yeah I wonder why LEGO® won’t open the can of worms that would come with making ‘historically accurate’ WWII toys

May Able Seaperson Bonus - The Icebreaker [Ледокол] (2016), directed by Nikolay Khomeriki

Episode 166 - MV Rema Patrons now have access to the next main episode! Dropping for the rest of you tomorrow

kings of France are nicknamed things like Charles the Bald Louis the Stammerer Robert the Gaslighter Charles the Fat Louis the Lazy Philippe the Roommate Probably Stealing From Your Gallon of Milk In the Fridge But You Can't Prove It Yet Charles the Simple

Sunny Saturdays at the playground mean I get to make eye contact with all the other suburban millennial dads trying to remember when we used to feel fly like a G6 but now have various forms of minor back pain

I’ve been to a lot of horny places on the internet but the Ticketmaster reviews of an all woman Iron Maiden tribute band is a new one

"Alse nu was hi hier, alse nu daer": The Life and Times of the Pirate John Crabbe April 2nd Mate Bonus available now

2nd Mate bonus (possibly our most Dutch episode yet) will be out for patrons this evening Don't get... crabby 🦀... while you wait

Hilarious as always… on a side note if you are looking for a deal on frisbee golf discs in the Naperville area, I know a place.

Episode 165 - SS Springfjord - available on the main feed now!

The wait is nearly over! Look out for Episode 165 - SS Springfjord - dropping on the main feed tonight

(explaining the concept of civil war to an American) imagine a Bürgerkrieg

did a thing www.patreon.com/posts/episod...

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Got my @ahjohnson.bsky.social book in the mail today. Excited to read this and feel incredibly angry.

one must imagine Barrelman happy

the hatches, which I'm sure have all been battened down

Patrons can now check out Part 1 of 'Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery' www.patreon.com/posts/symzon...

Patrons can now check out Part 1 of 'Symzonia: A Voyage of Discovery' www.patreon.com/posts/symzon...

Whenever I go church crawling, I obsessively look for graffiti. Recently, in All Saints Church, Claverley, I hit the jackpot when I found this fantastic little guy ✨️ #history #churchcrawling #churches #historicgraffiti #churchesoftheworld

we did a 2nd Mate bonus on the Battle of Sluys and sort of forgot to tell anyone - available now!

this week's episode was up a day early! for no reason! go listen.

I don’t want to alarm anyone but I’m hearing reports that the Artemis II crew are already showing symptoms of Moon Mania. This suggests the “insanity field” around the Moon may have grown stronger since the 1960s. God help the crew if that’s the case

they don’t let white boys from Ohio be named The Tabasco Kid anymore

when a pitcher is getting shelled in the first inning I’m like 😡😡😡but then in the postgame when he says “I didn’t do my job today… I let the guys down…” I’m like 🥺 no you beautiful boy no you didn’t it’s ok it’s just a game

Love is Love

Would like an entire deck of old French illustrations of giant squid attacks

Almost in the Air Force, almost finished the first inning

Episode 164 - Tullaghmurry Lass - out now on the main feed

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the only good podcasts are the secret type not illustrated here, which is "graduate student explains his doctoral research to you over 800 episodes"

Oh well this shit should be over with pretty shortly lol

tired: previewing the season wired: previewing what we WON’T talk about this season It’s the 2026 banned topics, plus a delightful conversation with @amgittlitz about METROPOLITANS, a book so uniquely targeted at us and our audience it’s almost hard to believe https://t.co/eM5TBTSWLv

On July 29th 1967, a massive fire broke out on the USS Forrestal when a Zuni-model lint trap was unintentionally launched from an F-4 Phantom on her deck, striking the tumble dryer of a nearby A-4 Skyhawk; the conflagration left 134 sailors dead, but free of wrinkles and static.

salute to those sacrificing life and lint for our freedom 🇺🇸

'and you're sure they're non-sentient?' 'we're pretty sure'

if you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean; get this man a mop and bucket

you want me to do laundry? the thing that killed Gerald Ford?

I love March Madness because I always learn about a new school. Never heard of Tomsk Polytechnic University in my life

Episode 164 - Tullaghmurry Lass - available now for patrons This week it's the tale of the small fishing vessel Tullaghmurry Lass, lost in the Irish Sea on February 14th 2002.

Tanner (suddenly getting serious 50 minutes into an episode): On July 4, 1806, Mick McCann, from the banks of the Bann, my friend, died. He fucking died.

How many times does this have to happen?

Big iced tea matchup on Friday

we need your picks by 12:15 Eastern today! Link in the replies to the original post

Beyond the... Brackets??!?

Beyond the... Brackets??!?

yes yes we will do a special current events segment when we record today to talk about Tommy Thompson (the treasure hunter not the politician) getting out of prison

What’s your favorite event of horrifying and unspeakable tragedy? Personally, I’m hoping Guadalcanal can upset Yorktown

... you mean the Bab el-Mawt?