Russia's Coolest Tyrant

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History, Comedy, Improv

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🗓️ 5 May 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

Czar Alexander III was Russia's second-to-last Czar. He was also, arguably, its coolest, and definitely one of its most oppressive. One day, he'd be lifting heavy deck furniture over his head to impress his in-laws or hunting a bear with a spear. The next, he'd be abolishing basic civil liberties and being so oppressive to Jews that they fled the country en masse. He beat Kaiser Wilhelm II in a drinking contest, and heroically saved his family from a horrific, deadly train derailment that was absolutely his fault. He was an awful, and awfully interesting, guy.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Softcore History.
0:07.8	What is up? Welcome back to SoftCore History. I am your host for the week, Rob Fox,
0:12.9	joined as always by Dan Regester and by popular demand.
0:18.8	Gabby Montseeyore is back.
0:21.8	I need to see those messages.
0:23.4	It was just one message.
0:25.6	He's just like, yeah, dozens of people were reaching out to us.
0:27.8	Dozens.
0:28.3	No, I just said to you ask me.
0:29.5	I'll find his name.
0:30.5	Hold on.
0:30.9	Yeah.
0:31.0	I'll keep going.
0:31.7	We mentioned it last week that she was going to be on this week because she got a DM
0:35.1	when the dude was saying, shit, they need you, girl.
0:39.3	Yeah.
0:39.6	I got plenty of messages saying you and Rob are just enough.
0:43.6	No, I'm aware.
0:44.7	I'm aware of all those messages too.
0:46.6	It's like a marriage, you know?
0:47.6	Sometimes you need a third.
0:49.4	You're inviting a third into the bedroom.
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