'"Mother Theresa?? What did she do?" "What DIDN'T she do?"' Help people.

@AN-tw7uj

Жыл бұрын

Too true! Highly recommend the podcast "The Turning: The sisters who left" and also The Missionary Position by Christopher Hitchens.

As a British person who’s anti monarchy, this is exactly the catharsis I needed after hearing so many people glorifying her, thank you

Potentially amusing anecdote: as a child, I didn't know that Wales existed, so having only heard about Princess Diana verbally, I spent until about 2010 (well into my early 20s) thinking I was hearing "Princess of Whales". I figured it was an honorary title (or rather, even more honorary than most nobility), assuming she just really liked cetaceans.

@PetitPoneyDuVercors26

Жыл бұрын

Like we had the dauphin (dolphin) in France (first son of the king, the prince that would inherit the throne and were given the title and the dauphiné province in south eastern france, I figured out cuz I'm from that region, but still, we have the Rhone but there's no dolphins here we're not on the coast haha) So it could have been really whales haha

@Kaltag2278

4 ай бұрын

I hereby claim the title "Princess of Whales", irrevocably, in perpetuity.

@GeistInTheMachine

Ай бұрын

​@@Kaltag2278Sustained.

Telling The Bees is indeed a common tradition among beekeepers! You're supposed to tell the bees about deaths, births, marriages, and other important milestones, or the bees might leave. It's not just a royal thing.

@hootsyoutube

Жыл бұрын

This is the cutest thing I've ever heard. Crying.

@amiaswolfgang

Жыл бұрын

I kinda lost my mind when I heard about this tradition because my friends and I call ourselves "the bees" in reference to our Discord server we all hang out in that started as a bee-obsessed Minecraft server. Thankfully all the information I saw about Telling the Bees started out with a picture of beekeepers otherwise I would have been pretty confused 😅

@tytesseract

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, you have to tell the bees or they (allegedly) either sting you or die, it's not worth the risk not telling them. As an aside, Margaret Atwood covers this in book 2 or 3 of the MaddAddam trilogy when the bee keeper dies.

As a Brit of Kenyan heritage I really appreciate the section on 🇰🇪 Kenya. And as a Kikuyu, you pronounced that really well. Harambe! My mum was a child under British colonialism and feared for her life daily. My uncle and great uncles were imprisoned in concentration camps. My uncle was just 15.

@MainelyMandy

Жыл бұрын

I'm so sorry for what your family has been through. I appreciate you stopping by to listen. (and also relieved I pronounced it right!)

I saw some banger tweets about how Charles needs to live as a king for atleast 2 years, and have multiple therapists confirm his king status, etc.

great news about the bees: it is a very old tradition actually called "telling the bees"! bees must be informed of important events in their beekeepers' lives, like births, marriages, deaths, etc. the tradition warns that consequences for withholding information from the bees include poor quality honey, bee strikes, or even deaths in the hive.

@MainelyMandy

Жыл бұрын

I love the idea of bees striking. Like "You didn't tell us about the new princess so FUCK YOU! No more honey!"

@kayden8093

2 ай бұрын

​@MainelyMandy they do it all the time provided their needs arent being met, it's actually really cool! you actually can't exploit bees cause they'll just straight up pack up and leave if they aren't getting enough benefits from staying with their keeper

I have heard about nothing but the queen and how it's "disrespectful" to even think about her in an unflattering light. I needed this. Also, the marmalade sandwich thing is because, in a promotion for the Paddington movie, Paddington and the Queen shared their love of marmalade sandwiches over a tray of them. Now people think the queen REALLY liked marmalade.

🎼 lizzies in a box, liiiiiizzies in a box 🎶

@crptpyr

Жыл бұрын

is this to the tune of "fingers in his ass"

The queen died on my birthday. It was really sweet of her 🥺

'Let's transition'... 'Way ahead of you, sweaty' -- i laughed out loud. 😅

Honestly the queen dying really saved my week, one of the few things I can really commend her for. Anyway on a serious note I think the celebrations surrounding her death are more about her as a symbol of imperialism than about her as a person and that is completely ~valid~, if atrocities are committed in the name of a queen against you you are more than welcome to hate her for them whether she was personally involved or not. EDIT: The paper thing was a big thing in South Africa (my home) as well, passbooks are a huge part of our history. Containment and imprisonment is such a huge part of colonial rule and it really doesn't get enough attention

I just noticed the "yasss queen" on the side grave and lost it.

Today I learned I was born in the wrong generation, I was meant to be a Snarky Millennial but instead I'm an Anxiety-Riddened Older Zoomer.

@thrashbin2001

Ай бұрын

@@FIRING_BLIND yea lmao I was born in 2001 and I feel that.

I just want to say, I write stories, I periodically jot down ideas for them in a word document, and I'm gonna base so much shit off what I'm learning here. Also every time I reference the royal family in my notes from now on, I do it like this. "Base something off the queen’s handicapped cousins that the horrible in every way completely disgusting absolutely deserving of no respect whatsoever British royal family institutionalized and pretended didn’t exist because having inbred handicapped members of the family was a bad look." Thank you for adding this to my creative method.

I haven't even listened to the episode yet, BUT THIS IS THE MOMENT YOU'VE BEEN TRAINING FOR YOU GUYS

Interesting bit about the british taking "inspiration" from the nazis for the concentration camps during the Mau Mau rebellion, the nazis modeled their concentration camps after the ones the british used during the Boer War.

@RespecttheDeadPodcast

Жыл бұрын

Sadly, I am not surprised - Mandy

@tytesseract

Жыл бұрын

Concentration camps have a longer history, see The Cherokee Roundup of 1838 implemented under the Treaty of New Echota (1835) with the US government on order of President Martin Van Buren. The term 'Concentration Camp' itself is derived from the Spanish 'reconcentrados', camps for non-combatants established during the Cuban upsising 1895-98. Both preceded the British use of concentration camps under General Kitchener (from 1900) during the second Anglo - Boer War 1899-1902.

Pissing on someone's grave before they're even burried? Fuck yeah!

"gentlemen may not bring another gentleman unless they are father brother or son" so i guess gayness is only allowed if it's incest at the palace

I WAS GONNA BE SO DISAPPOINTED IF SHE WASNT COVERED SOON AND YALL DID NOT DISAPPOINT

Now I need to find that picture of the corgi next to the portal of hell.

Ooooh this is so much fun. Let's do Charles now?

@beethovenjunkie

Жыл бұрын

Let's literally do all of the succession line. *Manifesting*

On a tour of the Pacific shortly after she got her dead dad's hat. My dad's school was forced to sit out in the sun for hours waiting for the cow to do the drive past and wave. What happened though is on the way, she wanted to gawk at the people in a village up the road instead. So by the time she finished staring at brown people, the car had to speed past my dad and his class, on it's way to the next thing. Not the worst thing in the world, but I had a healthy disrespect for the crown, instilled in me from a young age. Since at best the royals are a waste of everyone's time, and worst are actively harmful/hateful people.

@oh_riley7104

4 ай бұрын

After I saw the Funeral Goat, it took me far too long to decipher this comment that has no cipher. Just one of the many reasons I'll never respect the monarchy.

I knew you wouldn't let me down xD Wasn't expecting it so soon, but I was hoping this was on the way

@RespecttheDeadPodcast

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!! 🥰

@solgato5186

Жыл бұрын

likewise!

Super impressed that you guys got this done so fast, i swear she's still warm lol.

What freaking queens, getting this out so quickly! Thank you especially Caelan for editing this in such little time!!!

Wow, this episode was amazingly hilarious. Also I was really excited to hear Neil and Mika made cameo. I really do applaud and appreciate the hustle of recording this on Sunday morning and having it out by today. You guys are the greatest.

Thank you very much for this emergency podcast episode, dingdong the witch is dead! 🎉✨💜

Dale Earnhardt plowing through the throne room at Buckingham Palace while a badger cries in the background.

Thank you for talking about Kenya and India. I'm definitely going to learn more about these, and other things you mentioned, while talking breaks (because there is so much horror).

Hearing about the concentration camps made me angry. Of course I should be angry-- you should always be angry and outraged when people are treated as less than human. But I'm also angry I've heard this story before-- it’s sounds like every story of genocide and colonization I've ever heard-- and I hate that I live in a world these sorts of crimes against humanity have happened more than once.

comrade christopher eccleston

@introusas

3 ай бұрын

“I hope the world turns round and shits on you.” ~Christopher Eccleston

As a person who's life and career revolves around concert culture I would absolutely love a Tutankhamun tour shirt

I'm so happy that I got to leave the 69th like on this particular episode.

I had to wait to listen because omg lonnnngggg but wow so worth it. And I literally am afraid Kissinger will never die

@WitchOracle

8 ай бұрын

Good news from the future, lol

To clear up legal influence of the monarchy over state law: essentially it functions in such a way as to prevent the monarchy from having to actually intervene but getting legal impunity anyway. Because every law put into place in the UK must be signed by the reigning monarch but they understand that it's a bad look if they veto it (which they legally could do with impunity but is bad for branding). So instead it is done indirectly, the UK government will draft a law, and it will be sent to the palace for review. The "crown" will then in place of the monarch "suggest" modifications to the law if they see fit. The government will then amend the proposed law in the crowns favour before presenting the document officially for the monarch to sign into law. By doing it this way, any alterations made are done quietly and discreetly, can't usually be traced back to the crown and allow them to control the law without having to explicitly use their powers. This way, the monarchy are able to exercise political control whilst claiming neutrality and an apolitical stance. We don't always know the extent to which they may be meddling but it is usually assumed that they are just graciously abstaining from using their absolute power over the law. So they can't really make new laws, but they wouldn't want to anyway usually. They can just edit and rephrase any new laws coming in to make themselves exempt. The prime minister also has weekly visits with the monarch, discussing any political changes that may affect them.

I am a continental European and was in London because I had tickets for Philosophy Tube’s The Prince. You wouldn’t believe how many people thought we were there to pay our respects. The most refreshing experience was chatting with the owner of the Korean restaurant where we had lunch who gave as little fucks about the Queen as us and had a really dry sense of humor about it

Just when I thought I couldn’t love you all more. DRAG THAT QUEEN.

Commenting beforehand to say that I am SO. FUCKING. EXCITED about this episode!

@beethovenjunkie

Жыл бұрын

You didn't necessarily need to be inspired by the Holocaust for colonial genocidal bureaucracy, because it had been done in African colonies, literally by the Germans, about a generation before, meaning many of the German Nazis had experience from the colonies. Namibian people affected by that genocide still haven't gotten reperations to this day.

@beethovenjunkie

Жыл бұрын

One of my personal favourite tweets was Lil Nas X saying rip to the Queen but he can't help having a fat ass. Also, people of colour in fucking Germany are getting cancelled for criticising the British Empire, I'm like - she may be mostly German but she isn't even our Queen? Not looking forward to Angela Merkel dying, tbh... Thank you so much to all three of you for this absolutely flawless episode, but especially to Caelan. I hope you get reimbursed for the matchsticks you needed to keep your eyes open last night.

oh also i love the Special Edition Background! just now noticed it on the second half of my listen

"Lizzie In A Box" was the banger of the season tho.

SO SO SUPER KEEN FOR THIS

Thank you so much for making time to put this together. Keep being awesome out there all.

First off, I am DEVASTATED that it took me until now to find this podcast (idk how I missed it I must live under a rock - I am binging it all in order now) because this was what I NEEDED when the queen died. I was so tired of every single news story being about how amazing she was and how the country (I live in the UK) was in a state of national mourning when I was NOT mourning. I was glad she was dead and hoping and praying (in vain obviously T_T) that it would be a chance for us to get RID of those parasitic colonising assholes, but nope we're stuck with Charles and still getting NO accountability for all those atrocities you spoke about (and the countless others). But also, Mandy, I'm British and I don't understand any of our fucking systems either, so every time you were like "I'm American so I have no idea how this works" about knighthoods and everything else, me neither. It's incomprehensible to me, and all of it seems so redundant it's an actual joke. So it's not just people from other countries that don't get it. I've lived here my whole life (nearly 3 decades) and it still makes no sense. So you're all good.

Great Episode. Very informative. Special Thank You to Editing Caelan. ♥

Ok yes the queen sucked but don't bring Paddington into this! He is a refugee from Peru and is a very good bear trying his best.

Paused to look at the memorial link and I think it looks fine, maybe even nice if I'd see it in person. I assume it was made closer to 1997 than 2022, and reflects the times, but it looks well tended and each element has familial and spiritual significance. I'm in my early-to-mid forties now and likely have a different perspective on that era.

you guys are perfect!

Oh, Cae, nine hours! Please sleep and take care of you. 💕

@gamewrit0058

Жыл бұрын

More than ten hours! (Hands you eye drops and a comfy blanket) Well done.

Mmmm fresh corpse, my favorite

Pretty sure Tut himself (his mummy) does NOT travel. Objects from his tomb have occasionally travelled and I believe a few times a royal mummy has travelled. Last time the Tut exhibit was in Chicago, they had some Tut tomb objects but a lot of the travelling exhibition was from the tomb of his grandmother's parents (Yuya and Thuja). I can't recall if their mummies were included. That said, I agree with all statements made about returning plundered things! Just not on the fact of Tut himself traveling, so a minor annoyance on an error of something I have knowledge on lol. He has stayed in Egypt. I really want to get to that new museum that supposedly has ALL the tomb ojbects together (for first time since tomb was opened) and maybe on display? The museum in Cairo. In Egypt. Where the ancient egyptians lived (partly). Recently found your channel/podcast and am loving it!! I looked it up, the mummy of Ramesses II did travel out of the country for a forensic examination/preservation in the 70s, he had to have a passport and everything 😂

The Titles of Nobility amendment was never actually ratified, but some early printings of the Constitution included it, leading to confusion.

Caelen's all "Available to the public? Weekend at Elizabeth's anyone!? Let's go get her!"

lmao i was wondering if you were gonna do this

Seconding the comments from British people glad to hear anti-monarchy stuff. On Mandy's comment (paraphrasing) "why do the royals get all these exemptions from equality law etc.", "...For bills affecting her private interests as well as those impinging on the her powers (exec powers used without consulting parliament), the Queen’s permission must be granted before it can be put to parliament. Such ‘Queen’s Consent’ (or ‘Prince’s Consent’ in the case of bills affecting the Prince of Wales’ private interests) was sought 146 times between 1970 and 2013 according to former government minister Norman Baker. Any bill that might affect the income from the monarch n her son’s private estates, for eg (Duchy of Cornwall and Duchy of Lancaster, comprising some of the most lucrative real estate in the London, the Strand, as well as Balmoral & Sandringham) is subject to veto by the Crown. All laws affecting income or land tax, for example, or employment rights, require Queen’s Consent, as did the 2006 Animal Welfare Act, because it granted inspectors the right to go onto private estates to investigate claims of animal abuse. To prevent the bill being vetoed by the Crown, Labour govt agreed that the Windsors’ private estates would be - literally putting them above the law. Queen’s Consent even had to be sought for the 2008 Child Maintenance Act as it affected payments to the Queen’s private staff." Twitter thread this was taken from: twitter.com/mxmovement/status/1567929488897449990 Wiki Link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%27s_Consent I'll just throw in (for more info rather than "why didn't you cover this!?") that the limits on the British monarchs powers are largely matters of 'convention', that is, legal limits are not actually in place. Obviously there'd be pushback if Charles randomly started blocking legislation, but if information conditions were set first (oh no that Corbyn has been elected, who's going to keep the country safe from this extremist?)... Sorry for ignoring your instructions re additional comments, I am a massive gobshite. Appreciate the show, keep up the good work!

"What happemed to the Geneva Convention?" Fun fact: If you don't formally declare war, a lot of those laws don't apply.

Abolish all monarchies! Byee queennnnn!

Alas, the Titles of Nobility Amendment was never ratified.

Really looking forward to Hoots' Kissinger ep 👀

Don't worry, the country has figured out they love Charlie boy now. Did he do anything worthwhile? Nope. Still gotta love him though. He has a shiny hat.

Fun fact! The queen was related in 2 (two) seperate ways to her cousband (cousin husband)

Funny enough my first thought when I heard she was dead-- other than congratulations to any group she's ever colonized-- was of this podcast.

The day that it was announced the queen had died, I was at the pub with the other teachers in my school having some back to school drinks. There was this guy pressed against the TV screen trying to hear the announcement for like the 9th time in a row and looking like he was going to cry. Someone ordered a drink that required the blender. The guy lost it. He kept screaming, “Show some respect”. I’m anti-monarchy - now my northern Irish catholic colleagues and I take the mick all the time. We teach literature and linguistics. So any time we spot each other teaching something about the British empire while we’re walking past each other’s classrooms, we’ll catch the person’s eye and mouth “show some respect” then walk off The only thing that I’m upset about is that I was convinced her son would die before she did, and I hate being wrong

11:45 oh my god i think they were thinking of the morton salt girl 😂

The British museum lost a ton of those artifacts recently. They did an even worse job taking care of them.

She died on my birthday 🙂

49:50 is amazing this is a bookmark 1:41:07 bookmark.

12:00 please I need a link I can't find it omfg

@RespecttheDeadPodcast

Жыл бұрын

twitter.com/thiwitter/status/1568688323014848513?s=46&t=5NwaqrFFSEAhaCXlrIfO6w -cae

@GaasubaMeskhenet

Жыл бұрын

@@RespecttheDeadPodcast yaaaaaaas!!!

I'm just upset that I want listening to this podcast six months ago

I was sadder when the ninth doctor died then when the queen did

In Scotland we have a fairly strong repatriation social vibe. Stone of Scone taught us better.

As a 23 year old zoomer, love the pod

Planet of the Pyramids

You're cold-hearted if you don't sing along with the songs :D

I loved the gay section Caelan, thank you!

“she’s not hitler, but she’s kind of a swastika”

spoiler alert

@Shindai

Жыл бұрын

Hm? Spoiler for what?

@VinceWhitacre

Жыл бұрын

The Crown

@Shindai

Жыл бұрын

Ah oki, in that case you get a lol from me :)

Just a little correction: Krishna is a god, not a goddess

The only death I'll respect in this episode is the death of the thumbnail.

1:20:50

The irony of listening to this this week, where you're discussing the legal immunities of the crown, when the Supreme Court basically just gave Trump those same protections.

did you delete my meme? :( it was a good meme

Zoomer represent!