Communists Killed the Whales

Softcore History

History, Comedy, Improv

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 67 minutes

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If you’ve ever wondered why whale sightings are such a big deal or why we need to “save the whales”… it’s because the Soviet Union killed them all. Find out why the communist super power had such a lust for whale blood in this week’s episode.

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0:29.2	Dan I've got a whale of an episode for us today. We are talking about one of the worst
0:36.7	Soviet crimes of the 20th century, a genocide that is nigh unimaginable even for their standards.
0:45.0	Perhaps one of the cruelest crimes committed in the 20th century,
0:50.0	but also, it's a little funny. We are talking about whaling. If you want to know why you can go to the ocean and not see a single giant fin flapping around, it's because of the Soviet Union.
1:04.2	Listen to this episode to find out how the Soviets of all people,
1:09.0	and for no reason at all,
1:11.7	wiped out most of the world's whales.
1:14.5	And made seeing a whale extra special.
1:18.5	And for that we owe them.
1:19.5	Welcome to Soft Core History.
1:28.0	What is up?
1:29.0	Welcome back to Soft Core History.
1:30.4	I am your host for the week, Rob and I am joined as always by Dan Regester
1:36.1	every week and our new weekly rotating special guest this week we have the incomparable Scott Lopez.
1:46.0	What's going on everybody?
1:48.0	Look at this.
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