Why You Wouldn’t Last a Day as a Roman Plebeian
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianRome has always been remembered for its marble, its generals, its emperors — but not for the millions of ordinary peop...
9 Loka 20251h 19min
The ENTIRE Dark History of Opium
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianFor over 5,000 years, the poppy has promised peace, sleep, and relief. But behind the poetry lies one of history’s dar...
8 Loka 20253h 5min
The HORRIFYING Life of a Depression Era Boxer
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianStep into the smoke-filled basements and battered gyms of the Great Depression, where hunger drove young men into the ...
7 Loka 20251h 42min
The STRANGE History of Halloween: From Ghosts to Candy Corn
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianFrom bonfires on Celtic hillsides to candy corn on suburban porches, Halloween has always been more than just costumes...
5 Loka 20251h 39min
The HORRIFYING Life of a WWII B-17 Tail Gunner
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianThe life of a WWII tail gunner was not glory, but cold, noise, and isolation inside a glass bubble at the back of a Fl...
5 Loka 20251h 48min
The ENTIRE History of Ancient Rome
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianRome liked to call itself eternal. In reality, it was a thousand-year exercise in exhaustion, a city that stumbled fro...
4 Loka 20253h 44min
Why You’d REGRET Living in a Medieval Castle
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianLife in a medieval castle wasn’t the fairy tale of knights, banners, and warm feasts we imagine today. Behind the high...
3 Loka 20251h 56min
The HORRIFYING Life of a 1970s Quaalude Addict
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianIn the 1970s, Quaaludes were sold as harmless relaxation, marketed by doctors as safe sleep and glamorized on the disc...
2 Loka 20251h 31min
