95 - Pancho MFN' Villa: Mexico's Robin Hood

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

🗓️ 9 July 2018

⏱️ 102 minutes

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Pancho Villa! Pancho Villa was a revolutionary fighter who despised the wealthy landowners who had subjugated the impoverished farming class, comprised of mostly indigenous people, since long before he was born. He stole from the rich and gave to the poor. He also stole from the rich to fuel the various wars he fought in, all of which had the same goal - to topple Mexico’s existing power structure and redistribute the wealth the upper 1% possessed amongst the poor. He was one of the world’s first movie stars, and he wasn’t an actor. In a way, he was the world’s first reality TV star, because at one point he allowed actual battles he fought in to be filmed. And we’re gonna learn all about him, and a lot about Mexico along the way, in another power to the people edition of Timesuck Want to help Harmony Vellekamp? She's dealing with another high risk pregnancy and can use any help you'd like to offer! https://www.gofundme.com/5s6lkf4 My new free Behind the Bit Pandora station with Chad Daniels talking about our favorite bits! https://www.pandora.com/station/play/3978690913982414208?ag=17920720304261509 Timesuck is also brought to you The Great Courses Plus! Do yourself a HUGE favor and get a month of SO MUCH amazing, interesting, and informative content for FREE: https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/timesuck Timesuck is brought to you be Leesa! We love Leesa! Get $160 off when you go to Leesa.com/timesuck 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 www.facebook.com/timesuckpodcast Wanna be a Space Lizard? We're over 2500 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. And, thank you for supporting the show by doing your Amazon shopping after clicking on my Amazon link at www.timesuckpodcast.com

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0:00.0	Poncho Via had what a lot of historians refer to as the single greatest Mexican moustache of all time.
0:06.3	Many Mexican men have had moustaches, but more often than not, they've been somewhat wispy,
0:10.8	composed of what appears to be 20 to 30 hairs total thin borderline feminine, a Danny Treyau
0:16.9	before the hair and wardrobe department gets a hold of it moustache, not Via.
0:21.5	Poncho Via had a Sam Elliott, Tom Selik, Ron Swanson, Borat type of moustache.
0:26.8	Poncho Via feared no man, but his moustache scared the shit out of him.
0:30.5	He knew if his moustache ever turned against him, his precious revolution would be lost.
0:34.7	But seriously, Poncho Via was referred to by many as the Robin Hood of Mexico.
0:39.0	Some referred to him as the George Washington of Mexico.
0:41.6	He was a legend in his own lifetime, long before the ridiculous Chuck Norris legends,
0:45.9	you know, guns don't kill people, Chuck Norris kills people.
0:48.9	There were Poncho Via over the top tales of preposterous machismo.
0:53.9	You know, stuff like there's no one else like Poncho Via.
0:56.8	If there was, Poncho would find him and blow his brains out.
1:00.5	Poncho Via was one of the world's first movie stars, and he wasn't an actor.
1:04.7	In a way, he was the world's first reality TV star, because at one point,
1:08.4	he allowed actual battles he fought in to be filmed.
1:12.0	Poncho Via was a revolutionary fighter who despised the wealthy landowners who had subjugated
1:16.6	the impoverished farming class of Mexico, comprised of mostly indigenous people since long before he was
1:22.9	born. He stole from the rich and he gave to the poor. He also stole from the rich to fuel the
1:27.9	various wars he fought in, all of which had the same goal to topple Mexico's existing power
1:33.5	structure and redistribute the wealth. The upper one percent possessed amongst the poor.
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