Badass of the Week
Hosted by Ben Thompson and Ben and Pat · Badass History - High Five Content & Seven Bucks Productions
4.7from 172 ratings
- 167
- Episodes
- 8
- Transcribed
- 172
- Ratings
- 2023
- First episode
About Badass of the Week
Throughout the course of human civilization certain individuals have stood out as being completely f***ing awesome. From ninjas and gunfighters to pirates and Vikings, to explorers, scientists and great leaders, these people - true badasses - completely obliterated anything that stood in their path, routinely overcame seemingly insurmountable obstacles, and ultimately altered the course of history through their actions. Be it glory, conquest, or survival, these hardcore men and women all had one specific goal in life - and they didn’t let anything stand between themselves and their mission. They refused to back down even when the odds seemed hopelessly stacked against them, they came back from the brink of failure to achieve ultimate success, and they beat the fucking hell out of anyone stupid enough to have stood in their way. Badass of the Week is a weekly (duh) podcast, that dives into new stories of badasses every week.
- Publisher
- Badass History - High Five Content & Seven Bucks Productions
- Category
- comedy · education · history
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 11 Apr 2023
- Latest episode
- 13 May 2026
Latest episodes
8 of 167 episodes have a transcript.
13 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Hughie Jennings: The Last Baseball Lunatic
6 May 2026TRANSCRIPT
Babur: The Gunpowder King
28 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT
Roald Amundsen: The Ice-Cold Genius Who Outsmarted Antarctica
Inside a recent episode
Hughie Jennings: The Last Baseball Lunatic
Published 13 May 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] Which happens to Huey too. We're going to get to that in a minute. We'll get there, but we'll get there. But we are talking about Huey Jennings. Like he said, he comes out and know where, and he's, he's an awesome player, right? He's like the greatest defensive shortstop possible ever. Yeah, like it's, it's absolutely crazy. Like he, I'm pretty sure, again, I'm trying to remember this. Like as I briefly went over this before we did it, but he was like also like a great contact hitter. Like not, not a home runs guy. Like I think he batted 300 in his career. Like he's a great player. Overall, and we'll get to all of it, but it is completely overshadowed by what can only be described and it's perfect on Wikipedia as a lifetime of tragic accidents. […]
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- Steve Irwin
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.7 / 5
- 66 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 106 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 58 / 100
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- 79
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 93
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Ben Thompson and Ben and Pat host the show. Published by Badass History - High Five Content & Seven Bucks Productions.
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