, 202452:38pending

Captain For A Day! - Wilhelm Voigt

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Sep 21, 202227:17pending

The Ice Palace King of the Desert - Saparmurat Niyazov

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Sep 13, 202244:21pending

The Austrian Emperor of Mexico - Maximillian the First

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May 3, 202255:26pending

Charles Ponzi: The Short Italian with a Long Con

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Apr 19, 202246:16pending

The Irish Zorro of Mexico: William Lamport

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Apr 5, 202244:06pending

Mary, Queen of Scots Killed Some Folks

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Mar 23, 202253:18pending

Bridge For Sale! - The Irish Charmer

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Mar 15, 202239:16pending

The Pirate Queen Who Married Her Kid

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Mar 8, 202232:10pending

Christina, Lesbian King of Sweden

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Mar 1, 202240:48pending

Teenage Popes Make Bad Popes

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Feb 15, 202240:57pending

The Most Horribly Inbred Monarch, Ever

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Feb 8, 202236:03pending

The Pirate Rabbi

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Feb 3, 202241:00pending

Emperor Norton of San Francisco

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Jan 25, 202243:14pending

The Cranky Noseless Emperor

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Jan 18, 202253:55pending

Nobody Expects the Spanish Inquisition!

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Jan 11, 20221:03:36pending

Emperor Claudius Killed a Whale

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Jan 4, 202251:51pending

Perkin Warbeck, Fake King of England

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Dec 28, 202152:48pending

The Krampus, Saint Nick, and Mushroom Trips

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Dec 21, 20211:01:32pending

White Dude, King of the Indians

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Dec 14, 202154:04pending

Custer Had a Spiffy Mustache

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Dec 6, 20211:13:59pending

Richard the Lionheart was a Dickwagon

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Dec 6, 202158:59pending

The Scammer Who Sold the Eiffel Tower

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Dec 6, 20211:09:13pending

Losers, Pretenders & Scoundrels Trailer

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Dec 6, 20210:39pending