Konjectural Kombat
8 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 8 years ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingWhere Factual and Fictional Engage In Fisticuffs! Have you ever wondered who would win a fight between the US Presidents? Have you ever shuddered at the possibilities of superheroes, movie characters, and literary icons coming to blows? Want to learn history in the most action movie way possible? Let the battle begin!
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Round 8: Assassin's Brawl - Princip Vs. Oswald
October 09, 2015 08:31 - 83.5 MBHistory Wins. Fatality. In a shocking turn of events, a victor in the fight between factual and fictional is claimed... and still, the show must go on! Following a lengthy absence, Konjectural Kombat returns with an all-new, all-different status quo that is sure to rock the foundations of how historically based fighting podcasts are made! The first casualty? One half of the show's very premise! But in it's place, a third konjecturalist is named - Below The Bible Belt's very own resident ba...
Round 7: Tables, Ladders, Chairs, and Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles
February 01, 2015 23:09 - 102 MBIt's a madhouse in The White House yet again! For this round, The Historical Heathen enlists an extra set of hands to aide The Fictional Fuck-Up in laying down the law, because it's a Presidential Fatal Fourway! So listen in as The Konjecturalists are joined by a man armed with the tiniest of tendons to ask that all important question: Who takes The Oval Office? Adams/Jefferson? Harrison/Tyler? Roosevelt/Truman? Or maybe even... Kennedy/Johnson?! Whoever wins, the country loses! Download H...
Round 6: Caped Vs. Cowled
December 26, 2014 04:27 - 37.2 MBHoly heavyweights! A raging battle that's been 75 years in the making! This time, the rug has been completely pulled out from under the Historical Heathen's feet, as the Fictional Fuck-Up - like the dastardly villain that he is - throws him into dire peril with only one chance of escape... let Batmen fight! With enough twists and turns worthy of The Caped Crusader's vast history and many varied depictions, the two celebrate the milestone anniversary of Batman's 1939 debut by leaving no Dark...
Round 5: Marius vs. Sulla
April 14, 2014 12:02 - 39.3 MBHistory wreaks havoc once again! Tales of factuality triumph over terrible tragedy! Words of wisdom are imparted by the wise and the whimsical! What we're saying is, it's that time again for the Historical portion of the program, as the Historical Heathen forcibly ties the Fictional Freemason down on the railroad tracks of Past Events to verbally spout factoids set not so close to their own native soil. We're travelling to Ancient Rome for this tale of the tape, so prepare yourselves, becau...
Round 4: Darth Vs. Doom
March 30, 2014 06:19 - 43.5 MBVillainous things are happening in the latest edition of Konjectural Kombat, as the ball is once again found in the Fictional Fuck-up's court... until he needs the Historical Heathen to help him, because they're actually both on pretty equal footing when it comes to the subjects of today's bout! But regardless, the time has come to once again conjecture about two characters who exist in culture of the pop variety, pitting two of the most fearsome caped villains in all of fiction-dom against...
Round 3: Democratic Donnybrook
February 17, 2014 00:46 - 58 MBPandemonium! In Round Three, the battle escalates to it's craziest proportions yet, as the Historical Heathen unleashes an unforseen catalyst for chaos onto the Fictional Fuck-up: Konjectural Kombat's first ever Royal Rumble (but don't call it that!)! And what better subjects to start out with than historical harbingers of war, The United States Presidents! So prepare for emanicipation with blood, steel yourselves against electoral carnage, and dread four more years of death and destruction...
Round 2: Who vs. Highlander
January 17, 2014 17:00 - 47.2 MBAre you ready for another bout? Because it's time, once again, to celebrate the glorious carnage of two figures factual or fictional duking it out for the sheer amusement of two fanboys with nothing better to do with their time! And in this episode, for the very first time ever it's the latter, as the Historical Hick (Matt Johnson) finds himself in the listener's chair, becoming privy to the Fictional Fanboy's (Alex Koch) slave devotion to all things make believe! Witness a clash of ...
Round 1: Jones vs. Marcinko
December 17, 2013 17:13 - 24.8 MBIn Round One, listen in as the Historical Hick (Matt Johnson) spins a yarn and teaches the Fictional Fanboy (Alex Koch) a thing or two about both the man who helped found the US Navy and the man who, two centuries later, would best them at every turn! In the first Historical bout, the mad ship captain turned thief of plates, John Paul Jones, sets sail on a course to kick the ass of ass-kicker extraordinaire and the man the military didn't want you to know about, Richard "Dynamite Dic...