Epik Fails of History

"Failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success." - Arianna Huffington

Episode 29.5 - In our latest mini-episode, Erik Slader highlights some of the biggest (positive) historically-relevant stories of the past year, and reminisces about the 10th anniversary of "Epik Fails of History"!

Epik *Wins* of 2022:

• The launch of Artermis-1: NASA's first mission to the moon since Apollo (click here for footage of the Artemis launch!)
• First images back from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope! (click here for NASA's announcement)
• The Pentagon's 2022 UAP Report... (click here for the 60 Minutes interview with Navy pilots and military personnel regarding UFO's)
• History's first successful Fusion reaction!? (click here for Neil deGrasse Tyson's reaction to the news on "Star Talk")

Next Time: Episode 30 - "Nuclear Fails!"

Read more about the blog here: "10 Years of Epik Fails?!"

Check out "Episode 26 and 3/4" for my thoughts on the war in Ukraine

And follow the Epik Fails Facebook Group to vote on the latest 'Bracket of Fails' matches, memes, and more!

Audio / Music Clips: "Monty Python's Life of Brian" (1979), "E.T." (1982), "Star Trek: First Contact" (1996), "Men in Black" (1997), "Breaking Bad" (2008-2013)

Outro Music / Segment Jingles by DeftStroke Sound!

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"How very little can be done under the spirit of fear." - Florence Nightingale

Episode 28 - Something wicked this way comes...

Erik and Justin are joined by their wives, Meghan Slader and Meghan Ache (aka "The Meghans"), for this Epik Halloween Special to talk about The Salem Witch Trials (of 1692 and 1693), as well as the long and dark history of the European witch burnings, the Celtic origins of 'All Hallow's Eve', and even the Spanish Inquisition!

Also on this episode:

• Epik Wins of History: Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"
• The Bracket of Fails: Vlad the Impaler vs Leopold II of Belgium / Stalin vs Ivan the Terrible
• Spooky History Trivia: Jack the Ripper, The Blood Countess, Werewolves, and more!
• Post-Credits Bloopers - and a random tangent about coffee in Boston?

Audio / Music Clips: "Frankenstein" (1931), "The Wizard of Oz" (1939), "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" (1975), John Carpenter's "Halloween" (1978), "Ghostbusters II" (1989), "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992), "Hocus Pocus" (1993), "Battlestar Galactica" (2004), "Samhain" by Lisa Thiel (2005)

Outro Music / Segment Jingles by DeftStroke Sound!

Listen to “The Devil in the White City” by Erik Larson on Audible (click here for a free trial)!

Other 'Spooky' Podcasts to Check Out:

• 2 Young 4 This Trek: "The Magics of Megas-Tu" (The one with the devil)
• Podcasters Assemble - Season 6: "Ghostbusters"
• Skeleton House: “the Mortuary Assistant” (Guest Narrator Cameo)
• Horror Ramblings (upcoming 'Halloween' episode with Erik Slader)
• Podcasters Disassembled: "Hocus Pocus" - coming soon!

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"Nana korobi, ya oki - Fall down seven times, stand up eight." - Japanese proverb

Episode 27 - Erik teams up once again with the legendary Kory Torjussen (The World Is My Burrito) to talk about some Samurai lore! After conquering most of China and the Korean peninsula, Kublai Khan (the grandson of Genghis), set his sights on a small group of islands off the coast, assuming it would be a quick victory. The Mongol Invasions of Japan (of 1274 and 1281) would forever change the fates of both cultures... it would also go down in legend as one of the greatest epic fails in history - for both sides!

Click here to check out Erik's original Epik Fails article!

Also on this episode:

• Epik Wins of History: Nakano Takeko *and* Yasuke
• The Bracket of Fails: Alexander the Great vs Qin Shi Huang (the First Emperor of China) / Genghis Khan vs Napoleon

Audio / Music Clips: "Ghost of Tsushima" (2020 - PS4/PS5), "Marco Polo" (2014, Netflix Series), "Mortal Kombat 11" (2019 - PS4, Xbox One, Switch)

Outro Music / Segment Jingles by DeftStroke Sound!

Listen to “A Brief History of the Samurai” by Jonathan Clements on Audible (click here for a free trial)!

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Twitter: @ErikSlader @EpikFailsdotcom

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All 4 EPIC FAILS books are now available on Amazon! (Get a free audio book on Audible at http://www.audibletrial.com/EpikFails)

You can also support me here: BuyMeACoffee.com/EpikFails!

This podcast is a production of the We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network follow us to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts - including: 2 Young 4 This Trek, Comic Zombie, and Podcasters Assemble!

Episode 31 - Erik and Justin are back to give their breakdown of Round 2 on ⁠the Bracket of Fails - with a little help from AI?

The Bracket of Fails - Round 2:

• Brutus vs Gavrilo Princip
• Louis XVI vs Caligula
• Stede Bonnet vs Xerxes
• Alexander the Great vs Francisco Pizarro
• Leopold II vs Stalin
• King John vs President Andrew Johnson
• Napoleon vs President Andrew Jackson
• Columbus vs Ethelred the Unready

Vote on our Facebook Group!

Random Clips: "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure" (1989), Disney's "Robin Hood" (1973), "Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home" (1986), "Titanic" (1997), "300" (2006), "History of the World - Part One" (1981), "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968), "Pirates of the Caribbean" (2003), "Battlestar Galactica" (1978), and the trailer for Ridley Scott's "Napoleon" (2023)!

If you’d like to submit a segment for an upcoming episode, click here!⁠

Follow / Message Me on Social Media:

E-mail: [email protected]

Twitter: @ErikSlader @EpikFailsdotcom

Instagram: @ErikSlader @EpikFailsOfHistory

⁠All 4 EPIC FAILS books are now available on Amazon!⁠

You can also support me here: ⁠BuyMeACoffee.com/EpikFails!⁠

This podcast is a production of the ⁠We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network⁠ follow us to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts!

“Reality is frequently inaccurate.” ― Douglas Adams

For our third anthology episode, we invited podcasters from around the world to share some more Random Tales of Fail...

Podcasters / Topics Featured:

• Elyse from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Super Switch Club - Australian Expedition Shenanigans: the ridiculous rivalry of William Hovell and Hamilton Hume
• Link Flores from Twitch.TV/LinkIBe - Epic African Slave Escapes: Eliza Harris, Henry 'Box' Brown, and Robert Smalls!
• Dan Hitch from ⁠The Temporal Trek Podcast⁠ - Parachute Mines (WWII)
• Ben from ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Dragoon Effect - The Sullivan Brothers (WWII), the Third Co-Founder of Apple, and the tragic history of The Lobotomy...
• Erik presents: The Maginot Line (WWII) *and* The War for... Jenkin's Ear?!

Also on this Episode:

• Chris's Conspiracy Corner: The Hollow Earth *and* Flat Earth Theories?!
• Bracket of Fails - Round 3 Tie-Breaker: Christopher Columbus vs Andrew Jackson!
• Epik WINS of History: Cathay Williams *and* Madam C.J. Walker

(Listen to our other Anthology Episodes: Episode 14 and Episode 18, our Earth Week Special!)

If you’d like to submit a segment for an upcoming episode, click here!⁠⁠⁠⁠

Follow / Message Me on Social Media:

E-mail: [email protected]

Twitter: @ErikSlader @EpikFailsdotcom

Instagram: @ErikSlader @EpikFailsOfHistory

⁠⁠All 4 EPIC FAILS books are now available on Amazon!⁠⁠

You can also support me here: ⁠⁠BuyMeACoffee.com/EpikFails!⁠⁠

This podcast is a production of the ⁠⁠We Can Make This Work (Probably) Network⁠⁠ follow us to keep up with this show and discover our many other podcasts!