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Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast

Tales for Wales is an inaccurate Welsh history lesson brought to you by two boozy mates. New episodes every Sunday.

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51. Christmas Bants - Part 2

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/12/24

If you were here last week then you know the score, if you weren't then we tip our caps to you for shunning convention and starting something on part 2.Hit play and hear the rest of our Christmas chat with a much bigger sprinkling of inebriation. Why buy your loved ones gifts this year when you can follow us on Insta and give us your money instead?

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52:56

50. Christmas Bants - Part 1

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/12/17

Because it's Christmas we thought we'd give ourselves the gift of phoning an episode or two in. So instead of Welsh history, this week we'll be chatting about all the things that makes us feel that lovely tingle of Christmas in our booze pickled souls. Hit play and listen to your two favourite hosts make this holiday season all about them.Give us the spiritual gift of friendship by joining our socials or the very real gift of money by donating to the pod here.

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50:01

49. Christmas in Wales

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/12/10

Nadolig Llawen to you all, our merry little listeners 🎄 We thought we'd capitalise on the yuletide season by leaning into the theme over the next few episodes and we thought we'd start with some of the mad Crimbo traditions from past and present Wales.Hit play and have a listen to how some of our Welsh brothers and sisters celebrated the season of goodwill, from your standard getting on the lash to physically abusing your nearest and dearest.Fancy giving us the timeless gift of money? Or the

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48. János Arany and The Bards of Wales

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/12/03

Ever been sat at the pub and thought "well golly gosh, what I would give for a bard to be strumming his lyre and giving us a song while I drink my pint"?Well tough shit because the royal form of bardic tradition in Wales ended in the 13th century thanks to some stroppy English king. If that fact leaves you as miffed as it did us, hit play and listen to us dedicate an episode to the forgotten Welsh students of rhyme and verse and a top notch Hungarian bloke who immortalised them in a poem.Write a

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47. Y Wladfa and the Patagonian Welsh

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/11/26

Back in the 1800's Wales had a surplus of ballsy legends and some of them fancied trading in the oppression of the English for the hardships of the South American frontier. If you like the idea of two booze hounds talking about it, but mainly getting side tracked and talking about how much we want a holiday in Patagonia, hit play and fill your boots. Argentina? Barely new her! If you think that kind of joke is as funny as we do, let us know on our socials.We're not planning a South American

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46. The Tylwyth Teg - Fairies and Magical Residents...

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/11/19

Ever wanted a catch all term for the otherworldly creatures that hail from Wales but can't keep up with the modern terminology because of the WOKE SOYBOY THOUGHT POLICE?Well worry no more because we've got a term that covers everything from an elf to a talking pig AKA your mum. Hit play and listen to how the mystic residents of this lovely country used to get things done back in the day.Get our notification (tinker)bell going by following our social.I do believe in donations, I do, I do. Help the

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45. Welsh Mythology 3 - Part 2

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/11/12

We're sorry that we blue balled you all last week by only delivering half an episode but in our defence we're really bad at planning these out.And while we may be teases here at Tales for Wales, we always put out eventually. So hit play to listen to more myths from the magical land of Wales.Have you heard the legend of our social media presence? Check it out here.Want to turn yourself into a legend? Donate to the pod here.

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44. Welsh Mythology 3 - Part 1

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/11/05

That's right, the spirits have compelled us to milk the Halloween-y themes for a few more episodes by staying focused on the mystical, monstrous and spiritual side of Wales' past. Hit play and let us keep the story telling traditions of Wales alive but getting boozed up and burping semi coherent fables directly into your ear holes. Legend has it we have a social media presence? Dare you join us there?Enjoy our pissed up shenanigans? You can donate to the church of cans and Welsh history here 🙏

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43. Halloween Special: The Demon of Cerrigydrudion

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/10/28

This week we're embracing one of the most well known pagan traditions by giving you bunch of goblins and ghoulies a special episode for Halloween AKA Calan Gaeaf AKA All Hallows Eve AKA All-Hallowmas🎃Hit play if you dare and listen to the chilling tale about a white devil terrorising a native population but not in a colonial way.TREAT us by following our socials.Help support your favourite pod by donating here, it's no TRICK.

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40:11

42. Tiger Bay

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/10/21

Ever been down Cardiff Bay? You think it just popped into existence out of thin air? No. It took years of hard graft, failed regeneration projects and letting local communities down. Hit that tasty little triangle to hear us chat about how Cardiff Bay came to be and how it had a way cooler name back in the day. What do you think of this episode? Tiger YAY? or Tiger NAY? Let us know on our socials.Feeling frivolous and kind? You can donate to the pod here.

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41. The Battle of St. Fagans

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/10/15

Anyone who was schooled in south Wales will have been to St. Fagans at some point but baby, let me tell ya, this isn't your standard year 7 school trip. Hit play and listen to how some people with their tongues up the monarch's arse fought some other people with their tongues up the government's arse.Are you a roughhouse royalist or prissy parliamentarian? Let us know on our socials you dweebs. We do not receive funding from the crown estate so if you fancy throwing some dollar dollar our way to

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40. Welsh Facts

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/10/07

As sure as the tides come in and out you know it's only ever a matter of time before we do a low effort episode to top the episode list up with and would you believe it, that time has come again. Unlike most of our cop outs though, this one might be of use if you're ever in the unique situation of being forced to dish out obscure facts about Wales and the Welsh.We have a social media presence. FACT. Check it out here. If you donate to the pod and help us little chancers out, we'll be incredibly

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53:20

39. Cornwall/Kernow

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/09/30

Hold on to your butts because Tales for Wales has gone off the reservation and decided to cover a place in England this episode. That's ENGLAND which is NOT WALES.Hit play and listen to us talk about how Cornwall is England's little Celtic refuge and how our Cornish brethren share more than just a little in common with the Welsh.Enjoy this episode where we widen our remit? Or should we stay in our fucking lane? Let us know on our socials.Donate towards Frank's legal fees here.

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38. The Invasion of Fishguard

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/09/23

Heard of the old saying, "mess with Wales and you get the pitchfork"? Doubtful because we just made it up.But it's a phrase that might sound familiar to the French after they sent a load of invaders over in 1797 and got their tushies sent packing. Hit play and listen to us recount the last ever invasion of mainland Britain.This week's intro/outro is Gwyneth Herbert - Ladies of Fishguard and it's an absolute banger. Give it a proper listen here.Feel free to invade our socials by clicking this

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37. The Laws of Hywel Dda

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/09/16

Dread them, fear them or run from them, the admin boffins come along all the same and Wales in the 10th century was no different.But this episode isn't about any old boffin, it's about a boffin with cahones so big he codified the law for the whole of Wales. So sit back, hit play and listen to us shine a light on his list making legacy.Follow us on the lawless landscape that is social media here.Send us legal tender here to help support the pod if you're feeling kind.

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36. Dewi Sant - Saint David

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/09/09

Wales is home to a fair few big names that made their mark by swinging swords and leading armies but occasionally someone stands out for something different, like growing hills and having sea serpents run errands for you.In this week's episode we discuss the latter and delve into the history of the patron saint of Wales and all his boring meat and beer free beliefs.Bless us by following our socials here.Much like a church you can also give us money for nothing if you're feeling generous and want to

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35. Tomorrow's History of Wales according to AI

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/09/02

The rise of the machines is all but guaranteed and when you're being marched into forced servitude by our metal masters you'll think back to a better time when the robots worked for us.For example, having a few ones and zeros churn out some so called 'content' on your favourite boozy history podcast. Hit play and savour the good times as we wait for the inevitable AI generated apocalypse.If you're not a bot you can follow our socials here.If you're sat there thinking "I wish I had something to waste

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34. Macsen Wledig/Magnus Maximus

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/08/26

Ever been namedropped in a Dafydd Iwan song? Ever inadvertently created a nation by pulling your Roman forces from ancient Britain? Ever done both? Well our boy Macsen has.Be a stand up fella and hit that triangular button to hear us give a muddled attempt at relaying a hugely important piece of Welsh history.What are we without friends? Follow us on our social here.Us monkeys dance for free, but if you fancied donating to us you can throw your hard earned cash here.

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33. The Steel Town Murders

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/08/19

-This episode covers incidents that include domestic abuse, rape and murder-Not to steal Netflix's thunder by capitalising on real life tragedies but this one did happen in Wales and it was in the past so we reckon that falls firmly in our wheelhouse.Hit play and listen to us dip our toes for the first time into the true crime pool by talking about Wales' first recorded serial killer.What did you think? Shall we do more Welsh crime episodes or just shut up and talk about older stuff? Let us know on

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32. Knowing Me Knowing You 2: Electric Boogaloo

Tales for Wales: A Welsh History Podcast ·

2023/08/13

To round out season 3 we're swapping out the highway of history for memory lane once again and delving into the extremely niche section of Welsh history that is our own personal anecdotes.Hit play and listen to us drink too much, reminisce, try to embarrass each other and go off on some huge tangents.Give our socials a follow if you'd like, kind people.If you want to support the pod here's a link to throw some coins into our beggars cap.

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