The Red Paint on Leopold II

In the 17th century, aristocratic France was set on high alert—women were procuring poisons and using it for nefarious, murderous means. It was a scandal that mortified the nobility, quite literally. And it all seemed to come back to one woman, known as La Voisin. Support Noble B ...  عرض المزيد

In 1983, a cherubic, homely doll triggered something close to national hysteria. Parents fought in store aisles. Shelves were stripped bare. Even the New York mafia found itself selling children’s toys. And the frenzy didn’t end when the fad faded. In an unexpected twist decades ...  عرض المزيد

Ever since he was a child, Leopold II was obsessed with bringing prestige to the nascent Kingdom of Belgium. As king, he spent decades scheming and conning European powers to fulfill his single-minded goal — and carve out his own African kingdom in the Congo. Learn more about you ...  عرض المزيد

Original Air Date: June 12th, 2018

Have you ever heard of King Leopold II? In Episode 7, Robert is joined by Andrew Ti (Yo, Is This Racist?) and they discuss the King of Belgium, who was the first world leader to be crappy in the true modern sense of the word. His l ...

With the newly formed Free Congo State in his possession, Leopold II was determined to extract all the ivory and rubber he could. But in the process, his colonial agents wreaked havoc on the indigenous people, slaughtering, torturing, and enslaving Africans. Learn more about your ...  عرض المزيد

Parti de rien, Cecil Rhodes est devenu un homme très riche grâce aux mines d’or et surtout de diamants qu’il contrôle en Afrique du Sud.C’est un ardent partisan de la colonisation et il va contribuer à développer l’impérialisme britannique. Voir Acast.com/privacy pour les informa ...  عرض المزيد