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Episode 215: Marcus Licinius Crassus
🕑 Added 2021-01-26 19:13:46 +0000 UTCWe take a break from living billionaires this week to visit the richest man in the Roman republic. We cover everything from how he got it on with his brother's widow to his invention of the for-profit fire brigade to his misadventures in the middle east. We also note that he was a consul of Rome.
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K
Bernie one of the Gracchi brothers lol... David Graeber (half) jokes that the Romans would have made use of the steam engine if slaves were not so plentiful and cheap for them
Pepipopa
Really enjoyed this episode hope you do similar stuff again 👍
David
For example, is RFKJ still on the Vaccine Safety Task Force that Trump appointed him to in 2017? Did that actually happen? TIA
David
Do an ep on the history of vaccination and make sure to talk about RFK Jr.
We are seeing to it that Andy repentantly self-harms for this oversight
Alex Fabiilli
Andy of course not knowing that Tusken Raiders travel in single file to hide their numbers rather than stormtroopers almost ruined the entire episode. However Sean's blatant Italian racism saved it.
Thank you! Did not know that and happy we do now.
Mark Schneider
Enjoyable episode, guys!! One bit of trivia you left out (I'm only half thru the episode, so assuming) is that Gore Vidal was a scriptwriter on Spartacus, who slipped in that oysters v. snails gay stuff.
