Inventions Episode 31: The Sewing Machine
The sewing machine is a piece of technology that has had an outsized historical influence - not just on the textile industry, but on society, culture, and history as well.History's Strangest Deaths, t...
1 Aug 202527min
QAH Episode 121: A Brief History of the Guillotine
Quarter-Arsed History presents: a brief history of the guillotine, a device popularised during the French Revolution, responsible for the deaths of countless thousands during the Reign of Terror. Hist...
30 Jul 202524min
Episode 370: The French Revolution - Part 4: The Terror
In this week's episode, get across the darkest and bloodiest chapter in French revolutionary history: the Reign of Terror, which saw tens of thousands of people killed by political violence.History's ...
27 Jul 202553min
Inventions Episode 30: The Friction Match
The friction match and its subsequent developments helped to democratise fire - matches have made it possible for anyone, at any time, to make use of one of humanity's most important tools, fire. Hist...
25 Jul 202521min
Tickets for the 2025 Book Tour are now available!
Join me in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Maroochydore as I go through some of the stories from History's Strangest Deaths, and share juicy behind-the-scenes details about how the book was made. Don...
23 Jul 20256min
QAH Episode 120: The Man in the Iron Mask
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the Man in the Iron Mask, a mysterious prisoner of the French king Louis XIV, who was imprisoned for 34 years without anyone ever learning his true identity. History's ...
23 Jul 202525min
Episode 369: The French Revolution - Part 3: The Constitution
In this week's episode, understand some of the most important legacies of the French Revolution as it worked to establish a constitutional monarchy, before the ultimate abolition of the monarchy and e...
20 Jul 20251h 4min
Inventions Episode 29: The Camera
The camera is everywhere, today - we carry them around with us in our pockets - but it has a two-hundred year history that has brought us to this point, filled with groundbreaking, revolutionary techn...
18 Jul 202522min
