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Ben Thompson

@BadassoftheWeek

I write stuff about badasses.

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Today is the 20-year anniversary of Badass of the Week. It all started with a silly one-paragraph fan post about Darth Vader that I typed in Notepad and posted on my geocities site back in April 2004, and since then I've written thousands of articles and published over a dozen

Today is the 20-year anniversary of Badass of the Week. It all started with a silly one-paragraph fan post about Darth Vader that I typed in Notepad and posted on my geocities site back in April 2004, and since then I've written thousands of articles and published over a dozen
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Mad Jack Churchill was a British Commando who went into WWII armed with a claymore, a longbow, and a set of bagpipes, and began his missions by screaming the word 'COMMMMANNDOOOOO!!!!' as loudly as possible. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mad…

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Happy Halloween! We are talking about Elizabeth Bathory and Vlad the Impaler this week, with special guest Tani caesar of Unhinged History! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hal…

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This week we're talking about two of Imperial Rome's most infamous women -- Julia Agrippina and Locusta the Poisoner. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/jul…

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Love the Musashi episode Daniele Bolelli! We actually just talked about him on Badass a few weeks ago: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/miy…

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Art just sent me a Wikipedia link to a bio on 3 CIB Lewis Millett, a US Army officer Korean War Medal of Honor recipient for leading the last major American bayonet charge. Here's his story...Ben Thompson Jeff
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Thank you so much to Greg Jackson of History That Doesn’t Suck for coming on the show to talk about Theodore Roosevelt, America's most badass president! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad…

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Thank you so much to Daniele Bolelli of History on Fire for coming on the show and talking with us about Ikkyu Sojun! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ikk…

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If you didn't know, we launched a podcast! It's available now wherever you get your podcasts. Please take a listen, and if you like what you hear please like, subscribe, rate, share, tell your friends, and tell your enemies.
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On this day in 1919, Cher Ami died. This carrier pigeon helped save the 77th Infantry Division during the Meuse–Argonne offensive by delivering coordinates while severely injured. Our song, The Lost Battalion was written about this battle. Find out more 👉sabaton.net/historical-fac…

On this day in 1919, Cher Ami died. This carrier pigeon helped save the 77th Infantry Division during the Meuse–Argonne offensive by delivering coordinates while severely injured. Our song, The Lost Battalion was written about this battle. Find out more 👉sabaton.net/historical-fac…
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This week we discuss some badass vehicles that hauled ass into warzones to try and bring humanitarian aid to people who needed help. Check out the Ghost Camaro and Big Wind. badassoftheweek.com

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