Every episode, co-hosts Ryan Weir and Pete Goddard spin the Wheel of History - landing on a random country, time period, and topic - and embark on a quest to unearth the most fascinating, bizarre, and unexpected stories from the past to prove that History Happened Everywhere!
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Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Thursday Sep 01, 2022
Take a terrifying trip to Burkina Faso to learn about the horrors that lurk in lakes and rivers, the fishermen with no fear, the curse of the blacksmith and a tiny space rock that hit the country a long, long, time ago.
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:33 Background to Burkina Faso
16:09 History of Burkina Faso
24:26 What is Fear?
26:37 A long long time ago
33:42 Fear of Crocodiles
37:22 Fear of Hippos
40:25 Fear of the Black Fly
44:10 Fear of the Dafara Hole
49:45 Fear of God
52:48 Fear of Ironwork
54:45 Fear of the Bogou Meteorite
58:09 Derzelation
59:51 Outro
Thanks:
- Burkina Faso National Anthem Instrumental (https://youtu.be/7Vveg-jlt2A)
- Don McLean - American Pie (https://youtu.be/7yHTpGog0IY)
- Thomas Sankara Speech on emancipation from colonialism (https://youtu.be/pnCb2wAt2L0)
- Traditional burkinabe music (https://youtu.be/YOzWT4Gp63A)
- Creature from the Black Lagoon - Trailer (https://youtu.be/svyPswixryM)
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