Hold on to your butts boios because the top dog we're discussing today is one of the all time, pound for pound champs of the fair nation that is Cymru.

Give that little play button a tickle and listen to us tell a tale of battle, diplomacy and leadership that (FOR THE MILLIONTH TIME) deserves a Braveheart style movie adaptation.

Llywelyn Fawr had his head screwed on and we're pretty sure he'd be dressed in the finest Tales for Wales merch if he were about today. He'd at very least be gobbling up our extra content so do right by the boy and do the same.

We're on the road again as your lovable, drunken roving historians and we've got the idea of retaking Chepstow Castle for the Welsh firmly planted in our noggins.

Hit play and listen to us muse about everything from our personal medieval fantasies. the action seen by the eponymous stronghold and as always, copious riffs.

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You know the drill by now. It's Thursday, it's a throwback and what better to throwback to than the old stomping ground of one Dame Shirley Bassey.

Full ep here ya tarts.

That's right, just as Wales has finally settled into being a toll-less country, you're steely eyed pod hosts have come to drag up the past and pick at the scab of historic unfairness again.

People have a tonne of ways to deal with frustration. Some people like to dress up, some people like a bit of theatre and some like to smash stuff to bits. Hit play and find out about the anti toll protestors of the 1800's and how they did all three.

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It's hard to deny that Vikings were a group of tough old sluggers throughout history and thanks to their constant expansion their influence can bee seen all over the world even today.

But what if we told you those ballsy bastards came 'a' knockin' on Wales' door and the ruggedly handsome Welshies of old had to knock those chancers back to the sea not once, not twice but three times? Hit play and listen to how Wales could tussle with the best of them.

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We've put this one off for a while but thought it was about time we talked about a subject that's still a little raw for some in Wales. Hopefully we can do it justice and inform those who don't know about one of the more recent injustices in Wales.

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Wales has been a mixed bag of characters over the centuries from noble Kings and Princes to total knobhead highwaymen. But few have reached the dizzy heights of eccentricity as the druidic nationalist that was William Price.

Hit play and plunge the depths of madness with us as we explore the progressive good, the mental bad and the fashion based ugly that was the Druid of Llantrisant.

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The Welsh squabbled with each other often throughout history, trading in working together to achieve our true potential for short term, selfish gains. But there were a few father like authority figures here and there that grabbed the bickering Welsh leaders by the ear and got them to play nice for the good of Wales.

These Daddy's of Wales were instrumental in some of it's biggest victories and one of the biggest Daddy's of all was Owain Fawr/Owain the Great.

Hit play and find out how big, bad Owain got Wales' proverbial ducks in a row to beat back the naughty Normans.

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From ferocious Celts to overly enthusiastic bouncers on a night out, the Welsh have always had a knack for scrapping, but why were we so good at it?

Hit that little sideways triangle and find out the specifics of how medieval Welsh people dished out a beating to anyone who had the cheek to start something.

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Wales often has a way of making things it's own. Sod stew, have some cawl. Hate portable musical instruments? Here's a big fuck off harp you need three men to move.

And in a similar vein its wonderful residents decided to throw a Welsh twist on the classic that is Valentines Day by making their own day of love dedicated to a 5th century princess.

Hit play and hear all about Princess Dwynwen and how this babe got burnt by the white hot flames of love.

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Welcome back, cherubs. To reinforce the statistics that January is the most depressing month of the year, why not listen to us discussing all the awful ways mental health used to be treated back in the day?

You'd be MENTAL to miss it.

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Not content with our little piece of the UK, the Welsh have sometimes found themselves spreading out across the world to find a new way of life. In this case it was to make mega bucks supplying metal for the Russian government (Boo! Hiss!) but in the process a plucky Welshman ended up laying the foundations for one of Ukraine's largest cities.

Hit play and listen to us moan about our colds, talk a bit about history and commit to the frontlines of a war.

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We thought we'd finish out our last episode of the year with the same conviction and effort we've come to be known for so here's us waffling on about the very pod you're listening to instead of something we have to do too much research on.

A massive diolch and thank you to anyone who's listened to us this year, we truly appreciate the time you've spent listening to us fumble around at history and talk shite while drunk.

Also we're big time now, yeah? So we do collabs and other big time stuff I can't think of right now. You can listen to this delicious crossover with the lovely gents at The Infinite Escape Room here.

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Travel upstream, against the flow of time once more and listen to us talking rubbish before the subject matter as you've surely become accustomed to by now.

Full episode here about a big old bust up with primitive boomsticks.

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?

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.

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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.

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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 poem of praise or a satirical stanza about us and post it to our socials.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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This week we're throwing it back to an episode every boozy trivia enthusiast would hate to miss. Give us a listen and drown your drinking comrades in Welsh based factoids.

Full episode here if you get greedy for knowledge.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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-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 our socials

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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.

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Croeso, wolcom and welcome to another serving from the past, this weeks selection is from when we discussed our brethren from the South, the Kernewek/Cornish.

Check out the full episode if you fancy learning about the Celtic connection between us and some extra little snippets about Kernow/Cornwall itself.

King Arthur's knights were pretty hot shit but none have been hot-shittier than Peredur (Sir Percival).

An adventure here, a heroic feat there, our boy Peredur knew that if he did great things he'd be blessed with two chancers giving him an episode on their podcast and boy did it pay off.

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On this episode we're revisiting a particularly crafty pirate, the illustrious star of our very own episode 1 and patron saint of rum drinkers around the world.

This guy was cashin' cheques and breakin' necks all across the high seas and we just love to talk about it. Hit play and have a listen about how this gutsy Welsh lad pulled a fast one on the Spanish back in 1668.

Love pirates like us? Let us know on our socials. Don't love pirates? Have a word with yourself.

You know how dedicated to the pod we are by now, we've even read some books for God's sake. But in the eternal quest to be the best we can be for our dear listeners, we sometimes must put our little noodles to the test.

Indeed, like the warrior must keep his sword sharp, us amateur history podcasters need to do the same with our brains (plus this kind of episode is piss easy to produce).

Hit play and find out if you're really listening to aspiring historians or a couple of boozy chancers.

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Twm Siôn Cati. Witty highwayman? Lovable rogue? Astute thief? Or just a massive bellend?

Fans of the Welsh Robin Hood, turn away now because here at Tales for Wales we've pulled back the curtain, we've finally cleaned the lens of history, we've washed off the made-up glories and revealed a right scrub underneath it all.

Hit play if you dare and find out just what we think of old Twm.

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As if one Welsh woman war chief wasn't enough we've got another barer of the XX chromosome that had bigger proverbial balls than most of the men knocking around back then.

Hit play and listen to how Gwenllian led the Welsh against the invading Normans with a sprinkling of Glasto hate.

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We know everyone's had a great time at the recent Beyonce gigs but here at Tales for Wales we feel compelled to tell you all that there's only one Queen B we recognise and that's Boudica, baby.

Queen of the Iceni tribe, leader of the Boudican revolt, burner of Roman cities, this gal's done it all. Hit play and listen to us natter on about how badass this Celtic bae was.

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This week we've got another Celtic delicacy for your minds to scoff down with the story of Caradog and his efforts in Wales to beat back the invading Romans.

Hit play and hear how this big boy chieftain stirred up a rebellion that would resist the Romans for 30 years.

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When you think of Celts, you probably think of painted savages, fighting bloody battles with their willies out, but you'd only be half right. They did a lot of cool stuff with their willies in as well.

Hit play and glimpse an insight into what was going on before the days of knights and Princes, when what would become Wales pitted their willies against the big swinging dicks that were the Romans.

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Map referenced in the pod for the keenos.

We love the chart toppers like Llywelyn and Glyndŵr as much as anyone but Wales wasn't built in a day.

Hit that triangular button and expand your love for a few old school princes that helped form the tapestry that is Wales.

Like so many artists at their peak, we're struggling to keep up with the feverish demand of the masses.

To shamelessly cop out and buy ourselves more time, we've compiled a couple of eppy's of what we think are our best bits so far.

We 100%, mega promise to be back with cool, sexy and fresh new content soon, we've been reading books and everything.

Missed a best bit? Let us know on our socials, babes.

This is a throwback to one of our fave episodes because it features big bad Jemima Nicholas and we urge you to enjoy it in it's fullest by clicking below. To wet your appetite though, listen to us talking episode mistakes and taking on Russia.

Hear about J Nik's in all her glory here.

Uh oh, the Tales for Wales boys just went META. No not the Facebook gimp, we've just turned our keen, analytical gaze inward to give you a rundown of what we think of our pod journey so far.

Tap play and listen to two men try and stretch a ten minute conversation into 40 mins of "content".

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Did you see the recent coronation? Dull, right?

Want to hear about a king that wasn't a total bore?

Well look no further than that lovely triangular button. Give it a press and listen to some tales about the right honourable Mr Pendragon and how these days he'd be belting 'Yma o Hyd' on game day like the rest of us.

Nothing more chivalrous than following a pod on their socials, by the way.

Like the dragon of Cadwalader, Wales and the Welsh have risen from the depths of cinema insignificance and spread their wings across the modern media landscape in recent years.

From one trick, R rolling ponies to valiant portrayals of heroes draped in red, hit play and have a listen to part 2 of us waffling on about Welsh studs and duds on screen.

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Further viewing for the keeno's amongst you:

A Christmas Carol (2019) - Clip/Series

Zulu

Bastard Executioner - theme/series

How Green is My Valley

Vinland Saga

Thick of It

Evil Dead (2013)