Episode 67 - The M-16 Rifle: A Dumb History
On this episode we examine the birth of the M-16 Rifle and its deployment to the Vietnam War. How did the Pentagon take a rifle that passed every test with flying colors and turn it into a piece of sh...
9 Sep 20191h 4min
Episode 66 - Donkey Reading Series: America Needs A Dead Hand Ft. Martin Pfeiffer
On this iteration of the Donkey Reading Series Joe is joined by our friendly neighborhood Nuclear Anthropologist Martin Pfeiffer (@NuclearAnthro) to discuss the War on the Rocks article "America Needs...
2 Sep 20191h 3min
Episode 65 - Joseph Dresnok
Joseph Dresnok was a Private in the US Army stationed along the Korean DMZ. He quickly became depressed and developed one hell of an addiction to booze and sex workers. After getting in trouble one to...
26 Aug 201959min
Episode 64 - Tarrare and Charles Domery: The Men Who Stare At Cats
Tarrare and Charles Domery were soldiers who fought in the War of the First Coalition. They were also afflicted with a never ending, voracious hunger that cannot be explained. What if Eli Roth created...
19 Aug 201958min
Episode 63 - Project 100,000
Project 100,000 was a Vietnam War Era experiment conducted by the United States to see how low they could lower the standards for enlistment or conscription. Thousands of developmentally disabled Ame...
12 Aug 20191h 19min
Episode 62 - The Pepsi Navy
This is the story of how Pepsi, yes that Pepsi, ended up controlling the world's sixth largest submarine navy. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys Buy a shirt: https://teespr...
5 Aug 20191h 2min
Episode 61 - Soviet Afghan War 7: Fear and Loathing in Afghanistan
On the 7th (and final) installment in our Soviet Afghan series we take a look at what life was like as a Soviet conscript and just how miserable life had to be before you started drinking boot polish ...
29 Jul 20191h 15min
Episode 60 - Soviet Afghan War 6: Taking Your Ball and Going Home
On part 6 the Soviet Union has to figure out how to pull their army out of Afghanistan while the entire country collapses around them while new journalistic freedoms show everyday Soviet citizens the ...
22 Jul 20191h
