August 19, 2026

BONUS: The French Wars of Religion: Part 4

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The story continues as Nate tells us a beautiful story about the time a 13-year-old King bullied a room full of French nobles as the third civil war kicks off and kills a bunch of people for very stupid reasons.

Comments (28)

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Concorde · August 27, 2026

The final boss of Magic is a squad of Pinkertons trying to steal your deck back.

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George Lundin · August 22, 2026

How do you join the discord? The links I've found are all expired

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Some Guy Who Paid for Your Patreon · August 21, 2026

Tom go to Fred Zeppelins after the live show in Cork - it was my local when I lived there and it’s gonna be the best spot to watch the match that night

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kliachichka · August 21, 2026

will they finally defeat religion in part 4? tune in to find out!

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Kaiju and Chill · August 20, 2026

1:05 Nate you may enjoy a little portable emulation device. I have a few Abernic devices and they are wonderful. They even design system specific devices. The one that gets the most use from me is the RG35XX SP. Same claim shell design as the game boy advance sp. This one can emulate up to PS1. But I am a nerd and have OCD so I only put handheld roms on it. Probably the slickest one they have is the one made specifically to work with DS games. It works for other systems but it is also claim shell and has a dual touch screen. Like the DS. They are fun. Just grab them, play for a few and put it down. It remembers the last game you played and will load up a quick save from turning off the device or closing the device. They run anywhere from like $49 to $229 USD (real high end. Will emulate up to the switch, ps4 and 360). The majority of them come with a HDMI port so you can plug into your TV. Bluetooth can pair to at least two controllers. If buying is not ownership, sailing the seas be not a crime. (Do you know what a pirates favorite letter is? Are, tis the C they love. I'll see my self out)

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Kaiju and Chill · August 20, 2026

@20:42 Once you hit 40 you are mandated to turn in your fitted straw hat for your dad straw hat.

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Paul · August 20, 2026

Devouring this series like Louis XIII going through court twinks.

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Brittney With An E · August 20, 2026

Metal Gear Solid 2 is an amazing game and worth a revist i think. It def got a bad wrap when it came out but I think knowing the MC is Raiden instead of Snake + age have really helped. But yeah the roller skater boss is so fucking dumb but i kinda love it. Also, possibly the first game to ever use the word Bisexual. MG Rising is a great action game also if you like platinums other games.

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Alex · August 20, 2026

Hell yeah, the return of that voice!

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Al · August 21, 2026

The smile that appeared on my face made my cheeks ache.

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nughh · August 20, 2026

Weeb Ronin, the cousin to Engineering Ronin

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NowhereMan661 · August 19, 2026

Nah, the point about the story of the Good Samaritan was that Judeans and Samaritans were basically the same and hated each other for petty reasons, but were ultimately family. When the Judean guy collapsed on the road all the other Jews passed him, the Samaritan, basically your relative that you have beef with, goes out of his way to help him. The point of the story is that despite the narcissism of small differences, we're all family, and it's better to help one another out rather than be selfish. This is honestly a story that the French should have learned something from.

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NowhereMan661 · August 19, 2026

I only just realized that this podcasts two current ongoing series', the French Wars of Religion and the Imjin War, were roughly coterminous. The French were beginning to wrap things up around the same time that the Japanese were invading Korea.

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NowhereMan661 · August 19, 2026

Every single time a boy king decides he's going to be assertive and do king stuff, bad things happen.

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Danilov Sto · August 19, 2026

Jean D'Arc Vance.

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Dirk Bender · August 19, 2026

The newly-minted-majority King proclamation at 33.00 is about as good as LLBD gets.

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Al · August 19, 2026

39:00 Southpark already answered this for us: buckets and buckets of greasy chicken.

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Human post fuel soup. · August 19, 2026

https://youtu.be/oZzgAjjuqZM?is=6eg3aTmB2WtIJFFD

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Brendan Bonner · August 19, 2026

I was unfortunately in Cleveland recently. My wife is from Brazil and we couldn’t afford World Cup tickets so we went to the friendly against Egypt in Cleveland’s factory of sadness. All I could think of was that commercial and all the stuff Joe says about Ohio lol.

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Human post fuel soup. · August 19, 2026

The “this man has at least 3 DUIs is deep internet and it is from the bad Cleveland tourism videos. “🎶We’re not Detroit….WERE NOT DETROIT!!🎶

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Bossbear · August 19, 2026

[ Le fou mentioned ! ]

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Max W · August 19, 2026

Listening to this side by side with The Rest Is History talking about England in the same period is quite an experience. Just two history podcasts at the top of their game, talking about Catholics killing Protestants, Protestants killing Catholics, what’s not to love

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Dirk Bender · August 19, 2026

I might give TRIH another try. They made some incredibly nasty comments at the expense of New Jersey in their episode on the Hamilton/Burr business, and I'd just had enough.

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NowhereMan661 · August 19, 2026

"hon hon hon, I commit ze war crimes."

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Taenith · August 19, 2026

Does anyone know how many parts this series will be? I am so stoked to listen to it (Nate narrating and commenting about bonkers early modern European history in all his European accents = chef's kiss) but my AutDHD brain needs to listen to something like this sequentially, from beginning to end, without other episodes or long stretches of time in between episodes, in order to fully appreciate, take in , and retain all the info. To be clear, this isn’t a demand to hurry up or anything like that! I know this series exists to allow some breathing room in y'alls schedules. Anyway thank you all so much for all the hard work you do to always bring us laughs, cursed facts, and lesser known horrors & wonders from humanity's backstory.

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Jon O · August 19, 2026

Yeah, I like waiting for a series to complete so I can listen to it all consecutively. I am excited to hear this one once it's complete!

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Human post fuel soup. · August 19, 2026

Allons!

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Human post fuel soup. · August 19, 2026

I want the theme song as a track I can lift to.