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EP113 of the Random history of Belgium is a re-recording and adaptation of a 4 year old episode out the controversial King of Belgium, Leopold II.
We look at his life, the colony, how he got the "mandate" to colonise and his later life and death.
This was rewritten en re-recorded in June 2020
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