CLASSIC: The Weird Life of George Washington, Part 1

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 27 December 2025

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Returning special guest Christopher Hassiotis joins the guys today for a round-robin discussion of the very weird life of George Washington, first President of the United States. (As you may have guessed from the title, there's more weirdness than we could fit in a single episode.)

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0:00.0	fellow ridiculous historians, we're ringing in the end of the year
0:03.5	in the beginning of the next with one of our favorite classic series.
0:08.5	Guys, George Washington, just so weird.
0:12.2	George Washington got himself.
0:14.8	Check out the stuff that I want you to know YouTube for some amazing little sketches
0:20.1	of Ben dressed up as a time-traveling George Washington.
0:23.5	Well, that may be fiction or may not.
0:26.2	It's entirely up to you to decide.
0:27.7	George Washington, the man, did indeed lead a very unexpectedly varied and fascinating and, yes, weird, ridiculous life.
0:37.9	Yeah, and so this is part one of our exploration with none other than our special guest,
0:45.0	our brother-in-arms, longtime friend of the show, Christopher Hossiotis.
0:49.4	Yeah.
0:50.6	What a match.
0:51.9	Not just in spirit.
0:52.9	Yeah.
0:53.9	Let's roll. This is an I-Heart podcast. This is an. Not just in spirit. Yeah. Let's rolling.
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