The Warlord Who Bullied Gods

Softcore History

Improv, Comedy, History

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 December 2022

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Zhang Zongchang was a Chinese general whom Time Magazine dubbed "The Basest Warlord". He was addicted to gambling and sex and relished trolling his enemies, friends, and the gods themselves. He pulled himself out of poverty and eventually became the military governor of his hometown Shandong, where he was a major player in the opium trade and one of the funnier leaders in the Fengtian Clique. SUBSCRIBE to our Patreon for exclusive audio, video, and written content. Go today and claim a free indoor security camera plus 20% off with Interactive Monitoring. Go to SIMPLISAFE.com/softcore. Head to Policygenius.com to get your free life insurance quotes and see how much you could save. Right now, you can get Harry’s Starter Set for just $3. Plus, you’ll get a free travel-size body wash. The set includes a 5-blade razor, weighted handle, foaming shave gel, and a travel cover. A $16 value for just $3. Just visit harrys.com/SOFTCORE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to Soft Core History.
0:08.0	Welcome back to Soft Core History.
0:10.0	I'm your host for the week, Dan Regester,
0:12.0	and I'm joined as always by Jake Goldman and Rob Fox.
0:15.4	What's up boys?
0:16.4	Hello, hello!
0:17.4	Hello!
0:19.4	Go Broadway today.
0:20.8	We have full Theater Rob.
0:21.8	Yeah, every week is Theater Rob, really. It's just a different character.
0:25.4	We're just like do this monkey dance and sing for us.
0:29.6	Yeah Rob's actually really like super electric and all over the place.
0:34.3	He brings it down to like a two on this.
0:37.2	Yeah.
0:38.2	It's very flamboyant in everyday life.
0:40.0	I mean I walk into here and I'm like, here I am, let's start the show we're talking about some Patreon
0:46.2	hippos yeah Rob is like if Mr. G from Summer Heights High and the lead singer of the B52's had a child.
0:57.0	There's only a couple impressions that I can do serviceably and the B52 guys one of them.
1:03.0	Love Jack baby big as a cat, or driving a Cadillac, big as a whale, it's about to set sail.
1:12.0	God, I remember taking the bus when I was a kid and I had an R2D2
1:18.0	Cassette player and I, the first thing I, I remember grabbing out my parents music selection was the B52s and listening to the love shack on the bus
1:29.3	Rock lobster is my favorite B50 song
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