Episode 162: Crossing the Rubicon - Julius Caesar's Path to Glory
Julius Caesar didn’t appear out of nowhere like a Roman superhero dropped into history to “end the Republic.” He was raised inside a system already cracking under the weight of its own success. An emp...
24 Feb 2h 31min
Episode 161: The Kingfish vs. Oligarchs - Huey Long’s War for the Working Class
He paved roads, blew up tolls, handed kids free textbooks, and told the oil barons to get lost. Huey “The Kingfish” Long wasn’t just a politician; he was a one-man jailbreak for Louisiana’s poor. In t...
6 Okt 20251h 11min
Episode 160: The Beverly Hills Stabbing - Lana Turner, Johnny Stompanato & a Studio System on Trial
In April 1958, Hollywood’s ice-queen glamour cracked. Lana Turner’s mob-linked boyfriend, Johnny Stompanato, lay dead on her Beverly Hills bedroom floor, felled by a single knife wound, and her 14-yea...
22 Sep 20251h 12min
Episode 159: Plato, Syracuse and the Tyrant
A philosopher walks into a palace—no, really. This week on History For Weirdos, we follow Plato from the Academy to the armored court of Syracuse, where his friend (and insider) Dion bets that good id...
25 Aug 20251h 27min
Episode 158: Consuelo Vanderbilt & the Gilded Age Dollar Princesses
In this week’s episode we crack open the glittering shell of HBO’s The Gilded Age to meet the real women who inspired its most delicious plotline: America’s “dollar princesses.” When cash-poor British...
11 Aug 202555min
Episode 156: The War of the Bucket
In this episode of History For Weirdos, we dive into one of the most bizarre conflicts in medieval history: the War of the Bucket. Set in 14th-century northern Italy, this seemingly ridiculous war bet...
14 Juli 202556min
Episode 155: Queen Christina of Sweden - the Queen who was King
Queen Christina of Sweden (King Christina?) wasn’t your typical monarch—she was crowned as a child king, educated like a prince, and swiftly turned Sweden into Europe’s unexpected cultural powerhouse....
23 Juni 202558min
