MERRY CHRISTMAS ONE AND ALL, HO HO HO!!

In today's special episode, we'll be talking about the Christmas Truce during the First World War in 1914, where soldiers briefly put down their weapons to celebrate the day with their enemies.

We'll be discussing how the Christmas Truce happened, what went on during the day, and finding out who won that famous game of football between the Germans and English on the frontlines.

So grab a pint and join us as we talk about one of the most surprising developments in the horror that is World War One.

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🕵️‍♂️PINT-SIZED HISTORY TAKES ON THE CIA🕵️‍♂️

Today, Joe and Zack crack open the strangest, silliest, and craziest stories from the history of the CIA. You might think that some of these stories are too stupid to be true, but that's where you're wrong!

From botched assassinations to Cold War mischief, this episode dives headfirst into the shadowy and honestly mental world of this American intelligence agency.

In this episode, we cover:

🎯 Assassination Plots Gone Wrong - Including the many, many failed attempts to eliminate Fidel Castro (poisoned cigars, anyone?)

🌍 Cold War Chaos - The mad world of covert operations designed to one-up the KGB and stop communism at any cost

📺 Cat Spies — How the CIA allegedly trained cats to uncover the deepest, darkest, secrets of their enemies

So grab a pint and join us as we uncover the conspiracies, cover-ups, and completely unhinged moments that helped define modern intelligence and global politics.

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🕵️‍♂️PINT-SIZED HISTORY TAKES ON THE MAFIA🕵️‍♂️

Today, Joe and Zack dive into The Mob, The Mafia, the Cosa Nostra, or for those who don’t speak Italian, “Our Thing.”

We’re heading deep into the murky underworld of 20th-century organised crime, tracing how Sicilian immigrants in the 19th century built some of the most ruthless criminal syndicates the world has ever seen.

This series zeroes in on the Italian-American Mafia, but we’ll also touch on the Jewish, Irish, and Italian crime families that shaped America’s criminal landscape.

In Part Two, we cover:

🔫 The Valentines Day Massacre - How a fateful day in Chicago turned the world against Mobsters like Al Capone

💼 The Evolution of the Mob - How Charlie "Lucky" Luciano pulled the Five Families together to create the National Crime Syndicate and The Commission.

🎬 Mob Legends - Stories of real-life bosses, gangs, and mobsters who became pop-culture icons, like Lucky Luciano, Meyer Lansky, Arnold Rothstein, Murder Inc, John Gotti and more...

We also play a fun game of Fact or Fiction: Mobster edition!

Grab a pint and join us for a wild rollercoaster ride through the world of American thuggery, power plays, and the shadowy empire of the Mafia.

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