The Imjin War: Part 1

Lions Led By Donkeys tackles Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 1592 invasion of Korea — a campaign that's criminally underserved in English-language podcasting. Part 1 sets up the political context and the opening Japanese assault, which overran the peninsula with shocking speed before Korean naval resistance and Ming Chinese intervention changed the equation. The show's irreverent style works well here because the material is unfamiliar enough that the commentary adds rather than distracts.