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. Hosted ...
17 Jan 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 Jan 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. Hosted...
14 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 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 Jan 202448min
Monuments Episode 1: Stonehenge
This week's monument is Stonehenge, a prehistoric stone circle found in the United Kingdom that dates back to around 2500 BCE. While we don't know for certain why Stonehenge was built, the way it was ...
5 Jan 202417min
QAH Episode 39: Jenny Diver, Master Pickpocket
Quarter-Arsed History presents: Jenny Diver, a notorious and infamous pickpocket who terrorised London's wealthy classes in the early 18th century with all sorts of very inventive schemes. Hosted on A...
3 Jan 202416min
