#006 - The Cardinal's Mistress: Chapters 4 and 5

Mike and Jake return to Mussolini's mediocre book. Mussolini spends a lot of time describing a banquet and awful things Popes have done and very little time on the actual plot. Some guy tries to kill ...

5 Mars 20241h 35min

Mike and Jake explore the time between the Italo-Ethiopian war and WWII, seeing exactly how Mussolini's and Hitler's relationship changed in that time.

20 Feb 202455min

Jake forgot that he had to write notes for this episode, so Mike and Jake (try to) talk about neo-Confederates and the Lost Cause myth to wrap up the year in our first completely unscripted episode.

19 Dec 20231h 56min

Mike and Jake get back to reading Mussolini's book. A mob forms and is quickly placated and a nun gives pretty useless advice to our protagonist.

12 Dec 20232h 9min

Mike and Jake finally return to talking about fascism in Italy by talking about Italy's first war after Mussolini's rise to power.

5 Dec 20231h 9min

Mike and Jake finally find time in their busy schedules to record an episode. This time, they take a break from talking about Mussolini to examine the Israel-Palestine conflict, the history of Zionism...

14 Nov 20231h 45min

After a hiatus, Mike and Jake return with a recap episode going over what we've covered of Mussolini so far and how it relates to today.

5 Sep 20231h 55min

Jake and Mike continue reading Mussolini's book. In this installment, we finally see Emanuel and Don Benizio clash and we get to see how the common people are reacting.

1 Aug 20231h 27min