🎧 Welcome back to Mostly Unsung — the comedy history podcast that digs up the funniest, weirdest, and most jaw-dropping stories you definitely didn’t hear in school! Every Friday, Annie and Andrea shine a light on the forgotten heroes, hopeless villains, eccentric geniuses, and absolute jerks who shaped history (usually by accident).

💂‍♂️ This week, Andrea introduces the ultimate historical jerk. He’s rich, well-educated, speaks half a dozen languages, and calls himself an Army man (sort of). A picture-perfect Victorian gentleman — if you overlook the monkeys, the ridiculous disguises, the massive cultural insensitivity, and, yes, the scandalous Victorian smut that’s now worth a fortune.

⚔️ Meanwhile, Annie heads to Napoleonic Russia, where the fight against Napoleon needs a hero — and one dashing young cavalry officer answers the call. Brave, bold, and beloved by the troops… except for one tiny detail that might surprise you. But hey, if Tsar Alexander I isn’t complaining, who are we to judge?

🤣 Expect outrageous true tales, historical nonsense, and a side of chaos as Mostly Unsung unearths the brilliant, the bizarre, and the downright bonkers characters who make history hilarious.

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Andrea used these sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Francis_Burton

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2020/may/03/richard-francis-burton-explorer-mecca-horn-africa-nile-victorian

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Richard-Burton-British-scholar-and-explorer

Annie used these sources:

https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/biography/nadezhda-andreevna-durova

https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/durova-nadezhda-1783-1866

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