Episodes

  • 102. Why Won't the Revolts Stop?
    May 19 2024

    Gustav Vasa is now embarking on his journey as King of Sweden. First up is making the country complete again by sending troops to Gotland, where there are also some fancy looking rocks! Back on the mainland, far from everyone is happy with the new King and a series of revolts break out. How will Gustav deal with them?

    Åsa also wants a disclaimer put in here to say that she had nothing to do with the blooper at the end of the episode...

    And check out some Raukar here!

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    47 mins
  • 101. Gustav Vasa's New Kingdom
    May 5 2024

    Becoming King after a couple of decades of civil war, you can forgive Gustav Vasa for maybe needing a bit of a recap about what kind of country he had just become the King of and what state it was in. So, in this episode, we step into the eyes of Gustav Vasa as he takes a look around to see what Sweden looked like in 1523, and what problems he has to deal with first!

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    54 mins
  • S10. The Drama of 1973
    Apr 21 2024

    To celebrate our 100th regular episode, here's Special Episode 10! This time we cover just a couple of weeks in 1973. There's a big hostage situation in a bank, royal drama and a General Election! Somehow Swedes managed to process all these dramatic events over one late summer in the early 1970s.

    Thank you to everyone for being on this journey with us!

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    54 mins
  • 100. Gustav Vasa Becomes King
    Apr 7 2024

    In our 100th regular episode, Gustav Vasa and his merry band of Swedish rebels take on King Kristian and the Danes in a war that will see shifting allegiances, the nobility and peasants fighting side by side once more, and eventually even the birth of the Swedish Navy. King Kristian on the other hand, faces troubles on all fronts and eventually Gustav will take the throne. Is this what spells the end of the Kalmar Union once and for all?

    To celebrate the 100th episode, there's a particularly funny blooper left in at the end.

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    54 mins
  • 99. Gustav Vasa's University Reunion
    Mar 24 2024

    The dust has settled on the Stockholm Bloodbath and King Kristian continues his early reign with more bloodshed. He thinks he has Sweden under his thumb but he has hasn't counted on the return of one young nobleman. After escaping custody thanks to a sneaky ruse, Gustav Vasa tries to gather support for a rebellion by visiting his old uni friends and even has to escape through a toilet at one point to avoid the King's men. But will the peasants of Sweden unite behind this ambitious, snowshoe-wearing rebel leader?

    Here is the painting we mention in the episode.

    And here is the museum we mention that is older than the USA!

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    52 mins
  • 98. The Stockholm Bloodbath
    Mar 10 2024

    After King Kristian II takes over Sweden, he goes a bit cray-cray... That means we have reached one of the most famous events of Swedish history; A vengeful King and an angry Archbishop combine to put the Swedish nobility to the sword. But why, and how?

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    49 mins
  • 97. Kristian vs Sten, Again
    Feb 25 2024

    We ended last episode with King Kristian II of Denmark sailing away with some Swedish hostages. This time he returns to Sweden to do more battle, during a cold winter, and he even brings some Scottish mercenaries along for the ride. Sten Sture and his wife lead the fight for the Swedes, with a bit of help from the Devil's Mother!

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    47 mins
  • 96. Removing the Archbishop
    Feb 11 2024

    One of the biggest political showdowns in Swedish history begins this week, and it is all to do with the Archbishop! The King of Denmark, the Regent of Sweden and the Archbishop himself all clash over the powers and property of the office. It's going to be dramatic...

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    47 mins