History Squirt

In this episode of History Squirt, the Medici family upgrades from bankers to popes, poison enthusiasts, and Renaissance supervillains. Part 2 is Vatican politics, assassination plots, and art patrona...

6 Jul 202551min

In this episode of History Squirt, we meet the Medici family — Renaissance bankers who looked at Florence and said, “What if we just owned everything quietly?” Part 1 is money, manipulation, art spons...

29 Jun 202551min

In this episode of History Squirt, we explore Alexander the Great when he was drunk — which is most of the time. City burnings, stabbing friends mid-toast, questionable divine claims, and an empire bu...

22 Jun 202532min

In this episode of History Squirt, we cover The Battle for Castle Itter — the only World War II battle where American soldiers, French prisoners, and Wehrmacht troops teamed up to fight the SS. It sou...

15 Jun 202538min

In this episode of History Squirt, we explore The Dog of France — yes, an actual medieval French dog who was put on trial for murder in a full judicial duel. Knights, armour, witnesses, and one extrem...

8 Jun 202535min

In this episode of History Squirt, we look at Marcus Aurelius—Roman emperor, Stoic philosopher, and the most emotionally exhausted man to ever run an empire. While Rome fought wars and burned around h...

1 Jun 202551min

In this episode of History Squirt, we unravel the reign of Charles VI of France—the Mad King whose rule was defined by mental illness, political collapse, and bouts of believing he was made of glass. ...

25 Mai 202555min

In this episode of History Squirt, we dig into the forming of the Roman Republic—where kings were overthrown, liberty was declared, and Rome immediately descended into paranoia, class warfare, and pol...

18 Mai 202550min