The Dirty Lie Podcast

Trailer Episode 17: Pirates !

This week we're talking about some of the most successful sea ventures of the age of piracy. From West African Warlords to Chinese Sea Empresses, we examine people who made fortunes that rival your favourite athletes on boats!
Featuring: Henry Avery, Black Caesar, Zheng Yi Sao, The Fancy, Guangdong Pirate Confederation,  Queen Anne's Revenge, Blackbeard, Thomas Tew, Gunsway Heist, Ganj-i-Sawai
If you were a pirate, what would you name your ship?

Family Feuds: Project Patricide (Beheadings, Bereavements, and Beating your Father at his own Game)

Yaraduas, Castros, Trudeaus, Sarakis, Kennedys, Bhuttos, Gandhis, Lees, Fujimoris; Political families thrive in every region in the world. Did you know you are 110 x more likely than the average person to become a politician if your parent is also a politician? This week's episode: Project Patricide, We examine some of the most dysfunctional father - child relationships that  rocked the world! From Central African Coups to Egyptian dynasties, we look at people who took power that they very well could have inherited! Have fun!
Did Cleopatra's Dad behead her sister Berenice? 
Did Sam Ikoku chase his dad Alvan Ikoku from the House of Assembly in Nigeria's first republic?
and Did Joseph Kabila kill his dad Laurent Kabila, to take over as leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Also: Who is more eloquent, Nigerian Leaders of Past or of Present? 
Listen and let us know ! 

Trailer Episode 16: Political Family Feuds - Project Patricide

Yaraduas, Castros, Trudeaus, Sarakis, Kennedys, Bhuttos, Gandhis, Lees, Fujimoris; Political families thrive in every region in the world. Did you know you are 110 x more likely than the average person to become a politician if your parent is also a politician? This week's episode: Project Patricide, We examine some of the most dysfunctional father - child relationships that  rocked the world! From Central African Coups to Egyptian dynasties, we look at people who took power that they very well could have inherited! Have fun!
Did Cleopatra's Dad behead her sister Berenice? 
Did Sam Ikoku chase his dad Alvan Ikoku from the House of Assembly in Nigeria's first republic?
and Did Joseph Kabila kill his dad Laurent Kabila, to take over as leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo?
Also: Who is more eloquent, Nigerian Leaders of Past or of Present? 
Listen and let us know ! 

Vengeful Vixens

Inspired by our episode on African Female Kings (Nzinga & Amanirenas)- This week, three women lose their husbands and proceeded to change the course of history because they had to avenge them! One responded by erasing a tribe from the earths surface, another took on the King of France and won, and another took on the Roman Empire. But then who becomes a saint? Who loves torture devices? which two badass Ukrainian woman demonstrate the Ukrainian fighting spirit? And who makes Danaerys antics on Game of thrones look like child’s play.
 
Meet: Olga, Patron Saint of Widows,; Boudica, the first warrior queen of England; Jeanne de Clisson, also known as Jeanne de Belleville and the Lioness of Brittany; Mariya Oktyabrskaya aka Tank Girl 
 

Trailer Episode 15: Vengeful Vixens

Which ukranian saint inspired some of the wildest murders in Game of Thrones? What happens when you kill a womans love or child? Genocide, overthroring kingdoms, and even a pirate adventure feature in this week's episode. 

Riots and Rebellions Part 1: Who Ate The Prime Minister?

Was the largest slave revolt in the history of Barbados led by a Yoruba Man? Did Clowns take on firefighters in Toronto? Did an Opera lead to the Belgian Revolution? Since we are talking about clowns, Emefiele comes up, we talk about the europeans that got angry and ATE their prime minister, and we talk about the different ways Black people resisted slavery across the Diaspora. Tmt is running the show, Enjoy !! 

Trailer Episode 14: Riots and Rebellions Part 1

This week, TMT is the captain of the ship.. and so it gets truly ridiculous. Hold on to your hats, we're talking riots ! 

GREAT ESCAPES: From Japa to Japan

Some successful and daring escapes, from people crossdressing to stuffing themselves inside boxes, from sitting Governors to criminals (or is that the same thing?) Tmt finds the similarities between Diepreye Alamieyeseigha and Saucy Santana, A Nigerian governor fools Scotland Yard, a CEO makes a daring escape from Japan, and enslaved black people in the deep south escape slavery in America make their way to freedom! Remember to like, share comment & subscribe, Enjoy! 
 
This week's Figures: 
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha Carlos Ghosn, Henry Brown, William and Ellen Craft.