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Sep 28, 2026 · 57 min · 23 segments

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Speakers: Horatio GouldHostFin TaylorHost

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Top entities: Napoleon Bonaparte×91 Battle of Waterloo×55 LinkedIn×19 Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher×20 Beef Wellington×8

Show signals: SuitabilityLimitedBiasNot politicalPopularityTop Podcasttop 1%Audience≈270k followers

Napoleon Returns from Exile3:26 – 9:55

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:26

And it's after this that, um, you know, th- this is where we start...

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:30

All, all Britain and London's sense of itself comes from Waterloo, basically.

3:35

Yeah.

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:35

The architecture, the victory monuments.

3:37

Yes, the victo- yeah, the victory monuments for sure.

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:39

Um, so now we left off-

3:42

But, uh, we just...

3:42

So the-

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:42

Sorry

3:42

...

3:42

World W- World War II, part of the reason why we love World War II is 'cause it has such a satisfying narrative, right?

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:47

Mm-hmm.

3:48

And Napoleonic Wars, which I, I wouldn't posit as being more interesting than World War II, I would never say that, but it is underrated.

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:53

Mm.

3:54

And it has a very satisfying narrative, and this is, as the culmination of all these years, it is sort of the perfect ending.

H

Horatio GouldHost

4:00

Yes.

H

Horatio GouldHost

4:01

World War II's ending is slightly too frantic, whereas this is a f-

4:07

Yes

H

Horatio GouldHost

4:07

...

H

Horatio GouldHost

4:07

I mean, it's like, "Ah."

4:08

Yeah.

H

Horatio GouldHost

4:08

"Oh, no."

4:10

Yeah.

H

Horatio GouldHost

4:10

You know, "Ah."

4:11

It's more like, um, and then he woke up, sort of.

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Napoleon Returns from Exile3:26 – 9:55

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:26

And it's after this that, um, you know, th- this is where we start...

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:30

All, all Britain and London's sense of itself comes from Waterloo, basically.

3:35

Yeah.

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:35

The architecture, the victory monuments.

3:37

Yes, the victo- yeah, the victory monuments for sure.

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:39

Um, so now we left off-

3:42

But, uh, we just...

3:42

So the-

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:42

Sorry

3:42

...

3:42

World W- World War II, part of the reason why we love World War II is 'cause it has such a satisfying narrative, right?

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:47

Mm-hmm.

3:48

And Napoleonic Wars, which I, I wouldn't posit as being more interesting than World War II, I would never say that, but it is underrated.

H

Horatio GouldHost

3:53

Mm.

3:54

And it has a very satisfying narrative, and this is, as the culmination of all these years, it is sort of the perfect ending.

H

Horatio GouldHost

4:00

Yes.

H

Horatio GouldHost

4:01

World War II's ending is slightly too frantic, whereas this is a f-

4:07

Yes

H

Horatio GouldHost

4:07

...

H

Horatio GouldHost

4:07

I mean, it's like, "Ah."

4:08

Yeah.

H

Horatio GouldHost

4:08

"Oh, no."

4:10

Yeah.

H

Horatio GouldHost

4:10

You know, "Ah."

4:11

It's more like, um, and then he woke up, sort of.

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