Let's Start a Coup!

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History

13 Episodes

  1. Very Special Episodes: The Improbable Life and Mysterious Death of Andy, the Sneaker-Wearing Goose

    Published: 4/5/2025

  2. Very Special Episodes: Night of a Thousand Weddings

    Published: 3/26/2025

  3. Big Parma

    Published: 12/11/2024

  4. Introducing: Escape From Zaqistan

    Published: 11/23/2024

  5. How to Celebrate Leap Day

    Published: 2/29/2024

  6. The Pledge: Who Really Wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?

    Published: 2/22/2024

  7. Ep 6 – The Real Coup

    Published: 4/3/2023

  8. Ep 5 – Ham on Half

    Published: 3/27/2023

  9. Ep 4 – All Smedleys Considered

    Published: 3/20/2023

  10. Ep 3 – Let’s Get Illuminaughty

    Published: 3/13/2023

  11. Ep 2 – A Man Most Méchant

    Published: 3/6/2023

  12. Let's Start a Coup! Ep 1 – A Basket Full of Fascists

    Published: 2/27/2023

  13. Introducing: Let's Start A Coup!

    Published: 2/22/2023

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What would you do if a secret cabal of the nation’s most powerful people asked you to overthrow the President? Weirdly enough – it’s not a hypothetical. It almost happened to FDR in the 1930s, were it not for a very intense, very problematic Marine named Major General Smedley Butler.  Join Ben Bowlin, Alex French, and a cast of historical characters brought to life by Joe Kinosian for a darkly comedic – and terrifying –​ retelling of one of the weirdest forgotten schemes in American history.