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Ridiculous History

Yasuke, the African Samurai

Ridiculous History

iHeartPodcasts

History, Society & Culture

4.24.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Japanese Daimyo Oda Nobunaga was fascinated by the mysterious, towering slave of a visiting Jesuit missionary, and soon this man, Yasuke, joined Nobunaga's court, eventually becoming a full-on samurai. Join the guys as they explore the strange life of the African-born samurai, Yasuke.

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1:34.0

Ridiculous history is a production of I Heart Radio.

1:48.0

Welcome to the show, fellow ridiculous historians. I've got to say, first I'm Ben. Hi.

2:07.0

Oh, hey, Ben. It's me, Noel. They're all pal. And there's our super producer, Casey Pagro.

2:14.0

Hello, we're in a different studio today. Just peek behind the curtain. So Casey is actually physically sitting in the same room with us.

2:23.0

Yeah, it's weird. I have to be quiet and not make noise. I know.

2:27.0

Can't be crinkle in a wrap or you're craning your neck to look at us from the side. And we have a really, and we can smell each other's musks.

2:33.0

Absolutely. I mean, this is a very small little hot box that we're in right now.

2:36.0

All right, the musk might be me. Oh, no, no, it's a it's a melange of all of our musks and all of our musks combined. We are ridiculous history, a popery of perfect ridiculousness.

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