010 - There Will Be Blood...and LSD

We discover that there's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do in Africa because the "Amazons" of Dahomey were women. Then we remind ourselves why you can't trust the government, because Project MKUltra.

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'Amazons' of Dahomey
'Amazon' of Dahomey 2
Dahomey Ahosi circa 1890
Kingdom of Dahomey on Map
Donald Ewen Cameron
Redacted MKULTRA Memo

Sources for Amazons story: BBC, The Smithsonian Mag, Wikipedia.org

Original Theme: Garreth Spinn
Original Art: Sarah Cruz

About this podcast:

Shared History, is a comedy podcast and history podcast in one. Hosted by Chicago comedians, each episode focuses on obscure, overlooked and underrepresented historical events and people.