Rome’s “Real Man” Propaganda Sounds Just Like Ours

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History, Comedy, Improv

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🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

To fully end the Roman Republic and become Emperor Caesar Augustus, the young, wealthy patrician Octavian needed to get rid of the last man standing in his way: Mark Antony. But how could Octavian turn Rome against the Republic’s most decorated war hero and combat veteran — and Julius Caesar’s top lieutenant? Launch a propaganda campaign that said, “Actually, I’m a true strong Roman and this guy is a soft little b*tch now.” And… it worked! (In large part thanks to Mark Antony being awful at politics. And even worse, in love.)

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Rob Fox
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Dan Regester
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0:00.0	Welcome to Softcore History.
0:07.4	What is up? Welcome back to Softcore History. I am your host for the week, Rob Fox, joined as always by Dan Regester. We're coming to you over that Christmas holiday.
0:19.1	Welcome to our show. Thanks for listening while you're driving or shopping or avoiding family, whatever you're doing.
0:25.9	Getting out of the house, you've been with the extended family, your parents, maybe kids for 48 to 72 hours at this point.
0:35.8	You told them you're going to visit a friend.
0:37.3	They don't know that that friend OD'd six years ago.
0:40.1	You're just out driving.
0:41.6	You're going for a nice drive.
0:44.0	Maybe getting some tobacco in you, maybe drinking and driving.
0:47.7	I hope you not, but.
0:49.7	Yeah, I don't drink and drive like a lot.
0:52.6	You know, maybe like a two beer, go out to see a movie, have a beer or two at the movie.
0:56.7	You got a handgun in your lap.
1:00.2	You're staring off into the distance.
1:03.7	Wait, I actually thought of a fun game to play for people over Christmas break.
1:08.7	Every night you go out.
1:14.7	Tell your mom, you're going to meet a friend of yours who OD'd and do that every night until she knows that one of them OD'd.
1:22.5	Until she figures it out.
1:23.5	Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:24.9	So it's like first night like, yeah, mom, I'm going to see, you know.
1:29.2	Your parents are the ones that usually break that news to you, though.
1:33.2	Maybe not for you.
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