Pope Alexander VI vs. Ayatollah Khomeini

Pope Alexander VI vs. Ayatollah Khomeini

Released Wednesday, 6th August 2025
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Pope Alexander VI vs. Ayatollah Khomeini

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Pope Alexander VI vs. Ayatollah Khomeini

Pope Alexander VI vs. Ayatollah Khomeini

Wednesday, 6th August 2025
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In this episode the hosts unravel the lives and legacies of two religious rulers, Pope Alexander VI (Rodrigo Borgia) and Ayatollah Khomeini of Iran.

The hosts discuss Pope Alexander's corrupt election to the papacy, his nepotism, profiteering, expansion of the papal states and wild sex life.

They also discuss Ayatollah's Khomeini's Iranian Islamic revolution, his toppling of the Shah, his war with Saddam Hussein, Fatwa against Salman Rushdie as well as the oppressive treatment of women and homosexuals in Iran.

These two dictators battle it out in Round 12 of the knock-out tournament to determine the single greatest dictator of all time. One of these two dictators will be eliminated from the tournament and the other will remain in contention to be crowned history's biggest dictator.

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