History's Weirdest Flexes, Part 2
Ridiculous History
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4.2 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 25 April 2019
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
While the phrase 'weird flex' may be relatively recent, it turns out that this phenomenon itself is as old as human civilization. Join the guys with special guests Miles and Jack from The Daily Zeitgeist as they explore some of the strangest (and most petty) flexes in human history in the conclusion of this two-part episode.
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| 0:00.0 | From the executive producers of Hell and Gone comes a new podcast |
| 0:04.0 | investigating the serial murders orchestrated by South African cold leader Cecilia Stein. |
| 0:09.0 | She conditioned them to be monsters. |
| 0:11.0 | In the world of murderous cults, if Charles Manson is king, Cecilia Stein is queen. |
| 0:17.0 | She was telling people the Bible since she was going to kill, but actually she was taking revenge. |
| 0:22.0 | Listen to Queen Havoc and her murder cult. On the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:30.0 | The True Crime Podcast sacred scandal returns for a second season to investigate a led sexual abuse at Mexico's La Luz del Mundo Mega Church. |
| 0:38.0 | Journalist Robert Garza explores survivor stories of pure evil experiences at the hands of a self-proclaimed apostle who is now behind bars. |
| 0:46.0 | I remember as a little girl being groomed to be his concubine, that's how I was raised. It is not wrong if you take your clothes off for the apostle. |
| 0:54.0 | Listen to sacred scandal on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:01.0 | What do a flirtatious gambling double agent in World War II? An opera singer who burned down an unnery to kidnap her lover. |
| 1:09.0 | And a pirate queen who walked free with all of her spoils, haven't come in. |
| 1:15.0 | They're all real women who were left out of your history books. |
| 1:20.0 | You can hear these stories and more on the Womanica Podcast. Check it out on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen. |
| 1:31.0 | Radiculous History is a production of I Heart Radio. |
| 1:35.0 | And we're back. Thanks for tuning in. Welcome to Part 2 of Weird Historical Flexes. |
| 1:50.0 | And we're back. Thanks for tuning in. Welcome to Part 2 of Weird Historical Flexes. Or as we've come to find perhaps a cruel historical flexes. I'm Ben. |
| 2:09.0 | I am Noel. |
| 2:10.0 | And that's our super producer, Casey Pegrum. |
| 2:14.0 | Who to our knowledge has never eaten 20 tortoises. We are not venturing into this alone listeners. You recall from our previous episode. |
| 2:22.0 | We had two of our favorite fellow podcasters on and they decided to be kind enough to return for the second part of this show. |
| 2:31.0 | Let's welcome the daily zeitgeist Miles and Jack back on the air. |
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