Ted Williams: The Slugger Who Became a Fighter
It's World Series time! So let's talk some badass baseball. In today's episode, Ben is joined by TimeGhost historian and baseball enthusiast Indy Neidell to tell the story of Ted Williams. Williams wa...
29 Okt 20251h 8min
Martha Gellhorn: Bylines and Bombshells
In today's episode Ben Thompson is joined by Shaina Steinberg to tell the story of Martha Gellhorn, the trailblazing war correspondent who smuggled herself into war zones, broke every rule that needed...
22 Okt 20251h 5min
The Viking Who Invented Dublin and the Saint Who Invented Petty Violence
This week, Ben and Pat are heading to Ireland for a double dose of destruction, divinity, and a surprisingly violent debate over a book. First up: Turgesius the Devil, a Viking warlord who didn’t just...
15 Okt 202557min
REPLAY -- Milo of Croton: All Muscle, No Chill.
To follow up our episode with The Smashing Machine, Mark Kerr - we're diving into the archive to replay our deeper dive into the story of Milo of Croton. -- -- Step into the arena with Milo of Crot...
9 Okt 20251h 10min
Mark Kerr: The Smashing Machine (with special guest Mark Kerr)
In the savage early days of MMA, before the bright lights and billion-dollar paydays, there was one man who fought like a force of nature. Mark Kerr wasn’t just a wrestler — he was a six-foot-one, 250...
7 Okt 202555min
Xenophon: The March Through Madness
Xenophon was a philosophy student, a Socratic thinker, and a pampered Athenian aristocrat who signed up for a mercenary road trip into Persia and accidentally became one of the greatest battlefield le...
1 Okt 20251h 7min
Paddy Mayne: When in doubt, just strap a machine gun to it!
Before he was smashing Nazi airfields and punching his way through the deserts of North Africa, Lieutenant Colonel Blair “Paddy” Mayne was an amateur boxing champion, a rugby international, and the ki...
24 Sep 202546min
Baron Frederick von der Trenck: Get in Loser, We’re Escaping Prussia
In today's episode, Ben and Pat dive into the outrageous, swashbuckling life of Baron Frederick von der Trenck -- a Prussian nobleman, cavalry officer, prison escape artist, sword-fighting heartthrob,...
17 Sep 20251h 6min
