Stakuyi and The History of Everything Podcast

YouTube Early Access: China Is Waging A Hidden War At Sea

China's massive fishing fleet functions as a quasi-military force, often termed a "maritime militia," used to assert territorial claims, intimidate neighbors and control disputed waters like the South China Sea, blurring lines between civilian fishing, illegal activities (IUU fishing), intelligence gathering and military-civil fusion, leading to frequent clashes with other nations' coast guards and fishing vessels, escalating tensions. These fleets are used to establish control, obstruct fore...

Toe pic promised from podcast

I promised toes pics in my listener episode. These are for Patreon. You people sicken me but I love you

History of Everything: Aztecs in Asia, Woman Giving Birth to Rabbits, and Hot Chocolate

And welcome back to the history of everything podcast. Specifically welcome back to what is our end of the 2025 year listener special where we take your suggestions and questions from patreon and put all of them into one episode. We are looking at Aztec warriors fighting in Asia, a woman who gave birth to rabbits, and hot chocolate

YouTube Early Access: Why Bulgaria Cannot Stop Collapsing

Gen Z protests have been sweeping the world's countries and they have just toppled their first European government. Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov announced his resignation on Dec. 11th, making him the latest in a slew of Bulgarian heads of government to step down in recent years. The protests were largely held over perceived corruption in the country, and now politicians are looking to form a new government.

Patreon Christmas weird special input

Hello my friends merry Christmas to you all! I want you to know that we are going to film a podcast show. In fact. We will Be filming all future podcasts and we want to start with something from you all. We need your WEIRDEST history suggestions. Christmas or otherwise it does not matter. We will do all of it and I want you to put your suggestions in here. God bless all of you and I will see you all soon

YouTube Early Access: How Iran's Economy and Shadow Fleet are Collapsing

The Iranian economy and shadow fleet are collapsing. For years now, Iran has been under ever increasing strain economically, politically and so much more due to sanctions as well as its own internal inefficiencies. The only reason the state has been able to keep itself afloat is due to the existence of a shadow fleet, which helped it to skirt sanctions. But now all of that is collapsing around it as new technology and efforts by the current US administration is resulting in said fleet being c...

Everyone Hates King John: The War of The Barons

The First Barons' War erupted in the early 13th century, primarily due to King John's unpopular reign, characterized by heavy taxation, military failures, and disputes with the nobility. The conflict was sparked by John's refusal to adhere to the terms of the Magna Carta, which he had sealed in June 1215 in response to baronial pressure. This document aimed to limit the king's powers and protect the rights of the barons and the church.

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YouTube Early Access: Why Haiti Will Always Be A Failed State

Xenophon and The Great Journey of 10,000 Mercenaries

In the year 401 BCE, 10,000 Greek mercenaries became stranded in the heart of the Persian Empire. Betrayed and without their employer Cyrus the Younger, who was killed in the Battle of Cunaxa, they retreated across the region and were forced to trek their way back home through barbaric landscapes and hostile forces.

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Youtube Early Access: Japans New Iron Lady Could Change Everything

Patron Exclusive: Vietnam 1971-1972

I'm sorry friends! It has been far too long since we were able to continue with our story of the Vietnam War. But here we have the penultimate episode before we move onto other patron exclusives. Thank you for your patience and enjoy!

Who put the FUN in Funeral?

Let's face it. Death is kind of scary and really sucks. But different people around the world throughout all of human history have come up with answers as to what you are supposed to do when someone dies. Sometimes that answer may seem strange to us but hey, there is always a story behind it. So lets explore the history of different funerary rites around the world

Vietnam, exclusives, and more

My friends hello we were gone for a while due to leading group trips in Japan. A full month at that. But we are back now and jumping into the workload.

I am sorry it has taken so long to get back to Vietnam but the next one is being recorded right now with several other exclusives being worked on. You will be seeing those this week. December is probably the most free month I’ve had all year. And by free I mean I’m not traveling so all I will be doing is working. Fun times. Well back...

Why The Emperor of Japan was a GOD

Hello my friends and welcome back to the history of everything podcast live from japan. Well truthfully it is not live. We did plan on doing a big group episode together over the course of the trips but then 3 separate times everyone was like hey what if we went to all you can drink karaoke? And so we did that instead. Soooooo sorry about that

Anyway here we are in Japan, the land of the rising sun and we have have a series of questions that we thought would be fun to answer. Why was th...

Hey Kids, Do You Want To Crash A Train?

Today, people use the phrase "train wreck" to describe a disaster from which you cannot tear your eyes. More than a century ago, clever hucksters spotted the potential for profit in getting two steam locomotives to smash into each other and charging people to watch the spectacle.

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Early Access: Corruption and Collapse in Peru

GenZ is at it again. Peru is on fire and at the rate things are going it is likely not going to get any better. Systemic corruption is endemic to the state

The Silly History of Beating People up

Martial arts history began in prehistoric times, with evidence of combat techniques dating back to at least 3000 BC in Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. Early forms like Pankration in Greece and Shuai Jiao in China developed thousands of years ago, while other traditions like Malla Yuddha emerged in India around the same time. Over centuries, these ancient practices evolved through cultural exchange and military strategy, influencing the development of modern systems worldwide. Some of these tho...

Weird and Attempted Assassinations

My friends over the course of history we have seen many successful and less than successful assassinations. These have changed the world as we know it and some of them were downright strange

Early Access: The Oldest Corrupt President in the World

As of October 2025, Paul Biya is the President of Cameroon. At 92, he is the world's oldest president and has been in power since 1982. Biya has long been accused of corruption and authoritarian rule, with his government often facing international criticism. If he wins this latest election he will rule for another 7 years until the age of 99

Early Access: How Iran Is Literally Destroying Itself With Water

Iran is a warning to every society that treats water as infinite. Over the summer, Iran’s water crisis turned into an emergency. Wells collapsed and some reservoirs ran dry. Taps went dry for half a day in Tehran, and state media warned that the city of about 10 million people could hit “Day Zero,” the point at which water resources can no longer meet demand, within weeks. As we know it, Iran could actually collapse in on itself

Early Access: The Dark Predatory Side of Roblox

Roblox has established itself as one of the most popular online gaming platforms for children and teens, drawing millions of gamers worldwide on a daily basis. But beneath its kid-friendly façade, it has also been plagued by crisis and controversy surrounding issues such as content moderation, player safety and exposure to inappropriate content.

The Most GLUTTONOUS People in History

over the course of history there have many people that exemplified at least one of the seven deadly sins. In todays episode we will be tackling hunger

The World Just Keeps lighting on Fire with Stak and James

Hello my friends. Todays episode actually has been made with James Lopez, editor of the podcast and co researcher as todays guest. Now we dive into some historical geopolitics and how messy things have been and are getting

The Stupid and Weird Story of Guns

The history of guns rides right along with the evolution of our armies and play a key role in changing the way wars were fought. This dates back to the early days of the 10th century and all the way up to modern times. During this time guns have experienced intense technical advances and economic developments that have increased the practicality and also the lethality of guns. However that does not mean that some of them were not pretty dumb

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Bonus Youtube: How Gen Z Overthrew The Government of Nepal

Nepal has faced a rash of political turmoil that has claimed the scalp of Prime Minister K.P. Oli and toppled his government. Oli’s resignation came after state forces killed 21 protesters during demonstrations on 8 September. Fourteen of the victims were 28 or younger – a reflection of the age cohort driving the rallies, widely referred to in Nepal as the “Gen Z protests”. The next day, a broader swathe of demonstrators defied curfews to embark on a violent rampage. Angry mobs attack...

Getting Kidnapped to Make Movies For North Korea

Yes, the North Korean regime under Kim Jong-il kidnapped South Korean actress Choi Eun-hee and her ex-husband, filmmaker Shin Sang-ok, to force them to make films to improve North Korea's cinema industry, which was an obsession for Kim Jong-il. The couple was reunited in North Korea years after their separate abductions and eventually made several films before escaping to the U.S. Embassy in Vienna in 1986. The story of how we get there is wild

NEW BENEFIT LAUNCH

Hello my friends we finally have the big change to memberships and patreon

As you all know it takes a long time to make my geopolitical history videos. 3-5 days in many cases. Because of this I wanted a way to be able to give you all more value and thanks. So i have decided to start uploading the audio of my episodes as i record them and send them off to my editor. Now if you want to listen to episodes as a kind of podcast, ad and sponsorship free, you will be able to do so for the 5 d...

Youtube Audio Early Access: Why Indonesia Set itself on Fire

Hello my friends indonesia has gotten spicy

Protesters have been killed, buildings torched and politicians' houses looted as anti-government unrest spreads across Indonesia - and the authorities respond with force.

Mass demonstrations, fuelled by cost-of-living woes and public frustration with the political elite, first erupted in Jakarta on 25 August to condemn what many viewed as excessive pay and housing allowances for parliamentarians.

By the end of the week, things had ...

Dumb events, Bulgarian Corruption, and Friends

Hello my friends! This random show comes to you live from turkey and our group trip. Want to travel with me? Check out the links below

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Sinner and Saint: A tale of Corporate Corruption

Do you want to learn about one of the biggest investment fraud cases in US history? The story we’re going to tell today is a tale of two businessmen that we think all of us can use as an example of good morals and bad morals. A good leader and a bad leader. An honest man who lived by his convictions and a con man who lived a life full of lies. And finally, a man with TRUE integrity and honor and a man who doesn’t even understand the meaning of the words.