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January 18, 2020

History Summarized: Classical India

Filed under: Architecture, History, Humour, India, Religion — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

Overly Sarcastic Productions
Published 17 Jan 2020

Classical and Medieval Indian History is a tale of constant flux — but in between the dozens and hundreds of states at play across the peninsula, there are clear trends that arise. Let’s take this chapter of history as an opportunity to dig into different types of sources, and try and wrap our heads around a story that doesn’t fit neatly into a single chronology.

FURTHER SOURCES: The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, “A History of India” by Michael H. Fisher (lecture courtesy of The Great Courses).

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January 7, 2020

History Summarized: Alcibiades

Filed under: Europe, History, Humour, Military — Tags: , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 11 Jan 2016

The oracle at delphi simply tells him, “congratulations”. The standard of nudity was his idea. Narcissus gets shy around him. Patroclus was his boyfriend first. He is … the most interesting man in Ancient Greece.

Extra special thanks to Blue’s professor, Mr. Samons, who taught him about Greek history and the comedic potential of marshmallows and triremes.

January 4, 2020

Blue’s Dumb History Tales #2

Filed under: Europe, Greece, History, India, Military — Tags: , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 3 Jan 2020

Happy new year, have some memes.

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December 26, 2019

Top 12 Fictional Pseudo-Christmases

Filed under: Books, Gaming, Media — Tags: , , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 24 Dec 2019

Happy holidays, one and all – even those of us from fictional universes where Christmas isn’t celebrated! Let’s celebrate by comparing twelve fictional Definitely Not Christmases and ranking them from lamest to best!

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December 24, 2019

Holiday Tales: Christmas

Filed under: Britain, Germany, History, Religion — Tags: , , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

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Published 25 Dec 2017

Merry Christmas, all! In honor of this complex and multifaceted holiday, today let’s talk about some of the many and varied influences and major historical turning points that sculpted this holiday into what we know and love (or lose our minds at Starbucks over.)

Nobody tell Blue that this video is mostly historical.

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December 22, 2019

History-Makers: Dante

Filed under: Books, Europe, History, Humour, Italy — Tags: , , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 20 Dec 2019

From the visionary creator who brought you the Self-Insert Fanfic comes… the invention of Worldbuilding and the most revolutionary literature in history? Woah, that was unexpected.

Grab your nearest Virgil, because we’re about to dive into Dante’s complex afterlife and learn how a Florentine poet used an ancient genre of poetry to kickstart what would become the Renaissance.

Further Reading: I would highly recommend Allen Mandelbaum’s translation of the Divine Comedy (Bantam Classics makes it), specifically because it features an opposite-facing translation, so the English appears directly adjacent to the original Italian. Regardless of your familiarity with Italian, Dante’s use of language is beautiful to listen to. It’s also just a good translation in general. Please do yourself a favor and read through some Dante.

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December 19, 2019

Modern Classics Summarized: A Christmas Carol

Filed under: Books, Britain, Media — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 21 Dec 2018

Have a holly, jolly christmas! Spend time with your family, eat tons of good food, and don’t forget to ponder the looming specter of your mortality and the worth of how you’ve spent your fleeting existence!

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December 18, 2019

History Summarized: Pope Fights

Filed under: Europe, France, History, Humour, Italy, Religion — Tags: , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

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Published 24 Aug 2018

The Medieval Catholic Church was … an interesting place, to put it lightly. Sometimes there was more than one Pope at a time, and sometimes they fought each other for power. Ladies and Gentleman, I present to you Pope Fights! The most absurd chapter in all of Catholicism.

Pope Francis’ Rock Album, if you’re still not convinced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW3az…

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December 8, 2019

History Summarized: Florence

Filed under: Architecture, Europe, History, Humour, Italy — Tags: , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 6 Dec 2019

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Can’t start a Renaissance without building a few *Domes* — You’ve seen the memes, now learn the history behind the magnificent city of Florence!

It may sound like sacrilege, but many years ago, Florence was the first Italian city that little Blue had a cartoonishly-overblown obsession for — move over, Venice. In fact, Florentine history is basically THE reason I ever started caring about History in the first place. So I hope that you find this exquisite chapter in world history as enjoyable as I do.

SOURCES & Further Reading:
Death in Florence — Paul Strathern https://www.audible.com/pd/Death-in-F…
Florence: The Biography of A City — Christopher Hibbert
Be Like The Fox: Machiavelli In His World — Erica Benner

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November 30, 2019

Miscellaneous Myths: Krishna

Filed under: History, India, Religion — Tags: , , — Nicholas @ 06:00

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Published 29 Nov 2019

The man. The myth. The whole entire universe. It’s time to dive into Krishna’s youth and learn the backstory of everyone’s favorite blue dude!

Video requested by patron Antonio Juarez!

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November 23, 2019

History Summarized: Ireland

Filed under: Britain, Europe, History, Humour, Religion — Tags: , , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 22 Nov 2019

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While the rest of Europe was flailing aimlessly through the Dark Ages, Ireland was both preserving the ancient world and setting the stage for the Medieval Period. Then England showed up.

Sources & Further Reading:
How the Irish Saved Civilization: https://www.audible.com/pd/How-the-Ir…
Modern Ireland: 1600 — 1972 by R.F. Foster

Music from https://filmmusic.io
“Marked”, “Traveler”, “God Rest Ye Merry Celtishmen” by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b…)

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November 19, 2019

Overly Sarcastic Podcast: Blue Talks Machiavelli!

Filed under: Books, Europe, History, Italy — Tags: , , , , — Nicholas @ 06:00

Overly Sarcastic Productions
Published 23 Apr 2016

Damn, YouTube, back at it again with the Podcast.

From the man who brings you outdated memes and crude photoshops comes the second episode of the Overly Sarcastic Podcast. Today, Blue talks through Machiavelli’s two most famous works, and how they work together more than you might initially think.

This episode has slightly different visuals because the blue orb from last time charges by the minute. Comment below if you have a preference for visuals in future OSPodcasts and let us know if you have any topics you’d like Blue to discuss.

November 15, 2019

Shakespeare Summarized: Romeo And Juliet

Filed under: Europe, Humour, Italy, Media — Tags: , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Overly Sarcastic Productions
27 April 2014

Yeah, sorry. I don’t like this play very much. I know it’s a classic, I know it inspired countless other love stories… I… I can’t help it. It’s just too funny. I’m sorry if you actually thought this play was tragic, because I did not respect your opinion here at ALL.

November 10, 2019

History-Makers: Machiavelli

Filed under: Books, Europe, History, Humour, Italy — Tags: , , , , , , — Nicholas @ 04:00

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Published 8 Nov 2019

If I could have a conversation with any person in History, it’s Machiavelli. Easy. And I wouldn’t even have to do anything, I’d just say “So, tell me about Rome” and watch the fireworks. In the meantime, I’ll settle for playing Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood and liberating Roma with my boy Niccolò.

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November 8, 2019

Shakespeare Summarized: Macbeth

Filed under: Britain, Humour, Media — Tags: , , , , , — Nicholas @ 02:00

Overly Sarcastic Productions
Published 12 April 2014

Here it is! The Scottish Play. The bloodiest of the bloody. An epic tale of magic, madness and stabbing. It’s so gory, even Tarantino thinks it’s over the top.

Making it funny was pretty tough. 😀

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