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The Tin Fish Revolution: How the U-Boat Forced the Allies to Reinvent the Sea

In the spring of 1915, the most powerful navy in the world found itself paralyzed. The British Grand Fleet, a colossal and invincible surface force, ruled the waves. Yet, Britain was starving. This episode asks: how did a handful of German submarines, dismissed as mere "tin fish," succeed where Kai…

The SFFaudio Podcast #897 - READALONG: The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim

The SFFaudio Podcast #897 –Jesse and Alex (Pulpcovers) talk about The Great Impersonation by E. Phillips Oppenheim Talked about on today’s show: family names, English people are weird, disappointing, what year this book came out, a prolific writer, the reader’s digest version, it’s really cool…

250 YEARS OF BEING AMERICAN

Darrell Castle talks about the 4th of July and how Americans traditionally celebrate the independence of our country from England. For those who say they won’t celebrate because they are not getting everything they want from America, I say perhaps you don’t understand what the ideals of America re…

Germany, When United, Is Always Trouble

Germany was unified in 1866, bringing together a hodgepodge of duchies and kingdoms, none of which was very powerful, but all of which shared a sort of Germanic culture. Kaiser Wilhelm's dreams of an All-Powerful German nation died on the battlefields of WWI, while Hitler's dreams of a racially pu…

Idiot History Vol 4: The Pig War | Pat on the Back #64

This week on Pat on the Back, Its Idiot History! and were back to 1859 for one of the dumbest international disputes in American history: The Pig War. The United States and Great Britain were already arguing over who owned the San Juan Island, but things got considerably more ridiculous when an Ame…

The Pig War and the Eclipse That Fixed History

The Pig War and the Eclipse That Fixed History On 15 June 1859, an American farmer shot a pig on San Juan Island in the Pacific Northwest. The pig belonged to the Hudson’s Bay Company, and within weeks the dispute escalated into a military standoff between the United States and Britain. Five hundr…