336 CE Rome: Constantine, Arius, and the First Dec 25 Christmas
Welcome back to Barely Historical, the comedy history podcast where we ruin the past one year at a time. This episode drops us into 336 CE Rome and the chaos of the late Roman Empire, when Christianit...
16 Des 202538min
Patreon Sneak Peek | Frogs, Festivity, & Freakouts
Victorian Christmas cards were not cozy snowmen and Hallmark hearts. They were dead robins, frogs with firearms, demonic turnips, Krampus kidnappings, and families roasting in hell… all wishing you a ...
12 Des 20253min
1883 United States | Bridges, Bandits, & B*tches
The year is 1883. Volcanoes are exploding, bridges are causing stampedes, and a stagecoach robber is leaving poetry like a Victorian theater kid on the loose. JoLynne and Amanda ruin one of the most c...
9 Des 20251h 18min
Mother's Little Helpers |Dear Abby, Dissociation, & Don Draper
The 1950s and 60s looked cute on the outside.Pastels. Casseroles. Aprons.Inside the house?Mid-century America was held together with Valium, denial, and whatever advice Dear Abby tossed into the newsp...
5 Des 202524min
1963 | Vacuums, Vows, & Vitamin D
1963 looks polished in the photos. Pastel dresses, church picnics, men in suits who definitely smell like cigarettes and bad coffee. Underneath, it is a year of civil rights marches, Cold War nerves, ...
2 Des 202552min
Macy's Day Parade | Turkeys, Tinsel, and Tradition
This episode is a special main feed drop that normally lives on our Patreon. Think of it as our little Thanksgiving gift to you.We are taking you back to the very first Macy's Day Parade in 1924. The ...
28 Nov 202542min
1924 New York | Gin, Garbage, & Glamour
New York in 1924 looks glamorous until you tap it with your fingernail and hear pure hollow chaos underneath. In this episode, Amanda and JoLynne drag you through the smells, the sweat, the speakeasie...
25 Nov 202551min
Chernobyl | Babushkas, Buses, & Birch Trees
The year is 1986, and Pripyat is about to become the most famous ghost town on Earth. In this Patreon preview, Jo and Amanda break down the real story of the Chernobyl disaster in a way only a dark hi...
21 Nov 202521min
