139 - The Vietnam War

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

Dan Cummins

True Crime, Society & Culture, Religion, Conspiracies, History, Biographies, Education, Adult Humor, Comedy, Dark Humor, Conspiracy, Cults

4.7 • 21.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2019

⏱️ 145 minutes

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Today we talk about Vietnam. Do you know how the Vietnam war began? What events really led up to it? You will after this episode. You'll learn about centuries of foreign occupation at the hands of the Chinese and the French, and how colonial oppression led to a willingness to accept communist ideology. Communism may not be fun, but neither is being ruled by the French. We go over battles and the American counterculture's response to the battles. A LOT of info packed into this one. One of America's wars that wasn't technically a war, explored, today on this good morning, Vietnam edition of Timesuck! TedX video link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQdFDSjo1b4 Happy Murder Tour Standup dates: May 19th Spokane, WA Spokane Comedy Club LIVE ANT HILL KIDS TIMESUCK Click HERE for tix! May 30th-June 1st Jacksonville, FL The Comedy Zone CLICK HERE for tix! June 7-8th Omaha, NE The Funny Bone CLICK HERE for tix! June 13-15th Raleigh, NC Charlie Goodnight's CLICK HERE for tix! Listen to the best of my standup on Spotify! (for free!) https://spoti.fi/2Dyy41d Timesuck is brought to you by the following sponsors: Hims! Try Hims for a month today for just $5 while supplies last. https://www.forhims.com/timesucked The Great Courses Plus! Get 40 Days for FREE when you sign up ONLY at thegreatcoursesplus.com/TIMESUCK Watch the Suck on Youtube: https://youtu.be/m4dP100DcG4 Merch - https://badmagicmerch.com/ Want to try out Discord!?! https://discord.gg/tqzH89v Want to join the Cult of the Curious private Facebook Group? Go directly to Facebook and search for "Cult of the Curious" in order to locate whatever current page hasn't been put in FB Jail :) For all merch related questions: https://badmagicmerch.com/pages/contact Please rate and subscribe on iTunes and elsewhere and follow the suck on social media!! @timesuckpodcast on IG, @timesuckpodcast on Twitter, and http://www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast Wanna become a Space Lizard? We're over 4500 strong! Click here: https://www.patreon.com/timesuckpodcast Sign up through Patreon and for $5 a month you get to listen to the Secret Suck, which will drop Thursdays at Noon, PST. You'll also get 20% off of all regular Timesuck merch PLUS access to exclusive Space Lizard merch. You get to vote on two Monday topics each month via the app. And you get the download link for my new comedy album, Feel the Heat. Check the Patreon posts to find out how to download the new album and take advantage of other benefits.

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0:00.0	Imagine yourself at 19 years old.
0:02.3	Ripped out of your mind on drugs with an M16 in your hand,
0:05.2	50 pounds of gear on your back,
0:07.1	and some tropical jungle far, far from home,
0:10.0	full of tigers and snakes and tons of creepy-ass bugs,
0:13.6	and a lot of people who want to kill you.
0:15.9	Camped out in a jungle unlike anything
0:17.4	you've ever seen in your life,
0:18.5	and a land full of people who speak a language
0:20.4	you can't even begin to understand.
0:22.3	With a helicopter, some canvas tents,
0:24.5	and a bunch of other scared young soldiers
0:26.3	waiting for any of these soldiers
0:27.3	to pop out of a deadly jungle full of booby traps, guns,
0:30.6	mortars, and grenades.
0:32.4	You're sergeant is high on heroin.
0:34.3	Your best friend, Tex, can't stop.
0:35.7	It's in his crotch.
0:37.0	Talking about marrying some girl he's just met in Saigon.
0:39.9	You didn't sign up to go to this jungle.
0:41.4	You lost the lottery.
0:42.8	And now you're hearing rumors about people back home
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