The Dirty Lie Podcast

Trailer: Great Escapes Part 1. Japa to Japan

This weeks episode we talk about 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 make their way to freedom! 

Personal is Political: Feuds That Changed World History

What happens when a Yoruba governor goes against his Godfather?
Why were American Senators caning themselves on the senate floor? 
And what Personal feud influenced America's role in the Vietnam war?
This Week: President Obasanjo serving breakfast in true Burna Boy Fashion; LBJ, President Lyndon Johnson of America, naming his private member "Jumbo" while feuding with Bobby Kennedy; Oyo King Makers and members of parliament fighting over chairs; and American Senators canning themselves on the senate floor.    Enjoy!
Figures: 
Olusegun Obasanjo, Chief Adedibu, Governor Ladoja, JFK (John F Kennedy), Bobby Kennedy, Lyndon B Johnson, and Charles Sumner. 

Trailer Episode 12: Feuds That Changed World History

Nigerian House of Representatives members climbing gates;  President Obasanjo serving breakfast in true Burna Boy Fashion;  And, LBJ, President Lyndon B Johnson of America, naming his private member "Jumbo" while beefing with Bobby Kennedy.  Not to mention Oyo King Makers and members of parliament fighting over chairs, and American Senators canning themselves on the senate floor.    Enjoy!

Strange Appetites

Join us in trying to get through the most revolting episode of the podcast till date. This week we deal with Tarrarre who ate live animals, Mary Toft who put animals up her vagina, and Caligula the mad emperor. This episode requires a strong stomach. Good luck !

Trailer Episode 11: Strange Appetites

BONUS; The Female Kings of Africa: Amanirenas, Ahebi, and Nzinga with Special Guest Mr Olasupo Shasore SAN

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!

Assassination Nation! : The French Killings of African revolutionaries

What was the preferred method of fighting anti-colonial protest- exile, murder, poisonings, bombings or civil discourse?
Which African anti-colonial heroes did not make it to their 40th birthday because of the French Government? 
What was the Mayerling Incident? Did the French kill the Crown Prince of Austria, and what is the United States of Latin Africa?
 
These weeks Figures: 
Felix Roland Moumie, Barthelemy Boganda, Ruben Um Nyobe, Charles De Gaulle, SDECE, Rudolf the Crown Prince of Austria.

Trailer episode 10: Assassination Nation! French Killings of African Revolutionaries

Happy birthday to dez, and also, what dirt did the french get up to in Africa? journey with us this week