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EPISODE · Mar 24, 2026 · 1H 16M

"Deadliest Warriors" | Black Samurai "Yasuke" & King Leonidas | The Modern Apes Podcast

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BECOME A MEMBER OF THE APE ARMY TODAY ON PATREON!!   / themodernapes   Mushy Mushy, Monkey Monkey! Welcome back to another glorious episode of The Modern Apes Podcast with Tristan Bowling & Daniel Bridge-Gadd. We wanted to thank you for making the last two weeks (the Luis J. Gomez ep/solo ep after) a huge success. We are growing this thing one member of the Apes Army at a time. This week the boys are talking warriors. After last week with the Cartoon Wars we thought it would be good to bring it back to the OG core of the pod and do some ANCIENT APES. That and we both really like the show the "Deadliest Warrior". Daniel pulled up with a pound for pound top ten warrior of all time. King Leonidas leader of the famed Spartan 300 army. We take a brief look inside the childhood of a king and what it took to make it in Spartan culture. Then obviously we jump right into the battle from the film where the Spartans faced a situation where the only way to move is forward, and there is nothing more glorious then a heroes way out. All in all if you like Ancient Greek history and big battles you should like this ep. Tristan comes in with a person so cool it knocked Daniel's hair back. Have you heard of Yasuke, well you are about to, and no he's not Afro Samurai….Daniel asked that already so you don't have to. Yasuke is looked at as the First Black Samurai on record. After showing up in Japan in 1579 he swore his services to Oda Nobunaga and fought during the Sengoku period. Dude was known for legendary fights and probably had something to do with why chocolate youths are all the sudden into Anime. If you liked the episode and want to support the boys for free, just like the vid and subscribe to the channel to become part of the APE ARMY!! Tristan Bowling Instagram:   / tristanisacomedian   Daniel Bridge-Gadd Instagram:   / daniel_bridge_gadd   Modern Apes Page: Instagram:   / the_modern_apes  1:15 Patreon & Intro 2:11 Opening Riffs 7:30 Siegfried & Roy Riff 8:25 McFish From McDonalds 8:50 More Effort 10:00 How To Become a Warrior 13:38 Simolean Pirate Tristan 14:15 Open Toed Gangsters 15:23 American Names 17:00 Favorite Class of Warrior 17:43 Scary Movie 19:00 Warriors in June 20:50 Send Pics In 24:30 The Spartan Way 26:40 Leonidas' Ascension To Thrown 30:24 Video Games 34:13 Middle Eastern Affairs 50:34 Leonidas Wrap Up 51:48 Wukong Looks Like Yasuke 55:16 Yasuke Sent To Rome 58:30 Gwangju Uprising 59:00 Back Sliding Temple 1:03:00 Who's They 1:04:40 Bad Drawings 1:10:00 Wrap Up #Comedy #comedypodcast #ancienthistory #leonidas #300 #history #luisjgomez #gasdigital #skankfest #legionofskanks #tristanbowling #danielbridgegadd #yasuke #trending #new #fyp #podcast #jokeworld Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BECOME A MEMBER OF THE APE ARMY TODAY ON PATREON!!   / themodernapes   Mushy Mushy, Monkey Monkey! Welcome back to another glorious episode of The Modern Apes Podcast with Tristan Bowling & Daniel Bridge-Gadd. We wanted to thank you for making the last two weeks (the Luis J. Gomez ep/solo ep after) a huge success. We are growing this thing one member of the Apes Army at a time. This week the boys are talking warriors. After last week with the Cartoon Wars we thought it would be good to bring it back to the OG core of the pod and do some ANCIENT APES. That and we both really like the show the "Deadliest Warrior". Daniel pulled up with a pound for pound top ten warrior of all time. King Leonidas leader of the famed Spartan 300 army. We take a brief look inside the childhood of a king and what it took to make it in Spartan culture. Then obviously we jump right into the battle from the film where the Spartans faced a situation where the only way to move is forward, and there is nothing more glorious then a heroes way out. All in all if you like Ancient Greek history and big battles you should like this ep. Tristan comes in with a person so cool it knocked Daniel's hair back. Have you heard of Yasuke, well you are about to, and no he's not Afro Samurai….Daniel asked that already so you don't have to. Yasuke is looked at as the First Black Samurai on record. After showing up in Japan in 1579 he swore his services to Oda Nobunaga and fought during the Sengoku period. Dude was known for legendary fights and probably had something to do with why chocolate youths are all the sudden into Anime. If you liked the episode and want to support the boys for free, just like the vid and subscribe to the channel to become part of the APE ARMY!! Tristan Bowling Instagram:   / tristanisacomedian   Daniel Bridge-Gadd Instagram:   / daniel_bridge_gadd   Modern Apes Page: Instagram:   / the_modern_apes  1:15 Patreon & Intro 2:11 Opening Riffs 7:30 Siegfried & Roy Riff 8:25 McFish From McDonalds 8:50 More Effort 10:00 How To Become a Warrior 13:38 Simolean Pirate Tristan 14:15 Open Toed Gangsters 15:23 American Names 17:00 Favorite Class of Warrior 17:43 Scary Movie 19:00 Warriors in June 20:50 Send Pics In 24:30 The Spartan Way 26:40 Leonidas' Ascension To Thrown 30:24 Video Games 34:13 Middle Eastern Affairs 50:34 Leonidas Wrap Up 51:48 Wukong Looks Like Yasuke 55:16 Yasuke Sent To Rome 58:30 Gwangju Uprising 59:00 Back Sliding Temple 1:03:00 Who's They 1:04:40 Bad Drawings 1:10:00 Wrap Up #Comedy #comedypodcast #ancienthistory #leonidas #300 #history #luisjgomez #gasdigital #skankfest #legionofskanks #tristanbowling #danielbridgegadd #yasuke #trending #new #fyp #podcast #jokeworld Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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