Episode 37: Burke and Wills, Australian Pioneers

Glass, technically, may be a naturally-occuring material, but the way that humans have learn to create, shape, and change it over the millennia has had a strong influence on the way we live our lives ...

31 Jan 202537min

Quarter-Arsed History presents: a brief account of how a relatively minor colonial spat between Britain and Spain became known by one of the silliest names in history - the War of Jenkins' Ear. Hosted...

29 Jan 202520min

In this week's episode, hear the tale of the mutiny on the Wager, when a group of sailors stranded off the South American coast rose up against their stubborn captain, leaving him for dead. Hosted on...

26 Jan 20251h 17min

Soap has been used by humans for thousands and thousands of years to keep our things clean, and for hundreds and hundreds of years to keep our bodies clean. By most people, anyway. Hosted on Acast. Se...

24 Jan 202524min

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the biggest cop-out episode in this podcast's entire history, one that involves Riley just reading out a week of entries from Samuel Pepys' diary. More like Eighth-Arse...

22 Jan 202535min

In this week's episode, learn all about the Great Fire of London, which ripped through the city in 1666, turning it into a smoking ruin. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

19 Jan 20251h 9min

Writing is a transformative invention, enabling human development and advancement by offering language persistence and durability, creating a collective memory for humankind and transmitting meaning a...

17 Jan 202528min

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the supposed tale behind the creation of the poem Kubla Khan, one of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's most famous works. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more infor...

15 Jan 202516min