A dragon-tailed comet blazes across the sky, a king takes it as a sign, and a wizard decides the future is worth a dangerous bargain. We dive into the charged origin of King Arthur—not at the anvil, but at Tintagel—where Uther Pendragon’s obsession, Merlin’s strategy, and a night of disguise set the legend in motion. This is a story about how power, desire, and prophecy can collide, and how the choices of one generation echo into the next. We unpack Uther’s volatile strengths and flaws, Egra...
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A dragon-tailed comet blazes across the sky, a king takes it as a sign, and a wizard decides the future is worth a dangerous bargain. We dive into the charged origin of King Arthur—not at the anvil, but at Tintagel—where Uther Pendragon’s obsession, Merlin’s strategy, and a night of disguise set the legend in motion. This is a story about how power, desire, and prophecy can collide, and how the choices of one generation echo into the next. We unpack Uther’s volatile strengths and flaws, Egra...
A single microphone, a sea of people, and a line that still echoes—and a copyright story few expect. We follow “I Have a Dream” from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial into the courts, where old statutes and modern rulings decided that a performance isn’t a publication and a civil rights landmark could remain private intellectual property. Along the way, we unpack how the King Estate licenses the speech, what fair use really covers, and why media outlets either pay for full footage or tiptoe w...
History Buffoons Podcast
A dragon-tailed comet blazes across the sky, a king takes it as a sign, and a wizard decides the future is worth a dangerous bargain. We dive into the charged origin of King Arthur—not at the anvil, but at Tintagel—where Uther Pendragon’s obsession, Merlin’s strategy, and a night of disguise set the legend in motion. This is a story about how power, desire, and prophecy can collide, and how the choices of one generation echo into the next. We unpack Uther’s volatile strengths and flaws, Egra...
