Badass of the Week, Part 1: An Origin Story

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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What makes an historical figure larger than life? Since 2004, author and historian Ben Thompson has been writing about the most badass people in history, from generals to saints, from pioneers to criminals. In the first part of this special two-part series, Ben (Bowlin), Noel, and Max hang with the creator of Badass of the Week.

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0:00.0	Alphabet Boys is a podcast that takes you inside undercover investigations.
0:04.3	In the second season, we've got an alphabet soup with the DEA, the CIA, and the FBI all mixed up in the same case.
0:11.8	So you do personal security all over the world and you have somebody call you and say,
0:17.1	can you get grenades and guns for this guy in Colombia?
0:20.5	No, no, no.
0:21.9	It's a mystery wrapped around an international arm's deal.
0:24.8	Alphabet Boys, on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.4	So there is a ton of stuff they don't want you to know.
0:36.1	Yeah, like does the US government really have alien technology?
0:39.6	Or what about the future of AI?
0:41.2	What happens when computers actually learn to think?
0:44.1	Could there be a serial killer in your town?
0:47.1	From UFOs to psychic powers and government cover-ups, from unsolved crimes to the bleeding edge of science,
0:53.6	history is riddled with unexplained events.
0:56.2	Listen to stuff they don't want you to know on the I Heart Radio app,
0:59.2	Apple Podcasts, or wherever you find your favorite shows.
1:06.8	Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of The Little House on the Prairie Books.
1:10.6	She's one of the most important American children's authors of the 20th century.
1:16.9	Inspiration for a hit television show.
1:19.2	Women will come up to me crying saying,
1:20.7	Little House on the Prairie was my escape.
1:23.0	As a kid, I idolized Laura.
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