356 episodes

The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.

Our podcast will always be free, but if you think what we do is worth a buck you can throw us one here:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast Lions Led By Donkeys

    • Comedy
    • 4.6 • 9 Ratings

The Lions Led By Donkeys podcast is a military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.

Our podcast will always be free, but if you think what we do is worth a buck you can throw us one here:
https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

    *Preview* The Kuznetsov, Russia's Cursed Aircraft Carrier

    *Preview* The Kuznetsov, Russia's Cursed Aircraft Carrier

    This is a preview, for the entire episode support us on Patreon:

    https://www.patreon.com/posts/104642168?pr=true

    • 10 min
    Episode 312 - The Mogami, Japan's Most Unlucky Warship That Refused to Die

    Episode 312 - The Mogami, Japan's Most Unlucky Warship That Refused to Die

    Check us out on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424

    SUPPORT THE SHOW:
    https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

    Japan creates a death trap that becomes so unlucky it becomes known throughout the Imperial Japanese Navy during WWII

    Sources:

    David Lippman. Mogami: Japan's Luckless Cruiser

    http://combinedfleet.com/ships/mogami

    David Brown. Warship Losses of WWII

    Paul Dull. The Battle History of the Imperial Japanese Navy

    • 1 hr 8 min
    *PREVIEW* lions Led By Robots Presents: Real Steel

    *PREVIEW* lions Led By Robots Presents: Real Steel

    This is a preview, for the full episode support us on Patreon:
    https://www.patreon.com/posts/104215879?pr=true

    • 10 min
    Episode 311 - The Weather Underground: Part 2

    Episode 311 - The Weather Underground: Part 2

    SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

    CHECK US OUT ON YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424


    The conclusion to our two parter on the Weather Underground

    • 1 hr 19 min
    Episode 310 - The Weather Underground: Part 1

    Episode 310 - The Weather Underground: Part 1

    SUPPORT THE SHOW:
    https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

    Tom takes the wheel and tells Joe about the time a man created a terror organization in order to get laid.

    • 1 hr 17 min
    Episode 309 - The 1527 Sack of Rome

    Episode 309 - The 1527 Sack of Rome

    SUPPORT THE SHOW: https://www.patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys

    The King of Spain hires a bunch of mercenaries to go to war and refuses to pay them leading to them sacking Rome for a paycheck.

    Sources:

    https://www.historynet.com/rome-ravaged/

    https://www.medievalists.net/2022/06/sack-rome-1527/

    https://blog.nationalmuseum.ch/en/2023/05/the-darkest-day-in-the-history-of-the-swiss-guard/

    Idan Sherer. A Bloody Carnival? Charles' V Soldiers and the Sack of Rome in 1527

    • 1 hr 25 min

Customer Reviews

4.6 out of 5
9 Ratings

9 Ratings

EconComplex ,

Can we build it but bones are the only material

Having a lot of fun listening to the bone-based infrastructure pod

Pedronzo ,

Worst host ever

This show could be a very good one, but the way the host talks is giving me headache. Too fast. Slow down in the future.

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