The Revisionists

Mar 02 2024 202 ep. 46 mins 1.3k

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Three comics present two different stories about a person or event from history-one accurate, one crazy alternate. You vote, and the winning story becomes accepted history.

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163. Victoriano Huerta

Mar 02 2024 48 mins

We’re back and boy, we’re talking about a real bastard here: Victoriano Huerta! We’re joined by returning favorite Andres Becerril returns as Zach helps find an escape, Andres climbs into the ring, and Brian analyzes a Coppola film. CONTENT WARNING: Targeting of civilian populations, genocide We need your help! Write a fivew-star review on Apple Podcasts or your podcast app

162. Francisco Madero

Feb 03 2024 64 mins

We’re back, and we’re kicking off the real meat of the Mexican Revolution with the man who started it all! By…y’know, dying. The hilarious Gabby Gutierrez-Reed returns to help us talk about Francisco Madero! We love hearing from you! Follow us on Instagram or reach out with your questions, comments, or recipes using the form on our website. Also please review the show on y

161. Napoleon

Dec 16 2023 76 mins

Happy holidays y’all! We’re celebrating with a special episode on the original short* king**, Napoleon Bonaparte! The wonderful Josiah Branaman (of Pulp!) joins us as we talk about Josephine Bonaparte’s husband. *Not actually short **Not actually a king Note that this episode ends abruptly for reasons we address up front. Enjoy y’all! We love to hear from you! Reach o

160. Gilles de Rais

Nov 04 2023 59 mins

We close out our extended Halloween Spooktacular with French monster Gilles de Rais!

159. Thomas Weir

Oct 21 2023 61 mins

We kick off our annual Spooktacular with Allison Rose talking about possible wizard/definite pervert Thomas Weir!

158. Porfirio Díaz

Oct 07 2023 66 mins

We know it’s spooky season, but what’s spookier than the entrenched power of bourgeois capital bleh, vampire voice!

157. A Brief History of Mexico

Sep 09 2023 61 mins

We’re back from our Summer sabbatical and we’re kicking off with a new kind of episode! Before we launch our Mexican Revolution miniseries in a couple weeks, we’re getting caught up with thousands of years of Mexican history with special guest Jose Macall. Zach diagnoses Brian, Jose deals in southern real estate, and Brian has found a new bummer. NOTE: we had to use the Zoom

156. Jean Laffite

May 26 2023 64 mins

We’re back, yarrrrr! And we dug up friend of the show the hilarious Mitch Jones to help us talk about famous pirate and also total sack of crap Jean Laffite (and his equally crappy but more boring brother Pierre)! Zach draws historical parallels to an SNL star, Mitch calls in the aid of the dolphins, and Brian gives us the Avengers of American jerks. Reach out today with your co

CLASSIC: Elizabeth Bathory

May 13 2023 32 mins

It's the ultimate thirst trap! Elizabeth Bathory who...lured young women to their horrible deaths.

CLASSIC: Catherine the Great

Apr 15 2023 49 mins

Y’all, let’s get real for a second: Brian has been very sick. Everything’s fine, but we sadly don’t have a new episode for you today. Instead, please enjoy this classic with the hilarious Kevin O’Brien: Catherine the Great!