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Two history nerds take on real historical concepts and provide their own humorous, wacky telling of what happened hundreds of years ago all around the world.
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Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
Tuesday Mar 09, 2021
This week in our 4th episode, we start our look at the main subject of the season and the monarchs that ignites the expansion of the English across the world, the Tudors! Well...kinda. Due to the crazy crazy world around us in modern times, this shorter than normal episode will examine the problematic unencumbered father Henry VIII life as he waltzes his way through multiple european diplomatic calamity to meeting his first wife!
Come with Paul and guest host Nolan as they dive in and talk about the English royal white trash lifestyle, the romantic honeymoon queens received & how one horny dude quest for tail fundamentally changed the fabric of the European politically ecosystem for 500 plus years!
We will be back each and every tuesday with brand new info, a bundle of fun things to talk about, and an ever increasing quality of recording and intro music!
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Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
Tuesday Mar 16, 2021
This week in our 5th episode, we continue our look at the most insane family life and the utter chaos of the tudors as Henry embarks on for the sole reason of getting some! We finish up Henry VIII's quest for his perfect wife and seeking a male heir to the english throne, only to run into numerous self made problems on the way.
Come with Paul and guest host Nolan as they dive in and talk about the 2nd & 3rd wives of Henry's numerous bridal collection, the most royal spoon in the history of the world and what the heck came before twitter was a thing!
We will be back each and every tuesday with brand new info, a bundle of fun things to talk about, and an ever increasing quality of recording and intro music!
Tune back in next week for the following episode of BACKROW LESSONS!!!
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Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
Tuesday Mar 23, 2021
This week in our 6th episode, we look at the quick and tragic lives of a pair of queens and how their deaths came to greatly influence major events to come after. We ponder the moral question of what is better, a dude to have a child with a young teenager or full out continental warfare. And finally we talk about our newest and most exciting sponsor...weird hats throughout history!
Come with Paul and guest host Nolan as they dive in and talk about the royal cockfighting pit of the british monarchy, what to gift a royal leader (hint its a big cat) and how the Ottomans engaged in some hat oneupsmanship!
We will be back each and every tuesday with brand new info, a bundle of fun things to talk about, and an ever increasing quality of recording and intro music!
Tune back in next week for the following episode of BACKROW LESSONS!!!
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Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
Tuesday Mar 30, 2021
This week in our 7th episode, we find ourselves deep in the sauerkraut and wooden shoe filled world of sixteenth century Germany/Holy Roman Empire as we look at Henry's 4th bride to be and the world around her and how a small duchy in Germany spawned a future English queen! We also take a bit of a detour to talk about what might be the single most overlooked person in history! A man and a family with a name for the ages!
Come with Paul and cohost Nolan as they jump right in and talk about the rich mystery man who caused the world to explode into centuries of warfare, how Henry VIII might be a relative of a 90 Day Fiance contestant and finally what could possibly be the earliest attempt in history to stop a person from getting catfished!!
We will be back each and every tuesday with brand new info, a bundle of fun things to talk about, and an ever increasing quality of recording and intro music!
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Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Hi there everyone and to all of listeners, Paul and Nolan here! We are uploading this quick semi-bonus update episode to clue everyone in on what the next few weeks and episodes are going to be like as we get more into the podcast!
1. Despite the first few episodes bouncing around in topic we are going to finish up the Tudor kingdom in the coming episodes with Henry's time coming, then his children having some royal fun and then finally finishing the first season with Francis Drake's voyage around the world!! However we need about two weeks to finish our notes for this, so expect a brand new episode in about two weeks from now!
2. In the meantime tho as we research and prepare for the end of season 1, Nolan and I are going to be re-recording our earlier episodes with better mic quality, real music, and Nolan as our cohost for them! The first edition of these re-does (which will be even funnier than the originals) is going up the same day as this update!
We will be back each and every tuesday with brand new info, a bundle of fun things to talk about, and an ever increasing quality of recording and intro music!
Tune back in next week for the following episode of BACKROW LESSONS!!!
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Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
WELCOME TO BACKROW LESSONS!!!!!
This week in our inaugural episode, we look at the earliest found settlement in Australia, find out that Brazil is west of Africa (according to a french man), and explain why the Alligator River is one of the most ironic places in the world!
Come with Paul and cohost Nolan as they dive in and talk about a man on some money and in some operas, the underside of the world and how 3 guys found some uranium!
We will be back each and every tuesday with brand new info, a bundle of fun things to talk about, and an ever increasing quality of recording and intro music!
Tune back in next week for the following episode of BACKROW LESSONS!!!
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Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
This week in our 2nd episode, we get into things by looking at the development of the Portuguese Spice Trade! We talk about from the fall of the last remaining parts of the Roman empire in less than a hundred years europeans were conquering all over the planet! How did it happen? Listen here and you will get an introduction to why!!
Come with Nolan and Paul as they dive in and talk about the battle of lawnmowers, how Columbus (yeah that one) flicked off the king that inspired Machiavelli's famous work and the prequel to the legendary movie 300!
We will be back each and every tuesday with brand new info, a bundle of fun things to talk about, and an ever increasing quality of recording and intro music!
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
This week in our 3rd episode, we finish our time spent with Albuquerque in India and the South Pacific! Following a few different Portuguese military leaders we learn the do's and do not's of trying to invade a foreign land! Number one lesson, if you hear rumors of an ambush...believe them!! They might have war elephants
Come with Paul and guest host Nolan as they dive in and talk about the final pieces of the European spice trade, the worst commander in naval history and how awful at speaking other languages Paul truly is!
We will be back each and every tuesday with brand new info, a bundle of fun things to talk about, and an ever increasing quality of recording and intro music!
Tune back in next week for the following episode of BACKROW LESSONS!!!
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Tuesday May 18, 2021
Tuesday May 18, 2021
This week in our 8th episode, we follow the 4th fuggin marriage of this Henry guy, and boy is it a wild and fast ride! From odd english courtly traditions to the scheming rivals to the queen, the tale in this episode is a can't miss one! Don't worry though, we make sure to talk about some dogs!
Come with Paul and cohost Nolan as they dress up along with the king and totally embarrass themselves when they talk about a sport where a bull fights an animal and this caused a diplomatic crisis in England, one of the biggest families we have ever seen, and finally and most importantly, about the details of a large 45 year man's wet dreams!
We will be back each and every tuesday with brand new info, a bundle of fun things to talk about and make fun of!
MUSIC PROVIDED BY NOLAN WATTS (@NOLANWATTS)
Tune back in next week for the following episode of BACKROW LESSONS!!!
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Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
Wednesday Jun 02, 2021
This week in our 9th episode, we lose our heads over the """trials""" and prompt executions of 5 different people in this episode! From famous last words to what could be considered the worst job reference in recorded history, this week is thick with punishment and sneaky behaviors!
Come with Paul and cohost Nolan as they try their best to see the fatherly bond between King Henry VIII and the last days before his buddy's impending doom approaches, empathize with the queen, but most of all we try and figure out the hardest question we have ever encounter on the series; what do you bring to the potluck after the public execution?
We will be back each and every tuesday with brand new info, a bundle of fun things to talk about and make fun of!
MUSIC PROVIDED BY NOLAN WATTS (@NOLANWATTS)
Tune back in next week for the following episode of BACKROW LESSONS!!!
Check us out on all the social media sites
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