Why Being a Civil War Soldier Was a Living Hell
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianThe year is 1861, and you are 19 years old. You were promised glory, brotherhood, and a cause worth dying for. What yo...
11 Sep 20251h 38min
The HORRIFYING Life of a Child Emperor in the Forbidden City
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianTonight’s descent into forgotten history takes us behind the vermilion walls of the Forbidden City — where you are not...
10 Sep 20251h 51min
The BRUTAL Life of a Sumo Wrestler in Edo Japan
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianWhat did it really mean to become a sumo wrestler in Edo Japan? Beneath the silk and ceremony was a world of ritual hu...
9 Sep 20251h 56min
How Did Medieval People Flirt?
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianForget moonlit serenades and grand gestures. Medieval flirting was a murky dance of dowries, dead pheasants, awkward m...
8 Sep 20252h 14min
The 12 WORST Times to Be a Man in History
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianHistory tends to remember power — kings, generals, emperors — and assumes that being born male meant inheriting contro...
7 Sep 20252h 1min
The HORRIFYING Life of a Polio Patient in an Iron Lung
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianWhat happens when your lungs stop working — but your mind never does?In this immersive second-person story, you become...
6 Sep 20251h 49min
Why You'd Regret Being a Wild West Outlaw
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianYou’re twenty-seven, sunburnt, hungry, and out of options. The ranch fired you. The saloon cut your credit. One bad de...
5 Sep 20251h 31min
The HORRIFYING Life of a Laudanum Addict in Georgian London
Get early episodes & ad-free audio on Patreon: https://patreon.com/DrowsyHistorianIn Georgian London, pain is private, propriety is public, and relief comes in a brown glass bottle.Tonight, you are th...
4 Sep 20251h 30min
