The Horny Emperor Who Loved To Cosplay

Softcore History

Improv, Comedy, History

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Zhu Houzhao took over the Ming Dynasty at just 14. He was more interested in women, drinking, and pretending to be a soldier than actually running China. He left his royal court in the hands of his eunuch friends as he hung out in his "Leopard Quarter" all day getting wasted with his exotic animals and prostitutes. Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to Quince. com/SOFTCORE for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. Subscribe to ⁠the Softcore History Patreon⁠ for hundreds of hours of extra history content including episodes like this, listener voicemails, movie watch-alongs, and weekly bonus episodes. Rob Fox ⁠https://www.instagram.com/robfoxthree/ ⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/RobFoxThree ⁠⁠ https://www.tiktok.com/@robfoxthree ⁠ Dan Regester ⁠https://www.instagram.com/danregester/ ⁠⁠ https://twitter.com/dan_regester⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are now listening to Softcore History.
0:14.4	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to Softcore History.
0:17.6	I'm your host for the week, Dan Register, joined.
0:19.9	It was always by Robert Fox. What is going on?
0:23.1	Did you see my new neighbors that moved in, walking into my door? Uh, no, I saw they had a little
0:28.4	rocky raccoon placemat. No, I'm talking about the swallows. Oh, yeah. They built a nest right on the
0:34.7	sprinkler system. Yeah, that's right. So if something lights on fire,
0:38.4	these babies are dead.
0:54.3	The sprinkler's just going to explore. Or the sprinkler won't go off and you're dead. I think it just means good luck for me. Does it? Allegedly. Is that a sign of good luck? A bird's nest outside of your house? Swallow, specifically. Swallows nest outside of your door. All right. But I feel like Google AI just feeds you whatever you want to Yeah, they just found that out from a murderer.
0:57.3	It was chat GPT. Swallows nest outside of your door. All right. But I feel like Google AI just feeds you whatever you want to.
0:54.5	Yeah, they just found that out from a murderer.
0:57.3	That was Chad GPT, but ChatGPT was like, you're right.
0:59.7	Your mom is helping the government spy on you, and he killed his mom.
1:04.8	So do we try the AI?
1:10.0	I think they were, well, that wouldn't be in the criminal part of things, but I think
1:13.4	something might be held liable for it because JetGPT kept being like, yeah, yeah, that does
1:20.8	make a lot of sense.
1:21.7	You're connecting all the dots.
1:22.9	Your mom is in the CIA.
1:24.9	Shit like that.
1:26.2	I'm sure we'll get into a little class action lawsuit.
1:28.7	Yeah.
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