Left Unread

22. Live MAS: Bolivia's Movement Towards Socialism

Join us this week as the security state boiz return to South America. First, we stopover briefly in Peru to update everyone on the election of Pedro Castillo to the presidency over the daughter of Alberto Fujimori, the 90's dictator of the country. Then, we go over to Bolivia and explore the presidency of Evo Morales and the coup that toppled his regime before the resurgence of his party in 2020 that saw their return to power.

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you can also email us at leftunreadpod@gmail.com with ideas, suggestions, you name it.

All music by Interesting Times Gang. Check them out at: itgang.bandcamp.com.

21. Jack the Ripper, pt. 1: Dear Boss

Part 1 of 2 in the Jack the Ripper series.

On this week’s return to the Left Unsolved Double Secret Deluxe Mystery Case Files, the LU boys discuss arguably the most infamous string of serial murders in recorded history, and the highly zesty, deeply troubled mystery person who committed them: Jack the Ripper. Hold onto your butts.

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you can also email us at leftunreadpod@gmail.com with ideas, suggestions, you name it.

Our sick theme music is provided by Interesting Times Gang, please check them out here:

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20. The History of the Kings of Britain, pt. 4: King Arthur

Part 4 of 4 in the History of the Kings of Britain series.

Join us this week as we wrap up this medieval pseudohistory book with one of the earliest installments of the Arthurian legend. King Arthur unites the Britons and protects the island from the Saxon invasions before he dies and the island descends into chaos, leading to the mass emigration of the Britons to Brittany and the domination of the Angles and Saxons.

You can join the Knights of the Round Table on Twitter:

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you can also email us at leftunreadpod@gmail.com with ideas, suggestions, you name it.

All music by Interesting Times Gang. Check them out at: itgang.bandcamp.com

19. Movie Night: Oliver Stone‘s Alexander, the Ultimate Cut feat. Patrick & Ian

Ohhhhhh snap, you know we had to do it to 'em again with another MOVIE episode. This time, the LU Boys are joined by Patrick from This Is Bad and Ian from Miscarriage of Justice and Film Basics with Bassists on the Rigs of Dad network (please check these shows and all of their other projects because they rule) to discuss the ULTIMATE CUT of Oliver Stone's 2004 epic dud Alexander. It was a fun convo, and we hope you all enjoy it as much as we did.

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18. Louis XIV: A Fistula Full of Dollars

Check it out, BRO, we talk exclusively about butt stuff in this one, and you know that isn't even a joke because that's just the kind of show this is haha heck yeah.

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17. The History of the Kings of Britain, pt. 3: Merlin Hears a Who

Part 3 of 4 in the History of the Kings of Britain series.

The Rud Hud Hudibras Boiz cordially welcome you back to the island of Britain, where we embark on part three of Geoffrey of Monmouth’s pseudo-history 12th century book The History of the Kings of Britain. In this episode, we cover the history after the Romans reprimand the Britons for sucking and leave the island for good, whereupon the House of Constantine takes hold of the island. We are introduced to the Wildman of the Woods, Merlin the Wizard, and his aiding the Britons in their battles against the Saxon invasions, culminating in Uther Pendragon’s ascension to the throne and the birth of his son, Arthur of Britain.

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All music by Interesting Times Gang. Check them out at: itgang.bandcamp.com

16. Brad Little Screws Wolves

This week, the LU boys veer away from explicitly human history to examine the relationship between man and his best friend’s wild cousin. Specifically, we’ll be focusing on wolves in North America, how they’ve interacted with humans here, and how that relates to current pending legislation in the state of Idaho which will lead to one of the largest wolf culls in recent history, which *spoiler alert* we are not that into.

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And as always, (nearly) all music on the show is made by Interesting Times Gang, and you should absolutely check them out here: 

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15. Alberto Fujimori: A Cold War Retrospective

In this episode, the Left Unread United People’s Revolutionary Socialist Labor Alliance take the fight to the remnants of the United States’ Cold War operations in Latin America in the first of an ongoing series on the Cold War - or, really, the United States’ anticommunist crusade and mass murder campaign that followed it throughout the global south. For this episode, we look at the current Presidential Election in Peru, pitting socialist Pedro Castillo against far-right neoliberal Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of former dictator Alberto Fujimori, whose career we then walk through as one of the last vestiges of Operation Condor after the fall of the Soviet Union.

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All music by Interesting Times Gang. Check them out at: itgang.bandcamp.com.

14. Mansa Musa, the Lion of Mali

This week, the Left Unread Nice Guy Specialists (L.U.N.G.S.) discuss a monumental historical figure who has been tragically underrepresented in Western historical discourse: Mansa Musa I, fabulously wealthy and powerful leader of the 14th Century West African Mali Empire. Musa’s immeasurable wealth, and the glory and splendor of his realm, are truly the stuff of legends. He was so wealthy that he single handedly undermined the value of gold in the entire Mediterranean with just one road trip. 

Also, the lads discuss seltzer, 'spresso, Star Trek, and SUPER-NOT-CHILL-Eurocentrism-and-racism-in-Western-discussion-of-history (The four S's).

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All music provided by Interesting Times Gang, please check them out here:

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13. The History of the Kings of Britain, pt. 2: Roman Boogaloo

Part 2 of 4 in the History of the Kings of Britain series.

In this week’s episode of Left Unread, the LU Boys tackle chapters 2 and 3 in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s The History of the Kings of Britain. First, we start back up after Corineus and Brutus beat up some giants, and we go through a list of incomprehensible uncles and nephews, including the gallant Rud Hud Hudibras. We eventually get to Julius Caesar and his landing in Rome, and that’s when things get really stupid.

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(Nearly) all music by Interesting Times Gang. Check them out at: itgang.bandcamp.com