Episode #257 - Was There a Children's Crusade?
In the year 1212 something strange happened in Western Europe, but none of the contemporary historic sources can agree on exactly what it was. Later historians would claim that a religious movement ma...
8 Syys 1h 22min
Episode #256 - Is Paul Bunyan Fakelore?
Season 12 begins with the trip to the Northwoods! For over a century Paul Bunyan has been America's best loved lumberjack hero. Statues honoring the gigantic woodsman dot the mid-west. His smiling fac...
25 Elo 1h 18min
OFH Throwback - Episode #149 - Who Was the Real Stagger Lee?
In this throwback episode Sebastian takes you to an episode that is one of his personal favorites. Is it "secretly" one of the best episode of OFH? The character of Stagger Lee has been one of America...
18 Elo 1h 14min
"You're Dead to Me" from the BBC
With a new star-studded film adaptation of The Odyssey bringing Homer's world back to the big screen, it’s the perfect time to share a teaser clip from our friends at You're Dead To Me. It's the BBC c...
13 Elo 4min
OFH Throwback - Episode #117 - What Went Down On Easter Island? (Part II)
In this throwback episode Sebastian takes you to the conclusion of one of the podcast's most discussed series. The island of Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, has been called “the clearest example of a soci...
11 Elo 1h 30min
OFH Throwback - Episode #116 - What Went Down on Easter Island? (Part I)
In this Throwback Episode Sebastian revisits one of the best loved series from Season 6. Easter Island, or Rapa Nui as the indigenous islanders call it, may be the most misunderstood place on planet E...
4 Elo 1h 19min
OFH Throwback - Episode #145 - Real Gryphons?
In this Throwback Episode Sebastian revisits one of his favourite episodes from Season 7 and brings in some new critiques that did not make it into the original show! The legendary hybrid creature kno...
28 Heinä 1h 13min
Episode #255 - Rhiannon Giddens: Can the Banjo Explain American History?
Rhiannon Giddens is a multi-instrumentalist, a singer, and a composer. She is a MacArthur Genius fellow, a Pulitzer Prize winner, and one the most dynamic voices in American folk and roots music perfo...
14 Heinä 1h 30min
