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EPISODE · Mar 25, 2019 · 47 MIN

Episode 28 - World War II Heroes

from Lax Historical Context · host Sasha and Sean

It's the latest in an unofficial Lax Historical Context series! Sean and Sasha discuss a couple of heroic bastards, this time from World War II, though they've done away with the 'unsung' label for this discussion of heroes. In honor of Sasha's dip into non-Western history for this episode, they drink TY KU Cucumber Sake. 

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It's the latest in an unofficial Lax Historical Context series! Sean and Sasha discuss a couple of heroic bastards, this time from World War II, though they've done away with the 'unsung' label for this discussion of heroes. In honor of Sasha's dip into non-Western history for this episode, they drink TY KU Cucumber Sake.

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It's the latest in an unofficial Lax Historical Context series! Sean and Sasha discuss a couple of heroic bastards, this time from World War II, though they've done away with the 'unsung' label for this discussion of heroes. In honor of Sasha's dip...

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