Badass of the Week

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Throughout the course of human civilization certain individuals have stood out as being completely f***ing awesome. From ninjas and gunfighters to pirates and Vikings, to explorers, scientists and great leaders, these people - true badasses -...

Episodes

Babur: The Gunpowder King

Roald Amundsen: The Ice-Cold Genius Who Outsmarted Antarctica

The Lancaster: Fire, Steel, and Survival at 20,000 Feet

Isabella of France: The She-Wolf Who Toppled a King

The AC-130: Death From Above (with Special guest Special Missions Aviator Anthony Dyer )

The Vasa: Built to Dominate, Designed to Sink

Liver-Eating Johnson: The Mountain Man Boogeyman

Ishtar: Seduction, Slaughter, and the Underworld Heist

El Cid: The Baddest Knight in Spain

Kondo Isami: Last Samurai Standing

Josephine Baker: The Most Dangerous Woman in Paris

George Washington: Ice-Cold and Unkillable

Fridtjof Nansen: North of Insanity

Olympias: Snakes, Curses, and the Birth of an Empire

Marguerite de la Rocque: Alone on the Island of Demons

Gilgamesh: Immortal Power, Very Mortal Consequences

Butch Cassidy: The West’s Smoothest Criminal

Daniel Morgan: 499 Problems, the Crown Ain’t One

Petty Officer Robert J Thomas: The Last Bullet Is His.

St. Moses the Black: From Outlaw to Saint