War & Conflict Archives - Sofa King Podcast https://sofakingpodcast.com/category/war-conflict/ Comedy, entertainment, pop culture, and topics we want to talk about. Mon, 01 Jul 2024 04:05:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/sofakingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/SKLOGO-55ad8af4v1_site_icon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 War & Conflict Archives - Sofa King Podcast https://sofakingpodcast.com/category/war-conflict/ 32 32 Sofa King Podcast true episodic socialmedia@sofakingpodcast.com © Sofa King Podcast © Sofa King Podcast podcast War & Conflict Archives - Sofa King Podcast https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/wp-content/uploads/powerpress/SofaKingPodcastCoverArt.jpg https://sofakingpodcast.com/category/war-conflict/ TV-MA Weelky Join SK Ultra Join SK Ultra 120746233 Episode 747: Operation Highjump: The Madness of Antarctica https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-747-operation-highjump-the-madness-of-antarctica/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 04:05:33 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=11447 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at the US Navy’s Operation Highjump. Just a year after WWII, the famous explorer, Admiral Richard Byrd, launched an operation of 70 ships, 33 aircraft, and 4700 men to establish a base in Antarctica. Why? Well, ‘Merca! Also, rumors persisted that the Nazis […]

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]]> full false 1:17:08 11447 Episode 741: Papa Doc Duvalier: The Voodoo Tyrant https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-741-papa-doc-duvalier-the-voodoo-tyrant/ Thu, 18 Jan 2024 10:35:59 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10918 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we explore one of the worst regimes in the West: the dictatorship of Papa Doc Duvalier. François Duvalier came to be the sadistic president for life of the island of Haiti, running the island through a regime of terror, voodoo, and secret police for 14 […]

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]]> full false 1:38:06 10918 Episode 722: Kurt Vonnegut: So it Goes… https://sofakingpodcast.com/kurt-vonnegut-so-it-goes/ Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:31:03 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10727 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the greatest authors and popular culture figures of all time, Kurt Vonnegut. With the release of his 1969 book Slaughterhouse Five, Vonnegut became an overnight sensation. He was something we lack today—a celebrity author who was witty enough to dominate late night […]

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]]> full false 1:42:34 10727 Episode 721: The Mad Gasser of Mattoon! https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-mad-gasser-of-mattoon/ Fri, 02 Jun 2023 09:31:03 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10708 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the Mad Gasser of Mattoon. A few weeks after D-Day in Mattoon, Illinois, some families smelled a sweet gas that either paralyzed them or left then nauseous with swollen mouths and faces. Within a couple days, there were even sightings of a tall thin […]

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]]> full false 1:27:23 10708 Episode 715: Rape of Nanking: Japanese Atrocities https://sofakingpodcast.com/rape-of-nanking-japanese-atrocities/ Tue, 02 May 2023 09:31:38 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10659 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the worst atrocities of World War II: The Rape of Nanking. Nanking was formerly the capital city of China, and as Japan invaded parts of the country before they officially entered WWII, destruction of Biblical proportion fell upon the city. […]

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]]> full false 1:28:40 10659 Episode 708: Paris Attacks: A Night of Terror https://sofakingpodcast.com/paris-attacks-a-night-of-terror/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 09:30:12 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10606 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the terrorist attack on Paris in 2015. On the night of November 13th, a coordinated assault raged across the city. There were a host of suicide bombers at a soccer match, and there was a car doing some nasty drive-by shootings at […]

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]]> full false 10606 Episode 687: Nuremberg Trials: Nazi Justice https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-687-nuremberg-trials-nazi-justice/ Fri, 21 Oct 2022 09:00:09 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10419 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time to the end of World War Two and the Nuremberg Trials. These trials were a worldwide sensation at the end of the war. Their goal was complex: to bring justice to the world by trying the worst of the Nazi leaders. The […]

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]]> full false 1:27:18 10419 A Sofa King Classic: Joseph Stalin https://sofakingpodcast.com/a-sofa-king-classic-joseph-stalin/ Fri, 02 Sep 2022 11:00:42 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10349 Daves not here man …. This episode of the Sofa King Podcast is a discussion of the brutal regime of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Born Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili in December of 1878, he changed his name to Koba (a sort of Russian Robin Hood) and eventually settled on the new name of Stalin which […]

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]]> full false 1:26:13 10349 A Sofa King Classic: City 40: Russia’s Nuclear Secret https://sofakingpodcast.com/a-sofa-king-classic-city-40-russias-nuclear-secret/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:55:33 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10339 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the little-known secret of “closed towns,” most notably Russia’s City 40. City 40 was the old code name for what is now known as Ozersk. This is the birthplace of the Soviet Nuclear weapons program after the end WWII, and to this day, nobody […]

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]]> full false 1:13:57 10339 Episode 669: Christopher Lee: Spy, Sauron, and Star Wars! https://sofakingpodcast.com/christopher-lee-spy-sauron-and-star-wars/ Fri, 08 Jul 2022 09:31:50 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10253 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the greatest actors of all time, Christopher Lee. This legend played Dracula and was in little known film series such as James Bond, Lord of the Rings, and Star Wars. What’s more impressive is that in WWII he became a spy, a […]

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]]> full false 1:36:09 10253 Episode 668: Berlin Wall: The Rise and Fall of Soviet Tyranny https://sofakingpodcast.com/berlin-wall-the-rise-and-fall-of-soviet-tyranny/ Wed, 06 Jul 2022 09:31:46 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10252 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall. This wall was both a symbolic and physical barrier between Soviet and Western ideals for over 30 years. After WWII, Germany was divided into four parts, each run by a different nation. Berlin was […]

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]]> full false 1:31:44 10252 Episode 665: Sputnik: Start of the Space Race https://sofakingpodcast.com/sputnik-start-of-the-space-race/ Fri, 17 Jun 2022 09:31:30 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10215 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about Sputnik. Sputnik was the first man-made satellite to ever orbit the earth, and it started the Space Race and made the Cold War grow even hotter. It was designed by the Soviet Union using a system of interlocking governmental agencies. Sputnik was […]

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]]> full false 1:33:20 10215 Episode 663: The Kursk: Russia’s Epic Fail https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-kursk-russias-epic-fail/ Fri, 10 Jun 2022 09:31:03 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10200 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the sinking of The Kursk. The Kursk was a Russian nuclear sub and was declared “unsinkable.” However, a constantly declining military budget let their navy start to fall apart. On Aug 12, 2000, during a massive fleet-wide training exercise, the ship fell silent. Well, […]

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]]> full false 1:39:05 10200 Episode 652: War of the Worlds: Panic at the Radio! https://sofakingpodcast.com/war-of-the-worlds-panic-at-the-radio/ Tue, 19 Apr 2022 09:31:28 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10091 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we bring you the best radio broadcast ever—The War of the Worlds. On October 30th, 1938, the legendary Orson Welles created a radio show for CBS based on the novel, The War of the Worlds. The show was unique, using cutting-edge sound design and special […]

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]]> full false 1:29:09 10091 Episode 647: Gladiators: On Death, Politics, and Celebrity https://sofakingpodcast.com/gladiators-on-death-politics-and-celebrity/ Fri, 18 Mar 2022 09:31:50 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=10028 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at the ultimate form of sports entertainment—Roman Gladiators. Everyone pictures these brave, bloodthirsty men performing for the crowd and emperor, but there is a lot more to their tale. For one, a lot of them were slaves or prisoners of war. Another thing […]

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]]> full false 1:44:14 10028 Episode 641: Cleopatra: The Cunning Queen of the Nile https://sofakingpodcast.com/cleopatra-the-cunning-queen-of-the-nile/ Fri, 18 Feb 2022 10:31:49 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9969 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time and talk about the one and only Cleopatra. She was the queen of Egypt, but she wasn’t just there because she inherited it. In fact, she had to continuously earn her throne by killing members of her own family and […]

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]]> full false 1:36:28 9969 Episode 640: Tuskegee Airmen: Fighting Hard to Die https://sofakingpodcast.com/tuskegee-airmen-fighting-hard-to-die/ Tue, 15 Feb 2022 18:53:46 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9968 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we cover the Tuskegee Airmen. This was the first ever all black air squadron, and they battled not just Nazis and the Axis, but good old American racism. Nobody in the army wanted black pilots, but the NAACP and Eleanor Roosevelt convinced people otherwise. They started to […]

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]]> full false 1:38:08 9968 Episode 632: The Blitz: London’s Darkest Days https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-blitz-londons-darkest-days/ Fri, 21 Jan 2022 10:31:31 +0000 https://sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9907 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we back in time to World War Two and talk about the horror and honor that defined the London Blitz. In September of 1940, Hitler had lost the Battle of Britain, which was battle for air superiority over England. As a result, he decided to use bombing […]

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]]> full false 1:41:50 9907 Episode 619: The Rosenbergs: Espionage to Execution https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-rosenbergs-espionage-to-execution/ Fri, 19 Nov 2021 10:31:36 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9785 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the biggest espionage case of the Cold War, which lead to the infamous killing of the Rosenbergs. Julius Rosenberg and Ethel Rosenberg were killed by electric chair in Sing Sing Prison on June 19 1953. They were both public and passionate communists. Julius allegedly […]

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]]> full false 1:25:43 9785 Episode 613: Gurkha: Real World Super Soldiers https://sofakingpodcast.com/gurkha-real-world-super-soldiers/ Fri, 29 Oct 2021 09:31:58 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9738 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we fill you in on one of the most badass special forces units in the world, the Gurkha. These soldiers come from Nepal and have been involved in every war around the world since they formed in 1814. They are a strange mix of mercenaries […]

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]]> full false 1:25:14 9738 Episode 609: Operation Condor: State Sanctioned Terror https://sofakingpodcast.com/operation-condor-state-sanctioned-terror/ Fri, 15 Oct 2021 09:31:08 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9708 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about an international terrorist conspiracy known as Operation Condor. This horrible operation was set up by eight South and Central American countries. It was responsible for the death, detention, assassination, murder, and disappearance of tens of thousands of people across multiple borders. People […]

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]]> full false 1:30:15 9708 Episode 593: Harley Davidson: An American Success Story https://sofakingpodcast.com/harley-davidson-an-american-success-story/ Fri, 23 Jul 2021 09:31:24 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9532 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the founders, history, and reputation of bad boys of motorcycles, Harley Davidson. It was started by William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson (and his brothers) in 1903. They wanted to make bicycles that did the work for you. Within a decade, they were one […]

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]]> full false 1:39:53 9532 Episode 591: Chris Kyle: The Truth and Tragedy of Iraq https://sofakingpodcast.com/chris-kyle-the-truth-and-tragedy-of-iraq/ Fri, 16 Jul 2021 09:31:11 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9515 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the legendary life of America’s Greatest Sniper, Chris Kyle. His story perfectly encapsulates all that was wrong with the War in Iraq. He did four tours there, earned a reputation as the “Devil of Ramadi,” and came home pretty jacked up. He was depressed, […]

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]]> full false 1:41:54 9515 Episode 585: Battle of the Bulge: Near Arctic Warfare https://sofakingpodcast.com/battle-of-the-bulge-near-arctic-warfare/ Fri, 18 Jun 2021 09:31:26 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9385 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the mother of all battles in WWII, the Battle of the Bulge. This was an offensive that lasted for six horrible weeks in the winter of 1944 and 1945. The allies had already launched D-Day and were trying to make their way […]

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]]> full false 9385 Episode 583: The Great Escape: Prisoners, Passages, and Pursuit https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-great-escape-prisoners-passages-and-pursuit/ Fri, 11 Jun 2021 09:31:36 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9368 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we go back in time and look at an interesting story from World War II. The Great Escape was immortalized in a 1963 Steve McQueen movie, but it is based on a real story where hundreds of allied airmen all pitched in to help some escape. The […]

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]]> full false 1:26:44 9368 Episode 579: Armenian Genocide: Murder by the Million https://sofakingpodcast.com/armeniangenocide/ Fri, 14 May 2021 09:31:33 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9289 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the biggest war crimes in modern history, the Armenian Genocide. Through a systematic effort, the Ottoman Empire ruled by the Young Turks killed upwards of 1.5 million Armenian Christians through murder, forced marches, hunger, and disease. This was during World War One, […]

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]]> full false 1:31:10 9289 Episode 572: Marcel Petiot: Doctor Satan https://sofakingpodcast.com/marcel-petiot-doctor-satan/ Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:31:54 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9122 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the strangest serial killers ever. Marcel Petiot was a medical doctor in occupied Paris during World War Two. He somehow convinced people that he was part of a resistance underground and could help smuggle people out of France and away […]

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]]> full false 1:25:58 9122 Episode 567: Mao Tse-tung: Starvation, Sex, and Slaughter https://sofakingpodcast.com/mao-tse-tung-starvation-sex-and-slaughter/ Fri, 26 Mar 2021 09:31:40 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=9029 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at the man who most historians call the worst tyrant of all time, Mao Tse-tung. Was he worse than Hitler? Yes. Was he worse than Stalin or Kim Jung Il or Saddam Hussein? Way worse. How? Well, his horrible Great Leap Forward killed […]

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]]> full false 1:40:46 9029 Episode 561: Qin Shi Huan: Game of Thrones, China Style! https://sofakingpodcast.com/qin-shi-huan-game-of-thrones-china-style/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 10:31:55 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8913 On this episode of the World Famous Sofa King Podcast, we travel back time and look at the first emperor of unified China, Qin Shi Huan. His legacy is one of power, unification, reformation, and madness in the quest for eternal life. He was the one who started construction of the Great Wall of China […]

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]]> full false 1:40:14 8913 Episode 549: Night Witches: Russia’s Secret Terror https://sofakingpodcast.com/night-witches-russias-secret-terror/ Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:31:38 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8445 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look back at a little known group from World War Two called the Night Witches. Known as the 588th Night Bomber Regimen, this all female group of Soviet pilots were such a terror to the Nazis that any German who could shoot one down […]

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]]> full false 1:19:57 8445 Episode 545: Anne Frank: Remember… https://sofakingpodcast.com/anne-frank-remember/ Fri, 01 Jan 2021 10:31:51 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8380 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about one of the most revealing figures of World War Two, Anne Frank. Born to a Jewish family in 1929, her story perfectly captures the plight and flight of Jews as they tried to avoid the pure evil of the Third Reich. Though her father […]

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]]> full false 1:39:53 8380 Episode 541: Ian Fleming: James Bond’s Spy Master https://sofakingpodcast.com/ian-fleming-james-bonds-spy-master/ Fri, 11 Dec 2020 10:31:51 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8290 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at the life and imagination of Ian Fleming. Fleming was of course, the creator of the iconic James Bond and author of a dozen Bond books, but he was also a key figure in British Intelligence during WWII. In fact, many people say […]

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]]> full false 1:32:43 8290 Episode 539: Henry Morgan: Scourge of the Spanish Main https://sofakingpodcast.com/henry-morgan-scourge-of-the-spanish-main/ Fri, 04 Dec 2020 10:31:34 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8256 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time and look at the king of all swashbucklers, Sir Henry Morgan. Morgan was a privateer (paid by the crown, so not a dirty pirate) who single handedly changed the face of the Caribbean and the war between England and Spain. In the […]

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]]> full false 1:36:30 8256 Episode 529: Moscow Theater Hostage Crisis: Death in the Cheap Seats https://sofakingpodcast.com/moscow-theater-hostage-crisis-death-in-the-cheap-seats/ Fri, 30 Oct 2020 09:31:53 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=8079 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at the infamous Moscow theater hostage crisis. Also known as the Nord-Ost Siege, this horrible event saw a Russian rescue attempt become far more lethal than the terrorist hostage-takers. The terrorists were Chechnyan and were there to get Russia to cease hostilities in […]

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]]> full false 1:25:33 8079 Episode 516: Roald Dahl: From Ace to Spy to Oompa Loompa https://sofakingpodcast.com/roald-dahl-from-ace-to-spy-to-oompa-loompa/ Tue, 15 Sep 2020 09:31:39 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7885 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we take a look at the very interesting life of a man named Roald Dahl. You may think you’ve never heard of him, but we promise that you have. For one, he was a world famous and beloved children’s author. He wrote Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, […]

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]]> full false 1:43:18 7885 Episode 513: The 761st Tank Battalion: The Original Black Panthers https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-761st-tank-battalion-the-original-black-panthers/ Fri, 04 Sep 2020 09:31:11 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7836 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we go back in time to World War Two and look at the outstanding story of the 761st Tank Battalion. Known as the Black Panthers (no, not those Black Panthers), they were the first ever all black tank battalion. They met with racism and even […]

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]]> full false 1:24:53 7836 Episode 506: Paul Ogorzow: Nazi Serial Killer! https://sofakingpodcast.com/paul-ogorzow-nazi-serial-killer/ Tue, 11 Aug 2020 09:31:32 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7765 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about little known serial killer who did his thing during the reign of the Third Reich in Berlin. His name was Paul Ogorzow, and he was a Nazi serial killer. He started with sexual assault and rape, but like most serial killers he […]

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]]> full 1:28:03 7765 Episode 502: George Washington: The Reluctant Warrior President https://sofakingpodcast.com/george-washington-the-reluctant-warrior-president/ Tue, 28 Jul 2020 09:31:38 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7725 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time and look at the life, loves, war, revolution, presidency and death of George Washington. Born to a middle class family, he rose in wealth and power, until by age 20, he was the wealthiest land owner in Virginia. His story […]

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]]> full 7725 Episode 501: John Demjanjuk: The Hunting of a Nazi https://sofakingpodcast.com/john-demjanjuk-the-hunting-of-a-nazi/ Fri, 24 Jul 2020 09:31:24 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7704 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the crazy case of a Cleveland man named John Demjanjuk, and the decades long court battle to prove he was the evil Ivan the Terrible. Ivan the Terrible was a guard at the gas chambers in the Treblenka concentration camp. He was notorious for […]

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]]> full 1:46:34 7704 Episode 487: Jesse James: Guerilla, Cowboy Style https://sofakingpodcast.com/jesse-james-guerilla-cowboy-style/ Fri, 05 Jun 2020 09:31:09 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7526 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we take a look back in time and explore the life, crimes, and assassination of Old West Outlaw, Jesse James. He was forged in the middle of the Civil War, and at the young age of 16, a brutal attack on his family farm made him join […]

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]]> full 7526 Episode 483: Alexander the Great: History’s Ultimate Conqueror? https://sofakingpodcast.com/alexander-the-great-historys-ultimate-conqueror/ Fri, 22 May 2020 09:31:28 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7451 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the greatest military leaders in human history, Alexander the Great. Alexander was born in the Greek kingdom of Macedonia in 356 B.C. He was the son of a powerful king and queen, and after Game of Thrones type ups and […]

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]]> full 7451 Episode 468: William Wallace: For Freedom! https://sofakingpodcast.com/william-wallace-for-freedom/ Tue, 31 Mar 2020 09:31:40 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7286 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the life of a soldier, patriot, murderer, and traitor, Scotland’s own William Wallace. During the war for Scottish independence, Wallace grew to meteoric importance and was a cunning strategist and sometimes cruel warlord. He would fight for freedom wherever there’s trouble (or was that […]

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]]> full 7286 Episode 459: The MV Wilhelm Gustloff: Hitler’s Titanic https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-mv-wilhelm-gustloff-hitlers-titanic/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 10:31:06 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=7172 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time to look at the worst maritime disaster of all time, the sinking of the MV Wilhelm Gustloff. It was a ship with an interesting history that was being used by the Nazis to evacuate Germans from the oncoming Red Army in Operation […]

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]]> full 7172 Episode 453: General George Patton: The Legend of WWII https://sofakingpodcast.com/general-george-patton/ Fri, 07 Feb 2020 10:31:52 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=6979 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the life of an exceptional man of war, General George S. Patton. Patton was born to a privileged family. He knew politicians and seemingly indestructible Civil War generals as a child. His family was a military family, and he was destined to be the […]

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]]> full 1:33:36 6979 Episode 441: Great Wall of China: Man, That’s One Big Wall… https://sofakingpodcast.com/great-wall-of-china-man-thats-one-big-wall/ Wed, 25 Dec 2019 10:31:29 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=6812 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the 7 Wonders of the World: The Great Wall of China. This incomprehensible war machine took centuries to build and maxed out at over 13,000 miles in total length. It is said that over a million Chinese conscripts died in the construction […]

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]]> full 6812 Episode 438: Foo Fighters of WWII: Nazi Tech or Natural Phenomenon https://sofakingpodcast.com/foo-fighters-of-wwii-nazi-tech-or-natural-phenomenon/ Tue, 17 Dec 2019 10:31:53 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=6786 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time to look at one of the earliest events of UFO history, the Foo Fighters of World War Two. Before a grunge band took the name, it was a term used by the US Army to describe unexplained phenomenon that pilots saw over […]

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]]> full 6786 EPISODE 435: Australia: WWII https://sofakingpodcast.com/australia-wwii/ Fri, 06 Dec 2019 10:31:18 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=6745 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at a topic that has been high on the fan-voted list: Australia in World War Two. In spite of Brad not believing they did anything to help the war, there is a lot of evidence on the contrary. The story of Australia in WWII is […]

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]]> full 6745 Episode 430: Ilse Koch: The Bitch of Buchenwald https://sofakingpodcast.com/ilse-koch-the-bitch-of-buchenwald/ Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:31:15 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=6695 On this episode of the world Famous Sofa King Podcast, we travel back to World War Two and tell the tale of Ilse Koch, the Bitch of Buchenwald. Everyone knows the names like Dr. Mengele and tales of SS Officers who tortured and murdered the Jews in concentration camps. But this obscure, and truly evil […]

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]]> full 1:21:38 6695 Episode 412: Trail of Tears: American Greed, American Tragedy https://sofakingpodcast.com/trail-of-tears-american-greed-american-tragedy/ Fri, 30 Aug 2019 09:31:38 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=5374 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at greed made manifest by the US government—the tragedy of the Trail of Tears. Most people know the Trail of Tears to be a death march in which indigenous peoples in the US were forced to relocate to lands they didn’t want, but […]

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]]> full 1:22:33 5374 Episode 408: Operation Valkyrie: Taking Down Hitler From Within https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-408-operation-valkyrie-taking-down-hitler-from-within/ Fri, 02 Aug 2019 11:00:27 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=5224 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we go back in time and look at Operation Valkyrie and the German plot to kill Hitler. Made famous by the Tom Cruise movie, Operation Valkyrie was not actually the plot kill Hitler, but it was all tied to it. Valkyrie was a plan that […]

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]]> full 1:15:38 5224 Episode 400: D-Day: “The Beginning of the End” https://sofakingpodcast.com/d-day-the-beginning-of-the-end/ Thu, 04 Jul 2019 11:31:48 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=5173 On this 400th episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the largest invasion effort in all of human warfare, the “Day of Days,” D-Day. On June 6th, 1944, the allied armies made a bold move to finally break Hitler’s Europe and establish a foothold on the continent as part of Operation […]

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]]> full 1:30:29 5173 Episode 396: Operation Ajax: The CIA’s First Coup! https://sofakingpodcast.com/operation-ajax-the-cias-first-coup/ Fri, 21 Jun 2019 11:31:42 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=5141 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look at the first recorded incident of the CIA overthrowing a foreign government during peace time. I was called Operation Ajax (aka Operation Boot for the British side of the coup), and it helped to eliminate the rightfully elected government of Iran in the […]

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]]> full 1:03:21 5141 Episode 394: Britain’s SOE: Set Europe Ablaze! https://sofakingpodcast.com/britains-soe-set-europe-ablaze/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/britains-soe-set-europe-ablaze/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2019 11:31:20 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=5124 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time to World War Two and study a pretty cool artifact of the Great Britain: the Special Operations Executive. Known as the “Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare” and the “Baker Street Irregulars,” the SOE was an “officially unofficial” group of spies and […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/britains-soe-set-europe-ablaze/feed/ 1 full 5124 Episode 392: The Spanish Flu: The Ultimate Pandemic https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-spanish-flu-the-ultimate-pandemic/ Fri, 07 Jun 2019 11:31:00 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=5114 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time and look at the Spanish Flu of 1918. This 15 month pandemic was the worst in history. It killed more people than the Black Plague and AIDS. It killed more people than every war in the 20th century combined—in just […]

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]]> full 5114 Episode 354: The Eggnog Riots – The Ultimate Hangover https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-354-the-eggnog-riots-the-ultimate-hangover/ Fri, 21 Dec 2018 12:31:27 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=4319 In this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we look back in time and talk about the little-known but awesome Christmas mutiny at West Point Military Academy known as the Eggnog Riots. On Christmas Eve back in 1826, roughly 90 students at this military school got loaded on spiked eggnog and caused problems. […]

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]]> full false 1:05:54 4319 Episode 348: Virginia Tech: Mental Health and Mass Murder https://sofakingpodcast.com/virginia-tech-mental-health-and-mass-murder/ Fri, 16 Nov 2018 12:31:24 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=4233 On this episode of the world famous Sofa King Podcast, we talk one of the deadliest mass shootings in American history, the Virginia Tech massacre. On April 16 of 2017, South Korea born Seung Hui Cho took two pistols on a deadly rampage across this university campus, killing 32 and wounding 17. From students to […]

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]]> full 1:13:53 4233 Episode 346: Hillsborough Disaster: Cops and Cover Ups https://sofakingpodcast.com/hillsborough-disaster-cops-and-cover-ups/ Fri, 09 Nov 2018 12:31:23 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=4182 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we almost break one of our rules about not talking sports, and we cover the Hillsborough Disaster and Cover Up. In 1989, a horrible crush of thousands of people at a soccer (okay, football…) match killed 96 people and injured over 700. The after-effects lead to suicide […]

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]]> full 1:10:12 4182 Episode 335: Devices of Death: Instruments of Execution https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-335-devices-of-death-instruments-of-execution/ Tue, 02 Oct 2018 18:51:00 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3970 On this grisly episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we talk about devices of death, all the inventions that are used for capital punishment from the ancient world until now. Every society since the most ancient days of China have killed criminals for the worse offenses, and the means vary from “humane” to absolutely brutal. […]

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]]> full 1:22:16 3970 EPISODE 330: Pan Am Flight 103: The Lockerbie Bombing https://sofakingpodcast.com/pan-am-flight-103-the-lockerbie-bombing/ Fri, 14 Sep 2018 11:31:26 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3904 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we look at the deaths, political intrigue, and conspiracy theories surrounding the infamous bombing of Pan Am Flight 103. Called The Lockerbie Bombing due to the destruction caused by the plane crashing over that Scottish city, the plane was brought down by a bomb placed in the […]

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]]> full 1:15:31 3904 Episode 328: The Jewish Holocaust: History’s Ultimate Crime https://sofakingpodcast.com/the-jewish-holocaust-historys-ultimate-crime/ Fri, 07 Sep 2018 11:31:10 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3890 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we explore one of the darkest chapters in all of human history—the Jewish Holocaust. During this horrible period of history, an estimated 6 million European Jews were killed by the Nazi regime. Many of them were in murder camps such as Auschwitz, but more of them were […]

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]]> full 3890 Episode 312: Apartheid: The Ultimate Racism https://sofakingpodcast.com/apartheid-the-ultimate-racism/ Fri, 06 Jul 2018 11:31:14 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3739 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we look at the ultimate in institutionalized racism, South Africa’s Apartheid. Apartheid literally means separateness, and it was a policy of social discrimination turned into pretty hardcore laws that stripped the rights away from black South Africans. Although the black population was almost 4 times larger than […]

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]]> full 1:23:54 3739 Episode 309: Japanese Internment Camps: So Much for the 5th Amendment https://sofakingpodcast.com/japanese-internment-camps-so-much-for-the-5th-amendment/ Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:31:47 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3715 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time and look at a dark chapter in American history—Japanese Internment Camps. After the attack on Pearly Harbor back in 1941, paranoia and anti-Japanese sentiment reached an all time high in the US, and with the signing of Executive Order 9066, President Roosevelt […]

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]]> full 1:26:28 3715 Episode 294: Hiroshima: True Nuclear War https://sofakingpodcast.com/hiroshima-true-nuclear-war/ Fri, 04 May 2018 11:31:58 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3403 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we travel back to (Dave’s favorite) World War II and talk about the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima. After the creations at the Manhattan Project, the US government knew that J. Robert Oppenheimer’s creation was a success. The Trinity Test Explosion exceeded all expectations, and the military was […]

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]]> full 3403 Episode 286: Bay of Pigs: The CIA’s Failed Coup! https://sofakingpodcast.com/bay-of-pigs-the-cias-failed-coup/ Fri, 06 Apr 2018 11:31:36 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3340 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we do a deep dig on the facts and failures of the attempted CIA-backed revolution that was meant to topple Fidel Castro in Cuba, The Bay of Pigs invasion. The Bay of Pigs was a not-so-secret plan for the CIA to train and arm exiled Cubans living […]

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]]> full 3340 Episode 282: Tiananmen Square Massacre: China’s Dirty Secret https://sofakingpodcast.com/tiananmen-square-massacre-chinas-dirty-secret/ Fri, 23 Mar 2018 11:31:39 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3302 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we look at the June 4th Incident, also known as the Tiananmen Square Massacre. The year was 1989, and as the Soviet Union was falling, and democracy was spreading through communist nations across the globe, a revolution started in China. It mostly occurred in Beijing; it was […]

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]]> full 3302 Episode 277: Munich Massacre: Terrorism and the Olympics https://sofakingpodcast.com/munich-massacre-terrorism-olympics/ Tue, 06 Mar 2018 12:31:23 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3266 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we look at one of the most famous terrorist acts of the 1970s, the massacre at the Munich Olympics. The Munich Massacre started on the 11th day of the Olympics when several members of the terrorist group known as Black September infiltrated the Olympic Village, killing 2 […]

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]]> full 3266 Episode 259: Hatfield and McCoy: The Ultimate Family Feud https://sofakingpodcast.com/hatfield-mccoy-ultimate-family-feud/ Tue, 19 Dec 2017 12:32:02 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3056 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look back to the old west and examine the infamous feud between the Hatfield and McCoy families. This feud was so famous that in America, the term Hatfield and McCoy is synonymous with the idea of two families fighting. Their fight lasted for almost two decades, […]

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]]> full 1:19:14 3056 Episode 257: Miyamoto Musashi : Japan’s Samurai Sword Saint https://sofakingpodcast.com/miyamoto-musashi-japans-samurai-sword-saint/ Tue, 12 Dec 2017 12:31:18 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=3035 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we travel back in time and discuss the life of the ultimate Japanese samurai sword master, Miyamoto Musashi. Though many people don’t know about this genuine badass, he is the author of the classic book on war and strategy, The Book of Five Rings. He is also […]

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]]> full 1:18:39 3035 Episode 254: Osama bin Laden: Nuff Said! https://sofakingpodcast.com/osama-bin-laden-nuff-said/ Fri, 01 Dec 2017 12:32:45 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2986 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the life, lies, and legacy of terrorist number one, Osama bin Laden. He was born on March 10, 1957, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His father was a billionaire who earned his fortune through doing construction for the royal family, and his mother was wife […]

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]]> full 1:27:10 2986 Episode 253: Oslo Massacre: Norwegian far-right terrorism https://sofakingpodcast.com/oslo-massacre-white-supremacy-norway/ Tue, 28 Nov 2017 12:30:40 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2984 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we cover the worst terrorist mass shooting in the history of Norway—The Oslo Massacre. On July 22, 2011, at 3:30 p.m., a 2,090-pound fertilizer bomb planted in a motor vehicle detonated in Norway’s capital, Oslo. The target was the government building that held the offices of the […]

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]]> full 1:27:10 2984 Episode 245: Stalingrad: The Bloodiest Battle in History https://sofakingpodcast.com/stalingrad-bloodiest-battle-history/ Tue, 31 Oct 2017 11:31:18 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2829 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we go back in time and look at the bloodiest battle in all of human history, the Battle of Stalingrad. Stalingrad was a Soviet industrial capitol, a key city for the fuel, food, and technology used by the Russian Army in World War Two. When Adolph Hitler […]

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]]> full 1:28:56 2829 Episode 204: The Flying Tigers: Secret US Mercenaries of WWII https://sofakingpodcast.com/flying-tigers-secret-us-mercenaries-wwii/ Fri, 09 Jun 2017 11:31:14 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2401 On today’s episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at unique group of U.S. World War Two mercenary pilots called the Flying Tigers. Formally known as the American Volunteer Group (AVG), this group of pilots were basically a black-ops mission. They were authorized directly by President Roosevelt but were a top secret organization. In […]

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]]> full 1:11:09 2401 Episode 188: IRA–Terrorists or Freedom Fighters? https://sofakingpodcast.com/ira-terrorists-freedom-fighters/ Fri, 14 Apr 2017 11:31:16 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2211 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the Irish Republican Army. This group considers itself a militant Irish nationalist group that is willing to use “political violence” to achieve its goal of an independent Northern Ireland. To some Irish, the IRA is a group that represents independence and freedom. To the US […]

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]]> full 1:23:36 2211 Episode 184: Adolf Hitler: History’s Ultimate Madman https://sofakingpodcast.com/adolf-hitler-historys-ultimate-madman/ Fri, 31 Mar 2017 11:31:58 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2168 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look back in time at the life, power, and death of the world’s most notorious madman, Adolf Hitler. He was born Adolf Shicklegruber on April 20, 1889 in Braunau am Inn, Austria. He was the son of a customs official with a quick temper and a […]

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]]> full 1:25:39 2168 Episode 183: Boston Marathon Bombing: Terrorism or False Flag? https://sofakingpodcast.com/boston-marathon-bombing-terrorism-false-flag/ Tue, 28 Mar 2017 11:31:59 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2166 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we discuss the Boston Marathon Bombing. Some think it was an act of internal terrorism, others a false flag operation perpetrated by the US government, and we try to figure out the truth. On April 15, 2013, two bombs went off near the finish line of the […]

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]]> full 1:29:02 2166 Episode 170: COINTELPRO: The FBI, Legal Abuse, and Assassination https://sofakingpodcast.com/cointelpro-fbi-legal-abuse-assassination/ Fri, 10 Feb 2017 12:31:51 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2031 This episode of the Sofa King Podcast looks back at COINTELPRO, the illegal, anti-constitutional, often violent counter intelligence program the FBI ran from 1956-1971. It originally started as a way to counter the growth of communism in the USA, but J. Edgar Hoover very quickly expanded its mandate. This COINTELPRO was designed to spread misinformation, […]

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]]> full 1:18:32 2031 Episode 168: Unit 731: The Japanese Auschwitz https://sofakingpodcast.com/unit-731-japanese-auschwitz/ Fri, 03 Feb 2017 12:31:56 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=2012 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the horrors of Unit 731, the Japanese-run biological weapons program from World War Two. This secret base, located in then-occupied China, was said to be responsible for as many as 400,000 deaths during the war based on its cruel experiments and the spread of […]

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]]> full 1:24:48 2012 Episode 164: Mercenaries: Paid Soldiers and Modern Warfare https://sofakingpodcast.com/mercenaries-paid-soldiers-modern-warfare/ Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:31:40 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1969 On this episode of Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the use of mercenaries and soldiers for hire in the modern world. Of course people have heard of companies like Blackwater (which after several name changes is now called Acadami) and the work they did in Iraq with no-bid defense contractors. However, there are far […]

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]]> full 1:21:25 1969 Episode 160: Joseph Stalin: The Ultimate Dictator https://sofakingpodcast.com/joseph-stalin-ultimate-dictator/ Fri, 06 Jan 2017 12:31:03 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1932 This episode of the Sofa King Podcast is a discussion of the brutal regime of the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Born Josef Vissarionovich Djugashvili in December of 1878, he changed his name to Koba (a sort of Russian Robin Hood) and eventually settled on the new name of Stalin which meant “Man of Steel.” He […]

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]]> full 1:26:13 1932 Episode 156: Project ODESSA: Underground Nazi Smugglers https://sofakingpodcast.com/project-odessa-underground-nazi-smugglers/ Fri, 23 Dec 2016 12:31:26 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1887 On this episode of Sofa King Podcast, we talk about ODESSA: a secret Nazi organization that helped smuggle top S.S. officers out of the Third Reich as World War II came to a close. ODESSA is direct acronym of the German Organisation der Ehemaligen SS-Angehörigen, meaning: Organization of Former SS Members. Though some claim that […]

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]]> full 1:19:08 1887 Episode 154: Julian Assange: WikiLeaks Hero or Info Criminal? https://sofakingpodcast.com/julian-assange-wikileaks-hero-info-criminal/ Fri, 16 Dec 2016 12:31:56 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1865 This episode of the Sofa King Podcast focuses on the controversial career of the hacker, activist, journalist, and criminal, Julian Assange. In 2006, Assange co-founded the controversial WikiLeaks organization, and ever since he has been its editor-in-chief and public face. Australian by birth, Assange grew up in nomadic household that toured cities as part of […]

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]]> full 1:16:32 1865 Episode 151: Geronimo: Pure Apache Revenge! https://sofakingpodcast.com/geronimo-pure-apache-revenge/ Tue, 06 Dec 2016 12:31:01 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1827 On this Sofa King Podcast, we go back to the Old West and talk about the guerrilla-style Apache war leader, Geronimo. Sure, people say his name as they skydive or jump off a high diving board, but why? Because this guy was the ultimate warrior, waging a private revenge-fueled hit and run war with the […]

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]]> full 1:16:51 1827 Episode 145: Saddam Hussein: Evil Dictator or Evil Dictator? https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-144-saddam-hussein-evil-dictator-evil-dictator/ Tue, 15 Nov 2016 12:31:32 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/new2/?p=1693 This issue of The Sofa King Podcast covers the life and death of one of this century’s greatest madmen, Saddam Hussein. Born to a poor family of sheepherders, he grew to be an evil despot who ruled Iraq through torture, assassination, murder, rape, and intimidation. So how did he go from nothing to such a […]

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]]> full 1:38:36 1693 Episode 141: Ruby Ridge: Death by Federal Agent https://sofakingpodcast.com/ruby-ridge-death-federal-agent/ Fri, 04 Nov 2016 11:31:16 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/new2/?p=1703 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the standoff at Ruby Ridge, which has become synonymous with a violent, overactive federal government. Randy Weaver and his wife Vicky were two survivalists who wanted to live off the grid, avoid the federal government, and home school their children. It turns out they […]

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]]> full 1:26:56 1703 Episode 134: George W Bush: The Most Loved, Hated President https://sofakingpodcast.com/george-w-bush-loved-hated-president/ Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:31:12 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1196 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we talk about the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush. Though he ranks as one of the most hated presidents of the modern era (with a job approval rating as low as 19% before he left office), he is a polarizing figure that is […]

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]]> full 1:21:47 1196 Episode 132: Vlad Tepes: The Impaler https://sofakingpodcast.com/vlad-tepes-impaler/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/vlad-tepes-impaler/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2016 11:31:52 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1187 On this episode of The Sofa King Podcast, we look at the legendary Vlad Tepes, also known as Vlad the Impaler, Vlad III, and Vlad Dracula. Tepes lived from roughly 1428-1477 (back in castle times), and he was like a Game of Thrones character. As a child, he was kidnapped by the enemy Ottoman Empire. […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/vlad-tepes-impaler/feed/ 1 full 1:12:23 1187 Episode 114: Joseph Mangele: The Dark Angel of Auschwitz https://sofakingpodcast.com/joseph-mangele-dark-angel-auschwitz/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/joseph-mangele-dark-angel-auschwitz/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2016 11:31:07 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1107 On this episode of the Sofa King Podcast, we look at the horrible legacy and history of Dr. Joseph Mengele, the Angel of Death. Mengele was of course the monster behind the terrible experiments done at the Auschwitz Concentration camp, but many people don’t know he wasn’t even a medical doctor. Nope, he was a […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/joseph-mangele-dark-angel-auschwitz/feed/ 3 full 1:13:29 1107 Episode 112: Genghis Khan: Brutal or Brilliant? https://sofakingpodcast.com/genghis-khan-brutal-brilliant/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/genghis-khan-brutal-brilliant/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2016 11:31:11 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1096 On this Sofa King Podcast, we dig into the history books and talk about the life and empire of Genghis Khan. Born the son of a slave girl, this boy (named Temujin…but we might just call him Timmy for the whole episode) grew up in harsh conditions. His father was killed by an enemy tribe’s […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/genghis-khan-brutal-brilliant/feed/ 2 full 1:26:03 1096 Episode 101: 9/11 Part Two https://sofakingpodcast.com/911-part-two/ Fri, 17 Jun 2016 11:31:49 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1014 This is the Sofa King Podcast’s second episode on the events and conspiracies surrounding 9/11. In part one, we talked about the flights and jet fighters and focused largely on the twin towers falling. In this episode, we focus on the Pentagon attack and the destruction of Flight 93 over Pennsylvania. First, flight 77 was […]

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]]> full 1:30:32 1014 Episode 100: 9/11 Part One https://sofakingpodcast.com/911-part-one/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/911-part-one/#comments Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:31:10 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=1012 For our 100th episode, The Sofa King Podcast tackles a subject that many listeners have requested: 9/11. This is the mother of all modern-day conspiracy theories, so we had to spread it over two episodes. The theories range from the mundane to the insane, and then some that are surprisingly well-documented and supported by facts. […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/911-part-one/feed/ 1 full 2:00:15 1012 Episode 88: North Korea – Evil Incarnate? https://sofakingpodcast.com/north-korea-evil-incarnate/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/north-korea-evil-incarnate/#comments Fri, 06 May 2016 11:31:54 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=960 This episode focuses on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, also known as North Korea. This nation, branded as a terrorist state and part of the “Axis of Evil” by George W. Bush, has been under the thumb of a family of dictators since 1945 when it formed. The nation was split up between the […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/north-korea-evil-incarnate/feed/ 3 full 1:26:13 960 Episode 78: Oklahoma City Bombing https://sofakingpodcast.com/oklahoma-city-bombing/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/oklahoma-city-bombing/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2016 11:31:45 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=889 This episode looks at the facts and conspiracies surrounding the Oklahoma City Bombing. On April 19, 1995, a twenty-foot Ryder truck packed with thousands of pounds of explosives detonated and killed 168 people. It was the handiwork of a young and disenfranchised Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols who were upset by the Ruby Ridge and […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/oklahoma-city-bombing/feed/ 3 full 1:34:43 889 Episode 74: Vladimir Putin: Pure Russian Evil https://sofakingpodcast.com/vladimir-putin-pure-russian-evil/ Fri, 18 Mar 2016 11:31:27 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=867 On this episode, we explore the history and conspiracies surrounding Vladimir Putin and his rise to power as Russian President. Putin started as a KGB operative in East Germany, and after the fall of the Soviet Union, he worked his way to become a small-time local politician in St. Petersburg in the late 1990s. Unlike […]

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]]> full 1:21:40 867 Episode 53: December 7, 1941 https://sofakingpodcast.com/december-7-1941/ https://sofakingpodcast.com/december-7-1941/#comments Tue, 05 Jan 2016 15:57:04 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=747 Just before 8 a.m. on December 7, 1941, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor near Honolulu, Hawaii. The barrage lasted just two hours, but it was devastating: The Japanese managed to destroy nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight enormous battleships, and more than 300 airplanes. More than […]

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]]> https://sofakingpodcast.com/december-7-1941/feed/ 2 full 1:18:26 747 Episode 07: Crazy News & Jade Helm 15 https://sofakingpodcast.com/episode-007-crazy-news-jade-helm-15/ Tue, 26 May 2015 11:31:48 +0000 https://www.sofakingpodcast.com/?p=253 Crazy News and Jade Helm 15. Episode 7 focuses on crazy and stupid news stories from around the world and explores Operation Jade Helm 15. One segment from the past that we’ve enjoyed the most was an exploration of stupid, inane, and crazy news stories on the web. We explore many of them and look […]

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