Mortified! Episode 86: PUT JOSEPH SMITH IN SMASH (Yasuke)

This week, Aaron and Leyla traverse back in time and sideways in dimensions to talk about Netflix's historical fiction anime miniseries, Yasuke! We talk about wanting to be hooked, frustrating Russian mercenaries, make odd comparisons to children's properties, and think about how we'd like to immortalize local-to-us historical figures. 

 

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Show Notes: 

The British Empire’s homophobic legacy could finally be overturned in India
Yasuke: The mysterious African samurai - BBC News
The Significance of Yasuke, the Black Samurai
African Samurai by Thomas Lockley
Not My Daimyo: Looking at Feudalism in the Book of Boba Fett

 

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