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25. The Opium Wars, pt. 1

Part 1 of 2 in the Opium Wars series.

You’ve heard about the wildly successful ‘War on Drugs’, right? Remember D.A.R.E.? ‘Just Say No’? Well what if we told you that the ‘anti-drug’ narrative pushed by Western governments isn’t really the whole story? What if instead of ‘Just Say No’, the motto was ‘You absolutely better say Yes or we’ll literally murder you lol’? What if governments were the ones selling the drugs? Oh boy, here we go again...

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24. American Utopia, pt. 1: The Devil‘s Name is Allen Dulles

Dive with us into the deep state as we uncover the primordial soup which spewed forth the nascent American security apparatus of World War II and the post-war era. First, we discuss some current happenings around Latin America, and then we go back to the 1930s and the Business Plot, an attempted putsch by Wall Street bankers to install a military dictatorship in America. Then, we get to the OSS in World War II and how it burped out Allen Dulles, first civilian Director of Central Intelligence and one of the architects of the American Century and its anticommunist mass murder crusade that laid waste across the globe.

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23. Jack the Ripper, pt. 2: From Hell

Part 2 of 2 in the Jack the Ripper series.

At last, we return to Whitechapel, where we come to the grisly, and yet thoroughly unsatisfying conclusion to the mysterious rampage through Whitechapel. Who was the Ripper? Why did they do what they did? Will we ever know? I dunno, listen and find out what we think.

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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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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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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.

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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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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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