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00:02Hi, R.J.
00:03Hi, John.
00:04Wait, why are you talking to me?
00:06For over a decade, I have been known somewhat against my will as the History Guy on YouTube.
00:11I wore the polos, I mispronounced Levant, I gestured vaguely at Maps,
00:15and I was very, very excited to tell you about the Mongols.
00:19But now, it's your turn, R.J.
00:21I've seen your videos about history and social media, and yes, even Wordle,
00:25and I want you to be a host of our brand new series, The History Show.
00:30Wait, you want me to host? Uh, yeah?
00:35You don't sound so sure.
00:37Sorry, yes, I would be honored. I actually already built out a set and everything.
00:42So...
00:43Welcome to The History Show,
00:44where we're not talking about the same old stories you've heard a thousand times.
00:48No, we're gonna be unearthing some of the weirdest, grittiest, most bananas,
00:52sometimes literally bananas, madcap, forgotten,
00:56how the heck did we not learn this in school type of stories.
00:59Like how one Pope dug up the body of another dead Pope
01:02and then put that dude's corpse on trial just out of spite.
01:06Or how a Soviet squadron of women terrorized Nazi forces in Eastern Europe during World War II.
01:13Or how a pirate queen you've never heard of before basically took over all of the South China Sea
01:18and then pretty much just retired peacefully in the Chinese province of Guangdong.
01:23Oh, I love this, RJ. I love this for you and I love this for history.
01:27Thank you, John. I'll take it from here for a while.
01:29Is it Levant or is it Levant?
01:32Oh man, it's Levant, John. Levant.
01:35We've been through this a thousand times.
01:38.
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