E27 - The Mongol Invasion(s) of Japan!

09/25/22 • 71 min

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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!

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

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)!

Follow / Message Us on Social Media:

E-mail: [email protected]

Twitter: @ErikSlader @EpikFailsdotcom

Instagram: @ErikSlader @EpikFailsofHistory

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!

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E26.75 - #WeStandWithUkraine (Current Events and the 'Bracket of Fails' continues...)

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“The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing, in so far as it stands ready against the accidental and the unforeseen, and is not apt to fall.” - Marcus Aurelius

Episode 26 and 3/4?! - Epik Fails of History is finally back after a long absence! (see previous mini-episode: "Murphy's Law and Dis-Order") Erik Slader and Justin Ache team up once again as Season 3 continues, picking up where we left off with the Bracket of Fails!

Also on this mini-episode - a 2022 Current Events Recap: the latest on former President Trump's numerous criminal investigations (long heavy sigh), a new King of England, and the valiant resistance led by Zelenskyy against Putin's Russian forces in Ukraine...

The Bracket of Fails - Round 1 Results:

Brutus vs Benedict Arnold
J. Bruce Ismay vs Gavrilo Princip
Louis XVI (France) vs Cleopatra VII (Egypt)
Emperor Nero vs Caligula
Erik Bloodaxe (the Viking) vs Stede Bonnet (The Gentleman Pirate)
Xerxes vs Ramses II

Up Next on the Bracket of Fails:

King John vs Henry VIII
President Franklin Pierce vs President Andrew Johnson

Epic Win of the Week: Doris Miller - Naval Hero of Pearl Harbor (WWII)

Music Clips: The Ukrainian National Anthem

Next Episode: The Mongol Invasion(s) of Japan!

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Click here to check out my newest history blog on D.B. Cooper!

Follow / Message Me on Social Media:

E-mail: [email protected]

Twitter: @ErikSlader @EpikFailsdotcom

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All 4 EPIC FAILS books are now available on Amazon!

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

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From Erik Slader, the creator of Epik Fails of History, comes a bold new vision of the future, in his latest book: "2299"!

“2299” is a sci-fi noir about a detective on the edge of the abyss. While investigating a cold case on Vanaheim – a space station orbiting Neptune, Desmond Faust finds himself ensnared in a web of lies and murder. The closer he gets to discovering the truth, the more aware he becomes that he might not leave this place alive...

"2299" is available now on Amazon *and* Audible!

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