June 12, 2023

EARLY EPISODE: The Battle of Adwa

Italy invades Ethiopia, gets churned into a chunky, sauce-like liquid. 


Sources: 

Raymond Jonas. The Battle of Adwa: African Victory in the Age of Empire

Greg Blake. The First Italo-Abyssinian War: The Battle of Adwa

Greg Peduto. Italy's Failed African Gambit

Comments (27)

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Radio Free Covenant · July 7, 2025

"The things I do for the worldwide caliphate!"

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ruin · June 14, 2023

Arnold Schwarzenegger's father is non allegedy a Nazi, he was a military policeman on the eastern front of WW2. Which really gets me wondering what the fuck his actual job was, like did he arrest other Nazis for not doing enough war crimes? That being said, Arnold Schwarzenegger has talked openly about how much of an abusive asshole his dad was, and how you shouldn't be a Nazi, and how Nazis, Confederates, and Aparteid South Africans were all losers. He also mentioned how fucked up his dad was after the war in a plea to Russian soldiers in Ukraine to surrender. Not that there aren't a bunch of problems with the guy also but I guess its about as good as it gets for former Republican politicians in 2023.

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Kazuhiro Akamatsu · June 14, 2023

Not just a Nazi, an original believer. He applied to join the SA all the way back in 1924.

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Harley Davidson · June 14, 2023

okay all that chat and you don’t tell us what brand you smoke? it better be marlboro red

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Brandon P · June 13, 2023

I'll give the Italians this - I appreciate the brutal honesty of their long-lived diplomatic strategy of blatantly doing whatever is in their best interest at the time, forsaking any sense of ideology or prior alliances for pure expediency. That's not a joke, they read The Prince and were like "let's do this all the time". They're still doing it. At least it's honest.

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IronNosy · June 13, 2023

Hell yeah.

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Mitch Guerrerio · June 13, 2023

I flew WOW Air in what ended up being their final 2 weeks of being a functional airline

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Matt · June 12, 2023

I’m reading a book about Italian priests in the 1600s and holy shit these are some messy bitches.

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Daniel Mathews · June 13, 2023

What's the book?

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J · June 12, 2023

Kudos to Tom for beating the cigarette tax game, but for the love god you need to cut down smoking! If all that's for you then you probably smell like an ashtray (speaking from childhood experience). I try not to be judgmental but I literally work in a field that charges people with lung cancer an extra $150k per year of life (and they live an extra ~1.5 years on average anyway).

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TheLoveWizard · June 12, 2023

This episode finally killed Burlusconi

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Ben Schwabe · June 12, 2023

What if an Irishman was Rastaferian?

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Sugar jumper · June 12, 2023

I so desperately want a Battle of Adwa sopranos meme

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Tim Gautier · June 12, 2023

Joe's sigh before "Francisco Crispi" didn't get me as much as Tom's raucous laughter did. That was a full belly laugh from me lol

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Olafo Waffle · June 12, 2023

I hope one of his descendants married an extra.

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nughh · June 12, 2023

Yes the return of Homies

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S.O. Khan · June 12, 2023

Podcast rips into Berlusconi and releases it on Patreon the same day he dies. Lesson learned: Joe Kassabian has Thanos-like powers and should be worshipped like a demigod.

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Ashlee Buller · June 12, 2023

Cause of death: sick burns.. no not that kind of burns, the other kind.

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Robin · June 12, 2023

How has the genocide podcast become my comfort podcast.

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CEA · June 12, 2023

Honestly though, it’s too gruesome to feel this cozy

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Hammerthrust Von Sexron · June 12, 2023

Sunday gravy

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Mechgirl Allie · June 12, 2023

What a wonderful way to celebrate Berlusconi's death

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Trevor Jones · June 12, 2023

excited for this! raymond jonas was one of my history professors :)

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Dennis Schmidt · June 12, 2023

A good Episode to celebrate the death of Berlusconi

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Michael Davies · June 12, 2023

Who has the better Bunga Bunga parties, heaven or hell?

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kliachichka · June 12, 2023

ooo bolognese

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OgodaiHan · June 12, 2023

Marinara sauce🔥