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Murderhobos: Masculinity Throughout History
by Adam Franti
A historical biography podcast about men-at-arms and masculinity throughout history, hosted by historian Adam Franti.
Episodes
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The Red Baron Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos Submit questions: [email protected]
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The Red Baron, 1892 - 1918
Today on Murderhobos, the Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen. By the time of his violent death at twenty-five, he had shot down eighty aircraft out of the sky, often killing the pilot and crew as a result. Fighter pilots were by national propaganda turned into figures of chivalry, of the return of...
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Douglas Haig Q+A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Douglas Haig. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos Submit questions: [email protected]
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Douglas Haig, 1861 - 1928
Today on Murderhobos: Douglas Haig, the chief of the British Expeditionary Force in the First World War. Haig was a dashing figure in his youth, an up-and-comer in the military elite who has come to symbolically represent the incompetence and apathy of high command. But was Douglas Haig a…
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Native American Leaders Arc Q+A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about King Philip, Tecumseh, and Crazy Horse. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos Submit questions: [email protected]
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Crazy Horse Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Crazy Horse. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos Submit questions: [email protected]
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Crazy Horse, 1840 - 1877
Today on Murderhobos: Crazy Horse, the Lakota Warrior whose leadership against the US Army in the 1870s culminated in one of the most spectacular military victories of the century. He was a ferocious fighter on the battlefield, but at home he was a quiet, generous and spiritually sensitive man…
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Tecumseh Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Tecumseh. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos Submit questions: [email protected]
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Tecumseh, 1768 - 1813
Today on Murderhobos: Tecumseh. The Shawnee diplomat, strategist and war chief, who built with his brother a powerful tribal confederacy centered around opposition to the expanding United States. Tecumseh's famous charisma and skillful leadership in the War of 1812 challenged racist assumptions…
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King Philip Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about King Philip. Sorry for the delay! Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos Submit questions: [email protected]
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King Philip, 1638 - 1676
Today on Murderhobos: King Philip. A Wampanoag Sachem, whose name became synonymous with a bloody, horrific, war that nearly destroyed the English colonies of New England. The effectiveness of the Wampanoag and allied campaign led surviving colonists to construct a popular public memory of Philip...
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Pirate Arc Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about PIRATES. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos Submit questions: [email protected]
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Jean Lafitte Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Jean Lafitte. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos Submit questions: [email protected]
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Jean Lafitte, 1780 - 1823
Today on Murderhobos: Jean Lafitte. A pirate, smuggler, and American hero of the War of 1812. Together with his brother Pierre, he became one of the most popular folk heroes of the American South in the 19th century, a popularity which waned over the course of the century to his relative…
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Blackbeard Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Edward Thatch, Teach, Taych, Tack, whatever you wanna call him. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos
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Blackbeard, 1680 - 1718
Today on Murderhobos, Edward Teach, alias Blackbeard. Possibly the most famous pirate in history. Know primarily for his beard and his reputation for brutality and violence, he is in every way the pop culture exemplar of the golden age of piracy But his real life and violent death are a…
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Henry Morgan Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Henry Morgan: Pirate, Pirate Hunter, and Professional Alcoholic, in that order. The podcast episode Adam talks about with the costumer from Pirates of the Carribean:...
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Henry Morgan, 1635 - 1688
Today on Murderhobos, Captain Henry Morgan: a Jamacian planter, freebooter, and king of the so-called bretheren of the coast, whose brutal raids on Spanish colonies led to his knighthood and his position as Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. He was by fortune or chance tied to Jamaica at a critical...
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Colonel Thomas Monstery Q&A Episode!
The first Q&A episode of Season 2! Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Colonel Thomas Monstery. Adam's lecture on fencing in the 19th Century: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGwHVDdRFgc&ab_channel=LansingLongswordGuild Subscribe to the show on...
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Colonel Thomas Monstery, 1824 - 1902
Today on Murderhobos, Colonel Thomas Monstery: master fencer, military adventurer, filbuster, sailor and pulp novellist. What does his fiction have to do with his filibustering, and how does that explore the era of imperialism in which he lived, fought, and especially, wrote? Submit questions to...
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Murderhobos Season 2 Trailer
We're back! Our second season begins next week, on 9/2.
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Special Episode: Borgias and Bolognese Longsword (with Arik Mendelevitz)
Surprise! We know it's been a while but we're back with a special conversation to prepare you for Season 2, which'll be out before you know it. This week, a conversation between Adam and fencing instructor and historian Arik Mendelevitz. Arik recently published "Bolognese Longsword for the Modern...
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Special Episode: Calamity Jane, 1852 - 1903 (Pt. 2) (with Well Behaved Women) (2023)
Today on Murderhobos, another interim episode! This week, part 2 of our crossover episode with the excellent history podcast Well Behaved Women, hosted by Lauren Schill and Hannah Moses. The gang heads back to the Old West to take a closer look at Calamity Jane, sharpshooter, storyteller, and...
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Special Episode: Calamity Jane, 1852 - 1903 (Pt. 1) (with Well Behaved Women) (2023)
Today on Murderhobos, another interim episode! This week, a crossover episode with the excellent history podcast Well Behaved Women, hosted by Lauren Schill and Hannah Moses. The gang heads back to the Old West to take a closer look at Calamity Jane, sharpshooter, storyteller, and friend of Wild...
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Special Episode: Let's Talk About Crossbows! (2023)
Today on Murderhobos, another interim episode to slake your bloodthirst for season two. (Back, fiends!) This week, an interview Adam did with Dr. Stuart Ellis-Gorman for his podcast "Let's Talk About Crossbows" back in February. Adam and Stuart talk Gotz von Berlichingen, late medieval Germany…
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Special Episode: Lia De Beaumont, 1728 - 1810
Today on Murderhobos, our first guest episode! *Gasps, oohs and ahs* We're joined by fantasy author, friend of the show, and noted trans historian Alina Boyden to discuss transness in history. We talk about Lia De Beaumont, the Chevalière d'Éon, one of the most famous trans women in history, and…
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Special Episode: A.A. Ames, 1842 - 1911
Today on Murderhobos, a special episode produced by Tony. We're headed all the way back to Minneapolis, circa 1900. As the mill capital of the world, Minneapolis was packed to the brim with seasonal workers, thriving brothels, and scheming card sharks. But to Mayor Albert Alonzo Ames, it was just…
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Season 1 Q&A!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Murderhobos Season 1. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos
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Ernest Hemingway Q&A!
The last biography Q&A episode of Season 1! Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Ernest Hemingway. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos
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Ernest Hemingway, 1899 - 1961
Today on Murderhobos, Ernest Hemingway, a writer, sportsman, trophy hunter, and war correspondent, considered by many to be one of the best writers of the twentieth century. But what can studying Ernest Hemingway - and studying the study of Ernest Hemingway - teach us about masculinity in the...
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Sid Hatfield Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Sid Hatfield. Not the best audio quality on this one, apologies for the guerilla field recording. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show:...
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Sid Hatfield, 1891 - 1921
Today on Murderhobos, Sid Hatfield, otherwise known as Smilin' Sid, a West Virginia miner, gunslinger, chief of police, and hero to the US labor movement. His public murder in 1921 spurred on what would become the largest domestic uprising in US history following the Civil War. How did his life…
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Theodore Roosevelt Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Theodore Roosevelt. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos
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Theodore Roosevelt, 1858 - 1919
Today on Murderhobos, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, a trendsetter, politician, reformer, citizen soldier, and one of the most popular and influential American presidents of all time. How did a boy who grew up with severe asthma come to be known as one of history's chief promoters of the masculine...
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Wild Bill Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Wild Bill Hickok. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos
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Wild Bill Hickok, 1837 - 1876
Today on Murderhobos, James Butler Hickok, better known as Wild Bill Hickock, a wilderness scout, lawman, gambler, gunslinger, and half-hearted actor, who was one of the archetypal frontiersman and myth-makers of the American West. His short, violent life has been seen as a parallel to the…
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John Brown Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about John Brown. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos
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John Brown, 1800 - 1859
Today on Murderhobos: John Brown, an abolitionist, freedom fighter, and often considered one of America's first domestic terrorists. Brown has remained a hugely divisive figure in American history, presented either as a insane zealot or a hero of the downtrodden, but his action and motivation is...
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Hamilton Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Alexander Hamilton. Sorry for the audio quality on this one! Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos
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Alexander Hamilton, 1757 - 1804
Today on Murderhobos, Alexander Hamilton: an orphan, rebel, lover, founding father, and America's most famous duellist. Hamilton's life and tragic death has inspired musicals, films, and books, but his personal writings expose the anxious reality of political and personal power in a time of duels...
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McBane Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Donald McBane. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos
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Donald McBane, 1674 - 1732
Today on Murderhobos, Scottish duellist, adventurer, gambler, procurer, and gladiator Donald McBane, whose experiences as an enlisted soldier from 1689 to 1710 spanned three wars in three decades, including brothel keeping, running gambling tents, and fighting duels against peers, only to…
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Duel of the Mignons Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about Jacques de Caylus, Louis de Maugiron, and a bunch of other French dudes whose names I'm not gonna type in the show notes cause I'm lazy. Adam and his hats: https://imgur.com/7fK8WrM Subscribe to the show on…
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Duel Of The Mignons, 1578
Today on Murderhobos, the Duel of the Mignons, a bloody duel in which six of King Henry III's courtiers fought to the death in the summer of 1578. These men were celebrities among the French elite, distinguished warriors, cultural icons, and alleged lovers of the king. The duel left two dead on…
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Gotz Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about the man with the iron hand, Götz von Berlichingen. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos
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Götz von Berlichingen, 1480 - 1562
Today on Murderhobos, Götz von Berlichingen, a self-described "poor knight" whose career of plunder, feuding, and warfare continued for 50 years after the loss of his right hand in 1504. Armed with a prosthetic, Götz of the Iron Hand would ride as an enemy of bishops, in the service of rebel…
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William Marshal Q&A Episode!
Adam is joined by Murderhobos producer Tony Williams to answer your questions about the life and times of William Marshal. Subscribe to the show on Patreon: bit.ly/murderhobospatreon Make a one-time donation to the show: bit.ly/donatetomurderhobos
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William Marshal, 1147 - 1219
Today on Murderhobos, William Marshal, a 13th century Norman knight who became a friend and advisor to a string of English kings, whose astonishing career in the Norman tournament circuit made him one of the richest and most influential knights in the Angovine empire. His skill at arms in...
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Introduction - First Episode 5/1
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A historical biography podcast about men-at-arms and masculinity throughout history, hosted by historian Adam Franti.
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