Prizefighters, Circus Freaks & Gangsters

What Happenns if you cross Bridgerton with GI Joe? Romance Novels & Action Series - who ever heard of such a thing? Well, apparently, it's definitely a thing on Warrior now. But don't worry - to balance out the secret babies we have necklace fights. No, not that kind, the cool kind! And there are some fun side roads to take for this episode. That's right - it has returned (Optional) HOMEWORK:...

Want more Jamie & Greta? Get your tickets (DISCOUNT CODE: Food) to Intelligent Speech Online - this November 4th and see all sorts of History Pods - including Margaret Killjoy and Her Cool People! In our current age of madness, we need Contingencies You episode 1 of seson 2 was trouble - WELL! Lee is sleeping in his shirt (I can't even see his Jawline)! Penny is getting backed into corners. Bu...

Want more Jamie & Greta? Get your tickets (DISCOUNT CODE: Food) to Intelligent Speech Online - this November 4th and see all sorts of History Pods - including Margaret Killjoy and Her Cool People! In our current age of madness, we need Contingencies What happens when Meet The Parents meets Schlock Horror... that's not even really that scary? This film. With plastic skeletons and furniture from...

Want more Jamie & Greta? Get your tickets (DISCOUNT CODE: Food) to Intelligent Speech Online - this November 4th and see all sorts of History Pods - including Margaret Killjoy and Her Cool People! In our current age of madness, we need Contingencies It's Season 2 of Warrior and OH Boy! Does this season look different. Yeah, yeah, last season was super duper historical, true to the way it was.....

How is Jamie going to resolve his enjoyment of boats in person, but not liking boat movies? How bad does a 19thC warship smell? How much is Greta NOT telling you? HOMEWORK! (Optional): Books we mentioned Patrick O'Brian Jack Aubry series. The beginning - Master and Commander The Age of Fighting Sail & the Horatio Hornblower series - C.S. Forester Longitude (2000) staring Jeremy Irons (OK this...

What is the worst marial arts TV show on American television? I'll happily put my money on Kung Fu with David Carradine. As a kid I would try to watch the show, but always think it was a printing mistake in my local paper - this couldn't possibly be a show about a Chinese guy doing Kung Fu. There was no Chinese guy and there was no Kung Fu But it's worse than that - dead women as your motivation,...

Ladies & Gentlemen Boys & Girls gather ‘round, take a seat and view these wonders of Hugh Jackman, Zendaya and Zach Efron in The Greatest Showman It’s available to watch on several cable providers - and available in the subscriptions of DIsney+, Hulu, Sling Alternately, strap in for some Circus History and an absolute shredding of the public image of PT Barnum. Who was worse - Barnum or Tr...

This week we get to see if the Man makes the Clothes, or the Clothes makes the Man. Also - healthcare in the American workplace is (more or less) the same as it ever was. But at least we can bring waterbottles to the job now. Everyone is at a fever pitch to get out of this season standing on two good feet - but not everyone will get that. Head wounds and all... Help us out - Download! And leave a...

We have the arena, we have the fighters, we have The Ring of Fire!!! And those fashions - it may be shirts off in the ring, but the Ah Toy and Mai Ling are treating this like a Royal French Opera, and have come dressed to kill. But honestly, once it's all set up it's time to look at some bad ass fightery- and see just what happens to who loses in a fight this big. So get your seats, grab a beer, a...

So - you find yourself as a woman type person in the 19th century. How much does that suck? Lots or slightly less. Mostly that depends on birth - where & how much $$$ Dad & Mom have. But sometimes you can make your own luck. Sometimes you only have to put your life on the line. Or is that - you always have to put your life on the line and the odds change. Anyway - blood is going to fly. He...

Fight! Fight! Fight! This episode has so many bodies! We also get to see a badass training montage. Alas, the music is a little off from our experience, but it does let us contemplate a truly knarly war injury while thinking about going into the fight. And we get to see Buckley getting up to No Good! So much happens in this episode, it's hard to decide which is the best part. Who cares? Jump into...

The boys are back in town, and it's time for a party! Lee's happy, O'Hara's grumpy, Young Jun wants to fight and Ah Sahm is making bad decisions - so what else is new? Mai Ling is ready t omake moves on her own - and she is NOT subtle. Get a few face tattooed warriors in her back pocket and she thinks she's are the baddest lady in town. Maybe so - but it doesn't come without consequences and a who...

Bad Ass Cowboy Fights! Yes, yes, we are here being all erudite and know-it-ally, but sometimes, a really good mini movie with the best fights ever and really smooshy guts SFX are just the best. Find your best cowboy hat, saddle up, and join us for the most fun episode of Warrior yet. Help us out - Download! And leave a Review to Get the Word OUT! You can find us: Jamie Lewis ( plagueofstrength.com...

Damn Rhyming History! The problem with time being Nietzsche's stupid flat circle, is we just run around and stub our societal toes on the same stupid problems. HBO's show Warrior gives us the chance to indulge in a little nihilist philosophy, and still get in some great fights. It's also one of the best food episodes so far. I mean, trecherous murder, smothered whole fish and the wrong damn beans!...

There are a lot of fighters to choose from on the HBO show Warrior If you are a go face first in to fight where you swing first - Leary is your man More of a sneak up and get them when they least suspect you - Barkley for sure For those white knight types - it's all Ah Sahm all day Ruthless Smarts, but still know how to make friends and have fun? - Ah Toy Do what it takes, becasue you want to clim...

The 19th Century - Way more interesting than you throught... It's episode 2, and frankly, things look good on the HBO Show: Warrior There's a sense of looking around, and getting to know the place. But don't worry, there are still a few fights. Just like the actors, they are incredibly good looking! Why were people so viscious in the 19th century? Partly, I dunno, partly insecurity. But also partl...

We are back! Ready to watch the HBO Show: Warrior We are going to go all the way back to season 1 and walk you through this fight by fight, with a few stops along the way to drool over the food, have some opinions about the clothes, and unpack why the characters actions make Perfect Sense in the 19th century context. What the heck was going on at this point in time in America anyway. Let's Goooooo...

Introducing a chaotic look at the the most startling century of all - the 19th Century. We start out with BANG! (and many fatal injuries) with Martin Scorcese's 2002 sprawling epic of fortune, fighting, crime & misery... Gangs of New York Jamie Lewis ( plagueofstrength.com & IG @plagueofstrength) & Greta Hardin (The History of American Food podcast & @THoAFood all over) join forces...

The 19th Century - American Maheym has arrived! Fighting, Food, Fashion & Fraud Plus bombast, fornication, mendacity, debauchery, slander, sensationalism and vapid triviality... and swearing. Yet it's the least understood American century - far more than the Civil War, the Railroad & Cowboy Movies. Through 20th & 21st century TV & Movies, Jamie Lewis of Plague Of Strength & Gre...