Men: Talk To Your Mates (and then Behead them) | Feudal Japan (Part 1)

Fin vs History

Fin Taylor & Horatio Gould

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4.7 • 990 Ratings

🗓️ 6 October 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Secure your privacy with Surfshark! Enter coupon code FVH for an extra 4 months at ⁠⁠surfshark.com/fvh Part 1: Accent fans, rejoice: we’re in feudal Japan, which it turns out was Upside Down land. The show for people who like history but don't care what actually happened. For weekly bonus episodes, ad-free listening and early access to series, become a Truther and sign up to the Patreon ⁠patreon.com/fintaylor 00:00 Accent Fans Rejoice 06:50 Emperor Teapot 13:47 Mongol Invasions 16:05 Synchronised Seppuku 17:38 Incel Heroes 23:34 Real Mates Chop Their Mate's Head Off 26:52 Wakashudō 34:35 One Long Star Mode 41:07 Goldicocks and the Three Bears 47:24 Nobunaga’s in Charge Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I think the big problem with Samurai today is mental health.
0:04.6	Definitely.
0:05.5	None of us talk anywhere near enough.
0:07.3	I completely agree.
0:08.5	We need to open up more.
0:09.9	For sure.
0:10.3	The mental health toll among samurai, it's a hidden illness, really.
0:14.8	Do you know what?
0:15.7	I think actually the problem is masculinity.
1:00.6	I'm sorry, I cut you off. No, no, you're a guest. I come on your podcast and I cut you off. I can't possibly. I'm going to have to... I can't live with this dishonour. I can't live with this dishonour. I can't live with this dishonor. I can't live with this dishonor. I can't live with this dishonor. I can't live with this dishonor. I can't live with this. I can't live with this. I was a lot! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! I'm Welcome back to Finn versus history.
1:02.6	I'm joined by Horatio Gauls.
1:05.9	And today, he's gone for it.
1:08.7	Today, accent fans rejoice.
1:13.2	We're talking about feudal Japan. This is a one for the accent lovers out there fellow fellow ethnographers join me gather around it's going to be a fun one we've been
1:20.3	walking our way through you know post-war britain with the least opportunity for accents
1:25.1	and we're coming back with a big four-parter on feudal Japan.
1:31.0	That noise I made there actually was anime.
1:34.4	You don't really watch anime because you've got a mortgage and kids, right?
1:37.1	Yes, yeah.
1:37.6	But one of my favorite things about anime is that is how loudly the basic emotions are.
1:43.3	Yeah, it is. Yeah, it is.
1:47.1	Thinking, huh?
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