This is What Happens When A Woman Takes Power

Softcore History

Improv, Comedy, History

4.9 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

The Assyrian queen Semiramis is one of the most notorious rulers in ancient history. Not just because she was a woman ruling a violent, male-dominated society. And not because she competently ruled the massive empire for years. Mostly, it turns out, because there were some WILD stories about her, um, dating life.

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Rob Fox
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Dan Regester
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0:00.0	You are now listening to Softcore History.
0:13.8	What is up? Welcome back to SoftCore History. I am your host for the week, Rob Fox,
0:19.0	joined as always by Dan Regester. Always a pleasure
0:22.0	to be in your presence, Rob. Always happy to be here. I got my big thermos of tequila and water
0:28.5	and lime, and I'm ready to talk about history. I got my cold brew. We like to go in different
0:33.6	directions. I don't know how you go to sleep with a cold brew past. Oh, I have not been sleeping well the last couple weeks, if not months. Oh, fair enough. Yeah. Okay, I was wondering. Yeah. I'll take like 12 magnesium pills before I go to bed and still nothing. See, me, I'm like, you know, I'll have some drinks, go home, have a few more drinks, and just hit the pillow hard, no problem. I wake up a little groggy, but honestly, by like 10, 11 o'clock after an energy drink and some pills, I'm good. I like when you drink on the shows, though. Whenever you take a dramatic pause, you always sip the booze. It's a perfect time to drink for the dramatic pause.
1:12.8	It's like, uh, you want to finish that sentence?
1:14.5	Let it live.
1:16.0	Let it live.
1:16.6	But today, we are talking about...
1:20.3	You son of a bitch.
1:23.4	He did it.
1:24.8	He did the thing, guys.
1:26.3	A girl boss.
1:27.8	For the audio listeners at home that aren't locked into the visual show.
1:31.7	That was for the YouTube crowd.
1:33.6	You got to keep that for the YouTube.
1:36.1	Talk about an ancient girl boss today.
1:39.2	It's funny enough.
1:39.9	I did a modern girl boss for the Patreon.
1:44.0	Because we were supposed to have a guest.
1:46.1	We were supposed to have Gabby on.
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