The Dubious Book of Famous Deeds

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  • One day, Paul Bates found a book in an alley. It wasn’t a magical book, but it was very old - 132 years old, to be exact. It’s called The Pictorial Treasury of Famous Men and Famous Deeds: its cover is beautiful, its language is flowery, and its tone is problematic. It’s also full of wildly obscure and preposterously inaccurate stories about people and deeds you’ve probably never heard of. And, it’s the basis for this history podcast. Each episode Paul shares a chapter with a guest and together they cut through the rhetoric, fill in the blanks and bring a modern perspective to this relic from the height of the British Empire.
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Episodes
  • Chapter 19. Horatio Nelson, or: The Naval Gaze

    Chapter 19. Horatio Nelson, or: The Naval Gaze
    Aug 1 2022
    Clare Blackwood joins me for the tale of Lord Admiral Nelson: commander of the Royal Navy, hero of the Napoleonic Wars, deadbeat husband. Listen to the story of a man who left everything on the field, including an arm, most of his teeth and an eyebrow. Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/
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    35 mins
  • Chapter 18. Samuel Colt, or: From My Old, Dead Hands

    Chapter 18. Samuel Colt, or: From My Old, Dead Hands
    Jul 25 2022
    Guests Rhys Waters and Jesse Harley ('Canadian Politics is Boring') come for the weaponry and stay for the pyromania as we explore the life of Samuel Colt, a gun inventor who had a singular appetite for destruction. Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/
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    50 mins
  • Chapter 17. Walter Raleigh, or: Misadventure Time

    Chapter 17. Walter Raleigh, or: Misadventure Time
    Jul 11 2022
    Comedian Brandon Hackett is here for the story of Walter Raleigh, namesake of Raleigh, North Carolina: a great explorer, so we're told, but really - did he get a single thing right? Or was he really famous because Queen Elizabeth I had the hots for him? Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/
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    39 mins

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