HS034 – The History of Santa Claus (The Manger)
In this episode of History Squirt, we unwrap the history of Santa Claus — from Saint Nicholas punching heretics in the 4th century to a red-suited global icon who enters homes uninvited once a year. I...
21 Dec 202547min
HS033 - Tulpenmanie, aka Tulip Mania (Toasty)
In this episode of History Squirt, we explore Tulip Mania — the 17th-century Dutch economic bubble where flower bulbs became more expensive than houses and everyone briefly lost their collective mind....
14 Dec 202546min
HS032 - Napoleon's Rabbits & The Football War (do not listen to this podcast)
In this episode of History Squirt, we bring you two stories of warfare going embarrassingly wrong: first, Napoleon Bonaparte plans a triumphant rabbit hunt and is aggressively overrun by fluffy insurr...
7 Dec 202536min
HS031 - Cassius Marcellius Clay (Hazel's Navel Tables)
In this episode of History Squirt, we explore Cassius Marcellius Clay — abolitionist, newspaper publisher, duelist, and walking threat response system. He survived assassination attempts, fought attac...
1 Dec 202553min
HS030 - Montezuma II
In this episode of History Squirt, we explore Montezuma II — emperor of the Aztec Empire who welcomed Hernán Cortés into Tenochtitlan and accidentally hosted one of the worst houseguests in world hist...
23 Nov 202538min
HS029 - Lucius Mestrius Plutarchus, aka Plutarch (The Suckle Project)
In this episode of History Squirt, we explore Plutarch — ancient Greek biographer, philosopher, and professional comparer of dead famous men. His Parallel Lives shaped how we understand Roman and Gree...
16 Nov 202548min
HS028 - The Great Pigeon Race Disaster of '97 (Angst Bank)
In this episode of History Squirt, we explore the Great Pigeon Race Disaster of 1997 — when sixty thousand racing pigeons were released… and almost none of them came back. Weather? Confusion? Secret p...
9 Nov 202539min
HS027 - Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the father of microbiology (Tears of the Devine)
In this episode of History Squirt, we explore Antonie van Leeuwenhoek — the Dutch linen merchant who accidentally founded microbiology by staring at pond water really, really hard. He discovered bacte...
2 Nov 202544min
