Ben Thompson returns! In this Season Finale Q and A, “Epic Fails” co-authors Erik Slader and Ben Thompson reunite to tackle the key issues, like who would win in a fist fight – Teddy Roosevelt or Benedict Arnold?, Carthaginian war elephants – pros vs cons?, and most importantly, whether or not a hot dog qualifies as a sandwich?
*You can meet them both at the Smithsonian Museums in Washington DC on Saturday, May the 4th where they’ll be promoting the release of their latest book, “The Age of Exploration: Totally Getting Lost”!
Music Clips: “The Warriors of Tide” – Black Tide (2009), “Alexander the Great” – Iron Maiden (1986)
Erik Slader
Erik Slader is the creator of “Epik Fails of History” a blog (and podcast) about the most epic fails… of history. With Ben Thompson, Erik is the co-author of the Epic Fails middle grade book series, including The Wright Brothers: Nose-Diving Into History and The Race to Space: Countdown to Liftoff. His latest book, “2299” is a sci-fi / noir novella. Erik is also an editor on Podcasters Assemble and a co-host on 2 Young 4 This Trek, as well as a contributor to Geek to Geek Media and ComicZombie.net! He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Digital Media, once managed a comic book shop, has a weakness for fancy coffee as well as retro video games, and currently lives in Green Cove Springs, Florida with too many cats.
