I Married A History Teacher

Steve and Lease tackle the impossible task of ranking the 10 most influential humans ever to live! So much to talk about here that the ep had to be cut into two long parts.... so you'll just have to tune in next week as well!!

We got it all in this ep- Trojans, Greeks, Vikings, Romans and Brad Pitt, lots of Brad Pitt.  CORRECTION: I confuse Roger Clemons and Curt Schilling in the beginning, please forgive me baseball fans of America.

Like a riot, like a riot, O!... This episode is not about riots though, it's about a Hungarian man by the name Franz Liszt and his maniac fans. 

Lisa and Steve dish about how Teddy Roosevelt created a whole friggin country! 

Steve and Lease talk life in isolated Japan and the tsunami that was unleashed after it was over.

Yeah, we get it, The Wire is a great show, maybe the best show... but Baltimore is more than just what you saw on HBO. The city has a rich history filled with extremely influential people. This episode we spread the good word of Baltimore by sending out our LOVE.

Are lightbulbs the greatest invention of the 19th century... or are they instruments of evil, wreaking havoc on the planet since their existence? It'd be a bright idea for you to tune in and find out.

That's right folks, it's not all dragons and ice zombies... some of this stuff is real... WAS real.  Steve and Lease bring on their own personal Thrones expert to talk about the real deal Westeros and Essos and the continent's interesting inhabitants. 

Steve and Lease talk early encounters and late conflicts between Europeans and the natives of South Africa.

Lease and Steve discuss the Opium Wars and the wake they left behind. Can't talk about this without talkin about the most ruthless gangsta the world has ever known...

We all know Lincoln was an incredible president who won the Civil War which eventually outlawed slavery in the US, but today Steve and Lease reveal his dirty little secret.... 

Everyone knows about the Spanish, English, Portuguese and French colonies in the Americas, heck probably even the Dutch ones.... but this one colony though...you won't guess this one!

Steve and Lease pick right back up where they left off talking all things 'Nam....Lease particularly likes dishin' about the draft, Steve has the voice of an angel. 

The first half of the duo's marathon recording session- part 1 of a 2 part series on all things Vietnam War.

Steve and Lease go pure story time mode and discuss the life of the most powerful Russian peasant of all time: Grigori Rasputin of Siberia.

The US Constitution has zero mention of political parties, so why does it seem like party politics dominate modern governance? Steve and Lease discuss how it's all due to a simple mathematical inevitability.

Lease and Steve tackle a tough subject... while trying to not misspeak too many times.

Steve and Lease analyze (in an extremely academic manner) what could’ve happened to England’s “Lost Colony.”

A bit of "prequel" leading up to Napoleon, as Steve and Lease keep it French this week.

Napoleon took over an entire continent! Then he made some bad mistakes.....