OFH Throwback - Episode #56 - Who Was Japan's Greatest Swordsman? (Part II)
Our Fake History
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🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
In this throwback episode Sebastian takes you back to the conclusion of one of OFH's most popular series. In classic samurai films the swordsman Miyamoto Musashi was always presented as rough but honourable. The real Musashi may have been considerably more complicated. If we look closely at some of the samurai’s most famous duels, we may find reason to question Musashi’s reputation as the ultimate “lone wolf”. Tune-in and find out how pot-lid duels, swords carved from oars, and a Samurai/Ninja showdown all play a role in the story.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to this throwback episode of our fake history. |
| 0:13.3 | Today I'm throwing you back to season three and episode number 56, |
| 0:18.1 | Who was Japan's Greatest Swordsman, Part 2? |
| 0:23.4 | Now, I re-released part one of this series last week with an all-new introduction, |
| 0:30.1 | so if you have not heard it yet, then please check back in the feed and give that a listen now. |
| 0:37.3 | Now, I think that part two of this series is the really fun part. back in the feed and give that a listen now. |
| 0:41.7 | Now, I think that part two of this series is the really fun part. |
| 0:45.8 | This episode is just filled with sword fighting tales. |
| 0:48.1 | It was really fun to listen back to. |
| 0:53.7 | Honestly, I think I might have been having too much fun when I made this particular episode all those years ago. |
| 0:55.6 | It's filled with sound effect jokes and all sorts of little quips. Also, I'm kind of fast and |
| 1:02.9 | loose with my grammar in this one. I don't know. Maybe I'm always like that, but I really |
| 1:07.9 | noticed it when I was listening back. But man, the stories I get to tell |
| 1:12.6 | in this episode are so good. I think it more than makes up for any of my clowning. Now, this |
| 1:20.4 | particular series led to one of the more unusual opportunities that I've had since I started |
| 1:27.1 | making this podcast. |
| 1:29.1 | When you put this stuff out into the world, you never know who's listening. |
| 1:33.8 | It turns out the mayor of a small town in New Jersey named North Brunswick found this series online and became a fan. |
| 1:45.6 | In fact, the mayor was such a fan that he reached out to me directly and asked if I would appear on North Brunswick cable access television. |
| 1:57.6 | Now, this happened during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. |
| 2:03.2 | We're talking May of 2020. |
| 2:06.9 | So I was invited to come on this televised Zoom call that was broadcast on New Jersey |
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