The Gunpowder Plot I: Doth Protest Too Much
So it turns out that to talk about the Gunpowder Plot, you need to do over an hour of stuff to lay the groundwork for the Gunpowder Plot. In the beginning...in 1517 Martin Luther staples an essay to a...
25 Okt 20251h 14min
The Curse of the Pharaoh!
You all know there's no such thing as curses. Sure. You all know there's no such thing as the Curse of the Pharaoh. But you may not know just how brazen the lie is.
27 Sep 20251h 7min
Smack My Bishop
It's part of the history podcasting contract that you have to cover this topic eventually, so here you go, the infamous "Murder in the Cathedral."
25 Aug 20251h 23min
Hernan Cortes and the Troubuchet
If you're not familiar with the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire then you're probably not expecting the Guy Ritchie level of dark comedy that actually happened. Or the sheer volume of craziness in...
23 Juli 202555min
Reagan Ruined Everything I: Two Bad Neighbors
My favourite episode of The Simpsons is packed with a lot of very niche political references. Here's why it's so funny. Also, it's always worth exploring how everything is Ronald Reagan's fault. Becau...
26 Juni 20251h 55min
Popeperu
"The history of popes is too boring." Is it? A pope goes to war with Germany because he had too much sex, there's a skeleton lawyer, two - TWO - wizards, and a little something called THE JOUST OF WHO...
24 Maj 20251h 30min
The Great Lie-brary
Why do people seem to think that the library of Alexandria was the only library in the ancient world?
23 Apr 20252h 7min
The One Who Knocks - Aimo Koivunen
In 1938 the German pharmaceutical company Temmler patented the drug Pervitin. In 1939 the Germans conquered…a lot of places. These two events may be linked. We do all of that to get to the story of Ai...
26 Mars 202550min
