Episode 291: Florence Nightingale, the Lady with the Lamp
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, hear the incredible tale of Florence Nightingale, the founder of the modern profession of nursing. The Most Interesting People You've Never Heard Of, the second ...
21 Tammi 202448min
Monuments Episode 3: The Nazca Lines
This week's monument is the Nazca Lines, a remarkable and mysterious series of enormous shapes and patterns "drawn" into the Peru's Nazca Desert, that can only be seen properly from high in the air. T...
19 Tammi 202414min
QAH Episode 41: Yoshie Shiratori, the Prison Escape Artist
Quarter-Arsed History presents: Yoshie Shiratori, a bloke who escaped four different times in four different ways from four different prisons - and then went back to prison of his own accord. The Most...
17 Tammi 202416min
Update: More Growth, More Ads, and Even More Content
More change is coming to Half-Arsed History: as the show has experienced unprecedented growth over the last twelve months, I want to talk about the big plans I have for the future, how I'm working to ...
16 Tammi 202423min
Episode 290: The History of Tennis
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, go on a journey through the history of tennis, one of the modern world's most popular professional sports and one that dates back almost a thousand years.The Mos...
14 Tammi 202450min
Monuments Episode 2: The Great Wall of China
This week's monument is the Great Wall of China, a series of defensive fortifications that has helped to secure the northern borders of various Chinese realms for over two and a half thousand years, w...
12 Tammi 202416min
QAH Episode 40: HMS Diamond Rock and the Stone Frigates
Quarter-Arsed History presents: HMS Diamond Rock, an island that the British Royal Navy once commissioned as a ship, leading to a tradition of creating "stone frigates" - areas of land that were, as f...
10 Tammi 202416min
Episode 289: The Democratic Peace Theory
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, learn about the history of an international relations theory known as the Democratic Peace Theory, which argues that democracies never go to war with one another...
7 Tammi 202448min
