Fabergé Eggs Are Ridiculous (And Fascinating)

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.3 • 4.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 August 2025

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Imagine you are beyond wealthy. You no longer dream of the average "rich people" flexes -- you've got all the diamonds, all the mansions, all the ordinary baubles of the elite. How can you distinguish yourself? What can you buy when you can buy literally anything? In today's episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore the astonishing, ridiculous origin story of Czarist Russia's peak luxury item; an egg you can't eat, nor wear -- a toy and a flex to end all flexes: the Fabergé Egg.

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0:00.0	Ridiculous History is a production of IHeart Radio. Welcome back to the show, fellow ridiculous historians.
0:29.6	Thank you, as always, so much for tuning in.
0:32.9	Let's hear it for one of the fanciest boys in podcasting,
0:36.7	our super producer, Mr. Max Williams.
0:40.0	I feel like I should go put a jacket on and also I f*** Max.
0:43.9	Yeah, you do. Max f***s.
0:46.0	Yeah.
0:46.6	Bleeping all that.
0:47.5	I don't know, Ben, I kind of, my feelings are a little hurt.
0:50.1	I'm not going to lie because I am the one podcasting holding a tiny purebred hypoallerogenic dog named Apollo.
0:56.9	So I'm feeling pretty fancy today, too.
0:59.2	Apollo, absolute legend, one of our favorite audience members, as well as you, specifically you, if you are listening to this.
1:08.6	That's none other than Mr. Noel Brown.
1:11.6	I am several people, but they call me Ben here.
1:15.8	There's no question about that.
1:18.0	Oh, thanks, man.
1:19.2	And you're, you know, you have multiple personality disorder.
1:22.9	Ah.
1:24.0	Undiagnosed.
1:24.7	I'm diagnosed.
1:25.7	No, it's not true.
1:26.6	It's not true at all. You have, you leave many lives and wear many hats, sir.
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