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British Spies Redux
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Kerry Fact
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jul/09/hemingway-failed-kgb-spy Was Hemingway a KGB spy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway Ernest Hemingway
Jessie Fact
http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/photos-man-escapes-african-desert-doom-turns-wrecked-car-Diy-motorcycle-article-1.1107099 This bonehead stranded himself in the desert when he could have walked a few hours to the next town.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Manning_(spy) Henry Manning was a spy in the exiled court of Charles II at Cologne and Brussels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thurloe John Thurloe (June 1616 – 21 February 1668) was a secretary to the council of state in Protectorate England and spymaster for Oliver Cromwell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protectorate The Protectorate was the period during the Commonwealth (or, to monarchists, the Interregnum) when England (which at that time included Wales), Ireland and Scotland were governed by a Lord Protector.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieuwe_van_Aitzema Lieuwe (Leo) van Aitzema (19 November 1600 – 23 February 1669) was a Dutch historian, diplomat, bon viveur, philanderer and spy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morland Sir Samuel Morland, 1st Baronet (1625 – 30 December 1695), or Moreland, was an English academic, diplomat, spy, inventor and mathematician of the 17th century, a polymath credited with early developments in relation to computing, hydraulics and steam power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealed_Knot The Sealed Knot was a secret Royalist association which plotted for the Restoration of the Monarchy during the English Interregnum.
http://www.angelfire.com/me3/lilam/dutch.html 50 Things I hate about Dutch people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfvxTyFJOiU Boss Baby
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71 episodes
Archived series ("Inactive feed" status)
When? This feed was archived on January 16, 2022 09:29 (). Last successful fetch was on October 09, 2021 08:09 ()
Why? Inactive feed status. Our servers were unable to retrieve a valid podcast feed for a sustained period.
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Manage episode 180873725 series 1190440
Kerry Fact
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jul/09/hemingway-failed-kgb-spy Was Hemingway a KGB spy?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway Ernest Hemingway
Jessie Fact
http://www.nydailynews.com/autos/photos-man-escapes-african-desert-doom-turns-wrecked-car-Diy-motorcycle-article-1.1107099 This bonehead stranded himself in the desert when he could have walked a few hours to the next town.
Random Topics
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Manning_(spy) Henry Manning was a spy in the exiled court of Charles II at Cologne and Brussels.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Thurloe John Thurloe (June 1616 – 21 February 1668) was a secretary to the council of state in Protectorate England and spymaster for Oliver Cromwell.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Protectorate The Protectorate was the period during the Commonwealth (or, to monarchists, the Interregnum) when England (which at that time included Wales), Ireland and Scotland were governed by a Lord Protector.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieuwe_van_Aitzema Lieuwe (Leo) van Aitzema (19 November 1600 – 23 February 1669) was a Dutch historian, diplomat, bon viveur, philanderer and spy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Morland Sir Samuel Morland, 1st Baronet (1625 – 30 December 1695), or Moreland, was an English academic, diplomat, spy, inventor and mathematician of the 17th century, a polymath credited with early developments in relation to computing, hydraulics and steam power.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealed_Knot The Sealed Knot was a secret Royalist association which plotted for the Restoration of the Monarchy during the English Interregnum.
http://www.angelfire.com/me3/lilam/dutch.html 50 Things I hate about Dutch people
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfvxTyFJOiU Boss Baby
Homework
Give us cool Latin titles
Watch Legion
Support us on Patreon. For only $3 per month you can pick a topic for a Random Sampling episode! https://www.patreon.com/turntopage
Buy T-shirts and junk https://www.redbubble.com/people/jessiepodcasts?asc=u
Rate us on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/random-sampling/id1136712031?mt=2
Theme by Engelwood
More of his music at https://soundcloud.com/engelwoodmusic
71 episodes
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