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Softcore History

East India Company: Drugs, Pirates, And Corporate Bailouts

Softcore History

Softcore History

Improv, Comedy, History

4.91.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2021

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

The East India Company helped shape the modern world in the worst possible ways. Dan, Rob, and Jake break down the true "enemy of the human race" that terrorized the globe for over 200 years on an empire's dime. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Soft Core History.

0:08.0

Welcome into Soft Core History. Welcome into Soft Core History.

0:10.0

I'm your host Dan Rich Esther, I'm joined as always with Jay Goldman.

0:14.4

Heyo, first mention.

0:16.4

First mention, you're always.

0:17.6

You're always the first mention.

0:19.1

This is weird.

0:20.3

I always try to slight Rob.

0:22.3

He would not introduce me if he could.

0:23.7

No, no.

0:24.7

I would go the entire episode without mentioning his name.

0:27.4

If you want to do the intro, go ahead, Jake.

0:29.4

And joining us as always is Robert Edward Fox the third. Yep. What's the other one? There's a confirmation name I missed

0:38.3

Leonard

0:39.8

Patron saint of POWs. Is he? Yeah, and something else. I can't remember he actually he's famous for

0:47.6

The king he did something for the king of France. I don't know his prayers worked or something like I can remember that what it was and the King of France was like you're such a good holy man that you can have all the land you can ride around on on a donkey in a day.

1:02.0

So I would be kicking the shit out of that. on a donkey in a day.

1:02.8

So I would be kicking the shit out of that donkey to make you go.

1:05.9

You ride that donkey till dies.

1:07.4

So you give that, you just have like a meal sack full of cocaine and you are smacking it on the ass.

1:15.0

Just like actually donkey punching it.

1:17.0

Yeah, I literally don't, yeah, donkey punching it.

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