Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
(listed here as “Lions Led By Donkeys”)
A military history podcast for laughing at the worst military failures, inept commanders, and crazy stories from throughout the history of human conflict.
Running since 2018 and past 500 episodes, the show is produced by its own company, Lions Led By Donkeys Productions B.V., and funded on Patreon — 17,738 members, 11,351 of them paying, on 2026-09-18. Of the eight shows on this site it is the one with a live date on the calendar right now.
Where to listen
- Official site: llbdpodcast.com — the show's Shopify store doubles as its homepage
- Feed (RSS, hosted on SoundCloud): feeds.soundcloud.com/…/sounds.rss
- SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/lionsledbydonkeys
- Apple Podcasts: Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast
- Patreon: patreon.com/lionsledbydonkeys
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@lionsledbydonkeyspodcast7424 (Lions Led By Donkeys Podcast).
How often
A free main episode every Monday, typically an hour twenty to an hour and a half. Patrons at $5 a month get three bonus episodes a month (Apple's listing says four); the free feed carries roughly ten-minute previews of each. Two running series share the feed: a "History of Armenia" bonus series and a media-reaction segment called "Lions Led By Robots".
Hosts (as the show publishes them)
Three hosts on the show's own About page, each with the show's own line — and no more than that line:
- Joe Kassabian — "Author, researcher, and historian who created the show in 2018."
- Nate Bethea — "Producer and cohost."
- Tom O'Mahony — "Producer and cohost."
Patreon's shorthand for the three is "Joe, Tom, Nate".
Live shows
next: Cork, Ireland, 2026-09-26 — the show's own live-dates page · all announced dates on this site
Next: Cork, Ireland, 2026-09-26 — in person and as a livestream. The show announced it in its own episode notes for Episode 431 - The Imjin War: Part 6: in-person tickets · livestream tickets. The site and the Patreon post list carried no date when checked on 2026-09-18; the feed's episode notes are where the show publishes them. All announced dates on this site.
Merch
Shopify store (the site is the store); shirts at £26.00 each on 2026-09-18, shipping internationally — store · merch across the eight shows
The Lions Led By Donkeys store is the show's site. On 2026-09-18 the shelf held the "Night Vision" T-shirt, the "Eastern Horsodoxy" T-shirt, a Gopnik T-shirt and a "York Automatons" shirt at £26.00 each, shipping internationally. The store also sells Joe Kassabian's novel The Highlands Burn as an ebook, which the episode notes plug as "BUY JOE'S BOOK". Merch across the eight shows.