41: Wild William Walker - The Finest Filibuster

from Oddball History · host Scott Crisp, Jimmy Nelson

This week on Oddball History, Jimmy and Scott talk Jason Statham, outrageous bodybuilding contest entrance fees and filibuster William Walker, the diminutive, nasally-voiced Southerner who managed to take over Nicaragua for a short time in the 1850s. Chapters (00:00) Intro (02:40) William Walker Background (07:05) Willy Takes on Mexico (15:23) A Random Dallas Fact (16:00) Willy Takes on Nicaragua (23:02) Willy Takes on Everyone Else (27:03) Willy Walker Burns Dow Granada (28:16) Back to America (30:14) Willy's Last Honduran Hurrah (37:00) Comedy Talk and Fantasy Football

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