Half-Arsed History
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Inventions Episode 26: Canned Food
Jun 27 • 23m
Inventions Episode 25: Railways
Jun 20 • 21m
QAH Episode 115: The St Scholastica Day Riot
Jun 18 • 19m
Inventions Episode 24: The Steam Engine
Jun 13 • 30m
QAH Episode 114: The Legend of Lasseter’s Reef
Jun 11 • 21m
Inventions Episode 23: The Thermometer
Jun 6 • 25m
Episode 362: The Sacred Band of Thebes
Jun 1 • 54m
Inventions Episode 22: The Microscope
May 30 • 26m
Inventions Episode 21: The Telescope
May 23 • 23m
QAH Episode 111: The Egon Kisch Affair
May 21 • 23m
Episode 360: The Knights Templar
May 18 • 59m
Inventions Episode 20: The Flushing Toilet
May 16 • 24m
QAH Episode 110: The Mary Celeste - Remastered
May 14 • 33m
Episode 359: History’s Longest Unfought Wars
May 11 • 50m
Inventions Episode 19: The Printing Press
May 9 • 26m
Inventions Episode 18: The Mechanical Clock
May 2 • 31m
Episode 357: The History of the Papal Conclave
Apr 27 • 1h 6m
Inventions Episode 17: Eyeglasses
Apr 25 • 21m
Episode 356: A Guide to Australian Elections
Apr 20 • 1h 19m
Inventions Episode 16: The Compass
Apr 18 • 25m
Inventions Episode 15: Gunpowder
Apr 11 • 25m
Episode 354: The Buried Treasure of William Kidd
Apr 6 • 1h 8m
Inventions Episode 14: The Toothbrush
Apr 4 • 22m
Inventions Episode 13: Toilet Paper
Mar 28 • 22m
Episode 352: The History of NATO
Mar 23 • 1h 7m
Inventions Episode 12: The Stirrup
Mar 21 • 25m
QAH Episode 102: D.B. Cooper - Remastered
Mar 19 • 30m
Episode 351: Saint Patrick, Apostle of Ireland
Mar 16 • 49m
Inventions Episode 11: The Wheelbarrow
Mar 14 • 24m
QAH Episode 101: Olga of Kyiv - Remastered
Mar 12 • 23m
Episode 350: Frederick the Great - Remastered
Mar 9 • 1h 5m
Inventions Episode 10: Paper
Mar 7 • 26m
QAH Episode 100: Ask Me Anything
Mar 5 • 1h 11m
Episode 349: The Writing of Niccolo Machiavelli
Mar 2 • 1h 3m
Inventions Episode 9: The Arch
Feb 28 • 27m
Episode 348: The World Series Cricket Crisis
Feb 23 • 1h 8m
Inventions Episode 8: Coinage
Feb 21 • 31m
QAH Episode 98: A Brief History of Seafaring
Feb 19 • 20m
Episode 347: Xerxes the Great, King of Kings
Feb 16 • 1h 3m
Inventions Episode 7: Concrete
Feb 14 • 36m
QAH Episode 97: Humanity’s Mastery of Fire
Feb 12 • 16m
Inventions Episode 6: Rubber
Feb 7 • 24m
Episode 345: The History of Greenland
Feb 2 • 1h 11m
Inventions Episode 5: Glass
Jan 31 • 37m
Update: Taking a Mulligan on Inventions
Jan 31 • 11m
QAH Episode 95: The War of Jenkins’ Ear
Jan 29 • 20m
Episode 344: The Mutiny on the Wager
Jan 26 • 1h 17m
Inventions Episode 4: Soap
Jan 24 • 24m
Episode 343: The Great Fire of London
Jan 19 • 1h 9m
Inventions Episode 3: Writing
Jan 17 • 28m
Episode 342: The Travels of Marco Polo
Jan 12 • 59m
An Update on Delayed Episodes
Jan 12 • 9m
Inventions Episode 2: The Plough
Jan 10 • 19m
Episode 341: The History of Cricket - Part 2
Jan 5 • 1h 14m
Inventions Episode 1: The Wheel
Jan 3 • 21m
Episode 340: The History of Cricket - Part 1
Dec 29, 2024 • 1h 19m
Monuments: the Appendix
Dec 27, 2024 • 25m
Monuments Episode 52: The Sydney Opera House
Dec 27, 2024 • 17m
QAH Episode 90: A Brief History of Santa Claus
Dec 25, 2024 • 25m
Episode 339: The History of Christmas
Dec 22, 2024 • 1h 17m
Monuments Episode 51: The Berlin Wall
Dec 20, 2024 • 28m
QAH Episode 89: Frank Shackleton and the Irish Crown Jewels
Dec 18, 2024 • 23m
Episode 338: Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
Dec 15, 2024 • 1h 20m
Monuments Episode 50: The Hiroshima Peace Memorial
Dec 13, 2024 • 18m
QAH Episode 88: A Brief History of Pigeon Post
Dec 11, 2024 • 24m
Episode 337: Famous Wartime Animals
Dec 8, 2024 • 53m
Monuments Episode 49: Mount Rushmore
Dec 6, 2024 • 20m
QAH Episode 87: Sir Hubert Wilkins, the Adventurer from Adelaide
Dec 4, 2024 • 26m
Update: They Gave This Man a Book Deal
Dec 3, 2024 • 6m
Episode 336: Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott
Dec 1, 2024 • 51m
Monuments Episode 48: The Golden Gate Bridge
Nov 29, 2024 • 19m
QAH Episode 86: The Reign of Caracalla and Geta
Nov 27, 2024 • 16m
Episode 335: The History of the Gladiators
Nov 24, 2024 • 1h 23m
Monuments Episode 47: The Sydney Harbour Bridge
Nov 22, 2024 • 20m
QAH Episode 85: The 1981 Underarm Bowling Scandal
Nov 20, 2024 • 22m
Episode 334: Sir Donald Bradman, the Greatest Sportsman in History
Nov 17, 2024 • 1h 3m
Monuments Episode 46: Christ the Redeemer
Nov 15, 2024 • 16m
QAH Episode 84: The First Airborne Crossing of the English Channel
Nov 13, 2024 • 17m
Episode 333: The Worst US Presidents in History
Nov 10, 2024 • 53m
Monuments Episode 45: The Hollywood Sign
Nov 8, 2024 • 18m
QAH Episode 83: The Death of William Henry Harrison
Nov 6, 2024 • 17m
Episode 332: The Most Controversial US Presidential Elections in History
Nov 3, 2024 • 1h 0m
Monuments Episode 44: Chateau Frontenac
Nov 1, 2024 • 16m
QAH Episode 82: The Melbourne Cup
Oct 30, 2024 • 23m
Episode 331: Alves Reis and the Portuguese Banknote Crisis
Oct 27, 2024 • 1h 3m
Monuments Episode 43: The Eiffel Tower
Oct 25, 2024 • 22m
QAH Episode 81: The Dancing Plague of 1518
Oct 23, 2024 • 16m
Episode 330: Johann Strauss II, the Waltz King
Oct 20, 2024 • 56m
Monuments Episode 42: The Statue of Liberty
Oct 18, 2024 • 23m
QAH Episode 80: Carlos Kaiser, Soccer's Greatest Conman
Oct 16, 2024 • 20m
Episode 329: The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III
Oct 12, 2024 • 59m
Monuments Episode 41: Neuschwanstein Castle
Oct 11, 2024 • 28m
QAH Episode 79: The French Revolution, According to AI
Oct 9, 2024 • 29m
Episode 328: The Crusades - Part 2
Oct 6, 2024 • 1h 5m
Monuments Episode 40: The Sagrada Familia
Oct 4, 2024 • 18m
QAH Episode 78: The Flemish Revolution
Oct 2, 2024 • 18m
Episode 327: The Crusades - Part 1
Sep 29, 2024 • 53m
Monuments Episode 39: The Palace of Westminster & Big Ben
Sep 27, 2024 • 18m
QAH Episode 77: The Six O'Clock Swill
Sep 25, 2024 • 17m
Episode 326: The History of Melbourne LIVE
Sep 22, 2024 • 2h 1m
Monuments Episode 38: The Arc de Triomphe
Sep 20, 2024 • 17m
QAH Episode 76: The Sydney Riot of 1879
Sep 18, 2024 • 20m
Episode 325: The History of Sydney LIVE
Sep 15, 2024 • 1h 33m
Monuments Episode 37: The Brandenburg Gate
Sep 13, 2024 • 19m
QAH Episode 75: Project Habakkuk
Sep 11, 2024 • 25m
Episode 324: The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest
Sep 8, 2024 • 53m
Monuments Episode 36: The Grand Palace
Sep 6, 2024 • 15m
QAH Episode 74: John Dee, Queen Elizabeth's Pet Wizard
Sep 4, 2024 • 23m
Episode 323: Elizabeth I, the Golden Age Queen
Sep 1, 2024 • 59m
Monuments Episode 35: Buckingham Palace
Aug 30, 2024 • 18m
QAH Episode 73: Emmerich Juettner, the Terrible Forger
Aug 28, 2024 • 19m
Episode 322: The Panama Canal
Aug 25, 2024 • 54m
Monuments Episode 34: The Palace of Versailles
Aug 23, 2024 • 16m
QAH Episode 72: The Origin of the Teddy Bear
Aug 21, 2024 • 18m
Episode 321: Theodore Roosevelt, America's Greatest President - Part 2
Aug 18, 2024 • 46m
Monuments Episode 33: Potala Palace
Aug 16, 2024 • 15m
QAH Episode 71: The Leicester Balloon Riot
Aug 14, 2024 • 16m
Episode 320: Theodore Roosevelt, America's Greatest President - Part 1
Aug 11, 2024 • 40m
Monuments Episode 32: The Taj Mahal
Aug 9, 2024 • 19m
QAH Episode 70: The 1968 Olympic Protest Salute
Aug 7, 2024 • 21m
Episode 319: The Modern Olympic Games - Part 2
Aug 4, 2024 • 1h 2m
Monuments Episode 31: The Blue Mosque
Aug 2, 2024 • 17m
QAH Episode 69: Jim Thorpe, the Great Athlete
Jul 31, 2024 • 21m
Episode 318: The Modern Olympic Games - Part 1
Jul 28, 2024 • 58m
Monuments Episode 30: Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey
Jul 26, 2024 • 14m
QAH Episode 68: Pepsi’s Soviet Warships
Jul 24, 2024 • 18m
Episode 317: Assassination Attempts on US Presidents
Jul 21, 2024 • 1h 2m
Monuments Episode 29: Red Square
Jul 19, 2024 • 20m
QAH Episode 67: A Brief History of the Necktie
Jul 17, 2024 • 23m
Episode 316: History’s Biggest Misconceptions - Part 2
Jul 14, 2024 • 46m
Monuments Episode 28: St Peter's Basilica & the Sistine Chapel
Jul 12, 2024 • 17m
QAH Episode 66: The Dublin Whiskey Fire
Jul 10, 2024 • 15m
Episode 315: The Rosetta Stone
Jul 7, 2024 • 58m
Monuments Episode 27: Machu Picchu
Jul 5, 2024 • 19m
QAH Episode 65: Edward Dando, the Oyster Thief
Jul 3, 2024 • 16m
Announcing: Half-Arsed History LIVE!
Jul 1, 2024 • 5m
Episode 314: Frederic Chopin, the Virtuosic Pianist
Jun 30, 2024 • 48m
Monuments Episode 26: The Forbidden City
Jun 28, 2024 • 18m
QAH Episode 64: The Ball of the Burning Men
Jun 26, 2024 • 16m
Episode 313: Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine
Jun 23, 2024 • 1h 4m
Monuments Episode 25: Kinkaku-ji
Jun 21, 2024 • 15m
QAH Episode 63: Mark Thatcher and the Paris-Dakar Rally
Jun 19, 2024 • 22m
Episode 312: Christina of Sweden, Minerva of the North
Jun 16, 2024 • 48m
Monuments Episode 24: The Great Mosque of Djenne
Jun 14, 2024 • 16m
QAH Episode 62: Legio IX Hispana, the Lost Legion
Jun 12, 2024 • 21m
Episode 311: Emperor Trajan, Optimus Princeps
Jun 9, 2024 • 53m
Monuments Episode 23: Himeji Castle
Jun 7, 2024 • 22m
QAH Episode 61: A Brief History of the State of Origin
Jun 5, 2024 • 18m
Episode 310: Oscar Wilde, the Brilliant Playwright
Jun 2, 2024 • 56m
Monuments Episode 22: Moai
May 31, 2024 • 19m
QAH Episode 60: The Nottingham Cheese Riot
May 29, 2024 • 19m
Episode 309: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
May 26, 2024 • 45m
Monuments Episode 21: The Alhambra
May 24, 2024 • 15m
QAH Episode 59: Ten Cent Beer Night
May 22, 2024 • 18m
Episode 308: The History of the United States - Part 4: Cold War and Global Hegemony
May 19, 2024 • 1h 18m
Monuments Episode 20: The Louvre Palace
May 17, 2024 • 20m
QAH Episode 58: The Harlem Hellfighters
May 15, 2024 • 18m
Monuments Episode 19: Notre-Dame de Paris
May 10, 2024 • 25m
QAH Episode 57: Ea-Nasir, the Fine Copper Merchant
May 8, 2024 • 18m
Episode 306: The History of the United States - Part 2: Expansion and Civil War
May 5, 2024 • 1h 11m
Monuments Episode 18: Angkor Wat
May 3, 2024 • 16m
QAH Episode 56: The Day John Sattler Broke His Jaw
May 1, 2024 • 13m
Monuments Episode 17: Great Zimbabwe
Apr 26, 2024 • 19m
QAH Episode 55: Simpson and His Donkey
Apr 24, 2024 • 12m
Episode 304: The ANZAC Campaign in Gallipoli
Apr 21, 2024 • 55m
Monuments Episode 16: The Tower of London
Apr 19, 2024 • 20m
QAH Episode 54: The Rebecca Riots
Apr 17, 2024 • 15m
Episode 303: Owain Glyndwr and the Welsh Revolt
Apr 14, 2024 • 45m
Monuments Episode 15: Chichen Itza
Apr 12, 2024 • 19m
QAH Episode 53: The Extinction of the Thylacine
Apr 10, 2024 • 16m
Episode 302: The Extinction of the Dodo
Apr 7, 2024 • 44m
Monuments Episode 14: Borobudur
Apr 5, 2024 • 16m
QAH Episode 52: The 1932 Kimberley Rescue
Apr 3, 2024 • 19m
Episode 301: The Historic Origins of Popular Sayings - Part 2
Mar 31, 2024 • 48m
Monuments Episode 13: The Dome of the Rock
Mar 29, 2024 • 21m
QAH Episode 51: Herodotus, the Father of History
Mar 27, 2024 • 19m
Episode 300: The History of History
Mar 24, 2024 • 1h 43m
Monuments Episode 12: Skellig Michael
Mar 22, 2024 • 15m
QAH Episode 50: Miyamoto Musashi, the Great Duelist
Mar 20, 2024 • 21m
Episode 299: William Adams and the Real-Life History of Shogun
Mar 17, 2024 • 58m
Monuments Episode 11: The Hagia Sophia
Mar 15, 2024 • 18m
QAH Episode: 49 Project Hajile
Mar 13, 2024 • 18m
Episode 298: Grace O’Malley, the Irish Rebel Pirate
Mar 10, 2024 • 46m
Monuments Episode 10: The Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Mar 8, 2024 • 19m
QAH Episode 48: Johan de Witt, the Cannibalised Statesman
Mar 6, 2024 • 18m
Episode 297: The History of Chess
Mar 3, 2024 • 50m
Monuments Episode 9: The Colosseum
Mar 1, 2024 • 20m
QAH Episode 47: The Fine Cotton Affair
Feb 28, 2024 • 17m
Episode 296: Vasco da Gama, the Explorer Who Shrank the World
Feb 25, 2024 • 40m
Monuments Episode 8: The Western Wall
Feb 23, 2024 • 12m
QAH Episode 46: The White Ship Disaster
Feb 21, 2024 • 13m
Episode 295: King Stephen, Empress Matilda, and the Anarchy
Feb 18, 2024 • 40m
Monuments Episode 7: The Pantheon
Feb 16, 2024 • 19m
QAH Episode 45: Louis Edward Curdes, the Friendly Fire Pilot
Feb 14, 2024 • 17m
Episode 294: The Lost Secret of Greek Fire
Feb 11, 2024 • 48m
Episode 294: The Lost Secret of Greek Fire
Feb 11, 2024
Monuments Episode 6: Mahabodhi Temple
Feb 9, 2024 • 13m
QAH Episode 44: Michael Howe, the Vandemonian Bushranger
Feb 7, 2024 • 18m
Episode 293: The Treaty of Waitangi
Feb 4, 2024
Episode 293: The Treaty of Waitangi
Feb 4, 2024 • 57m
Monuments Episode 5: Petra
Feb 2, 2024 • 15m
QAH Episode 43: Hongi Hika, the Great Rangatira
Jan 31, 2024 • 19m
Episode 292: The Settlement of Aotearoa New Zealand
Jan 28, 2024 • 50m
Monuments Episode 4: The Acropolis of Athens
Jan 26, 2024 • 13m
QAH Episode 42: The 1914 Newfoundland Sealing Disaster
Jan 24, 2024 • 18m
Episode 291: Florence Nightingale, the Lady with the Lamp
Jan 21, 2024 • 48m
Monuments Episode 3: The Nazca Lines
Jan 19, 2024 • 14m
QAH Episode 41: Yoshie Shiratori, the Prison Escape Artist
Jan 17, 2024 • 16m
Update: More Growth, More Ads, and Even More Content
Jan 16, 2024 • 23m
Episode 290: The History of Tennis
Jan 14, 2024
Episode 290: The History of Tennis
Jan 14, 2024 • 50m
Monuments Episode 2: The Great Wall of China
Jan 12, 2024 • 16m
QAH Episode 40: HMS Diamond Rock and the Stone Frigates
Jan 10, 2024 • 16m
Episode 289: The Democratic Peace Theory
Jan 7, 2024
Episode 289: The Democratic Peace Theory
Jan 7, 2024 • 48m
Monuments Episode 1: Stonehenge
Jan 5, 2024 • 17m
QAH Episode 39: Jenny Diver, Master Pickpocket
Jan 3, 2024 • 16m
Episode 288: Charlemagne, Emperor of Europe
Dec 31, 2023
Episode 288: Charlemagne, Emperor of Europe
Dec 31, 2023 • 58m
QAH Episode 38: The Bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
Dec 27, 2023 • 17m
Episode 287: Charles Darwin, Evolutionary Revolutionary
Dec 24, 2023 • 1h 12m
QAH Episode 37: The Christmas Truce
Dec 20, 2023 • 16m
Episode 286: Pedro II of Brazil, the Magnanimous Emperor
Dec 17, 2023 • 1h 7m
QAH Episode 36: Alfred Nobel, Merchant of Death
Dec 13, 2023 • 17m
Episode 285: The Elgin Marbles
Dec 10, 2023
Episode 285: The Elgin Marbles
Dec 10, 2023 • 1h 0m
QAH Episode 35: The Principality of Hutt River
Dec 6, 2023 • 19m
Episode 284: The Mughal Empire
Dec 3, 2023
Episode 284: The Mughal Empire
Dec 3, 2023 • 56m
QAH Episode 34: A Brief History of Powdered Wigs
Nov 29, 2023 • 20m
Episode 283: The Prophecies of Nostradamus
Nov 26, 2023
Episode 283: The Prophecies of Nostradamus
Nov 26, 2023 • 49m
QAH Episode 33: Operation Cowboy
Nov 22, 2023 • 16m
Episode 282: Johann Sebastian Bach, the Famed Baroque Composer
Nov 19, 2023 • 55m
QAH Episode 32: Adolphe Sax, Inventor of the Saxophone
Nov 15, 2023 • 18m
Episode 281: Kate Sheppard, the Tenacious Suffragette
Nov 12, 2023 • 47m
QAH Episode 31: The Loudun Possessions
Nov 8, 2023 • 14m
Episode 280: History’s Longest Reigns
Nov 5, 2023
Episode 280: History’s Longest Reigns
Nov 5, 2023 • 40m
QAH Episode 30: Sayyida al Hurra, the Moroccan Corsair
Nov 1, 2023 • 17m
Episode 279: The History of Halloween
Oct 29, 2023
Episode 279: The History of Halloween
Oct 28, 2023 • 41m
QAH Episode 29: Al Capone, Chicago's Notorious Gangster
Oct 25, 2023 • 16m
Episode 278: The Sicilian Mafia
Oct 22, 2023
Episode 278: The Sicilian Mafia
Oct 22, 2023 • 46m
QAH Episode 28 George Mallory, Lost on Everest
Oct 18, 2023 • 14m
Episode 277: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Oct 15, 2023
Episode 277: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay
Oct 15, 2023 • 39m
QAH Episode 27: The Astor Place Riot
Oct 11, 2023 • 17m
Episode 276: The People on Australian Money
Oct 8, 2023
Episode 276: The People on Australian Money
Oct 8, 2023 • 1h 0m
QAH Episode 26: Bir Tawil, Earth’s Last Unclaimed Land
Oct 4, 2023 • 13m
QAH Episode 25: Samuel Bellamy, Forbes’ Top-Earning Pirate
Sep 27, 2023 • 17m
Episode 274: Edward “Blackbeard” Teach, the Fearsome Pirate
Sep 24, 2023 • 45m
QAH Episode 24: The 1944 Bombay Explosion
Sep 20, 2023 • 16m
Episode 273: A History of Australian Referendums
Sep 17, 2023
Episode 273: A History of Australian Referendums
Sep 17, 2023 • 52m
QAH Episode 23: The TRUTH about the Bermuda Triangle
Sep 13, 2023 • 13m
Episode 272: Catherine de' Medici, Ruler of France
Sep 10, 2023 • 47m
QAH Episode 22: Benedict IX, the Profligate Pope
Sep 6, 2023 • 12m
Episode 271: History’s Weirdest Deaths - Part 4
Sep 3, 2023 • 42m
QAH Episode 21: The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Aug 30, 2023 • 15m
Episode 270: The Eruptions of Mount Tambora and Krakatoa
Aug 27, 2023 • 45m
QAH Episode 20: The Berners Street Hoax
Aug 23, 2023 • 15m
Episode 269: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Aug 20, 2023
Episode 269: The Six Wives of Henry VIII
Aug 20, 2023 • 46m
QAH Episode 19: Jumbo the Elephant
Aug 16, 2023 • 15m
Episode 268: The Vasa, Sweden’s Mighty Warship
Aug 13, 2023
Episode 268: The Vasa, Sweden's Mighty Warship
Aug 13, 2023 • 40m
QAH Episode 18: The Great Molasses Flood
Aug 9, 2023 • 11m
Episode 267: History's Biggest Misconceptions
Aug 6, 2023 • 43m
QAH Episode 17: Bertha Benz and the First Test Drive
Aug 2, 2023 • 14m
Episode 266: The History of Artificial Light
Jul 30, 2023
Episode 266: The History of Artificial Light
Jul 30, 2023 • 44m
QAH Episode 16: The Demon Core
Jul 26, 2023 • 12m
Episode 265: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Destroyer of Worlds
Jul 23, 2023 • 47m
QAH Episode 15: Bat Bombs
Jul 19, 2023 • 12m
Episode 264: History’s Weirdest Epithets
Jul 16, 2023
Episode 264: History's Weirdest Epithets
Jul 16, 2023 • 40m
QAH Episode 14: Hiroo Onoda, the Japanese Holdout
Jul 12, 2023 • 12m
Episode 263: Harald Hardrada, the Last Great Viking
Jul 9, 2023 • 42m
QAH Episode 13: Harald Bluetooth, the Viking King
Jul 5, 2023 • 13m
Episode 262: King Cnut of the North Sea Empire
Jul 2, 2023 • 38m
QAH Episode 12: Violet Jessop, the Unsinkable Woman
Jun 28, 2023 • 12m
Episode 261: The Sinking of the RMS Titanic
Jun 23, 2023
Episode 261: The Sinking of the RMS Titanic
Jun 23, 2023 • 1h 0m
QAH Episode 11: Operation Plumbbob
Jun 21, 2023 • 13m
Episode 260: Captain Cook’s Second and Third Voyages
Jun 18, 2023 • 45m
QAH Episode 10: Blas de Lezo, Naval Genius
Jun 14, 2023 • 14m
Episode 259: Captain Cook’s First Voyage
Jun 11, 2023
Episode 259: Captain Cook’s First Voyage
Jun 11, 2023 • 43m
QAH Episode 9: Iron Mike Malloy
Jun 7, 2023 • 13m
Episode 258: The Nika Riots
Jun 4, 2023
Episode 258: The Nika Riots
Jun 4, 2023 • 38m
QAH Episode 8: The Crash at Crush
May 31, 2023 • 14m
Episode 257: Hurrem Sultan, Ottoman Empress
May 28, 2023
Episode 257: Hurrem Sultan, Ottoman Empress
May 28, 2023 • 40m
QAH Episode 7: Emperor Houfei, the Murderous Teenager
May 24, 2023 • 11m
Episode 256: Henry Every, Pirate King
May 21, 2023
Episode 256: Henry Every, Pirate King
May 21, 2023 • 41m
QAH Episode 6: Fart Proudly, by Benjamin Franklin
May 17, 2023 • 11m
Episode 255: Benjamin Franklin, American Polymath
May 14, 2023 • 53m
QAH Episode 5: Khosrow’s Better Antioch
May 10, 2023 • 10m
Episode 254: The Roman Empire
May 7, 2023
Episode 254: The Roman Empire
May 7, 2023 • 49m
QAH Episode 4: The Capture of the Den Helder Fleet
May 3, 2023 • 11m
Episode 253: The Roman Republic
Apr 30, 2023
Episode 253: The Roman Republic
Apr 30, 2023 • 40m
QAH Episode 3: The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Apr 26, 2023 • 11m
Episode 252: The Satsuma Rebellion
Apr 23, 2023
Episode 252: The Satsuma Rebellion
Apr 23, 2023 • 42m
QAH Episode 2: “Typhoid” Mary Mallon
Apr 19, 2023 • 11m
Episode 251: The Western Schism
Apr 16, 2023
Episode 251: The Western Schism
Apr 16, 2023 • 41m
QAH Episode 1: Roland the Farter
Apr 12, 2023 • 10m
Episode 250: Guy Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot
Apr 9, 2023 • 45m
Episode 249: The History of Flight – Part 3
Apr 2, 2023
Episode 249: The History of Flight - Part 3
Apr 2, 2023 • 53m
Episode 248: The History of Flight – Part 2
Mar 26, 2023
Episode 248: The History of Flight - Part 2
Mar 26, 2023 • 47m
Episode 247: The History of Flight – Part 1
Mar 19, 2023
Episode 247: The History of Flight - Part 1
Mar 19, 2023 • 47m
Episode 246: Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, Eleven-Time President
Mar 12, 2023 • 42m
Episode 245: The Salem Witch Trials
Mar 5, 2023
Episode 245: The Salem Witch Trials
Mar 5, 2023 • 50m
Update: Growth, Ads, and More Content
Mar 1, 2023 • 13m
Episode 244: Fritz Haber
Feb 26, 2023
Episode 244: Fritz Haber, the Man Who Fed the World
Feb 26, 2023 • 50m
Episode 243: Mutiny on the Hermione
Feb 19, 2023
Episode 243: Mutiny on the Hermione
Feb 19, 2023 • 42m
Episode 242: The Race to the North Pole
Feb 12, 2023 • 44m
Episode 242: The Race to the North Pole
Feb 12, 2023
Episode 241: History's Weirdest Deaths - Part 3
Feb 5, 2023 • 40m
Episode 240: The Federation of Australia
Jan 29, 2023
Episode 240: The Federation of Australia
Jan 29, 2023 • 55m
Episode 239: The Colonisation of Australia
Jan 22, 2023
Episode 239: The Colonisation of Australia
Jan 22, 2023 • 54m
Episode 238: Hatshepsut
Jan 15, 2023
Episode 238: Hatshepsut, the Builder Queen
Jan 15, 2023 • 44m
Episode 237: The Funniest Art Heists in History - Part 1
Jan 8, 2023 • 48m
Episode 236: The Gregorian Calendar
Jan 1, 2023
Episode 236: The Gregorian Calendar
Jan 1, 2023 • 58m
Episode 235: Frederick Douglass, Part 2
Dec 25, 2022
Episode 235: Frederick Douglass, the Voice of Abolitionism - Part 2
Dec 25, 2022 • 39m
Apologies for the Current Issues
Dec 19, 2022
Episode 234: Frederick Douglass, Part 1
Dec 18, 2022
Episode 234: Frederick Douglass, the Voice of Abolitionism - Part 1
Dec 18, 2022 • 37m
Episode 233: The 1930 FIFA World Cup
Dec 11, 2022
Episode 233: The 1930 FIFA World Cup
Dec 11, 2022 • 50m
Episode 232: Tokugawa Ieyasu
Dec 4, 2022
Episode 232: Tokugawa Ieyasu, First of the Last Shoguns
Dec 4, 2022 • 46m
Episode 231: Toyotomi Hideyoshi
Nov 27, 2022
Episode 231: Toyotomi Hideyoshi, the Lowborn Conqueror
Nov 27, 2022 • 47m
Episode 230: Oda Nobunaga
Nov 20, 2022
Episode 230: Oda Nobunaga, the Great Unifier
Nov 20, 2022 • 39m
Episode 229: The World’s Smallest Nations
Nov 13, 2022
Episode 229: The World’s Smallest Nations
Nov 13, 2022 • 42m
Episode 228: Benedict Arnold, Traitor to America
Nov 6, 2022 • 45m
Episode 228: Benedict Arnold
Nov 6, 2022
Episode 227: Isabella I of Castile
Oct 30, 2022 • 41m
Episode 227: Isabella I of Castile, Catholic Queen
Oct 30, 2022 • 41m
Episode 226: Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui
Oct 23, 2022 • 37m
Episode 226: Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, Inca Founder
Oct 23, 2022 • 37m
Episode 225: Frederick Barbarossa
Oct 16, 2022 • 49m
Episode 225: Frederick Barbarossa, Holy Roman Emperor
Oct 16, 2022 • 49m
Episode 224: Jan Zizka
Oct 9, 2022 • 38m
Episode 224: Jan Zizka, the Undefeated Innovator
Oct 9, 2022 • 38m
Episode 223: The Hundred Years’ War
Oct 2, 2022 • 49m
Episode 223: The Hundred Years’ War
Oct 2, 2022 • 49m
Episode 222: The Fall of Constantinople
Sep 25, 2022 • 40m
Episode 222: The Fall of Constantinople
Sep 25, 2022 • 40m
Australian Podcast Awards Submission
Sep 22, 2022 • 2m
Episode 221: King Charles I of England
Sep 18, 2022 • 39m
Episode 221: Charles I of England, the Beheaded King
Sep 18, 2022 • 39m
Episode 220: Mahatma Gandhi, Part 2
Sep 11, 2022 • 43m
Episode 220: Mahatma Gandhi, the Revolutionary Pacifist - Part 2
Sep 11, 2022 • 43m
Episode 219: Mahatma Gandhi, Part 1
Sep 4, 2022 • 42m
Episode 219: Mahatma Gandhi, the Revolutionary Pacifist - Part 1
Sep 4, 2022 • 42m
Episode 218: Amelia Earhart
Aug 28, 2022 • 44m
Episode 218: Amelia Earhart, Aviation Pioneer
Aug 28, 2022 • 44m
Episode 217: Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press
Aug 21, 2022 • 41m
Episode 217: Johannes Gutenberg and the Printing Press
Aug 21, 2022 • 41m
Episode 216: Isaac Newton
Aug 14, 2022 • 48m
Episode 216: Isaac Newton, a Genius without Equal
Aug 14, 2022 • 48m
Episode 215: Hammurabi, the Lawmaker
Aug 7, 2022 • 41m
Episode 215: Hammurabi, the Ancient Lawmaker
Aug 7, 2022 • 41m
Episode 214: Sargon of Akkad
Jul 31, 2022 • 39m
Episode 214: Sargon of Akkad, the First Emperor
Jul 31, 2022 • 39m
Episode 213: Simon Bolivar, El Libertador
Jul 24, 2022 • 49m
Episode 213: Simon Bolivar, El Libertador
Jul 24, 2022 • 49m
Episode 212: Napoleon Bonaparte, Part 2
Jul 17, 2022 • 44m
Episode 212: Napoleon Bonaparte, Conqueror of Europe - Part 2
Jul 17, 2022 • 44m
Episode 211: Napoleon Bonaparte, Part 1
Jul 10, 2022 • 48m
Episode 211: Napoleon Bonaparte, Conqueror of Europe - Part 1
Jul 10, 2022 • 48m
Episode 210: Galileo Galilei, Part 2
Jul 3, 2022 • 40m
Episode 210: Galileo Galilei, Heretical Genius - Part 2
Jul 3, 2022 • 40m
Episode 209: Galileo Galilei, Part 1
Jun 26, 2022 • 39m
Episode 209: Galileo Galilei, Heretical Genius - Part 1
Jun 26, 2022 • 39m
Episode 208: Queen Victoria
Jun 19, 2022 • 52m
Episode 208: Queen Victoria, the Queen Who Defined an Era
Jun 19, 2022 • 52m
Episode 207: Genghis Khan, Part 2
Jun 12, 2022 • 34m
Episode 207: Genghis Khan, the Unstoppable Conqueror - Part 2
Jun 12, 2022 • 34m
Episode 206: Genghis Khan, Part 1
Jun 5, 2022 • 39m
Episode 206: Genghis Khan, the Unstoppable Conqueror - Part 1
Jun 5, 2022 • 39m
Episode 205: Julius Caesar
May 29, 2022 • 50m
Episode 205: Julius Caesar, the Populist Dictator
May 29, 2022 • 50m
Episode 204: Leonardo da Vinci
May 22, 2022 • 42m
Episode 204: Leonardo da Vinci, Legendary Polymath
May 22, 2022 • 42m
Episode 203: William Shakespeare
May 15, 2022 • 45m
Episode 203: William Shakespeare, the Great Poet
May 15, 2022 • 45m
Episode 202: Alexander the Great
May 8, 2022 • 46m
Episode 202 Alexander the Great, the Real-World Achilles
May 8, 2022 • 46m
Episode 201: Saladin
May 1, 2022 • 42m
Episode 201: Saladin, Defender of the Holy Land
May 1, 2022 • 42m
Episode 200: Six More Short Stories
Apr 24, 2022 • 45m
Episode 200: Six More Short Stories
Apr 24, 2022 • 45m
Episode 199: Tamar the Great
Apr 17, 2022 • 39m
Episode 199: Tamar, Georgia's Golden Age Queen
Apr 17, 2022 • 39m
Episode 198: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Apr 10, 2022 • 49m
Episode 198: The Cuban Missile Crisis
Apr 10, 2022 • 49m
Episode 197: History of Nuclear Weapons
Apr 3, 2022 • 54m
Episode 197: The History of Nuclear Weapons
Apr 3, 2022 • 54m
Episode 196: Bartholomew Roberts, Part 2
Mar 27, 2022 • 40m
Episode 196: Bartholomew Roberts, the Great Pirate - Part 2
Mar 27, 2022 • 40m
Episode 195: Bartholomew Roberts, the Great Pirate - Part 1
Mar 20, 2022 • 46m
Episode 195: Bartholomew Roberts, Part 1
Mar 20, 2022 • 46m
Episode 194: Ludwig van Beethoven
Mar 13, 2022 • 48m
Episode 194: Ludwig van Beethoven, the Musical Innovator
Mar 13, 2022 • 48m
Episode 193: The History of Ukraine
Mar 6, 2022 • 49m
Episode 193: The History of Ukraine
Mar 6, 2022 • 49m
Episode 192: Le Loi and the Lam Son Uprising
Feb 27, 2022 • 44m
Episode 192: Le Loi and the Lam Son Uprising
Feb 27, 2022 • 44m
Episode 191: Cleopatra, Part 2
Feb 20, 2022 • 1h 0m
Episode 191: Cleopatra, Egypt's Last Queen - Part 2
Feb 20, 2022 • 1h 0m
Episode 190: Cleopatra, Part 1
Feb 13, 2022 • 46m
Episode 190: Cleopatra, Egypt's Last Queen - Part 1
Feb 13, 2022 • 46m
Episode 189: The Capture of Guam
Feb 6, 2022 • 41m
Episode 189: The Capture of Guam
Feb 6, 2022 • 41m
Episode 188: Operation Mincemeat
Jan 30, 2022 • 48m
Episode 188: Operation Mincemeat
Jan 30, 2022 • 48m
Episode 187: The Great Train Robbery
Jan 23, 2022 • 48m
Episode 187: The Great Train Robbery
Jan 23, 2022 • 48m
Episode 186: The Battles of Salamis and Plataea
Jan 16, 2022 • 46m
Episode 186: The Battles of Salamis and Plataea
Jan 16, 2022 • 46m
Episode 186: The Battles of Salamis and Plataea
Jan 16, 2022 • 46m
Episode 185: The Battle of Thermopylae
Jan 9, 2022 • 46m
Episode 185: The Battle of Thermopylae
Jan 9, 2022 • 46m
Episode 184: The Battle of Marathon
Jan 2, 2022 • 50m
Episode 184: The Battle of Marathon
Jan 2, 2022 • 50m
Episode 183: The 1908 New York to Paris Race
Dec 26, 2021 • 41m
Episode 183: The 1908 New York to Paris Race
Dec 26, 2021 • 41m
Episode 182: The Nine Years’ War and the End of Gaelic Ireland
Dec 19, 2021 • 41m
Episode 182: The Nine Years’ War and the End of Gaelic Ireland
Dec 19, 2021 • 41m
Episode 181: Caravaggio, the Brawling Painter
Dec 12, 2021 • 41m
Episode 181: Caravaggio, the Brawling Painter
Dec 12, 2021 • 41m
Episode 180: Fritz Duquesne
Dec 5, 2021 • 47m
Episode 180: Fritz Duquesne, Vengeful Adventurer
Dec 5, 2021 • 47m
Episode 179: The Rum Rebellion
Nov 28, 2021 • 52m
Episode 179: The Rum Rebellion
Nov 28, 2021 • 52m
Episode 178: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Part 2
Nov 21, 2021 • 56m
Episode 178: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Legendary Composer - Part 2
Nov 21, 2021 • 56m
Episode 177: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Part 1
Nov 14, 2021 • 46m
Episode 177: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, the Legendary Composer - Part 1
Nov 14, 2021 • 46m
Episode 176: Zoe and Theodora Porphyrogenita
Nov 7, 2021 • 43m
Episode 176: Zoe and Theodora Porphyrogenita
Nov 7, 2021 • 43m
Episode 175: Marcus Licinius Crassus
Oct 31, 2021 • 52m
Episode 175: Marcus Licinius Crassus, Roman Oligarch
Oct 31, 2021 • 52m
Episode 174: History’s Weirdest Deaths, Part 2
Oct 24, 2021 • 46m
Episode 174: History’s Weirdest Deaths - Part 2
Oct 24, 2021 • 46m
Episode 173: Famous Last Words
Oct 17, 2021 • 30m
Episode 173: Famous Last Words
Oct 17, 2021 • 30m
Episode 172: The Erfurt Latrine Disaster
Oct 10, 2021 • 29m
Episode 172: The Erfurt Latrine Disaster
Oct 10, 2021 • 29m
Episode 171: Atahualpa and the Massacre of Cajamarca
Oct 3, 2021 • 40m
Episode 171: Atahualpa and the Massacre of Cajamarca
Oct 3, 2021 • 40m
Episode 170: King Shaka kaSenzangakhona
Sep 26, 2021 • 41m
Episode 170: King Shaka kaSenzangakhona, the Warrior King
Sep 26, 2021 • 41m
Episode 169: Attila the Hun
Sep 19, 2021 • 41m
Episode 169: Attila the Hun, Breaker of Rome
Sep 19, 2021 • 41m
Episode 168: Jadwiga of Poland
Sep 12, 2021 • 48m
Episode 168: Jadwiga of Poland, the Peacekeeper
Sep 12, 2021 • 48m
Episode 167: Jeanne Baret
Sep 5, 2021 • 40m
Episode 167: Jeanne Baret, the First Woman to Circumnavigate Earth
Sep 5, 2021 • 36m
Episode 166: Charles Ponzi
Aug 29, 2021 • 49m
Episode 166: Charles Ponzi, the Famous Con Artist
Aug 29, 2021 • 49m
Episode 165: Wild Bill Hickok
Aug 22, 2021 • 45m
Episode 165: Wild Bill Hickok, the Frontier Lawman
Aug 22, 2021 • 45m
Episode 164: The Time of Troubles
Aug 15, 2021 • 39m
Episode 164: The Time of Troubles
Aug 15, 2021 • 39m
Episode 163: Moondyne Joe
Aug 8, 2021 • 36m
Episode 163: Moondyne Joe, the Jailbreaking Bushranger
Aug 8, 2021 • 36m
Episode 162: The History of the Bicycle
Aug 1, 2021 • 45m
Episode 162: The History of the Bicycle
Aug 1, 2021 • 45m
Episode 161: The Ancient Olympic Games
Jul 25, 2021 • 47m
Episode 161: The Ancient Olympic Games
Jul 25, 2021 • 47m
Episode 160: The Watergate Scandal
Jul 18, 2021 • 42m
Episode 160: The Watergate Scandal
Jul 18, 2021 • 42m
Episode 159: Hudson’s Bay Company
Jul 11, 2021 • 51m
Episode 159: Hudson’s Bay Company
Jul 11, 2021 • 51m
Episode 158: The History of the Castle
Jul 4, 2021 • 49m
Episode 158: The History of the Castle
Jul 4, 2021 • 49m
Episode 157: El Cid
Jun 27, 2021 • 38m
Episode 157: El Cid, the Iberian Warlord
Jun 27, 2021 • 38m
Episode 156: Brunhilda and Fredegund
Jun 20, 2021 • 46m
Episode 156: Brunhilda and Fredegund, Feuding Queens
Jun 20, 2021 • 46m
Episode 155: The Battle of Castle Itter
Jun 13, 2021 • 38m
Episode 155: The Battle of Castle Itter
Jun 13, 2021 • 38m
Episode 154: Afonso I of Portugal
Jun 6, 2021 • 35m
Episode 154: Afonso I, the Father of Portugal
Jun 6, 2021 • 35m
Episode 153: The Forty-Seven Ronin
May 30, 2021 • 35m
Episode 153: The Forty-Seven Ronin
May 30, 2021 • 35m
Episode 152: The Eureka Rebellion
May 23, 2021 • 46m
Episode 152: The Eureka Rebellion
May 23, 2021 • 46m
Episode 151: The History of Penicillin
May 16, 2021 • 39m
Episode 151: The History of Penicillin
May 16, 2021 • 39m
Episode 150: The Apollo Program
May 9, 2021 • 49m
Episode 150: The Apollo Program
May 9, 2021 • 49m
Episode 149: William and Caroline Herschel, Stargazing Siblings
May 2, 2021 • 31m
Episode 148: Ashurbanipal, King of the Universe
Apr 25, 2021 • 37m
Episode 147: The Servile Wars
Apr 18, 2021 • 41m
Episode 146: The Final Voyage of the Whaleship Essex
Apr 11, 2021 • 36m
Episode 145: The Suez Canal
Apr 4, 2021 • 39m
Episode 144: Assassination Attempts on Fidel Castro
Mar 28, 2021 • 35m
Episode 143: The Four Great Inventions
Mar 21, 2021 • 43m
Episode 142: Marie Sklodowska Curie, Radiation Pioneer
Mar 14, 2021 • 42m
Episode 141: Alcibiades, the Ancient Greek Playboy
Mar 7, 2021 • 51m
Episode 140: The Lafitte Brothers, the Roguish Pirates
Feb 28, 2021 • 51m
Episode 139: The History of the Toilet
Feb 21, 2021 • 56m
Episode 138: The Order of Assassins
Feb 14, 2021 • 43m
Episode 137: Alexander Selkirk, the Real-World Crusoe
Feb 7, 2021 • 41m
Episode 136: King Ludwig II, the Fairytale King
Jan 31, 2021 • 37m
Episode 135: The History of Football
Jan 24, 2021 • 40m
Episode 134: Eleanor of Aquitaine, Grandmother of Europe
Jan 17, 2021 • 42m
Episode 133: The First-Term Achievements of Every Single US President
Jan 10, 2021 • 1h 7m
Episode 132: History’s Shortest Reigns
Jan 3, 2021 • 41m
Episode 131: The Mongol Invasions of Japan
Dec 27, 2020 • 42m
Episode 130: The Historic Origins of Popular Sayings
Dec 20, 2020 • 35m
Episode 129: The White Australia Policy
Dec 13, 2020 • 39m
Episode 128: Moctezuma II and the Fall of the Aztecs
Dec 6, 2020 • 45m
Episode 127: Moctezuma I and the Rise of the Aztecs
Nov 29, 2020 • 39m
Episode 126: History’s Weirdest Deaths
Nov 22, 2020 • 46m
Episode 125: Burke and Hare, Murderous Bodysnatchers
Nov 15, 2020 • 49m
Episode 124: History of Birth Control
Nov 8, 2020 • 40m
Episode 123: The Lancashire Witch Trials
Nov 1, 2020 • 45m
Episode 122: The Great Stink
Oct 25, 2020 • 43m
Episode 121: Giacomo Casanova, the Famous Philanderer - Part 2
Oct 18, 2020 • 43m
Episode 120: Giacomo Casanova, the Famous Philanderer - Part 1
Oct 11, 2020 • 54m
Episode 119: Bonnie and Clyde, the Bank-Robbing Couple
Oct 4, 2020 • 56m
Episode 118: Franklin’s Lost Expedition
Sep 27, 2020 • 49m
Episode 117: Hasekura Tsunenaga, First Diplomat to Europe
Sep 20, 2020 • 53m
Episode 116: The Battle of Kadesh
Sep 13, 2020 • 42m
Episode 115: The History of Gunpowder
Sep 6, 2020 • 53m
Episode 114: Joan of Arc, the Saviour of France
Aug 30, 2020 • 49m
Episode 113: History’s Shortest Wars
Aug 23, 2020 • 42m
Episode 112: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Part 2
Aug 16, 2020 • 46m
Episode 111: The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Part 1
Aug 9, 2020 • 41m
Episode 110: The History of Money
Aug 2, 2020 • 54m
Episode 109: Sir William Wallace, Guardian of Scotland
Jul 26, 2020 • 52m
Episode 108: The Shark Arm Murder
Jul 19, 2020 • 31m
Episode 107: The Münster Rebellion
Jul 11, 2020 • 34m
Episode 106: The First Circumnavigation of the Earth
Jul 5, 2020 • 55m
Episode 105: Alexander Hamilton vs. Aaron Burr
Jun 28, 2020 • 45m
Episode 104: Joseph Bologne, Virtuosic Swordsman
Jun 21, 2020 • 46m
Episode 103: The Insurrection Act of 1807
Jun 14, 2020 • 42m
Episode 102: The History of Clocks - Part 2
Jun 7, 2020 • 32m
Episode 101: The History of Clocks - Part 1
May 31, 2020 • 37m
Episode 100: Seven Short Stories
May 24, 2020 • 54m
Episode 99: The History of Coffee
May 17, 2020 • 41m
Episode 98: Ching Shih, Pirate Queen
May 10, 2020 • 36m
Episode 97: Colonel Blood, Thief of Crowns
May 3, 2020 • 36m
Episode 96: The Bone Wars
Apr 26, 2020 • 39m
Episode 95: The Mechanical Turk
Apr 19, 2020 • 40m
Episode 94: The March of the Ten Thousand
Apr 12, 2020 • 37m
Episode 93: The Cod Wars
Apr 5, 2020 • 51m
Episode 92: The History of the Potato
Mar 29, 2020 • 42m
Episode 91: The Tragedy of Ignaz Semmelweis
Mar 22, 2020 • 36m
Episode 90: The Black Death
Mar 15, 2020 • 39m
Episode 89: Diogenes, the Hardcore Cynic
Mar 8, 2020 • 30m
Episode 88: The English Longbow
Mar 1, 2020 • 48m
Episode 87: Edward Jenner, Father of the Vaccine
Feb 23, 2020 • 31m
Episode 86: Irene, Byzantine Empress
Feb 16, 2020 • 31m
Episode 85: Peter Tordenskjold, Norway’s Han Solo
Feb 9, 2020 • 30m
Episode 84: Black Agnes and the Siege of Dunbar
Feb 2, 2020 • 27m
Episode 83: Johann Friedrich Struensee, Paramour of Queens
Jan 26, 2020 • 34m
Episode 82: Norwegian Heavy Water Sabotage
Jan 19, 2020 • 31m
Episode 81: The Beast of Gévaudan
Jan 12, 2020 • 35m
Episode 80: Tycho Brahe, the Brass-Nosed Astronomer
Jan 5, 2020 • 37m
Episode 79: Operation Pastorius - Part 2
Dec 29, 2019 • 42m
Episode 78: Operation Pastorius - Part 1
Dec 22, 2019 • 45m
Episode 77: Artemisia and the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
Dec 15, 2019 • 34m
Episode 76: The Norman Conquest of England
Dec 8, 2019 • 46m
Episode 75: The Great Emu War
Dec 1, 2019 • 24m
Episode 74: Mutiny on the Batavia
Nov 24, 2019 • 36m
Episode 73: USS William D. Porter, History’s Unluckiest Ship
Nov 17, 2019 • 31m
Episode 72: Bowie, Crockett, and the Battle of the Alamo
Nov 10, 2019 • 47m
Episode 71: Queen Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba
Nov 3, 2019 • 34m
Episode 70: Four Generations of the Dumas Family
Oct 27, 2019 • 50m
Episode 69: The Eighty Years’ War - Part 2
Oct 20, 2019 • 58m
Episode 68: The Eighty Years’ War - Part 1
Oct 13, 2019 • 49m
Episode 67: Josephine Baker, the Singing Spy
Oct 6, 2019 • 37m
Episode 66: Juan Pujol García, the Self-Made Spy
Sep 29, 2019 • 44m
Episode 65: Tarrare, the Eating Machine
Sep 22, 2019 • 37m
Episode 64: John Paul Jones, Father of the US Navy
Sep 15, 2019 • 45m
Episode 63: Admiral Yi Sun-Sin, the Great Admiral
Sep 8, 2019 • 39m
Episode 62: James Lind and the Cure for Scurvy
Sep 1, 2019 • 42m
Episode 61: John R. Brinkley, the Goat Testicle Quack
Aug 25, 2019 • 49m
Episode 60: Alexander the Great’s Siege of Tyre
Aug 18, 2019 • 32m
Episode 59: Neutral Moresnet
Aug 11, 2019 • 42m
Episode 58: Elagabalus, Rome’s Salacious Emperor
Aug 4, 2019 • 33m
Episode 57: Stede Bonnet, Gentleman Pirate
Jul 28, 2019 • 42m
Episode 56: Robert Smalls, War Hero and Congressman
Jul 21, 2019 • 42m
Episode 55: Gregor MacGregor, the Poyaisian Con Man - Part 2
Jul 14, 2019 • 44m
Episode 54: Gregor MacGregor, the Poyaisian Con Man - Part 1
Jul 7, 2019 • 44m
Episode 53: La Maupin, Operatic Swashbuckler
Jun 30, 2019 • 32m
Episode 52: Arkipov and Petrov, the Men Who Saved the World
Jun 23, 2019 • 41m
Episode 51: William Buckley, Escaped Convict
Jun 16, 2019 • 31m
Episode 50: The Darien Scheme
Jun 9, 2019 • 36m
Episode 49: Calico Jack, Anne Bonny, and Mary Read
Jun 2, 2019 • 43m
Episode 48: The 1904 Olympic Marathon
May 26, 2019 • 33m
Episode 47: Mutiny on the Bounty - Part 2
May 19, 2019 • 37m
Episode 46: Mutiny on the Bounty - Part 1
May 12, 2019 • 31m
Episode 45: The Second Pacific Squadron
May 5, 2019 • 50m
Episode 44: Qin Shi Huang, China's First Emperor
Apr 28, 2019 • 43m
Episode 43: Korean Axe Murder Incident
Apr 21, 2019 • 29m
Episode 42: Boudica, the Rebel Queen
Apr 14, 2019 • 32m
Episode 41: Hannibal Barca, the Great Tactician - Part 2
Apr 7, 2019 • 51m
Episode 40: Hannibal Barca, the Great Tactician - Part 1
Mar 31, 2019 • 35m
Episode 39: Le Gentil and the Transits of Venus
Mar 24, 2019 • 42m
Episode 38: The Great Race of Mercy
Mar 17, 2019 • 28m
Episode 37: Burke and Wills, Australian Pioneers
Mar 10, 2019 • 37m
Episode 36: Queen Zenobia, the Palmyrene Empress
Mar 3, 2019 • 32m
Episode 35: The Spanish Armada
Feb 24, 2019 • 39m
Episode 34: Mary Anning, the Prolific Palaeontologist
Feb 17, 2019 • 31m
Episode 33: Caligula, the Mad Roman Emperor
Feb 10, 2019 • 28m
Episode 32: Andree's Arctic Balloon Expedition
Feb 3, 2019 • 28m
Episode 31: Thomas Midgley, the Walking Environmental Disaster
Jan 27, 2019 • 19m
Episode 30: Vlad Dracula, the Impaler
Jan 20, 2019 • 31m
Episode 29: The Mary Celeste
Jan 13, 2019 • 21m
Episode 28: Wu Zetian, Empress of China
Jan 6, 2019 • 19m
Episode 27: Wilhelm II, the Last German Emperor
Dec 30, 2018 • 29m
Episode 26: The Cadaver Synod
Dec 23, 2018 • 20m
Episode 25: The Defenestrations of Prague
Dec 16, 2018 • 24m
Episode 24: Lord Timothy Dexter, the Whacko Entrepreneur
Dec 9, 2018 • 28m
Episode 23: Georg Elser and his Plot to Kill Hitler
Dec 2, 2018 • 36m
Episode 22: Jeanne de Clisson, Lioness of Brittany
Nov 25, 2018 • 24m
Episode 21: Ned Kelly, Australia's Famous Outlaw - Part 2
Nov 18, 2018 • 30m
Episode 20: Ned Kelly, Australia's Famous Outlaw - Part 1
Nov 11, 2018 • 30m
Episode 19: Mary, Queen of Scots and Elizabeth I
Nov 4, 2018 • 36m
Episode 18: Léo Major, the Québécois Rambo
Oct 28, 2018 • 24m
Episode 17: The Mongol Conquest of Khwarezmia
Oct 21, 2018 • 27m
Episode 16: Deborah Sampson, American Revolutionary
Oct 14, 2018 • 18m
Episode 15: The Battle of Tours - Part 2
Oct 7, 2018 • 22m
Episode 14: The Battle of Tours - Part 1
Sep 30, 2018 • 19m
Episode 13: The Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
Sep 23, 2018 • 25m
Episode 12: British K-Class Submarines
Sep 16, 2018 • 26m
Episode 11: The War of the Oaken Bucket
Sep 9, 2018 • 16m
Episode 10: The Affair of the Diamond Necklace
Sep 2, 2018 • 19m
Episode 9: The Battle of New Orleans
Aug 26, 2018 • 21m
Episode 8: The War of 1812
Aug 19, 2018 • 33m
Episode 7: D.B. Cooper, the Mystery Hijacker
Aug 12, 2018 • 29m
Episode 6: The Fenian Raids
Aug 5, 2018 • 20m
Episode 5: The Fourth Crusade
Jul 29, 2018 • 31m
Episode 4: Olga of Kyiv, the Merciless Queen
Jul 22, 2018 • 24m
Episode 3: The Assassination of James A. Garfield
Jul 15, 2018 • 29m
Episode 2: The Terra Nova Expedition
Jul 8, 2018 • 28m
Episode 1: Frederick the Great
Jul 1, 2018 • 29m
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