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Lars Brownworth

Historian & podcaster

Real Alpha has cut 2 moments of Lars Brownworth (Historian & podcaster) talking, from an interview on Lex Fridman Podcast published Apr 9, 2026.

What Lars Brownworth said

  1. Lex Fridman Podcast · · 2 min

    Vikings used terror and inside knowledge to pick targets

    “They would be traders in, say, an English port, kind of looking around, they'd get everyone's schedule, then they would sail away and come back as Vikings.”
    Lars Brownworth16:53

  2. Lex Fridman Podcast · · 2 min

    Rollo refused to kiss the king's foot, so a guard did it

    “So he turns to one of his guards and says, you kissed the foot.”
    Lars Brownworth44:00

Also from this interview

  1. Lex Fridman Podcast · · 5 min

    Eric the Red's Greenland pitch was history's best real estate scam

    “it is the greatest real estate scam in history”
    Lex Fridman1:10:30

The episode