1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: Ridiculous History is a production of I Heart Radio. Welcome 2 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,639 Speaker 1: to the show, Ridiculous Historians. Thank you, as always so 3 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 1: much for tuning in. Let's give a very special holiday 4 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:38,920 Speaker 1: shout out to our super producer Max extra credit Williams. 5 00:00:39,240 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: What I want to jump in here real quick. I 6 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:44,960 Speaker 1: got some beef I got in the air and uh no, no, 7 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,800 Speaker 1: as my witness, you're gonna help me. Okay, No, what 8 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:49,920 Speaker 1: do you think of that hardcore bowling Ben was given 9 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:55,880 Speaker 1: me yesterday? Making making fun of my phone? Now listen, 10 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:57,960 Speaker 1: now listen. Okay, First of all, I took it that 11 00:00:58,040 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 1: way initially because we were on a group chat, and 12 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 1: it's always always the odd man, odd human out when 13 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: everyone has a has a you know, iPhone with the 14 00:01:06,480 --> 00:01:08,680 Speaker 1: blue text and all of that except for one, it 15 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 1: sort of borks the whole chat, you know what I mean. 16 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 1: So I definitely took Ben's subtle suggestion of hey, how'd 17 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: you like a free iPhone as a bit of a 18 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:20,960 Speaker 1: boa shots fired. But I think Ben really was just 19 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:22,880 Speaker 1: kind of try to be nice. I don't think he 20 00:01:22,959 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 1: was using it in that way, but it was it 21 00:01:26,280 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: was read that way, I think by both of us. 22 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,120 Speaker 1: But then Ben so no, it was just a open 23 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:35,600 Speaker 1: palmed offer for a nice gift. Alright, this is it 24 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:38,720 Speaker 1: for Banham. Also, Max, can I interest you in an iPhone? 25 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,199 Speaker 1: Nol l O L shots fired? So no was hyping 26 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:44,280 Speaker 1: it up. So maybe no Old deserves the blame for this. 27 00:01:44,440 --> 00:01:46,760 Speaker 1: I don't know, but I digress. I was. I was 28 00:01:46,840 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: the beef stir? Is that a thing? Can you stir beef? 29 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:54,160 Speaker 1: You know? Yeah? We were. We were talking um just 30 00:01:54,200 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 1: a you know, we're returning to you, Max, uh, from 31 00:01:57,840 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: our travels, a brawl to the to the far off 32 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:06,400 Speaker 1: land of New York City where Nolan I popped over 33 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 1: on the Elvis Durand Show and then we had a 34 00:02:11,280 --> 00:02:13,360 Speaker 1: you know, Noel, I I thanked you for it, but 35 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,799 Speaker 1: I want to thank you on air. Noel surprised me. Uh. 36 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,919 Speaker 1: He said, hey, hey, I've got a surprise. We gotta 37 00:02:20,919 --> 00:02:23,440 Speaker 1: meet up at the hotel. I've got I've got a 38 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: gift for you. You're gonna love it. And I was like, okay, 39 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: what is this? What's what's going on? And then I asked, 40 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: you know, I said easy to person because we know 41 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: a lot of people in New York and what do 42 00:02:33,919 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 1: you say? He thought I'd gotten you like a mail 43 00:02:36,160 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: order bride or something. Is that what your is it? 44 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: A is my gift? A person? I thought you were 45 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: bringing like Uh, I thought you were bringing like our pals, 46 00:02:46,280 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: you know, Max Um. Max's extra credit today because he's 47 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:55,640 Speaker 1: technically off work and came through because we wanted to 48 00:02:56,280 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: want to do some special stuff before we take time 49 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,359 Speaker 1: off for the holidays. So uh, no, I thought you 50 00:03:01,440 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: might be bringing Max over. I thought you might be 51 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,840 Speaker 1: bringing our Palman gash over. Yeah. You asked if it 52 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:10,120 Speaker 1: was a person, to which I was replied sort of. 53 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,360 Speaker 1: It's a group of people. And that group of people 54 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:20,080 Speaker 1: was the Seminal two thousands dance rock band LCD sound System, 55 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 1: who were doing a run of shows at the fabulous 56 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:25,679 Speaker 1: venue Brooklyn Steel. It was very very much sold out, 57 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,040 Speaker 1: and I happened upon a couple of tickets on Instagram. Uh, 58 00:03:29,080 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: it just happened to be. We were there for literally 59 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 1: two nights, and it just happened to be little. The 60 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 1: second night we were there, we had no plans, so 61 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,920 Speaker 1: yeah we got to go see James Murphy and company. 62 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,520 Speaker 1: Um and Ben and I got there. You know what 63 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:43,040 Speaker 1: I hate you guys. Just want to put this out 64 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: there speaking of stirring beef. I hate it when venues 65 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:51,120 Speaker 1: lie about showtimes. Yeah, but this was this was an 66 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: egregious lie because it's said doors at seven, show it eight. 67 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:57,720 Speaker 1: There was no opener listed. So I'm like, yes, we'll 68 00:03:57,760 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 1: be out of there by ten pm, like a couple 69 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: of old old fellas. And then we talked to the 70 00:04:02,800 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 1: bart and we got in there at you know, seven five, 71 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 1: and there was like nobody there. We're like, but this 72 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 1: is a sold out show. This makes no sense, and 73 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: she goes, actually it starts to nah, I'm like, lies. 74 00:04:12,640 --> 00:04:14,840 Speaker 1: But it did give us the opportunity to post up 75 00:04:15,160 --> 00:04:17,080 Speaker 1: in the balcony because the place really is just like 76 00:04:17,160 --> 00:04:21,920 Speaker 1: one mezzanine balcony situation and a giant general admission floor. Um. 77 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,599 Speaker 1: So we kind of stuck our claim, staked our claim um, 78 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 1: and we you know, we had to to defend ourselves 79 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: at times from people trying to like, you know, get 80 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 1: in there. Um. At times I was the defender, at 81 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:36,920 Speaker 1: times you were the defender. But we did stand firm uh, 82 00:04:36,960 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: and did afford us the opportunity to be right next 83 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: to the V I P section which remained empty, myously empty. 84 00:04:43,680 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: I forgot about this right up until the start of 85 00:04:46,279 --> 00:04:49,080 Speaker 1: the show, and right when the show is about to start, 86 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 1: this very good looking crew of of folks kind of 87 00:04:52,360 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 1: just mosied in and and who would it be but 88 00:04:56,800 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: the fabulous director Noah Baumbach, his wife, the fabulous director 89 00:05:01,520 --> 00:05:05,800 Speaker 1: and actor Greta gerwig Um and the incredible actor Peter 90 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: Sarskar and his wife, the incredible actor director Maggie Gillenhall. 91 00:05:11,040 --> 00:05:13,120 Speaker 1: And we just bopped next to them with the same 92 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: view for the whole show. It was kind of neat 93 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: and like we were kicking it with the swells. Yeah, 94 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: they hanging with royalty. As a matter of fact, the only, um, 95 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,560 Speaker 1: the only downer of that night, which was an amazing night, 96 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: The only downer was, uh, this guy, the front man, James. 97 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:30,520 Speaker 1: He almost called off the whole show because he said, 98 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:34,920 Speaker 1: Where's Where's Max Williams? And and we didn't know how 99 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:38,400 Speaker 1: to cheer, uh for that, like because you weren't there. 100 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 1: And then because they were contractually obligated, they continued the show. 101 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 1: But most of it it was about fifty fifty l 102 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: c D sound system songs and about fifty percent, uh 103 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 1: you know, that guy just lamenting that that Max wasn't there. 104 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:57,720 Speaker 1: So I'll have to go back, but you're right now 105 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:01,240 Speaker 1: it's totally forgotten. Thank you also for explaining to me 106 00:06:01,440 --> 00:06:04,839 Speaker 1: who these people were, because the whole time I was 107 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:07,320 Speaker 1: the whole time I was like, oh, what is it? 108 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: I think, I asked, I asked Nol. At one point 109 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: I was like, um, I was, I was too, I 110 00:06:14,920 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: was too irolly about it. I said, what do we 111 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: have to talk to them? And he said, no, man, 112 00:06:20,760 --> 00:06:22,480 Speaker 1: we don't. I think it's some what you said. Why 113 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,600 Speaker 1: should I care about these individuals? Yeah, because it turns 114 00:06:25,600 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 1: out Ben really only cares about historical figures who have 115 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:32,120 Speaker 1: long since left this mortal coil um and uh, we're 116 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 1: talking about that flavor of royalty. But these were genuinely 117 00:06:35,120 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 1: like Brooklyn Royalty. Like I described them to my friends 118 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 1: and texts as a real genius cluster because you know, 119 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: and I we we would deal with a lot of 120 00:06:45,160 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 1: you know, well known luminary types in our line of work. 121 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 1: And I don't usually get fanboyed out, but this was like, 122 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:53,560 Speaker 1: all of these people are people whose work I have 123 00:06:53,600 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: admired for a very long time. The Bound Boch movie 124 00:06:56,520 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 1: The Squid in the Whale is one of my favorite 125 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: movies and you know, it's cool who have seen Greta 126 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 1: Growig and Maggie Jillen has also become incredible directors in 127 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: their own rights. So it really was kind of neat 128 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: to see this like mega power couple duo just kind 129 00:07:10,160 --> 00:07:12,280 Speaker 1: of you know, living in the real world like people do. 130 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:14,800 Speaker 1: I'm not like surprised, it was just kind of it 131 00:07:14,880 --> 00:07:18,239 Speaker 1: was fun, awesome, and you know, they they were having 132 00:07:18,440 --> 00:07:22,400 Speaker 1: a great time and we are. We are talking about 133 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,840 Speaker 1: royalty today and in many ways, uh, these folks who 134 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,600 Speaker 1: were all I agree, you know, they are a genius 135 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:30,960 Speaker 1: cluster and I am a big fan of their work. 136 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,520 Speaker 1: They are kind of modern day royalty. That's what a 137 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:38,160 Speaker 1: lot of celebrities are in the United States today. We're 138 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: talking about historical royalty. And here at the end of 139 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: the year, we're finally doing an episode that you and 140 00:07:47,960 --> 00:07:50,960 Speaker 1: Max and I had kicked around for a while until 141 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:54,080 Speaker 1: Max pulled the trigger and said, let's let's put some 142 00:07:54,240 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 1: uh you know, let's put some gas in the tank 143 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:58,520 Speaker 1: on this. This is part one of what will be 144 00:07:58,560 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: a continuing series on Royalty. But wait, we've got to 145 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:06,000 Speaker 1: give our little spin to it. This is Royals who 146 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:10,920 Speaker 1: Died in ridiculous ways, and we had a little talk about, 147 00:08:11,040 --> 00:08:14,400 Speaker 1: you know, the statute of limitations. Every human loss of 148 00:08:14,440 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: life is a tragedy. But um, but come on, man, 149 00:08:19,000 --> 00:08:21,400 Speaker 1: some of these you know, yeah, look, look look at 150 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 1: this as kind of like the Royal Darwin Awards. You know, 151 00:08:25,720 --> 00:08:28,840 Speaker 1: familiar with that. I think it's literally an award that's 152 00:08:28,880 --> 00:08:33,760 Speaker 1: given out, uh for folks who died in absurd ways. 153 00:08:33,800 --> 00:08:37,800 Speaker 1: The Darwin Awards described as evolution and action, so you know, 154 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 1: we know the evolution is described often a survival of 155 00:08:41,120 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 1: the fittest. Usually people that die absurdly aren't the fittest, 156 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,920 Speaker 1: and they, you know, evolutionarily speaking, had it coming in 157 00:08:50,520 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: a weird way. Um. So that's kind of what we're 158 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:56,200 Speaker 1: going for today is a bit of a royalty based 159 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: Darwin Awards. Yeah, I agree, and shout out to our 160 00:09:00,040 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: house over its stuff to blow your mind. They do 161 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 1: an annual recap of the Darwin Awards every year. Check 162 00:09:05,960 --> 00:09:08,760 Speaker 1: it out if you'd like a little bit of schadenfreud 163 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: with your coffee. Uh, you know, Max, I like something 164 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 1: you pointed out without being too fatalistic, our buddy Max said, 165 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: whether we like it or not, we're all gonna die. 166 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:21,400 Speaker 1: You can accept it or not, but that's on you. 167 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 1: Kind of kind of some tough love there to open 168 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:28,160 Speaker 1: our show today. So, uh, this is this is the 169 00:09:28,200 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: thing we're gonna go through in this episode, which might 170 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 1: even end up being a two parter. We're gonna look 171 00:09:33,480 --> 00:09:39,040 Speaker 1: at at least six very strange deaths. First, you know, 172 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:43,040 Speaker 1: you you were speaking of our Scandinavian or or Nordic 173 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:46,880 Speaker 1: friend who was with us at the LCD sound System show. 174 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: You like, how I'm already changing the narrative a little 175 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:54,080 Speaker 1: like now now, Yeah, Pete was hanging with us, and 176 00:09:54,440 --> 00:09:57,440 Speaker 1: Pete was like, where the heck is Max? Like, come on, man, 177 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: just be cool, and uh, he might enjoy this story. 178 00:10:01,200 --> 00:10:03,880 Speaker 1: He might actually already know this story. It's he might 179 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:06,400 Speaker 1: be related to them, might be related to the guy. Yeah, 180 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:19,960 Speaker 1: we're talking about sacred Eisenstein Son Steinson, Steinson. Yes, that's 181 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:22,720 Speaker 1: a tough one because you want to say Eisenstein because 182 00:10:22,760 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: that's somebody who of a historical note. I believe Eisenstein. 183 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,040 Speaker 1: But yeah, it's E Y S T E I N 184 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 1: S S O N. And the subtitle of this one 185 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:40,000 Speaker 1: is versus the Decapitated head Um with VP with with 186 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: a head and lost. I'll bite your ass, you know, 187 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:47,400 Speaker 1: if any money Python fans out there in the audience. 188 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: So this is this is a story of uh well, 189 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,120 Speaker 1: this is one of saga I guess, the stories of 190 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: kings of Norway and their conquests. And there are two 191 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:01,920 Speaker 1: all encompassing end of you know, saga's, like epic tales 192 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,880 Speaker 1: that really paint the picture of this period in history. 193 00:11:05,200 --> 00:11:11,719 Speaker 1: We've got hims Kringla and or or Orcan Orcaninga. And 194 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: according to the chronicles Um of these of these two stories, 195 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:22,160 Speaker 1: the tale of Sigurd starts after the Battle of Hart's Fjord. 196 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 1: And again we are not native again, not for the 197 00:11:24,760 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 1: first time we've said it in the past, when I 198 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,160 Speaker 1: say again, uh visa the any weird pronunciations, We are 199 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,920 Speaker 1: not native speakers of this language. And there are some 200 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: real doozy pronunciations here. So we're going to do our 201 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: best to do our duty to God in our country, 202 00:11:38,440 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 1: to help other people, and to obey the law of pronunciation. 203 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: And there we go. Now, it was this amazing um spectacle, 204 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: a maritime spectacle, an epic naval battle, and this went 205 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:58,880 Speaker 1: across decades from eight seventy two c. E or a D, 206 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 1: whichever you prefer to. Nine hundred CE or a D. 207 00:12:03,120 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: This was the for This led to the formation of 208 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: the Kingdom of Norway, finally unified Norway. And there's this 209 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: Viking chief. His name is Harold fair Hair, as in 210 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 1: like light colored hair, and he um, he's the guy 211 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:24,560 Speaker 1: who brings everybody together, all these small kingdoms. He brings 212 00:12:24,600 --> 00:12:28,600 Speaker 1: them under the banner of a single ruler as yeah, 213 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:33,359 Speaker 1: and he says a conqueror unifier. Yes. He says, Hey, everybody, 214 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:37,559 Speaker 1: I'm I'm the first king of the Norwegians, and and 215 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: I need help to uh, I need help to quiet 216 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:47,080 Speaker 1: down the dissidents, especially these rogue pirate vikings during this 217 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:50,880 Speaker 1: uh this epic battle. And he gets the help of 218 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 1: someone named Rognvald roden Wold uh ey Steinson. Hey, al 219 00:12:58,520 --> 00:13:00,319 Speaker 1: right there, we think he did. Well, what do you 220 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:02,520 Speaker 1: what do? What do you do when you've gotta oh 221 00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: with the little slash through it, it kind of looks 222 00:13:04,520 --> 00:13:07,480 Speaker 1: like a no sign? Is that what? What? How does 223 00:13:07,480 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: that affect the pronunciation? Because we've got this fellow Rognwald 224 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: was of a land called More. But with that with 225 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 1: the slash through the oh, we are hopefully we are 226 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 1: hopefully being charming in our inability to pronounce this stuff correctly, 227 00:13:25,440 --> 00:13:29,040 Speaker 1: and we apologize to the good people of Norway. It's 228 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:32,800 Speaker 1: it's a great question. Help us out. Let us know. Anyway, 229 00:13:32,800 --> 00:13:37,120 Speaker 1: here's what you need to know. Harold and rogan Wald Rognvald, 230 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:42,880 Speaker 1: they are cooperating to get rid of these rogue elopments, 231 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:47,880 Speaker 1: these pirates. And as they're annexing these kingdoms, as they're 232 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,840 Speaker 1: fighting off these folks who are saying I don't want 233 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,960 Speaker 1: to be in your Norway thing. I've are the son 234 00:13:55,040 --> 00:13:59,040 Speaker 1: of rogn Wald is killed, and so the king says, 235 00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:03,280 Speaker 1: I feel bad. So you know what, I'm gonna seed 236 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 1: some land to you. I'm gonna give you these islands, 237 00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:10,640 Speaker 1: Shetland and Orkney. I'm also going to promote you to nobility. 238 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,559 Speaker 1: This is a word, by the way, that a lot 239 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:16,640 Speaker 1: of folks in the in the United States only learned 240 00:14:16,640 --> 00:14:19,720 Speaker 1: through the amazing game Skyrim. We're also gonna give you 241 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:24,000 Speaker 1: these tiny ponies to breed on your island and uh 242 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,280 Speaker 1: and make a name for yourself. And and these tiny 243 00:14:26,320 --> 00:14:30,480 Speaker 1: ponies Shetland and right, don't fact check that, for no 244 00:14:30,520 --> 00:14:34,040 Speaker 1: one fact check that. But but so he becomes a yarl. 245 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:37,000 Speaker 1: Think of it like an earl, right, I think yarl 246 00:14:37,440 --> 00:14:41,280 Speaker 1: is way more impressive sounding than earl. You know, it's 247 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 1: just it's got a yard to it. You know, it's 248 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,920 Speaker 1: got a real it's got some real zip Ben, Who 249 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: is your favorite yarl? Oh? Uh, I don't like a 250 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 1: lot of them. I'm gonna, I'm gonna. I think they 251 00:14:57,160 --> 00:15:01,760 Speaker 1: are meant to be uh cautionary tales about the danger 252 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: of power. A guy in white runs. Okay, that's fine, 253 00:15:06,960 --> 00:15:10,080 Speaker 1: but I mean if you side with what the imperially 254 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: said with the uh with the storm folks, yes, oh 255 00:15:15,920 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 1: fre scited looking at him. It's been a long time saying. Then. 256 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: I think I've mentioned that I got to a place 257 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,720 Speaker 1: where I I transported myself to the land of the 258 00:15:23,800 --> 00:15:27,280 Speaker 1: dragons and before I had any business doing so. And 259 00:15:27,280 --> 00:15:30,840 Speaker 1: then my previous save was hours and hours in the past. 260 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:32,760 Speaker 1: I was like, you know what, I gotta put a 261 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 1: pen in this one I never actually finished. Is not 262 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:38,800 Speaker 1: fun if you're not ready to fight all the w Well, 263 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:41,600 Speaker 1: that's all true, and I want to go back to 264 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: an earlier point. I think maybe we're less impressed with 265 00:15:45,280 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 1: earl because I don't know about you. I know, like 266 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,960 Speaker 1: three guys named Earl and they're just regular dudes. They're awesome. 267 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:54,520 Speaker 1: There's if you're listening to that show all the Best. Yeah, 268 00:15:54,560 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: my name name is which is just like kind of 269 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: an everyman dim Win, you know, sort of hapless Fellows. 270 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: So yeah, Earl. We also have our local venue, the 271 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:07,280 Speaker 1: Earl East Atlanta Restaurant and Lounge. So I think our 272 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,920 Speaker 1: our our understanding of Earl is has been a little 273 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: bit more modernized, whereas yar all just kind of has 274 00:16:12,640 --> 00:16:16,360 Speaker 1: some gravitas attached to it, you know. Yeah, and this 275 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: gravitas is even more magnified back here in in you know, 276 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:26,320 Speaker 1: these first few centuries a d this is why. Okay, 277 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: So the guy owns the Islands Road World and he's 278 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:35,120 Speaker 1: got the fair Hair's permission to transfer his power. So 279 00:16:35,200 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: he says, thank you very much for um, you know, 280 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:42,960 Speaker 1: thank you very much for recognizing my grief and the 281 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,200 Speaker 1: death of my child. I would like to give this 282 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: power and this yar Old ship to my brother. Cigarette. 283 00:16:51,360 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: Uh and cigarette is what's called a forecastle, man? Are you? 284 00:16:56,320 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: Are you guys familiar with forecastle? I'm guessing it's a 285 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: autical term because usually if there's a esoteric word that 286 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: I don't know that comes from these kinds of historical tales. 287 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 1: It has to do with chips. The forecastle is the 288 00:17:12,000 --> 00:17:16,720 Speaker 1: upper deck of a sailing ship. So yeah, so this 289 00:17:16,840 --> 00:17:19,639 Speaker 1: is it's the four or I guess back then it 290 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,240 Speaker 1: would be the part of a ship where the sailors 291 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 1: would have living quarters. Anyway, he's a big deal, right, 292 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:31,880 Speaker 1: And so Sigurd says, all right, thank you, bro, literally 293 00:17:32,000 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: my brother, and I'm gonna hang out with my buddy 294 00:17:36,600 --> 00:17:42,200 Speaker 1: Thorstein the Red, and we're going to start amassing more land. Right, 295 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: let's expand the brand, they say, just like mac and 296 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 1: always sunny. Uh. And they start start conquering pieces of 297 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:54,280 Speaker 1: modern day northern Scotland. Uh. And this guy, sigured, he 298 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:58,439 Speaker 1: starts getting some street names like the Mighty the Mighty. 299 00:17:58,440 --> 00:18:00,199 Speaker 1: You know, it's funny I mentioned earlier, like you know, 300 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:03,440 Speaker 1: I think I said unifier and you said conqueror sort 301 00:18:03,440 --> 00:18:05,479 Speaker 1: of like it depends on who's telling the story, right, 302 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:09,560 Speaker 1: one person's unifier as another person's brutal conqueror. So the 303 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:13,960 Speaker 1: idea of a lot of these historical tales of um 304 00:18:13,960 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 1: founding new lands involved raping and pillaging existing ones but 305 00:18:18,960 --> 00:18:22,200 Speaker 1: then in the telling you kind of if it favors 306 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:25,600 Speaker 1: the winners, obviously the victors. So you end up hearing 307 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,359 Speaker 1: about people with names like the mighty as opposed to 308 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:35,040 Speaker 1: the bloodthirsty or the rapacious. And in the process of 309 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 1: this conquering this expansion, Sigurd challenges the native king, the 310 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 1: native ruler. His name is King male Brick b r 311 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 1: I g t E. And they are going to have 312 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:55,760 Speaker 1: a battle for the ownership or dominion over the kingdom 313 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:59,600 Speaker 1: of Mori. Not to be confused with Mari Povich. Uh. 314 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,600 Speaker 1: This this guy, this guy has more. They hit each 315 00:19:02,600 --> 00:19:04,560 Speaker 1: other with chairs. That's well, that's one of that type 316 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:08,040 Speaker 1: of show, right right, Well the picture forty men doing that, 317 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:11,360 Speaker 1: but without without chairs. You know, they're they're using spears 318 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:14,879 Speaker 1: and they're they're killing each other right with no ad breaks. 319 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 1: And so we mentioned earlier house Cigurd has his his nickname, 320 00:19:20,119 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 1: which is the Mighty or an old Norse that would 321 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,920 Speaker 1: be Ricky, which was much more intimidating back then. Uh, 322 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,159 Speaker 1: this guy has a nickname to mile. He does, and 323 00:19:30,240 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: that's an unfortunate nickname. As nicknames go, usually sometimes it 324 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,080 Speaker 1: involves an act that you've done that's impressive, and then 325 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,600 Speaker 1: people feel that you're in a nickname like the mighty 326 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:41,960 Speaker 1: or the conqueror, or or the bloodthirsty as as I 327 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 1: mentioned before, or you know, the impaler perhaps. Uh, this 328 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:47,919 Speaker 1: guy's nickname just kind of came from the cut of 329 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:52,840 Speaker 1: his jib, which was a little buck toothed, his jim cut. Um, 330 00:19:52,880 --> 00:19:56,760 Speaker 1: So he was known as the buck tooth. Yeah, mild 331 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: the buck tooth, quelling fear for right saw the horizon, 332 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:04,480 Speaker 1: the buck tooth. Indeed, he had a bit of a 333 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 1: Stephen King thing going, oh boy, yeah, and uh, the 334 00:20:09,119 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: the idea here was that forty men from Sigurd side 335 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 1: and forty men from the buck tooth side. Um, we're 336 00:20:16,280 --> 00:20:19,480 Speaker 1: gonna fight it out to the death and and see 337 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:23,360 Speaker 1: who remained. Yeah, yeah, and I'm glad you point that out. 338 00:20:23,440 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 1: It's forty people from each side. So this is really 339 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 1: an eighty person deadly MORI battle situation. More than like 340 00:20:31,359 --> 00:20:33,400 Speaker 1: a war, you know what I mean. It's really more 341 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 1: like a contest, you know what I mean, Because forty 342 00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:38,800 Speaker 1: on forty it really is kind of like a like 343 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 1: a really intense brawl. It gets even weirder because old 344 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,840 Speaker 1: Sigurd is practicing what we were call real politic, right, 345 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: and he's saying, hey, this isn't boxing rules, this is 346 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:56,199 Speaker 1: to the death. And I assume old buck Tooth is 347 00:20:56,200 --> 00:21:00,880 Speaker 1: gonna fight dirty. So instead of the agreed on forty 348 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: ben on horseback, he double saddles them, right, so there 349 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,959 Speaker 1: are two guys on every hoard, and this brings his 350 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:13,119 Speaker 1: side up to eighty people. And then the that brings 351 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:16,680 Speaker 1: the entire battle royale here to a hundred and twenty dudes. 352 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,600 Speaker 1: So things are already out of hand. Oh yeah, clearly 353 00:21:19,640 --> 00:21:22,719 Speaker 1: favoring sigurd side because he is being as the trailer 354 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:29,280 Speaker 1: park boys would say, greasy, greasy and old old buck tooth. 355 00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,160 Speaker 1: And again there's a reason we're leaning on this. Old 356 00:21:32,240 --> 00:21:37,880 Speaker 1: buck Tooth is a competent commander, but he is simply outmatched, 357 00:21:38,080 --> 00:21:41,000 Speaker 1: and as you point out, and it does not go 358 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,840 Speaker 1: well for him. He dies and his forces are overwhelmed. 359 00:21:45,400 --> 00:21:50,560 Speaker 1: Sigurd decapitates him, so yeah, removes his head and and 360 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:54,679 Speaker 1: he is Sigurd is riding high off the off the 361 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: bloody victory, right, and he he says, Okay, I'm gonna 362 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: let everybody know I am proud of the horror in 363 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 1: the havoc. I have sown today. Yes, yeah, look upon 364 00:22:08,800 --> 00:22:11,920 Speaker 1: me wh my works you might indeed, and you say 365 00:22:11,960 --> 00:22:14,680 Speaker 1: he was riding high off of his victory. I would 366 00:22:14,760 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 1: imagine this was the day of people kind of drinking 367 00:22:17,240 --> 00:22:20,240 Speaker 1: meat and stuff instead of water. So he's probably riding 368 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,000 Speaker 1: nile and some other stuff too, um, and was a 369 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 1: little bit maybe numbed to the fact that this decapitated 370 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,600 Speaker 1: head that he then tied onto his horse was kind 371 00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:35,720 Speaker 1: of banging against his bare leg um during his his travels, 372 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:39,240 Speaker 1: you know, his his sort of victory lap, right, And 373 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: lest we not forget that the nickname and the associated uh, 374 00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:47,919 Speaker 1: the associated feature of this severed head, giant buck teeth 375 00:22:49,040 --> 00:22:52,880 Speaker 1: that were right there against the dude's bare leg because 376 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,560 Speaker 1: I guess he was wearing some kind of some kind 377 00:22:55,600 --> 00:22:57,719 Speaker 1: of kilts, you know, or at the very least like 378 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: you know, I mean, yeah, I don't know exactly, but 379 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:05,159 Speaker 1: he definitely had his legs exposed. Um. And so, for 380 00:23:05,240 --> 00:23:09,040 Speaker 1: whatever reason, be the cold, be it the power, mad, 381 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,800 Speaker 1: blood lust, drunkenness, or the actual drunkenness, he was not 382 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:15,200 Speaker 1: paying very close attention to the fact that this thing 383 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:18,920 Speaker 1: was grinding on him, not in a not in a 384 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:22,280 Speaker 1: fetching way, but in like a way that was, you know, 385 00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 1: causing him a slow injury. Yeah, And there might be 386 00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:30,680 Speaker 1: a bit of myth making here because this this happens 387 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:35,320 Speaker 1: so long ago. It's quite possible that old Sigurd got 388 00:23:35,359 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 1: another wound that resulted in an infection. But the way 389 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:44,720 Speaker 1: the story goes, Bucktooth had his revenge because the scratching 390 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:50,840 Speaker 1: of his protruding teeth against his murderer's leg caused a 391 00:23:51,119 --> 00:23:56,200 Speaker 1: deep infection. The infection worsened quickly, Sigurd gets a fever 392 00:23:56,800 --> 00:24:01,719 Speaker 1: for several days, He's on death's door and then he dies. 393 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 1: How metal is that someone cuts off your head and 394 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 1: you end them from the grave. Also a ridiculous way 395 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:14,520 Speaker 1: to die. And this is this is just one example. 396 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 1: We have another one that is I think less a 397 00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 1: wartime death and more kind of a a hazard of 398 00:24:23,280 --> 00:24:27,080 Speaker 1: living the high life. This is the story of a 399 00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:31,440 Speaker 1: Swedish king named Adolph Frederick, no relation to our pal 400 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:41,600 Speaker 1: map or maybe I don't know, I haven't asked him. Yes, indeed, 401 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:46,639 Speaker 1: Old Adolph Frederick who ruled from seventeen fifty one to 402 00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: seventeen seventy one during a you know, kind of some 403 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,360 Speaker 1: glory days there in Sweden none as the Age of liberty, 404 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:59,280 Speaker 1: a time when um Swedish people got a lot of 405 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:03,959 Speaker 1: important rights, civil rights, there was a lot of of 406 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 1: peace time. Uh, and it was it was essentially like 407 00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 1: a very very you know, solid lovely time to be 408 00:25:10,600 --> 00:25:13,679 Speaker 1: alive and that part of the world. In seventeen sixty six, 409 00:25:14,080 --> 00:25:18,719 Speaker 1: the Swedish Parliament also passed legislation supporting things like freedom 410 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 1: of the press and freedom of information. I don't know, 411 00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:23,760 Speaker 1: maybe I'm just not educated in this, you know, in 412 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 1: the politics of this part of the world, but that's 413 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,159 Speaker 1: surprising to me for for that stuff to be established, 414 00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,800 Speaker 1: you know that early in Europe under kind of a 415 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,720 Speaker 1: a monarchy, you know, which you think of typically as 416 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: being a bit you know, overbearing and controlling when it 417 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:42,080 Speaker 1: comes to these kinds of things. Yeah, the Age of liberty. 418 00:25:42,200 --> 00:25:46,960 Speaker 1: This is a very interesting time in Sweden because this 419 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:50,560 Speaker 1: is also part of a big part of Finnish history. 420 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:55,600 Speaker 1: There's a move towards parliamentary governments right as opposed to 421 00:25:55,600 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: an absolute monarchy. It's still not it's still very much 422 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:01,960 Speaker 1: not what you would think of when you think of 423 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:06,919 Speaker 1: democracy today. But this is a time of great progress. 424 00:26:06,960 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: As you said, Noel and the weird thing is that 425 00:26:12,840 --> 00:26:17,920 Speaker 1: all it takes in history is one little mishap. And 426 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,119 Speaker 1: that's the headline, you know what I mean, that's the 427 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,360 Speaker 1: title of the paper, that's the footnote. Here's the headline 428 00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 1: for Swedish King Adolph Frederick. Do you think about all 429 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,919 Speaker 1: the cool stuff he may have done for his people, 430 00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:35,000 Speaker 1: for his constituency. Now you remember how he died because 431 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:40,440 Speaker 1: he ate himself to death on February twelfth, seventeen seventy one, 432 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:45,880 Speaker 1: just a few years before the foundation of the United States. 433 00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:50,680 Speaker 1: At Off is celebrating a holiday. It's called Shrove Tuesday. 434 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,919 Speaker 1: Shrove Tuesday is kind of like the pregame for Lentz. 435 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 1: And during Lentz, you know, people forego certain things. Right, 436 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: You still see it around today. What are you giving 437 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,560 Speaker 1: up for lens? Right? And the smart Alec answer is 438 00:27:04,600 --> 00:27:08,719 Speaker 1: I'm giving up lent for lent Right? Is is shrove 439 00:27:09,359 --> 00:27:12,840 Speaker 1: a derivation or a related to the word shriven? We 440 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,440 Speaker 1: always say when when when we're asking if we've done 441 00:27:15,440 --> 00:27:17,399 Speaker 1: our our our homework, if we've been good boys, and 442 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 1: we ask if we're shriven? Uh, you know what? That 443 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 1: makes sense to me? It's a traditional feast day right 444 00:27:23,960 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: before Lent. So okay, here we go an English Heritage 445 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,199 Speaker 1: dot org dot UK. The word shrove comes from the 446 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:33,560 Speaker 1: Old Roman Catholic practice of being shriven, meaning to confess 447 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,360 Speaker 1: one sends to unburden oneself. So I think we're using 448 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:40,240 Speaker 1: the term correctly. And Shrove Tuesday is the day where 449 00:27:40,280 --> 00:27:45,919 Speaker 1: you kind of have a grand hurrah. It's the pre game. Yeah, yeah, exactly. 450 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:49,280 Speaker 1: And you know that there are, uh, there are certain 451 00:27:49,400 --> 00:27:53,480 Speaker 1: delicacies associated with it, like pancakes and and lots of 452 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 1: sweetie treaties, you know. And you so the idea is 453 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: you're gonna get on the straight and narrow during Lent, right, 454 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:04,200 Speaker 1: do your duty as as you said at the top, 455 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:08,080 Speaker 1: for God in your country. And so why not loosen 456 00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:11,160 Speaker 1: up a little before? You have to be a good kid, right, 457 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:13,919 Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Party on Saturday, go to 458 00:28:14,040 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 1: church on Sunday, benge and purge just so, which is 459 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 1: not a healthy idea of folks. But and you'll see 460 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,639 Speaker 1: why in just a second. So our pal Adolph, he says, 461 00:28:25,920 --> 00:28:28,120 Speaker 1: I'm gonna ball out, you know what I mean. I'm 462 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 1: the king, We've been making a lot of progress. I'm 463 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: gonna give myself an ad of boy. Uh. So I'm 464 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,080 Speaker 1: gonna he's going to you know, the royal chefs and 465 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:40,080 Speaker 1: the cookeries and so on, and he says, you know it, 466 00:28:40,120 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: give me the lobster, oh and the caviart, Oh and 467 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: the kippers. Put some sauerkraut with that. Um, boil that meat, 468 00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:49,959 Speaker 1: you know what I mean. I'll take some turnips. You know. 469 00:28:50,120 --> 00:28:57,800 Speaker 1: It's it's like that thing where you show up wells 470 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: the notable delicacy turns and boil it all. Yeah, that's 471 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 1: the best way to cook at me. Let's make it 472 00:29:04,000 --> 00:29:09,080 Speaker 1: into a slop. Put it in a bucket. Yeah. So 473 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 1: he was a competitive eater, but he was only competing 474 00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 1: against himself. History historians rather imagine that our pal King 475 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 1: Frederick was probably used to this was used to an 476 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: excess of eating. Uh And by the way, the whole 477 00:29:25,840 --> 00:29:31,080 Speaker 1: time he's eating, he's guzzling champagne. And then he decided 478 00:29:31,120 --> 00:29:33,600 Speaker 1: to have some dessert, because when are we going to 479 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,240 Speaker 1: be here again? It's gonna make a just a note here. 480 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,000 Speaker 1: This might be wrong, but I'm gonna say anyways, I'm 481 00:29:39,040 --> 00:29:41,960 Speaker 1: just envisioning he's naked while doing all this too. Oh, 482 00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:44,440 Speaker 1: I hope. So, oh why not, man, here's your imagination. 483 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: Let it go crazy. I'll tell you what I'm envisioning. 484 00:29:46,680 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 1: Is another Monty Python reference. From the Meaning of Life. 485 00:29:50,120 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 1: There's a character named Mr Creosote, who is this absurdly 486 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: cartoonishly large man who's eating at a fine French restaurant 487 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: and just you know, gorging himself. It's real gross out humor. 488 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 1: He vomits a lot, and then he asks the uh, 489 00:30:04,320 --> 00:30:07,040 Speaker 1: he asks the maitre D to bring him a bucket 490 00:30:08,000 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 1: in which he gorges himself and then vomits into the bucket. 491 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: And then at the end he's like, you know, he's 492 00:30:13,160 --> 00:30:16,200 Speaker 1: he's covered in in puke. Everyone is completely disgusted, but 493 00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 1: he's obviously very very wealthy, and so no one's really 494 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,200 Speaker 1: saying anything. And the maitre D says, could I interest 495 00:30:21,240 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 1: you in welfire thin delicacy for you, you know, for 496 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 1: your after dinner to treat And he goes another thing 497 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:34,360 Speaker 1: and then he goes but uh, it's a wafer thin 498 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:38,280 Speaker 1: and then he takes it with like some tongs and 499 00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:40,920 Speaker 1: he puts it in his mouth and then he runs 500 00:30:40,920 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: and ducks and covers behind some tables like like an army, 501 00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:49,200 Speaker 1: you know, trench and then the guy explodes. Yeah, makes sense. Uh, 502 00:30:49,360 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 1: you know the feather on the camel's back. Um, Frederick's 503 00:30:52,480 --> 00:30:56,320 Speaker 1: got one of these two because he cannot finished this meal. 504 00:30:56,400 --> 00:31:01,280 Speaker 1: He cannot properly celebrate Shrove Tuesday fee if he does 505 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:06,000 Speaker 1: not and did with a traditional Shrove Tuesday dessert, the 506 00:31:06,320 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 1: humble simila. It's a bun, it's made from flower. It's 507 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:14,640 Speaker 1: been around since fifty one. People have been eating this 508 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:20,200 Speaker 1: every Shrove Tuesday. Anyone who's anyone in Sweden, any member 509 00:31:20,200 --> 00:31:23,360 Speaker 1: of the aristocracy or the literary class, they gotta have 510 00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:27,120 Speaker 1: their simulas. And uh, this guy's got a sweet tooth, right, 511 00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 1: even if he isn't a completely sweet band himself, the 512 00:31:30,640 --> 00:31:33,560 Speaker 1: way to his heart is through a seml up and 513 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:38,120 Speaker 1: he eats a ton of them. He eats fourteen and 514 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:42,480 Speaker 1: one goes. So if you are familiar with the with 515 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:47,000 Speaker 1: the Swedish practice of consuming this traditional dessert, you'll you'll 516 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 1: find it reasonable that a majority of Swedish people who 517 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: practice eat between four and five similars between New Year 518 00:31:55,760 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 1: and Lent. So this guy goes for fourteen one go 519 00:31:59,760 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: and and they are each served to him, not playing, 520 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 1: but get this in a bowl of hot milk with 521 00:32:07,280 --> 00:32:13,000 Speaker 1: cinnamon and raisins. Why hot milk? I mean by by 522 00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:15,840 Speaker 1: like I could see try one for the experience, you 523 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,040 Speaker 1: know when in Rome, but you would think by like 524 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 1: number six, you would say, hey, hold off on the 525 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 1: hot milk. This is like the most decadent cereal situation 526 00:32:25,800 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: that I've ever heard of. Like you know, you've got 527 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: your like honeycomb cereal, Like you know, cereals sort of 528 00:32:30,560 --> 00:32:35,240 Speaker 1: are tiny representations of typically larger confections like cookie crisp, 529 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 1: you know, or like you know, little little cinnamon buns, 530 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 1: but they're tiny. This guy's eating full sized ones in 531 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: like a trough of milk with weird raisins. Leave the 532 00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:46,960 Speaker 1: raisins out for the raisins or grapes that didn't make it. 533 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:49,960 Speaker 1: I've said it before. I will die on that hill 534 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 1: with you, Ben, Uh, yeah, I really will. But a 535 00:32:52,840 --> 00:32:54,640 Speaker 1: lot of people really like raisins, so you know, teach 536 00:32:54,680 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 1: their more reasons for you, folks, more reasons indeed for 537 00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:02,200 Speaker 1: you those extra scoops. Can you can have a so yeah, 538 00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 1: he he did finally decide to stop eating. He did 539 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,680 Speaker 1: finally do that, but it was it was kind of 540 00:33:09,680 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: too late. The damage had been done. That's the very 541 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:21,080 Speaker 1: same day he died of digestive problems trapped wind. Perhaps 542 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 1: I don't know, he didn't explode like Mr Creusot, which 543 00:33:26,040 --> 00:33:29,080 Speaker 1: would have been, you know, a cartoonish ending to a 544 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:32,040 Speaker 1: seemingly great man. Now let's let's not let's not let's 545 00:33:32,040 --> 00:33:34,160 Speaker 1: talk completely, you know, throw this guy to the bus 546 00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: for his vices, you know he did. I don't. I 547 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 1: don't know his politics exactly. It could have been like 548 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 1: a situation where things were just going well and he 549 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,960 Speaker 1: got to take credit for it. Maybe it was more 550 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,640 Speaker 1: to the credit of you know, other lawmakers and politicians, 551 00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:49,680 Speaker 1: but you know, the the king gets the credit. So 552 00:33:49,720 --> 00:33:53,200 Speaker 1: I mean, it was this golden time. But it seemingly 553 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,360 Speaker 1: this guy had some real problems with self control that 554 00:33:56,480 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 1: ultimately led to his untimely. Darwin asked of mis Yeah, 555 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:05,600 Speaker 1: he had a lot of stress, and unfortunately, because he 556 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:10,680 Speaker 1: dies before you know, he his preparation for lent prevented 557 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 1: him from celebrating length that year. But his death also 558 00:34:14,080 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 1: has some far reaching social consequences because despite the fact 559 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,280 Speaker 1: that there's a parliament, there's still a monarchy, which means 560 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:28,200 Speaker 1: that regardless of how unqualified your air might be, they 561 00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:32,319 Speaker 1: still get the catbird seat. So when Frederick dies, When 562 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:37,760 Speaker 1: Adolf Frederick dies, his son Gustav the third gets the throne. 563 00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 1: And Gustav, not as much of a nice guy, he 564 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:45,120 Speaker 1: ends the age of liberty. He in states a dictatorship. 565 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,600 Speaker 1: He says, he says that freedom of the presses for 566 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:53,359 Speaker 1: the birds passed me. Another sembla kill the journalists, and uh, 567 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:56,400 Speaker 1: let's start a war with Russia. And he lost. So 568 00:34:56,480 --> 00:35:01,839 Speaker 1: you could also argue that Adolf frederick vices were not 569 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:04,960 Speaker 1: only his undoing, with the undoing of the country. Just 570 00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:08,279 Speaker 1: so it's a bummer man, because you know, again, this 571 00:35:08,440 --> 00:35:11,360 Speaker 1: was a really glorious and kind of equitable time, a 572 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,440 Speaker 1: time before that was nearly as much of a thing 573 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,640 Speaker 1: as the rights and liberties that we take for granted 574 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:19,440 Speaker 1: here in the United States. However waning they might be, 575 00:35:20,000 --> 00:35:23,960 Speaker 1: um but literally it was a bowl of milk and 576 00:35:24,080 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 1: raisins and sweetie buns that completely unravels a democracy. And uh, 577 00:35:31,040 --> 00:35:35,399 Speaker 1: speaking of endings, shout out to the watchman line from 578 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:39,759 Speaker 1: Dr Manhattan, nothing ever ends. Uh, we are going to 579 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:44,320 Speaker 1: call it a day on these on these royal deaths 580 00:35:44,360 --> 00:35:46,839 Speaker 1: now we have we have at least six. We only 581 00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,760 Speaker 1: got to two because we're having such a time exploring these, 582 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:54,720 Speaker 1: and we hope that you tune in later this week 583 00:35:54,960 --> 00:35:58,719 Speaker 1: when we have more tails. We're gonna talk about a 584 00:35:58,880 --> 00:36:02,680 Speaker 1: keen dog a monkey. We're gonna go out with a bang. 585 00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,520 Speaker 1: We're gonna sound like a set up for a joke 586 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,440 Speaker 1: setting a dog and a monkey. You walk into a 587 00:36:07,520 --> 00:36:11,200 Speaker 1: palace and and we're going to get to um one 588 00:36:11,239 --> 00:36:15,920 Speaker 1: of uh, one of my favorites, also in ancient China. 589 00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,799 Speaker 1: We're gonna skip around in time, and we hope you 590 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 1: join us. Folks Man, this is I gotta say. I 591 00:36:24,239 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 1: you know, a lot of a lot of shows are 592 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,800 Speaker 1: are kicking their legs up for the holidays, but this, 593 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:32,439 Speaker 1: this show is always so much fun, uh, and I'm 594 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:35,040 Speaker 1: so glad to do it here. Yeah. It is a 595 00:36:35,120 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 1: natural two partner. And it also you know, it helps 596 00:36:37,200 --> 00:36:40,480 Speaker 1: us out because I think we'll probably publish a couple 597 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 1: of classics for the thick of the holidays. We wanted 598 00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:47,920 Speaker 1: to give you some meaty historical ridiculousness to sink your 599 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,560 Speaker 1: teeth into, to have you know, during your time off, 600 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:53,320 Speaker 1: and we really appreciate you all, every single one of 601 00:36:53,320 --> 00:36:55,799 Speaker 1: your ridiculous historians out there, and um we hope you 602 00:36:55,920 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 1: enjoy Part two coming at you very soon. Except for Kevin, 603 00:36:59,480 --> 00:37:01,200 Speaker 1: you know what you did, you do, you know what 604 00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:05,720 Speaker 1: you did a good person. You really insist on yourself. 605 00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:09,799 Speaker 1: He you know, he pushes people. So anyway, yes, thank 606 00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:13,520 Speaker 1: you of course, to our super producer Mr Max Williams. 607 00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:17,960 Speaker 1: To our research associate Mr Max Williams. Thanks to our 608 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:23,000 Speaker 1: good friends and fearsome foes the world around looking at you. 609 00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:26,319 Speaker 1: Jonathan Strickland Ak the Quister. When is he gonna be back? 610 00:37:26,360 --> 00:37:29,000 Speaker 1: I keep thinking we're gonna see him darkening our doorstep, 611 00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:33,440 Speaker 1: but then he gives us another reprieve. Yeah. Yeah, Plus 612 00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:35,560 Speaker 1: we always tell him that we're going to record on 613 00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:39,719 Speaker 1: Fridays at four and between the between the three of us, 614 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:43,160 Speaker 1: you know, by the time we get the Fridays for uh, 615 00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,480 Speaker 1: it's it could be it could be tough. You know what. 616 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:47,920 Speaker 1: We should just text you know what, we should just 617 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,799 Speaker 1: go to his house and record live. He'll be fine 618 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:53,440 Speaker 1: with that, right, I think, so I got so we 619 00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:56,400 Speaker 1: can get it an easy. That's a l tied surprise. 620 00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:58,680 Speaker 1: Thank you so much. We're gonna go out with our 621 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:09,279 Speaker 1: classic outro line, We'll see you next time, folks. 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