The Dirty Lie Podcast

Trailer Episode 23: Three Kofos And A Gambo

Nigerian Women who left their mark on world history, and they're all named Kofo ? Enjoy ! 

The Worst Man to Have Ever Lived; Saddam’s Sadistic Son

He shot his uncle, He abducted a man and made him his body double, he killed his brothers in law and He terrorized a country, yet none of these are today's facts. He called himself The Wolf, but everyone else called him the Devil. Uday Hussein, the sadistic son of Saddam Hussein, The worst man who ever walked this earth, is this weeek;s topic

Trailer Episode 22: The Worst Man Who Ever Lived

He called himself The Wolf, but everyone else called him the Devil. Uday Hussein, son of Saddam Hussein, The worst man who ever walked this earth, is this weeek;s topic

There Was A Country: Nigeria’s Role In Liberating Africa

Why did Nelson Mandela hideout in Nigeria? Did Nigerian soldiers participate in the liberation of Paris from Nazi Germany? and Did Nigeria kick out Barclay's Bank from the country because they did business with Apartheid South Africa? What were Nigerian Soldiers doing in Angola ? Which US President was Lambasted by Murtala Mohammed? Which UK Prime Minister came begging? and who are the Burma Boys? Nigerian History in the 60s, 70s and 80s, is incredibly rich, but this week, we look at us through the lens of Nigeria's Anti-Apartheid stance. 
 
Key Figures: Murtala Mohammed, Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, Joseph Wayas, Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Baba Gana Kingibe, Henry Kissinger,  President Gerald Ford, Fidel Castro, Robert Mugabe. 
 

Trailer Episode 21: There Was A Country: Nigeria’s Role in liberating Africa

Did Nelson Mandela Hideout in Nigeria? Did Nigerian soldiers participate in the liberation of Paris from Nazi Germany? and Did Nigeria kick out Barclay's Bank from the country because they did business with Apartheid South Africa? What Happened in Angola? Which US President was Lambasted by Murtala Mohammed? Which UK Prime Minister came begging? Nigerian History in the 60s, 70s and 80s, is incredibly rich, but this week, we look at us through the lens of Nigeria's Anti-Apartheid stance. 
 
Key Figures: Murtala Mohammed, Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, Joseph Wayas, Nelson Mandela, Thabo Mbeki, Baba Gana Kingibe, Henry Kissinger,  President Gerald Ford, Fidel Castro, Robert Mugabe. 
 
 

BONUS: The History of Weird laws: From Bans on Mustaches To Taxes on Breasts

Did Indian women have to pay to cover their breasts? Which European country banned facial hair for men ? and was it punishable by death to steal a Cabbage in Greece? We talk about the origins of the word Draconian - the lawmaker Draco, then the gun Draco, and even the song by American rapper Future, Draco. In an episode that lands squarely under the 'bizarre' Nigerian artist, Ajebutter 22's "Okafor's Law" makes an appearance, and TMT suggests he can beat up Nigeria's 004 in a fistfight. A warning about the language in this weeks episode- Dez and TMT were intermittent fasting. 
Enjoy! and we hope to see you all at the Quramo Festival on Friday, where we'll be recording Live from Lagos(and we would have had our breakfast)! 
 
 
 

Rerun: The Woman King(s) of Africa

This Friday 7th October we are speaking at Eko Hotel, for Free! at Quramo fest, you can register here -> https://www.quramo.com/register/qfest we're delving into Nigerian history - our relationship with african countries and our role in independence struggles across the continent. We will also be playing the dirty lie game! join us, it will be fun and full of information!! 
 
Enjoy this rerun : 
You may know them as Queen Nzinga, Queen Amanirenas or Queen Candace, and Ahebi Ugbabe - the Eze- This Bonus episode we talk about what is lost in translation when we speak about Africa's past - and some of the flawed and powerful monarchs who ruled. 
Ahebi Ugbabe a warrant chief and only female king of colonial Nigeria who went from slave to ruler 
Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba in modern day Angola who was forcibly sterilized and forced into exile but saved her people from the Portuguese
Amanirenas of the Kush Kingdom, modern day Sudan, who lost an eye, her son, and her husband in battle but managed to defeat Caesar twice, stopping the Roman Empire's expansion 
And we have our first Guest! Mr Olasupo Shasore SAN, author of A platter of Gold; Nigeria's Journey to Independence, the former Attorney General of Lagos State, and the Documentarian behind The Loot and the Lost kingdoms, and so much more. Enjoy!

Daughters of Dictators: Dead Husbands and Machine Guns

Italy's Benito Mussolini fainted when Edda Mussolini was born, but did he go on to kill her husband? In Iraq Saddam Hussein's first daughter Raghad Hussein was given the nickname 'Godmother of Terror' in a newspaper, but did she support her father after he killed her husband? and in Haiti, did Marie-Denise Duvalier, threaten her father Francois Duvalier, one of the longest serving dictators of Haiti with a machine gun, to save her husband's life? Special dictator-daughter mentions; Aisha Qaddafi of Libya and Zoia Ceaușescu of Romania. 
Daughters are said to hold a special place in their Dad's hearts, so what happens when the father is a Dictator? 
And why all these dead husbands?
 
This Week's Figures: 
Francois Duvalier, Saddam Hussein, Muammar Gaddafi, Benito Mussolini,(and their daughters),  Hitler, Goebbels, Winston Churchill, JFK, Mohammed Al-Fayed, King Hussein