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CLASSIC: George Carlin Gets Quoted in the Supreme Court: Ridiculous Stand-up Stories with Wayne Federman

2 augusti | 26 min

The Ridiculous History of Fantasy Sports, Part Two

1 augusti | 35 min

The Ridiculous History of Fantasy Sports, Part One

29 juli | 32 min

CLASSIC: The People vs. Lenny Bruce: Ridiculous Stand-up Stories with Wayne Federman

26 juli | 33 min

First Ladies Who Weren't Wives, Part Two, Part Two: Some Folks Didn't Want The Job

24 juli | 28 min

First Ladies Who Weren't Wives, Part Two, Part One: James "The Bachelor" Buchanan

22 juli | 34 min

CLASSIC: The Life and Times of Ol' Knife Hand

19 juli | 28 min

Batman, or Bat-Man? A Ridiculously Comical Feud For The Ages

17 juli | 46 min

Three Ridiculous Histories of "Bloody Mary"

16 juli | 47 min

CLASSIC: The Ridiculous Story of the World’s First (Documented) Serial Killer

12 juli | 36 min

A Ridiculous History of "Fad Diets"

10 juli | 44 min

A Titanic Disaster: That Time An Entire Production Crew Tripped Off Bad Chowder

8 juli | 45 min

CLASSIC: Back When the Rich Ate Corpses

3 juli | 36 min

A Ridiculous History of Sex, with Ross Benes

1 juli | 49 min

CLASSIC: The Mummies of Guanajuato

28 juni | 30 min

A Ridiculous History of Brain Science, with Jorge Cham

26 juni | 56 min

Jorge Cham Teaches Us The Universe: Big Bangs and Quantum Hangs

24 juni | 53 min

CLASSIC: The Curious Rise of SPAM

21 juni | 47 min

The Ridiclulous Hsitory of Typos

20 juni | 39 min

Come For the Palooka, Stay For the Farts!

17 juni | 47 min

CLASSIC: The Origins Of, and Backlash Against, Father's Day

14 juni | 43 min

Father's Day, Around the World

12 juni | 36 min

The History of Morning Routines, Part Two: All Hail The Toothbrush! And Deodorant!

10 juni | 42 min

CLASSIC: The Smooth-talking Takeover of Tabor Bridge: "Yes And-ing" Your Way To Victory

7 juni | 31 min

CLASSIC: History's Coolest (Non-Human) Political Candidates, Part I

5 juni | 55 min

The History of Morning Routines, Part One: Thank Goodness People Learned to Wash Themselves

3 juni | 35 min

CLASSIC: Attack of the Aswang: How the CIA Used Vampires as Weapons of War

31 maj | 31 min

The Ridiculous -- and Surprisingly Dangerous -- History of Hair Dye

29 maj | 45 min

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: That Super Humble Statue of Zeus

27 maj | 35 min

CLASSIC: Who are the Hartlepudlian Monkey Hangers?

27 maj | 34 min

HP Lovecraft Was A Super Weird Dude, Part Two: The Horror Stories That Changed The World

22 maj | 56 min

HP Lovecraft Was A Super Weird Dude, Part One: Childhood Tragedy

20 maj | 53 min

CLASSIC: William Walker: Filibuster and (Fantastically Bad) President

17 maj | 42 min

Accidental Inventions of the 20th Century, Part Two: The Slinky and the Post-it Note

15 maj | 38 min

Accidental Inventions of the 20th Century, Part One: Penicillin, X-Rays and the Microwave Oven

13 maj | 43 min

CLASSIC: Lawsonomy: How the Father of the Modern Airline Started His Own Religion

10 maj | 52 min

Did Pirates Really Ruin the US Dream of the Metric System?

8 maj | 37 min

Yet More Ridiculous Historical Honorifics: Ethelred Just Ain't Ready

6 maj | 42 min

CLASSIC: A Dead Pope Goes To Court

3 maj | 27 min

History's Most Ridiculous Clothing, with AJ Jacobs: Part Two

1 maj | 37 min

History's Most Ridiculous Clothing, with AJ Jacobs: Part One

29 april | 29 min

CLASSIC: War and Candy: The Infamous Tootsie Roll Air Drop

26 april | 33 min

A Ridiculous History of Tupperware

24 april | 45 min

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

22 april | 39 min

CLASSIC: The Man Who Assassinated Abe Lincoln's Assassin

19 april | 35 min

Paul Is Dead, Part Two: Welcome to the Walrus

17 april | 45 min

Paul Is Dead, Part One: The Beatles versus MI5

15 april | 51 min

CLASSIC: The Cock Lane Ghost: Haunting, Hoax, Hysteria… or Hilarious?

12 april | 40 min

CLASSIC: Roland the Farter and the Weird World of Professional Flatulence

10 april | 35 min

CLASSIC: Gregor MacGregor Invented a Country and Convinced People to Invest in It

8 april | 57 min

CLASSIC: Angry Feds and Deadly Booze: The Story of the Chemists' War

5 april | 29 min

We're Late for the April Fools' Episode

3 april | 43 min

The Ridiculous History of Vending Machines

1 april | 62 min

CLASSIC: Fanny and Stella: The Cross-Dressing Scandal of Victorian England

29 mars | 36 min

Badass of the Week, with Ben Thompson - Part 2: the Battle of Karánsebes

27 mars | 44 min

Badass of the Week, with Ben Thompson - Part 1: History's Most Ridiculous Friendly-fire Incident

25 mars | 37 min

CLASSIC: That Time Kansas Imprisoned Women For Having STDs

22 mars | 31 min

A Ridiculous History of Processed Cheese

20 mars | 32 min

The Darién Gap, or: the Real Reason Scotland Lost Its Independence

18 mars | 39 min

CLASSIC: Oregon Was a White Supremacist Paradise

15 mars | 44 min

Apple Versus Apple: The Beatles' Decades-long IP War

13 mars | 38 min

Ancient Wonders of the Modern World: The (Alleged) Hanging Gardens of Babylon

11 mars | 41 min

CLASSIC: Project A119: The Cold War Plan to Nuke the Moon!

8 mars | 30 min

The US Camel Corps, Part Two: The Legend of the Red Ghost

6 mars | 50 min

The US Camel Corps, Part One: Several People With A Really Weird Dream

4 mars | 46 min

CLASSIC: Adidas Versus Puma: A Tale of Two Brothers

1 mars | 46 min

CLASSIC: The WWII Naval Battle Won Using Potatoes

27 februari | 34 min

CLASSIC: The Korean Soldier Who Fought for 3 Armies During WWII

25 februari | 24 min

CLASSIC: Philadelphia's Transylvanian Doomsday Cult: The Cave of Kelpius

22 februari | 46 min

CLASSIC: Weird Wars Fought For Dumb Reasons

20 februari | 45 min

CLASSIC: The FBI's Quest to Understand "Louie, Louie"

18 februari | 47 min

CLASSIC: The Time a Soviet Premier Was Banned From Disneyland

15 februari | 44 min

That Time Japan Absolutely Rinsed Russia, Part Two: The Togo Turn

13 februari | 38 min

That Time Japan Absolutely Rinsed Russia, Part One: The Race For Manchuria

11 februari | 35 min

CLASSIC: Kidnapping, Binge Drinking and Costumes: Voter Fraud in the 1800s

8 februari | 34 min

Victorians Got Super Weird With Flirting, Part Two: Courtship and Calling Cards

6 februari | 37 min

Victorians Got Super Weird With Flirting, Part One: "Fan Fiction"

4 februari | 41 min

Why did people hate the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge?

1 februari | 32 min

First Ladies Who Weren't Wives, Part One: The Niece Will Have To Do

30 januari | 41 min

Some of History's Funniest Honorifics, Part One: The Babymaker, the Debauchee, and More

28 januari | 40 min

IP, Part Two: The Baffling World of Trademarks

23 januari | 50 min

A Ton of Inventors Died Due To Their Own Inventions, Chapter Two: Li Si and the Five Pains

22 januari | 37 min

CLASSIC: The 1904 Racist Summer Olympic Games in St. Louis

18 januari | 34 min

The Ridiculously Ambitious History of the World's Fair, Part Two: Things Don't Always Work Out

16 januari | 45 min

The Ridiculously Ambitious History of the World's Fair, Part One: A Crazy Plan, and Crazy Success

14 januari | 47 min

CLASSIC: Why British Soccer Players Saluted the Nazis

11 januari | 41 min

How Dogs Went Domestic, Part Two: Yes, Dogs Know What You're Thinking

9 januari | 51 min

How Dogs Went Domestic, Part One: Classic Rom-Com

7 januari | 53 min

CLASSIC: Why don't Americans use bidets?

4 januari | 33 min

CLASSIC: The Earliest Recorded Mooning Killed Thousands

2 januari | 37 min

The Story of Claudette Colvin, with Nimene Wureh

31 december 2024 | 41 min

CLASSIC: How did Fido become the default name for dogs?

28 december 2024 | 39 min

Whatever Happened to Mac Tonight?

26 december 2024 | 47 min

The First Recorded Christmas Was The Latest Birthday Party Ever

24 december 2024 | 36 min

CLASSIC: Dock Ellis and the Legend of the LSD No-hitter

21 december 2024 | 37 min

Whoops! All Quizster, Part Two: A Ridiculous History of HowStuffWorks

19 december 2024 | 43 min

Whoops! All Quizster, Part One: The Gang Reunites

17 december 2024 | 40 min

CLASSIC: Maryland’s State Song was a Diss Track

14 december 2024 | 40 min

How The (English) Alphabet Became A Thing, Part Two: Each Letter Has A Story

12 december 2024 | 48 min

Big Parma

11 december 2024 | 41 min

How The (English) Alphabet Became A Thing, Part One: Writing Stuff Down Is A Bonkers Idea

10 december 2024 | 33 min

CLASSIC: The Story of Max, South Africa's Famous, Crime-fighting Gorilla

7 december 2024 | 52 min

History's Famous Mistranslations, Part Two: Life on Mars, the Cold War, and FARTFULL

5 december 2024 | 36 min

Neckties are Utterly Ridiculous

3 december 2024 | 41 min

CLASSIC: How Santa Anna Lost His Leg Twice, and Held a Funeral for It

30 november 2024 | 43 min

The History of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Part Two: A World-Class Show

28 november 2024 | 46 min

The History of the Super Bowl Halftime Show, Part One: From Marching Bands to Celebrities

26 november 2024 | 49 min

CLASSIC: That Time Chewbacca Needed Bodyguards

23 november 2024 | 41 min

How Emergency Call Lines Became A Thing

21 november 2024 | 52 min

Are the Vikings to Blame for Cats?

19 november 2024 | 31 min

CLASSIC: Napoleon Bonaparte Was Attacked by Bunnies -- And Lost

16 november 2024 | 36 min

The Most Ridiculous Weather of Baseball

14 november 2024 | 41 min

Bhutan Grades Itself On Happiness

12 november 2024 | 45 min

CLASSIC: California Was Named for a Fictional Island Ruled by a Black Amazon Queen

9 november 2024 | 32 min

The World's Weirdest Sports, Part Two: Literal Murderball

7 november 2024 | 43 min

The World's Weirdest Sports, Part One: Buzkashī is Where You Fight Over A Dead Goat

5 november 2024 | 52 min

CLASSIC: Ancient Mayan Ritual Alcohol Enemas

2 november 2024 | 50 min

One Guy Was So Good At Violin That People Thought He Worshipped Satan

31 oktober 2024 | 54 min

Credit Scores are Absolutely Ridiculous

29 oktober 2024 | 49 min

CLASSIC: That Time Vermont Was an Independent Republic

26 oktober 2024 | 45 min

Spontaneous Generation, Part Two: "Broth Science"

24 oktober 2024 | 35 min

Spontaneous Generation, Part One: Mice and Grain

22 oktober 2024 | 40 min

CLASSIC: The Capture of Guam Was Bloodless and Quick, All Due to a Misunderstanding

19 oktober 2024 | 39 min

Ridiculous Royal Deaths, Part 5: A Blind and Bloody Finale (For Now)

17 oktober 2024 | 39 min

Sir Adrian Carton de Wiart was Darn Near Unkillable

15 oktober 2024 | 38 min

CLASSIC: Are All US Presidents Actually Related?

12 oktober 2024 | 32 min

Post-Presidential Careers, Part Two: Adams, Taft, And More

10 oktober 2024 | 43 min

Post-Presidential Careers, Part One: Happy Birthday, Jimmy!

8 oktober 2024 | 37 min

CLASSIC: What's the deal with two-dollar bills?

5 oktober 2024 | 59 min

Mark Twain Was a Terrible Investor, Part Two: Typesetters, Steam Pulleys and Tesla

3 oktober 2024 | 43 min

Mark Twain Was a Terrible Investor, Part One: The Legend of "Josh"

1 oktober 2024 | 43 min

CLASSIC: How James Bond Created a Mexican Dia de los Muertos Tradition

28 september 2024 | 27 min

What is Karaoke? Part Two: Going Global; Careful What You Sing

26 september 2024 | 35 min

What is Karaoke? Part One: An Origin Story

24 september 2024 | 35 min

CLASSIC: Did Richard Nixon Unwittingly Smuggle Drugs for Louis Armstrong?

21 september 2024 | 38 min

The Nebraska Episode

19 september 2024 | 32 min

Occupy Alcatraz!

17 september 2024 | 40 min

CLASSIC: 3 Times Society Refused to Accept New Books on Science

14 september 2024 | 51 min

The Ridiculous, Murky Origins of Pasta, Part Two: From Myth to the Modern Day

12 september 2024 | 37 min

The Ridiculous, Murky Origins of Pasta, Part One: Basic Ingredients, Delicious Results

10 september 2024 | 33 min

CLASSIC: That Time We Erased a (HUGE) Waterfall

7 september 2024 | 29 min

Patents Are Absolutely Bonkers: An Origin Story

5 september 2024 | 49 min

That Time a Swedish Queen Became So Enlightened, She Quit Being the Queen

3 september 2024 | 44 min

CLASSIC: The Poetic Justice of Death by Molten Gold

31 augusti 2024 | 33 min

You Auto-go to the Drive-in, Part Two: Driving In and Out of History

29 augusti 2024 | 45 min

You Auto-go to the Drive-in, Part One: Cars Meet Cinema

27 augusti 2024 | 35 min

CLASSIC: Japan, Baseball and the Curse of the Colonel

24 augusti 2024 | 38 min

The Disturbing History of Last Meals, Part Two: Famous Final Snacks

22 augusti 2024 | 39 min

The Disturbing History of Last Meals, Part One: A Creepy Origin Story

20 augusti 2024 | 36 min

CLASSIC: That Time the US Built a Flying Aircraft Carrier

17 augusti 2024 | 33 min

CLASSIC: Yes, Those are Corpses in the Diorama

15 augusti 2024 | 39 min

CLASSIC: Weird People Who Built Weird Things

13 augusti 2024 | 36 min

CLASSIC: What was the West Point Eggnog Riot?

10 augusti 2024 | 44 min

The Noble -- and Kind of Ridiculous -- History of Butlers

8 augusti 2024 | 38 min

CLASSIC: Lyndon Johnson Chatted on the Phone More than a Teenager

6 augusti 2024 | 29 min

The Founding of the Smithsonian, Part Two: James Gives America a Fortune -- and a Mission

1 augusti 2024 | 33 min

The Founding of the Smithsonian, Part One: The Remains of the James

30 juli 2024 | 30 min

CLASSIC: Arsenic: The Assassin's Dream Weapon

27 juli 2024 | 39 min

The Orphan Train: That Time the US Auctioned Children Via Rail

25 juli 2024 | 43 min

20 Questions: A Ridiculous Crossover, Part Two

23 juli 2024 | 74 min

CLASSIC: The Killer Marketing Campaign Behind Guy Fawkes

20 juli 2024 | 47 min

CLASSIC: When Ancient India Beat Machiavelli to the Punch

18 juli 2024 | 30 min

The Preposterous History of Artificial Flavors, Part Two: Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thing

16 juli 2024 | 51 min

CLASSIC: The Rise of Harvey Wiley's Poison Squad

13 juli 2024 | 35 min

The Preposterous History of Artificial Flavors, Part One: The Vanilla Problem

11 juli 2024 | 37 min

"Right on," Said the Pope: How the Swiss Guard became the Elite Protectors of the Vatican

9 juli 2024 | 47 min

CLASSIC: Step Aside, James Bond: The Strange Stories of Espionage Animals

6 juli 2024 | 54 min

Ottoman Harems Were Disturbing and Ridiculous, Part Two: A Real-life Game of Thrones

4 juli 2024 | 34 min

Ottoman Harems Were Disturbing and Ridiculous, Part One: Busting Myths

2 juli 2024 | 31 min

CLASSIC: How Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Influenced Star Trek

29 juni 2024 | 33 min

Popeye Changed America, Part Two: Popeye Ain't Perfect

27 juni 2024 | 37 min

Popeye Changed America, Part One: A Breakout Star

25 juni 2024 | 37 min

CLASSIC: What was the 'Great Stink' of London?

23 juni 2024 | 41 min

The Constitution is Amazing (and Ridiculous), Part Two: The Game of Amendments

20 juni 2024 | 46 min

The Constitution is Amazing (and Ridiculous), Part One: A Troubled, Ambitious Origin Story

18 juni 2024 | 34 min

CLASSIC: How Farmers Built A Barbed Wire Phone Network

15 juni 2024 | 33 min

Ridiculous Video Game Tie-ins, Part Two: The Olympics and the Great Game of Chex Quest

13 juni 2024 | 48 min

Ridiculous Video Game Tie-ins, Part One: The Rise of Cool Spot -- and Fall of the Noid

11 juni 2024 | 38 min

CLASSIC: The Strange Story of Canadian Margarine Bootleggers

8 juni 2024 | 41 min

Malta: Tiny and Amazing, Just Like The Dog

6 juni 2024 | 39 min

The Ridiculous History of Credit Cards

4 juni 2024 | 57 min

CLASSIC: San Francisco's Egg War

1 juni 2024 | 40 min

Introducing: Sixteenth Minute (of Fame)

1 juni 2024 | 4 min

Skyscrapers, Part Two: An Arms Race to the Sky

30 maj 2024 | 37 min

Skyscrapers, Part One: A Guy and a Birdcage

28 maj 2024 | 37 min

CLASSIC: The Wild West Was Actually Pretty Chill

28 maj 2024 | 34 min

On Theme, Part Two: The Cyclical Evolution of Music

23 maj 2024 | 48 min

On Theme, Part One: Ernest Hogan's Success and Regret

21 maj 2024 | 37 min

CLASSIC: How A Grudge Match Launched the Ford GT40

18 maj 2024 | 51 min

The QWERTY Keyboard is Purposely Bad

16 maj 2024 | 42 min

Auction Houses: It's Not All Money Laundering

14 maj 2024 | 53 min

CLASSIC: "Vitamin Donuts" Were A Real Thing

11 maj 2024 | 33 min

Thomas Nast, Part Two: A Cartoonist Conquers Corruption (and Moves to Ecuador)

9 maj 2024 | 36 min

Thomas Nast, Part One: The Cartoonist Who Shaped America

7 maj 2024 | 32 min

CLASSIC: The Rotten, Sausagey Secret Origin of Botox

4 maj 2024 | 35 min

Books You Can't Read -- By Design!

2 maj 2024 | 44 min

La Maupin: The Swordfighting Opera Singer of France

30 april 2024 | 59 min

CLASSIC: The Weird World of Meat Jell-O (A Gelatin Origin Story)

27 april 2024 | 38 min

A History of Roller Coasters, Part Two: Higher, Faster, More Expensive

25 april 2024 | 49 min

A History of Roller Coasters, Part One: Early Ups and Downs

23 april 2024 | 46 min

CLASSIC: London Made a Train for the Dead

20 april 2024 | 33 min

The Page-turning Evolution of the Encyclopædia Britannica

18 april 2024 | 47 min

A Ridiculous History of Worcestershire Sauce

16 april 2024 | 42 min

CLASSIC: Roald Dahl: Children's Author and Secret Agent

13 april 2024 | 40 min

Micronations: How Liechtenstein Became A Country

11 april 2024 | 37 min

Why Are There So Many Captain Marvels?

9 april 2024 | 53 min

CLASSIC: When did ALL-CAPS type become YELLING?

6 april 2024 | 37 min

Look at Us, Late to the Ridiculous History of Easter

4 april 2024 | 47 min

Royal Deaths, Part Four: The Unfortunate Lives of Scottish Kings

2 april 2024 | 34 min

The Delaware Wedge, Part Two: The Wedge and The Horn

28 mars 2024 | 31 min

The Delaware Wedge, Part One: A Tiny State with Massive History

26 mars 2024 | 28 min

Back to the Choo-ture: the Enduring Nostalgia of Model Trains

21 mars 2024 | 54 min

PEZ: Candy or Anti-smoking Aid?

19 mars 2024 | 42 min

Mobituaries with Mo Rocca, Part Two: What's Past is Prologue

14 mars 2024 | 43 min

Mobituaries with Mo Rocca, Part One: Mo Eulogizes The Pager

12 mars 2024 | 44 min

Awful Candy, Part Two: Peeps, Licorice, Wax Lips and More

7 mars 2024 | 29 min

Awful Candy, Part One: Tootsie Rolls Saved the War -- and Divided the World

5 mars 2024 | 31 min

It Is Literally Time For The Leap Year Episode

29 februari 2024 | 49 min

The Ridiculous History of Hot Sauce

27 februari 2024 | 56 min

CLASSIC: Why does the Guinness Beer Company Track World Records?

22 februari 2024 | 32 min

20 Questions: A Ridiculous Crossover, Part One

20 februari 2024 | 65 min

Tecumseh's Curse, Part Two: Boy, It's Tough to be President

15 februari 2024 | 56 min

Tecumseh's Curse, Part One: Rise of The Prophet

13 februari 2024 | 48 min

History Is Absolutely Riddled With Famous Mistranslations

8 februari 2024 | 49 min

Stuff That Got Left Over, Part Two: Hot Tubs, The Last Shantyman, President Taft Had Pet Cows

6 februari 2024 | 34 min

The Puzzler Returns, Part Two: A Field Trip to the CIA

1 februari 2024 | 43 min

The Puzzler Returns, Part One: Puzzles and Spies

30 januari 2024 | 45 min

A Boeing Wonderland, Part Two: A Fake Rooftop City For All!

25 januari 2024 | 45 min

A Boeing Wonderland, Part One: A Magician Tries to Camouflage Entire Airfields

24 januari 2024 | 51 min

Calvin Coolidge Was Super Weird...and Surprisingly Cool

19 januari 2024 | 45 min

The Ridiculous History of Baseball Caps: How One Hat Traveled the World

16 januari 2024 | 49 min

Breeching: A Weird Historical Obsession with Children's Pants

11 januari 2024 | 41 min

The Salton Sea: How A Little Whoopsie Turned into Ecological Disaster

9 januari 2024 | 44 min

CLASSIC: Digging Up James K Polk (For the Third Time)

4 januari 2024 | 34 min

CLASSIC: The Atomic Whoops: When the US Air Force Bombed South Carolina

2 januari 2024 | 32 min

The History of Soda Pop is So Weird, Part Two: Nostalgia is a Heck of a Drug

29 december 2023 | 42 min

The History of Soda Pop is So Weird, Part One: The Saga of Spicy Water

26 december 2023 | 47 min

The Puzzler, Part Two: Waldo, Rubik, and More

21 december 2023 | 44 min

The Puzzler, Part One: The Crossword Moral Panic

19 december 2023 | 32 min

Christmas Has A Dark Side: The Krampus Episode

14 december 2023 | 46 min

A House Divided: Various Times Congress Tried to Beat the Snot Out of Each Other

12 december 2023 | 55 min

Scientists Who Were Horrifically Persecuted, Part Two: Alan Turing

7 december 2023 | 31 min

Serious Diseases with Seriously Funny Names, Part Two: Rickets, Brain Fever, and Maple Syrup

5 december 2023 | 41 min

Serious Diseases with Seriously Funny Names, Part One: Dropsy

30 november 2023 | 37 min

Oh Man, James Joyce was a Dirty Dude!

28 november 2023 | 42 min

What's the Deal with Turkey on Thanksgiving?

23 november 2023 | 47 min

Tammany Hall: America's Early Puppet Masters

21 november 2023 | 54 min

The Hoover Dam is Ridiculous, Part Two: The Audacity!

16 november 2023 | 32 min

The Hoover Dam is Ridiculous, Part One: Man Versus Nature

14 november 2023 | 40 min

CLASSIC: Waging War With Hallucinogenic Honey

9 november 2023 | 24 min

CLASSIC: Ben Franklin Tried To Reinvent the Alphabet

7 november 2023 | 29 min

CLASSIC: When the Puritans Canceled Christmas

2 november 2023 | 28 min

How Did Trick-Or-Treating Become a Thing?

31 oktober 2023 | 59 min

The Tangled History of Topiary, Part Two: That Shrub Is Looking at Me Funny

26 oktober 2023 | 27 min

The Tangled History of Topiary, Part One: The Ancient Art of Fancy Plants

24 oktober 2023 | 31 min

Scientists Who Were Horrifically Persecuted, Part One

20 oktober 2023 | 53 min

The Crappy, Commodious History of Toilets

17 oktober 2023 | 48 min

Aaron Burr, Part Two: The Fall of a Guy Nobody Liked

12 oktober 2023 | 46 min

Aaron Burr, Part One: The Rise of a Guy Nobody Liked

10 oktober 2023 | 43 min

Introducing: McCartney A Life in Lyrics

6 oktober 2023 | 8 min

Royals Who Died on the Toilet: Our Classiest Episode Yet

5 oktober 2023 | 35 min

That Time Indiana Tried to Change Pi

3 oktober 2023 | 41 min

Why Don't People Wear White After Labor Day?

28 september 2023 | 30 min

Michigan Has Its Own Bermuda Triangle

26 september 2023 | 46 min

The Road to Modern Basketball, Part Two: How Dribbling Became A Thing

21 september 2023 | 50 min

The Road to Modern Basketball, Part One: Naismith and "The Incorrigibles"

19 september 2023 | 40 min

The 10th President's Grandson is Alive Today

15 september 2023 | 38 min

Stuff That Got Left Over: Nukes

12 september 2023 | 34 min

Ralph Nader Versus Big Auto

8 september 2023 | 44 min

CLASSIC: Baguettes and Vacation: France versus Bakers

5 september 2023 | 25 min

Everyone Was Covered in Poop: A Grimy History of Soap

31 augusti 2023 | 45 min

Behind the Logo: The Story of the Nike Swoosh

30 augusti 2023 | 37 min

The Architecture of Spite, Part Three: The Pie House and a Scorned Argentine

24 augusti 2023 | 40 min

The Architecture of Spite, Part Two: Macy's and The Skinny House

22 augusti 2023 | 34 min

The Ridiculous History of Intellectual Property, Part 2: When Things Get Weird

17 augusti 2023 | 45 min

The Ridiculous History of Intellectual Property, Part 1: The Ancient Past

15 augusti 2023 | 39 min

World War II's Alaskan Front: The Aleutian Island Campaign

10 augusti 2023 | 47 min

Micronations: The Amazing Story of Vatican City

8 augusti 2023 | 49 min

The FBI versus Hip-Hop

3 augusti 2023 | 49 min

The Inventor of the Saxophone Had Some of the World's Worst Luck

2 augusti 2023 | 54 min

Animals On Trial, Part 2: Legal Personhood "Goes Wild"

27 juli 2023 | 42 min

Animals On Trial, Part 1: Tons of Animals Went to Kangaroo Courts

25 juli 2023 | 50 min

Broken Arrows, Part 2: In Which Actions Have Consequence

20 juli 2023 | 50 min

Broken Arrows, Part 1: Whoops, Where's Our Nuke?

18 juli 2023 | 39 min

New Providence: That Time Pirates Had A Government

13 juli 2023 | 57 min

Tons of People Married Their First Cousins

11 juli 2023 | 51 min

Lost Media, Part 2: The Magnificent Ambersons

6 juli 2023 | 39 min

The Ridiculous History of "Snake Oil"

4 juli 2023 | 52 min

Badass of the Week, Part 2: Rise of the Kung Fu Werewolf

29 juni 2023 | 41 min

Badass of the Week, Part 1: An Origin Story

27 juni 2023 | 33 min

That Time Abe Lincoln Trolled His Way Into a Real-life Duel

22 juni 2023 | 37 min

The Creation of (and Backlash Against) Father's Day

20 juni 2023 | 41 min

Colorado's Ridiculous, Disturbingly Corrupt 1904 Election, Part Two: Everyone Resigns

15 juni 2023 | 36 min

Colorado's Ridiculous, Disturbingly Corrupt 1904 Election, Part One: Let's Jump Off The Train

13 juni 2023 | 38 min

How Horrible Chocolate Helped Win World War II

8 juni 2023 | 31 min

Micronations: How a Guy Got Ran Out of Town and Created San Marino

6 juni 2023 | 44 min

The Library of Congress is Full of Super Weird Stuff

1 juni 2023 | 37 min

That Time A Guy Literally Bought The London Bridge

30 maj 2023 | 40 min

We Got Super Into Toy Cars, Part Two: Rivalry and Nostalgia

25 maj 2023 | 30 min

We Got Super Into Toy Cars, Part One: Matchbox versus Hot Wheels

23 maj 2023 | 43 min

Why The Creator of Mother's Day Got So Mad About Mothers' Day

18 maj 2023 | 32 min

Micronations: Monaco is More than a Casino!

16 maj 2023 | 55 min

Fonts They Love to Hate, Part Two: Papyrus, Times New Roman and Beyond

11 maj 2023 | 47 min

Fonts They Love to Hate, Part One: Origins of Comic Sans

9 maj 2023 | 34 min

Even More Ridiculous Royal Deaths

4 maj 2023 | 43 min

A (Completely Different) History of Sampling: Free Stuff

2 maj 2023 | 45 min

A History of Sampling, Part Two: Creativity in Court

27 april 2023 | 57 min

A History of Sampling, Part One: An Origin Story

25 april 2023 | 53 min

How Did Monster Trucks Become a Thing?

20 april 2023 | 53 min

The Ridiculous, Scrumptious Desserts of Mardi Gras

18 april 2023 | 51 min

The Amazing History of Japanese Toys, Part Two: The World Takeover

13 april 2023 | 33 min

The Amazing History of Japanese Toys, Part One: A Serious Business

11 april 2023 | 32 min

The Weird Journey of the $2 Bill

6 april 2023 | 32 min

The Fascinating History of Ice Cream Trucks

4 april 2023 | 48 min

The Strange Tale of Charles Entertainment Cheese, Part Two: Betrayal and Nostalgia

30 mars 2023 | 59 min

The Strange Tale of Charles Entertainment Cheese, Part One: Atari and Pizza

28 mars 2023 | 38 min

CLASSIC: What's the Deal with Smashing Cake at Weddings?

23 mars 2023 | 30 min

THE LAST SOVIET - EP 5: Three Hot Days in August

22 mars 2023 | 29 min

CLASSIC: Conquest via Bird Poop: One Island at a Time

21 mars 2023 | 33 min

The Architecture of Spite, Part One: Lovers, Loiterers and Murderers

16 mars 2023 | 44 min

Turn, Turn, Turn: A History of Turn Signals

14 mars 2023 | 32 min

A Legally Haunted House

8 mars 2023 | 41 min

The Oddly Dark History of Crash Test Dummies (Not The Band)

7 mars 2023 | 51 min

The Deeply Weird Stories of Patron Saints

2 mars 2023 | 41 min

Svetlana! Svetlana! The Strange Life of Josef Stalin's Daughter, with Dan Kitrosser

28 februari 2023 | 39 min

Let's Start a Coup! Ep 1 – A Basket Full of Fascists

27 februari 2023 | 40 min

Weird Epidemics, Part One: From Sweating to Pokemon

23 februari 2023 | 50 min

CLASSIC: When Scientists Hid Under Beds To Spy On Kids

21 februari 2023 | 37 min

Surprising Former Careers, Part III: Goldberg, Trudeau and Buscemi

16 februari 2023 | 32 min

Introducing: The Last Soviet

15 februari 2023 | 4 min

It Turns Out Blue Laws Aren't Entirely Terrible

14 februari 2023 | 47 min

The Origin of Moby Dick, Part Two: Horrors At Sea

9 februari 2023 | 45 min

The Origin of Moby Dick, Part One: Mocha Dick

7 februari 2023 | 28 min

The (Weirdly Crooked) History of the Food Pyramid

2 februari 2023 | 46 min

That Time Europeans Went Nuts For Dancing

31 januari 2023 | 38 min

Star Trek Almost Never Happened, Part Two: In Which We Boldly Go

26 januari 2023 | 44 min

Star Trek Almost Never Happened, Part One: Pilots and Peril

24 januari 2023 | 40 min

“It’s Edible!” The Origin of Breakfast Cereal, Part Two

19 januari 2023 | 54 min

“It’s Edible!” The Origin of Breakfast Cereal, Part One

17 januari 2023 | 38 min

Would-be Presidents, Part One: If At First You Don't Succeed...

12 januari 2023 | 51 min

The Leaf Blower Episode

11 januari 2023 | 44 min

The US Navy Teamed Up With Mobsters, Part Two: The Mob Goes to War

5 januari 2023 | 43 min

The US Navy Teamed Up With Mobsters, Part One: Luciano Gets Lucky

3 januari 2023 | 55 min

CLASSIC: When People Thought They Were Made of Glass

29 december 2022 | 29 min

CLASSIC: Nazis, Churchill and Chocolate

27 december 2022 | 27 min

Ridiculous Royal Deaths, Part Two: Don't Drink Mercury

22 december 2022 | 45 min

Ridiculous Royal Deaths, Part One: Revenge of the Buck-Toothed

20 december 2022 | 38 min

CLASSIC: When Dentist Sold Dentures Made with Corpse Teeth

15 december 2022 | 33 min

From Mesopotamia to Hot Dogs: A History of Mustard

13 december 2022 | 50 min

Coca-Cola, Dr. King, and the Civil Rights

8 december 2022 | 37 min

William Mitchell Was Basically a Real-life Willy Wonka

6 december 2022 | 41 min

The Olympics Used to Have an... Extraordinarily Weird Art Competition

1 december 2022 | 40 min

A Circus, or a Cult? The Strange Story of Shen Yun

29 november 2022 | 36 min

How A Massive Turkey Screw-up Created TV Dinners

24 november 2022 | 53 min

J. Paul Getty, Part Two: A Kidnapping Discount

22 november 2022 | 33 min

J. Paul Getty, Part One: Money Doesn't Make You Happy

17 november 2022 | 36 min

Have you heard of Andorra?

15 november 2022 | 31 min

How Smart Was Alex the Grey Parrot?

10 november 2022 | 41 min

Surprising Former Careers, Part 2: Truman Can't Sell Hats

8 november 2022 | 41 min

The Ancient -- and Surprisingly Divisive! -- Story of Ketchup

3 november 2022 | 56 min

The Bizarrely Xenophobic Origins of Scotch Tape

1 november 2022 | 49 min

Lost Media, Part Two: We Didn't Start The Fire

27 oktober 2022 | 30 min

Lost Media, Part One: What Happened to All Those Silent Films?

26 oktober 2022 | 38 min

A Ridiculous History of Hot Tubs

20 oktober 2022 | 45 min

Eugene V Debs, Part Two: A Prisoner Runs For President

18 oktober 2022 | 63 min

Eugene V Debs, Part One: Railroad Workers Fight The Power

13 oktober 2022 | 35 min

The Michelin Man was an Unhinged Lunatic

11 oktober 2022 | 52 min

The Yukio Mishima Story, Part Two: Mishima's End

6 oktober 2022 | 50 min

The Yukio Mishima Story, Part One: Confessions of a Mask

5 oktober 2022 | 46 min

Wait, How Do I Know It's Funny? A Rollicking History of Laugh Tracks

29 september 2022 | 48 min

Who, exactly, were the Luddites?

27 september 2022 | 43 min

Instant Noodles Changed The World, Part Two: Going Global

22 september 2022 | 34 min

Instant Noodles Changed The World, Part One: An Origin Story

20 september 2022 | 31 min

The Accidental Invention of Holding Music

15 september 2022 | 31 min

Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions: Flyin' or Dyin', Part Two

13 september 2022 | 40 min

Inventors Killed By Their Own Inventions: Flyin' or Dyin', Part One

8 september 2022 | 32 min

Wilhelm Reich and Orgone, Part 2: Willy vs. The Feds

7 september 2022 | 51 min

Wilhelm Reich and Orgone, Part 1: Sexy Psychoanalysis

1 september 2022 | 48 min

The History of Pringles: Once You Pop...

30 augusti 2022 | 56 min

Lincoln Loved Cats, and Other Presidential Pets

25 augusti 2022 | 45 min

CLASSIC - Presidents Love Their Ridiculous Pets

23 augusti 2022 | 32 min

What Happened to Ronald McDonald? Part Two: Supersizing A Mystery

18 augusti 2022 | 60 min

What Happened to Ronald McDonald? Part One: Everybody Loves A Clown

16 augusti 2022 | 56 min

The 1904 St. Louis Marathon Was Absolutely Bonkers

11 augusti 2022 | 59 min

Andrew Jackson Beat the Snot Out of His Would-be Assassin

9 augusti 2022 | 58 min

CLASSIC: When (and why) did the US start calling its citizens consumers?

4 augusti 2022 | 42 min

A Ridiculous History of Reality TV, Part Two: Reality Goes Global

2 augusti 2022 | 41 min

A Ridiculous History of Reality TV, Part One: An Origin Story

28 juli 2022 | 42 min

Surprising Former Careers of the Famous

26 juli 2022 | 48 min

A Humorous History of Genetics

21 juli 2022 | 50 min

Tsutomu Yamaguchi: The World's Only (Recognized) Double Atomic Bomb Victim

19 juli 2022 | 37 min

Gods of Deception, Part II: Art, History, Fiction and War

14 juli 2022 | 30 min

Gods of Deception, Part I: Alger Hiss in the Halls of Power

12 juli 2022 | 32 min

Operation LAC: That Time Uncle Sam Sprayed Poison Across St. Louis

7 juli 2022 | 40 min

CLASSIC - Does the US Confederacy Still Exist in Americana, Brazil?

5 juli 2022 | 35 min

Millerism, Part II: The Great Disappointment (and the Aftermath)

30 juni 2022 | 42 min

CLASSIC - Did a Real-Life Rainmaker Almost Drown San Diego?

28 juni 2022 | 29 min

Millerism: America’s First End Times Gospel

23 juni 2022 | 47 min

Ben Franklin Faked a Rival's Death to Promote His Almanac

21 juni 2022 | 33 min

Why was Phrenology a Thing? Part II: A Pseudoscience (Sort of) Informs the Modern Day

16 juni 2022 | 54 min

Why was Phrenology a Thing? Part I: The Rise of Dr. Finger

14 juni 2022 | 45 min

Nancy Wake, the White Mouse of the French Resistance

9 juni 2022 | 44 min

The US Boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics, and Puerto Rican Boxers Went Anyway

7 juni 2022 | 42 min

Disco Demolition Night: How Disco Died at a White Sox Game

2 juni 2022 | 50 min

Bolivia Fought -- And Lost -- A War For Bird Poop

31 maj 2022 | 30 min

Why You Can't Say "MacBeth" in a Theater

26 maj 2022 | 54 min

Operation Mincemeat: Britain's Ghoulish Plan to Fool the Nazis

24 maj 2022 | 44 min

Who the heck was Joseph Warren?

19 maj 2022 | 42 min

Chocolate Syrup: From Medicine to Dessert

17 maj 2022 | 43 min

Historical Hypocrisy: The Confederacy's Weird Stance on "Individual Rights"

12 maj 2022 | 40 min

Juana Maria: The Real-life Story Behind "Island of the Blue Dolphins"

10 maj 2022 | 31 min

Curling: The Most Ridiculous Sport?

5 maj 2022 | 44 min

Nobuo Fujita Bombed Brookings, Oregon -- and Then Became a Town Hero

3 maj 2022 | 28 min

A Teetotaling Preacher Basically Invented Modern Tourism

28 april 2022 | 33 min

Ira Aldridge: Actor, Activist and Record-breaker

26 april 2022 | 47 min

Lithuanian Book Smugglers Vs. The Russian Empire

21 april 2022 | 43 min

The Yule Lads Terrified Children Across Iceland

19 april 2022 | 34 min

The Infamous Aurora UFO Incident of 1897

14 april 2022 | 35 min

How The Evil May Day of 1517 Became the Perfect Propaganda Opportunity

12 april 2022 | 47 min

Day Drinkers (Sort of) Helped Stop Cholera in London

7 april 2022 | 38 min

The Much-Maligned Reign of Swedish Queen Maria Eleonora

5 april 2022 | 41 min

Weird Ways People Used to Communicate, Part II: Smoke Signals and Bottled Messages

31 mars 2022 | 35 min

Weird Ways People Used to Communicate, Part I: Only a Pigeon Away

29 mars 2022 | 30 min

That Time A Dead Guy Won an Olympic Medal

24 mars 2022 | 29 min

Julia Barnett Rice Waged an Elitist War on Noise

23 mars 2022 | 42 min

Ridiculous History Presents: A History of "Adult" Toys, Part 2

17 mars 2022 | 63 min

Ridiculous History Presents: A History of "Adult" Toys, Part 1

15 mars 2022 | 57 min

The Cobra Effect, Part 2: Four Pests and a Disastrous Success

10 mars 2022 | 41 min

The Cobra Effect, Part 1: Snakes, Rats, and Unintended Consequences

8 mars 2022 | 42 min

British Suffragettes Knew Jūjitsu

4 mars 2022 | 52 min

A Tale of Two Hansons: Busting Myths About the 'First' US President

2 mars 2022 | 39 min

Did Soldiers in World War I Really Team Up to Fight Wolves?

25 februari 2022 | 43 min

Slum Tourists: When Wealthy People Toured Chinatown ‘For Fun’

23 februari 2022 | 45 min

That Time Victorians Treated Seaweed like Pokemon

18 februari 2022 | 51 min

Valentine's Day Is So Much Weirder Than We Thought

15 februari 2022 | 76 min

Weirdest Celebrity Busts, Part II: Mr. David Lee Roth and a Drunken John Wayne

10 februari 2022 | 61 min

Weirdest Celebrity Busts, Part I: Nixon Smuggled Weed, Arbuckle Was Innocent

9 februari 2022 | 72 min

CLASSIC: X-Rays, Songs and Soviets: The Stilyagi Story

3 februari 2022 | 35 min

Tossed Popcorn, Part 2: Chaplin was a Jerk, Brando was Insane

2 februari 2022 | 67 min

Tossed Popcorn, Part 1: The Wizard of Oz and the Titanic

28 januari 2022 | 59 min

Peter Freuchen: Explorer, Raconteur, Movie Star and War Hero

25 januari 2022 | 50 min

Did Honduras and El Salvador Really Go to War over Soccer?

20 januari 2022 | 43 min

The US Literally Had Nazi Summer Camps

19 januari 2022 | 41 min

The Emperor of the United States

13 januari 2022 | 52 min

The Trans-Saharan Ostrich Expedition of 1911

12 januari 2022 | 51 min

That Time Everyone Tried To Outlaw War

7 januari 2022 | 46 min

CLASSIC: Who Solves Murders in Antarctica?

4 januari 2022 | 31 min

The Lil Ice Age Was Way Less Cute Than It Sounds

30 december 2021 | 37 min

Nub City: Florida's Infamous Amputation Scam

28 december 2021 | 44 min

London's Tiger King, Part Two: Charles Jamrach Becomes a Problematic Hero

23 december 2021 | 32 min

London's Tiger King, Part One: When Exotic Animal's Were The Hottest Flex

21 december 2021 | 33 min

The Atlantropa Project, Part Two: What Happened to the Supercontinent?

16 december 2021 | 30 min

The Atlantropa Project, Part One: Saving Europe via Supercontinent

14 december 2021 | 30 min

People Used Bed Bugs as Medicine for Thousands of Years

10 december 2021 | 35 min

The US Literally Threw Pianos From Planes During World War II

7 december 2021 | 30 min

The Sinister Side of Little Orphan Annie, Part Two: Drink Your Ovaltine

2 december 2021 | 37 min

The Sinister Side of Little Orphan Annie, Part One: Parents Were Terrified

1 december 2021 | 42 min

CLASSIC: How White America Tried To Destroy Chinese Restaurants

25 november 2021 | 36 min

Russia’s Real-life Ice Queen, Part 2: Weird, Brutal Flexes

24 november 2021 | 33 min

Russia’s Real-life Ice Queen, Part 1: The Tsar is a Jerk

18 november 2021 | 26 min

That Time a Baboon Worked for the Railroad

16 november 2021 | 33 min

Austin and the Texas Archives War

11 november 2021 | 38 min

King for a Week: The Strange Story of Otto I

10 november 2021 | 38 min

The Bloody Tale of the Sausage War

4 november 2021 | 41 min

Modern Thanksgiving, Part Two: Sarah Josepha Hale Finally Gets Her Wish

2 november 2021 | 38 min

Modern Thanksgiving, Part One: A Culture War

28 oktober 2021 | 34 min

How Haunted Houses Became A Thing

27 oktober 2021 | 46 min

New England versus Vampires, Part Two: Desperation and Desecration

21 oktober 2021 | 35 min

New England versus Vampires, Part One: The Brutal, Terrifying Life of Early Colonists

20 oktober 2021 | 37 min

Ada Lovelace, Part Two: The Analytical Engine

15 oktober 2021 | 39 min

Ada Lovelace, Part One: How Lord Byron’s Daughter Became a Tech Visionary

12 oktober 2021 | 34 min

The King of Scotland Got Real Weird with Language Experiments

7 oktober 2021 | 50 min

The Rum Riot of Portland, Maine

5 oktober 2021 | 42 min

The Love of Candy Almost Drove a Cactus Extinct

30 september 2021 | 33 min

The Australian Prison Break of 1876, Part 2

28 september 2021 | 32 min

The Australian Prison Break of 1876 Part 1

23 september 2021 | 32 min

37 Days of Peril, with Alex Williams

21 september 2021 | 58 min

Robert Smalls Stole A Confederate Ship and Sailed to Freedom, Part Two: From Slavery to Congress

16 september 2021 | 27 min

Robert Smalls Stole A Confederate Ship and Sailed to Freedom, Part One: Planning the Heist

14 september 2021 | 25 min

Sky Pilot: The Man Who Brought Religion to Lumberjacks

9 september 2021 | 48 min

CLASSIC: Butter: Protestantism's Secret Ingredient?

7 september 2021 | 35 min

Ridiculous Live: The Humor and the Heavy

2 september 2021 | 57 min

Flu Julia: The Con Artist Nurse That Made Bank Off Of Misery

31 augusti 2021 | 44 min

History's Dumbest Criminals, Part 2

27 augusti 2021 | 62 min

History's Dumbest Criminals, Part 1

24 augusti 2021 | 63 min

That Time People Were Terrified of Libraries

19 augusti 2021 | 38 min

Ostracism: How Ancient Greeks Handled Uncool Politicians

17 augusti 2021 | 37 min

Military Cats, Part 2: Simon Saves the British

12 augusti 2021 | 31 min

Military Cats, Part 1: Spies and Mascots

10 augusti 2021 | 40 min

That Time People Rioted Over a Hot Air Balloon

5 augusti 2021 | 34 min

An Alabama Town Built a Statue Honoring the Insect that Almost Destroyed It

3 augusti 2021 | 35 min

A Prince and His Poodle: The Supernatural Adventures of Rupert and Boy

29 juli 2021 | 43 min

How One Guy Made Europe Fall In Love With Potatoes

27 juli 2021 | 63 min

Weird Courtship Rituals, Part Two

22 juli 2021 | 52 min

Weird Courtship Rituals, Part One

20 juli 2021 | 60 min

A Brief History of Underwear

15 juli 2021 | 62 min

One Guy Was Certain Telepathic Snails Would Replace Telegraphs

13 juli 2021 | 30 min

The Duke of Portland Hated People and Loved Tunnels

8 juli 2021 | 44 min

Where do Lemonade Stands Come From?

7 juli 2021 | 41 min

Painless Parker and the Dental Circus

1 juli 2021 | 48 min

The Rise and Fall of Curative Plane Flights

29 juni 2021 | 47 min

That Time People Paid Rent With Eels

28 juni 2021 | 48 min

The Miracle of the Gulls: A Cricket War

22 juni 2021 | 39 min

A History of Pregnancy Cravings, Part 2: Stereotypes, Superstitions and Science

17 juni 2021 | 44 min

A History of Pregnancy Cravings, Part 1: Pickles and Ice Cream

15 juni 2021 | 41 min

The Carrington Event, Part II: Attack of the Sun!

10 juni 2021 | 23 min

The Carrington Event, Part I: The Sun is Acting Strange

8 juni 2021 | 26 min

Loveday: Henry VI's Well-intentioned, Terrible Attempt at Making Peace

3 juni 2021 | 51 min

Classic: Why do British lawyers wear wigs?

1 juni 2021 | 33 min

That Time Al Capone Ran A Soup Kitchen

27 maj 2021 | 34 min

The Phantom Barber of Pascagoula

26 maj 2021 | 40 min

Joseph Bonaparte, Cryptid Hunter

20 maj 2021 | 54 min

The Mystery of the Devonshire Colic

18 maj 2021 | 46 min

The Troubling, Hidden History of Turpentine

13 maj 2021 | 60 min

A Race Across the World: From New York to Paris in 1908

11 maj 2021 | 64 min

The Age of the Crakow, Part 2: A Fashion Arms Race, But For Your Feet

6 maj 2021 | 32 min

The Age of the Crakow, Part 1: Medieval Europe Went Nuts For Pointy Shoes

4 maj 2021 | 34 min

How Pie in the Face Became a Comedy Classic, Part 2: The Fall (of the Pie)

29 april 2021 | 29 min

How Pie in the Face Became a Comedy Classic, Part 1: Rise of the Pie

27 april 2021 | 25 min

The Great Panjandrum: A Hilariously Terrible Idea

22 april 2021 | 29 min

Dr. T. W. Stallings: One Man's Corvid-Hating Quest to Make Oklahoma Literally Eat Crow

20 april 2021 | 42 min

Pineapples In Europe, Part 2: People Literally Rented Pineapples to Impress their Friends

15 april 2021 | 52 min

Pineapples In Europe, Part 1: A Weird, Cartoonishly Expensive Flex

14 april 2021 | 46 min

The Mysterious Dark Day That Terrified New England

8 april 2021 | 34 min

The Windham Frog Fight of 1754

6 april 2021 | 42 min

Ancient Mesopotamian Societies Sacrificed Substitute Kings to Eclipses

2 april 2021 | 35 min

The Mad Gasser of Mattoon, Part 2

30 mars 2021 | 46 min

The Mad Gasser of Mattoon, Part 1

25 mars 2021 | 27 min

A Currency for Colonies: The Strange Story of "Leprosy Money"

23 mars 2021 | 37 min

Wyoming Tales, Part 2: Absaroka, the State That Almost Was

19 mars 2021 | 45 min

Wyoming Tales, Part 1: Walking in the Shoes of Big Nose George

17 mars 2021 | 39 min

The Rise and Fall of the Flea Circus, Part 2

11 mars 2021 | 45 min

The Rise and Fall of the Flea Circus, Part 1

9 mars 2021 | 32 min

History's Most Ridiculous (and Deadly) Beauty Trends

8 mars 2021 | 57 min

Billy Cottrell, the Tyrant Mayor of Cedar Key, Florida

4 mars 2021 | 45 min

The US and the UK Almost Went to War over a Pig

2 mars 2021 | 52 min

The 1973 Michigan Pizza Funeral

25 februari 2021 | 36 min

Elagabalus The Raunchy, Racy High Priest Who Became a Roman Emperor

23 februari 2021 | 53 min

John Wilkins Started a 17th-century Astronaut Program, Part 2: Wilkins (Tries to) Start a Space Program

19 februari 2021 | 25 min

John Wilkins Started a 17th-century Astronaut Program, Part 1: Why not aim for the Moon?

17 februari 2021 | 35 min

Turtle Soup, Part 2: Rise of the Mock Turtle

12 februari 2021 | 24 min

Turtle Soup, Part 1: A Delicacy of Yesteryear

9 februari 2021 | 38 min

Stab Yourself to Health and Happiness: The Bizarre Rise of the Lebensweker

4 februari 2021 | 47 min

The Hatpin Peril

3 februari 2021 | 46 min

It's a Cat's World, Part 2: The Rise of the Cat Show

29 januari 2021 | 28 min

It's a Cat's World, Part 1: The Sacred and the Suspicious

26 januari 2021 | 34 min

Dan Sickles, American Scoundrel, Part 2: The Civil War

22 januari 2021 | 29 min

Dan Sickles, American Scoundrel, Part 1: How to Get Away with Murder

20 januari 2021 | 33 min

That Time New York Banned Spitting

14 januari 2021 | 52 min

Admiral Byrd and the Polar Dairy

12 januari 2021 | 33 min

Weird 21st Century Predictions from Ages Past, Part 2: Your Personal Plane, A World Without Disaster and Retiring on the Moon

7 januari 2021 | 50 min

Weird 21st Century Predictions from Ages Past, Part 1: Tesla, Square Tomatoes and Pseudosteak

5 januari 2021 | 38 min

The Old Rituals of New Years, Part 2: Neuroscience, Resolutions and the Rick Steves Fan Club

31 december 2020 | 30 min

Holiday Classic: When the Puritans Canceled Christmas

24 december 2020 | 29 min

Holiday Classic: The Strange History of Antarctic Fruitcake

22 december 2020 | 29 min

Goodyear and the Mystery of the Ghost Blimp

18 december 2020 | 39 min

Benito Mussolini was Super into Wearable Milk

15 december 2020 | 41 min

Snowmen as Protest: The Miracle of 1511

11 december 2020 | 30 min

Why are Chimney Sweeps good luck at weddings?

9 december 2020 | 39 min

People Have Been Convinced Robots Will Take Their Jobs For Centuries

4 december 2020 | 44 min

That Time the US was Terrified of Tomatoes

2 december 2020 | 40 min

How the Pandemic Helped (and Hurt) the Struggle for Women's Rights

26 november 2020 | 29 min

How a German Prince Built his own Artificial Volcano

24 november 2020 | 36 min

The Weird Origin of Pink Lemonade, Part 2: The Rise of Clown Pants

19 november 2020 | 27 min

The Weird Origin of Pink Lemonade, Part 1: A Humble Citrus

18 november 2020 | 27 min

An Elephant in the Vatican, Part 2: An Elephant in the Reformation

13 november 2020 | 42 min

An Elephant in the Vatican, Part 1: The Discovery of Hanno

11 november 2020 | 31 min

S T O V E G O B L I N

5 november 2020 | 30 min

The US Didn't Always Have Secret Ballots

3 november 2020 | 49 min

The Case of the Greenbrier Ghost, Part 2: The Court

29 oktober 2020 | 38 min

Ridiculous History Presents: Criminalia

28 oktober 2020 | 39 min

The Case of the Greenbrier Ghost, Part 1: An 'Everlasting Faint'

28 oktober 2020 | 38 min

The Hand of Glory, Part 2: Recipes, Necropants and Toes

22 oktober 2020 | 18 min

The Hand of Glory, Part 1: A Thief's Theme

20 oktober 2020 | 33 min

Brooms and Witchcraft, Part 2: Inquisitions and Iniquity

15 oktober 2020 | 28 min

Brooms and Witchcraft, Part 1: A Killer in the Rye?

14 oktober 2020 | 29 min

The Beast of Gévaudan, Part 2: The Birth of a Grisly Legend

9 oktober 2020 | 24 min

The Beast of Gévaudan, Part 1: Murders In France

7 oktober 2020 | 33 min

The BBC Convinced People Spaghetti Grows on Trees

2 oktober 2020 | 46 min

The US Waged War on Pinball for Decades

29 september 2020 | 47 min

The Misadventures of Wade Boggs, Part 2

25 september 2020 | 34 min

The Misadventures of Wade Boggs, Part 1

22 september 2020 | 49 min

The Tragic Tale of the 'Turnspit Dog'

17 september 2020 | 37 min

Knocker-Uppers: The Human Alarm Clocks of the Industrial Age

15 september 2020 | 32 min

That Time New York City Rioted Over Shakespeare

10 september 2020 | 50 min

Babies in Incubators were Once a Sideshow Attraction

8 september 2020 | 42 min

The Rise of the US Camel Corps

3 september 2020 | 43 min

The United Kingdom Has A Weird Thing With Swans

2 september 2020 | 42 min

The Nazi Super Horse Program, Part 2: A Horse-filled Heist

27 augusti 2020 | 28 min

The Nazi Super Horse Program, Part 1: Equine Eugenics

25 augusti 2020 | 31 min

Railroad Tycoons Decided What Time It Is Now

21 augusti 2020 | 37 min

Why do people 'christen' ships with champagne?

19 augusti 2020 | 40 min

The Hidden History of Jewish Pirates, Part 2: Famous Privateers

14 augusti 2020 | 40 min

The Hidden History of Jewish Pirates, Part 1: Escaping Europe

11 augusti 2020 | 21 min

Ridiculous "Remedies" of the Spanish Flu: The Rise of the Lemon

7 augusti 2020 | 44 min

That Time Rebellious Freemasons Starting Kissing Porcelain Pug Butts

4 augusti 2020 | 46 min

Clever Hans, Part 2: The Rise and Fall of Hans

30 juli 2020 | 27 min

Clever Hans, Part 1: The Equine Mathematician

28 juli 2020 | 31 min

Henry VIII and That English Sweat, Part 2: A Disease and a King

23 juli 2020 | 25 min

Henry VIII and That English Sweat, Part 1: A Pandemic

22 juli 2020 | 33 min

The Hobo King: Leon Ray Livingston, Chapter Two

17 juli 2020 | 39 min

The Hobo King: Leon Ray Livingston, Chapter One

15 juli 2020 | 33 min

The Vikings Made a Fortune in the 'Unicorn' Trade

9 juli 2020 | 45 min

Did People Really Throw Tar And Feathers On Each Other?

7 juli 2020 | 39 min

Kate Warne, the Pinkerton Detective Who Saved Abe Lincoln, Part 2: To Rescue A President

2 juli 2020 | 40 min

Kate Warne, the Pinkerton Detective Who Saved Abe Lincoln, Part 1: The Origin Story

1 juli 2020 | 34 min

What is Fudge, Part 2: The Rebellion

25 juni 2020 | 25 min

What is Fudge, Part 1: The Science, The Curious Name

23 juni 2020 | 26 min

The North Pole, Part 2: The Chase To The North

19 juni 2020 | 44 min

The North Pole, Part 1: Maps and Legends

17 juni 2020 | 30 min

The Mysterious Origin of (and Disturbing Problems with) the "Wolf Whistle"

12 juni 2020 | 36 min

World War I and the Rise of the Peat Moss Bandage

10 juni 2020 | 35 min

Flashback: Unforeseen Consequences Throughout History: Part 2

5 juni 2020 | 28 min

Flashback: Unforeseen Consequences Throughout History: Part 1

3 juni 2020 | 39 min

Louis Wain, the Godfather of Cat Memes: Part 2

29 maj 2020 | 44 min

Louis Wain, the Godfather of Cat Memes: Part 1

27 maj 2020 | 31 min

Feedsack Fashion: How Thrifty Inventiveness Transformed America

22 maj 2020 | 37 min

Emperor Tiberius Was Debauched, Deranged and Probably Not Fun At Parties

20 maj 2020 | 43 min

The Return of Historical Flexes, Part 2: Flexcessiveness

14 maj 2020 | 28 min

The Return of Historical Flexes, Part 1: 2 Flex 2 Furious

12 maj 2020 | 42 min

The Authors Of Curious George Were On The Run From Nazis

8 maj 2020 | 29 min

People Used To Straight Up Drink Gold

5 maj 2020 | 31 min

New Zealand's Tragic (And Pretty Hilarious) Exploding Pants Epidemic

1 maj 2020 | 30 min

That Time Trainwrecks Became a Spectator Sport

28 april 2020 | 34 min

Miguel de Cervantes and the Case of the Fake Don Quixote

23 april 2020 | 36 min

The CIA Paid War Spies with Stuff From the Sears Catalog

21 april 2020 | 28 min

The Bottle Jumping Hoax (And Riot)

17 april 2020 | 33 min

The Bizarrely Disturbing History of People Jumping Out of Cake

15 april 2020 | 45 min

HL Hunley: The Mysterious Demise of a Civil War Submarine, with Rachel Lance

10 april 2020 | 43 min

Dromomania: The Wanderlust Disease

8 april 2020 | 35 min

Key West, Florida Declared a One-Minute War on the United States

3 april 2020 | 45 min

That Time the US Literally Banned Sliced Bread

1 april 2020 | 51 min

Two Green Children Mystified Woolpit, England

27 mars 2020 | 47 min

Pepsi Briefly Became the Sixth Largest Navy in the World

25 mars 2020 | 53 min

The Ponzi Scheme with Chelsea Ursin

20 mars 2020 | 50 min

The History of MREs with Jacqueline Raposo

17 mars 2020 | 52 min

Donald Crowhurst Faked a Race Around the World

13 mars 2020 | 35 min

Calvin Coolidge Skipped Town and Went Fishing for Three Months (While He was President)

11 mars 2020 | 36 min

The Presidential Dinner That Scandalized America

5 mars 2020 | 31 min

Was the Lone Ranger Inspired by a Black U.S. Marshall?

4 mars 2020 | 42 min

Night Soil Men Were the Unsung Heroes of Urban Sanitation

27 februari 2020 | 49 min

The Tiny Spanish Town That Went To War With France For 100 Years

26 februari 2020 | 34 min

The Great Diamond Hoax - Part 2

20 februari 2020 | 21 min

The Great Diamond Hoax - Part 1

19 februari 2020 | 35 min

'Mad' Jack Churchill: The Bagpipe Playing Soldier Who Hunted Nazis with a Longbow - Part 2

13 februari 2020 | 34 min

'Mad' Jack Churchill: The Bagpipe Playing Soldier Who Hunted Nazis with a Longbow - Part 1

11 februari 2020 | 28 min

Erasto Mpemba: The High School Student Who Disproved Thermodynamics

6 februari 2020 | 33 min

The Straw Hat Riots of 1922

5 februari 2020 | 40 min

The Legend of Tarrare, the Insatiable Glutton Who Ate a Quarter of a Cow Daily

31 januari 2020 | 42 min

Why Genghis Khan's Great-Great Granddaughter Was Just as Badass

29 januari 2020 | 36 min

That Time Ernest Hemingway's Younger Brother Started His Own Country

24 januari 2020 | 46 min

The Ersatz Wild West Shootouts of Palisade, Nevada

22 januari 2020 | 35 min

The Great Goldfish Gulping Craze That (For Some Reason) Swept America

16 januari 2020 | 38 min

Pneumatic Tubes: The 'Futuristic' Transport System That's Over 150-Years-Old

15 januari 2020 | 40 min

Violet Jessop, the Unsinkable Stewardess Who Survived Three Famous Shipwrecks

9 januari 2020 | 35 min

Abandoned Ship: What Really Happened Aboard the "Mary Celeste"?

7 januari 2020 | 41 min

That Time America Fell In Love With Competitive Walking

2 januari 2020 | 39 min

The Weird Stories Behind Your Favorite Christmas Carols

31 december 2019 | 35 min

The Time Salvador Dali Partnered with Walt Disney - Part 2

26 december 2019 | 25 min

The Time Salvador Dali Partnered with Walt Disney - Part 1

24 december 2019 | 29 min

Colonel Blood and the Theft of the Crown Jewels

19 december 2019 | 47 min

The Starving Time: When Jamestown Colonists Turned Cannibal, Part 2

17 december 2019 | 22 min

The Starving Time: When Jamestown Colonists Turned Cannibal, Part 1

12 december 2019 | 26 min

The Strange Tradition that Forced Everyone in New York to Move House on the Same Day

10 december 2019 | 39 min

French Waiters Once Had to Strike for Their Right to Wear Mustaches

5 december 2019 | 38 min

The Honey Trap: Sex in Espionage Throughout History

3 december 2019 | 30 min

The Weird, Weird History of Shipping: Part 2

28 november 2019 | 21 min

The Weird, Weird History of Shipping: Part 1

26 november 2019 | 31 min

Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Who Called Out the Hypocrisy of Slavery, Part 2

21 november 2019 | 33 min

Benjamin Lay: The Quaker Who Called Out the Hypocrisy of Slavery, Part 1

19 november 2019 | 32 min

How Bertha Heyman Conned Her Way Into Show Business

14 november 2019 | 43 min

That Time Germany Got Obsessed With Polar Bear Photos

12 november 2019 | 43 min

Rose Mackenberg: Houdini's Ghostbuster

7 november 2019 | 40 min

Science and Spiritualism: Why were ghost stories so popular in the 1800s?

5 november 2019 | 43 min

John of Bohemia, the Blind King Who Charged Into Battle

1 november 2019 | 31 min

Kakigōri: The Story of Japan's Famous Shaved Ice

30 oktober 2019 | 31 min

John Edmonstone: The Man Who Trained Darwin

25 oktober 2019 | 32 min

The Death of Luxury Air Travel

22 oktober 2019 | 41 min

The Bizarre Capitulation of Stettin

17 oktober 2019 | 23 min

John Wilkes Booth's Brother Saved Abraham Lincoln's Son

16 oktober 2019 | 27 min

John Clem: The 12-year Old Civil War Hero

10 oktober 2019 | 30 min

Christopher Columbus Was Such A Jerk That Even Spain Turned Against Him

8 oktober 2019 | 39 min

The Kaiser’s Plan to Invade the United States

3 oktober 2019 | 33 min

How Uncle Tom's Cabin Became One of the Most Popular Books in China

1 oktober 2019 | 39 min

Tom Watson Gordy: How One Uncle’s Adventures Inspired Jimmy Carter to Join the Navy

27 september 2019 | 48 min

Teddy Bears, Rhinos, Safari and Everywhere Else: A Conversation with Daniel Scheffler

24 september 2019 | 40 min

The Gaspee Affair: Rhode Island’s Revolutionary “Tea Party”

19 september 2019 | 24 min

Otto Rahn, The Nazi Occultist Who Hated Nazis and Inspired Indiana Jones

17 september 2019 | 28 min

4 Times Women in the US Were Actually Arrested for Wearing Pants

13 september 2019 | 50 min

Sir Francis Drake and the Great Iowa Swindle

10 september 2019 | 38 min

Around the World in a Model T: The Story of Aloha Wanderwell

5 september 2019 | 28 min

Why George Washington is Huge in Barbados

3 september 2019 | 49 min

John Willis Menard: The First African American Elected To US Congress

30 augusti 2019 | 26 min

The Bloody Revenge of Saint Olga of Kiev

27 augusti 2019 | 37 min

The Super Fight: When Muhammad Ali and Rocky Marciano Had A Fight That Never Happened

23 augusti 2019 | 34 min

Shame and Fish: The Embarrassing and Tragic Story of François Vatel

20 augusti 2019 | 34 min

Creature Feature: Go Home Nature, You're Drunk

15 augusti 2019 | 92 min

Hunting Fireflies for Fun (and Profit)

14 augusti 2019 | 37 min

The Listener Mail Extravaganza

9 augusti 2019 | 35 min

That Time Ancient Monks Waged War Over A Copyright

6 augusti 2019 | 26 min

Ye Xian: The Story of China's Cinderella

1 augusti 2019 | 27 min

The Portuguese Bank Note Crisis: How One Lucky Forger Almost Destroyed A Nation's Economy

30 juli 2019 | 35 min

Cow Shoe Camouflage: How Prohibition-era Moonshiners Outsmarted the Feds

25 juli 2019 | 30 min

Castle Itter: When Germans and Americans Joined Forces in World War II

23 juli 2019 | 24 min

A Grave Mistake: The Story of Patton's "Abandoned Rear"

18 juli 2019 | 25 min

Did the US Mafia actually start in New Orleans?

16 juli 2019 | 27 min

Meet Albert Cashier, the Trans Man Who Fought for the Union in the Civil War

11 juli 2019 | 27 min

Operation Northwoods: How the US Planned to Attack Itself and Start a War with Cuba

9 juli 2019 | 41 min

That Time Irish Separatists Invaded Canada

4 juli 2019 | 28 min

The Night Witches: How an All-female Soviet Bomb Squad Terrorized Nazi Germany

2 juli 2019 | 30 min

Bug Wars: When We Tried to Turn Insects into Soldiers

27 juni 2019 | 30 min

Yasuke, the African Samurai

25 juni 2019 | 28 min

The Prussian King Friedrich Wilhelm I Tried To Make An Army of Super Tall Soldiers

20 juni 2019 | 32 min

Playboy, Progressive Politics and Stand-up: The Dick Gregory Story with Wayne Federman

18 juni 2019 | 50 min

I Modi: The Scandalous Erotic Blockbuster Banned By The Vatican

13 juni 2019 | 34 min

Patriots, Prisoners and Plants: The World of Political Body Doubles

11 juni 2019 | 49 min

Fort Blunder: The US Fort Mistakenly Built in Canada

6 juni 2019 | 33 min

The Duke of Edinburgh is Literally a God in Vanuatu

4 juni 2019 | 24 min

The Honorary Citizens of the United States

30 maj 2019 | 41 min

The Nature of Ephemera, with Alex Williams

28 maj 2019 | 39 min

The Return of Listener Mail

23 maj 2019 | 31 min

That Time Ohio and Michigan Almost Went To War

21 maj 2019 | 33 min

The Rise and Fall of Local Scrip: Alternative Currencies of the Great Depression

16 maj 2019 | 38 min

The Attack of the Japanese Balloon Bombs

14 maj 2019 | 34 min

Marie Antoinette and the Diamond Necklace Hoax

9 maj 2019 | 44 min

Nosy Boraha: The Pirate's Paradise (And Cemetery)

7 maj 2019 | 24 min

How the Black Death Came To Norway On A Ghost Ship

2 maj 2019 | 33 min

Susanna Caroline Matilda: The Colonial Grifter Princess

30 april 2019 | 53 min

History's Weirdest Flexes, Part 2

25 april 2019 | 26 min

History's Weirdest Flexes, Part 1

23 april 2019 | 30 min

How Robert 'The Fastest Knife in the West End' Liston Conducted a Surgery With a 300% Mortality Rate

18 april 2019 | 28 min

How Oliver Cromwell Got Executed Several Years After His Death

16 april 2019 | 26 min

Hong Xiuquan: The Younger Brother of Jesus Christ Who Led a Bloody Rebellion in China

11 april 2019 | 36 min

How Big Bill Speakman Fought Off North Korea With Beer Bottles

9 april 2019 | 24 min

Teddy Roosevelt May Just Have Saved Modern (American) Football

4 april 2019 | 23 min

Prohibition, Prescriptions and the Rise of 'Medicinal' Booze

2 april 2019 | 30 min

Did Robert E. Lee hate Confederate Memorials?

28 mars 2019 | 28 min

California Schoolchildren and the Great Squirrel War

26 mars 2019 | 28 min

When West Virginia Begged the USSR for Foreign Aid

21 mars 2019 | 29 min

Idiomatic for the People II, Part 2

19 mars 2019 | 37 min

Idiomatic for the People II, Part 1

14 mars 2019 | 49 min

The Statue of Liberty Almost Lived in Egypt

12 mars 2019 | 33 min

Agent Garbo: The Strange Tale of the Man Who Saved D-Day

7 mars 2019 | 39 min

The War of the Stray Dog: How Far Would You Go For Your Pet?

5 mars 2019 | 35 min

The Tragic Origin Story of Morse Code

28 februari 2019 | 33 min

Operation Gunnerside: How a Crew of Military Skiers Ruined the Nazi Bomb

26 februari 2019 | 25 min

How far did Isaac Newton go to hunt down forgers?

21 februari 2019 | 28 min

How Admiral Horatio Nelson Ended Up Dead in a Barrel of Brandy

19 februari 2019 | 33 min

English Men Used to Sell Their Wives

14 februari 2019 | 22 min

How Louisiana Almost Became a Hippo Ranching Hub

12 februari 2019 | 41 min

The Weird Life of George Washington, Part 2

8 februari 2019 | 32 min

The Weird Life of George Washington, Part 1

5 februari 2019 | 43 min

Who was the highest paid athlete in history?

31 januari 2019 | 28 min

Clara, The World's Most Famous Rhinoceros

30 januari 2019 | 44 min

How the Monopoly Board Game Became a World War II Escape Kit

24 januari 2019 | 29 min

Idiomatic For The People, Part 1

23 januari 2019 | 62 min

Was there a real-life Rapunzel?

17 januari 2019 | 28 min

Benjamin Franklin's Advice on 'Finding a Mistress'

15 januari 2019 | 29 min

What does 'Idaho' actually mean?

10 januari 2019 | 23 min

Uncle Sam Tried to End World War II With Bat Bombs

8 januari 2019 | 35 min

The American Soldiers Who Defected to North Korea and Became Movie Stars

4 januari 2019 | 33 min

How a Broken Toilet Foiled a German Sub

1 januari 2019 | 23 min

Creature Feature: The Dark Tetrad

27 december 2018 | 63 min

Gustaf Broman Tried to Cross the Atlantic in a Canoe . . . Or Did He?

25 december 2018 | 38 min

The Weird, Surprisingly Recent Origin of the Tooth Fairy

20 december 2018 | 27 min

When Vikings Loot The Wrong Town

18 december 2018 | 38 min

Were Tulips Really The Bitcoin of the 1600s?

13 december 2018 | 29 min

(Some of) History's Dumbest Military Prototypes

11 december 2018 | 54 min

The Forty Elephants: London’s All-Female Jewel Thieves

6 december 2018 | 41 min

The Malleus Maleficarum: A Real-life Witch Hunter's Bible

4 december 2018 | 33 min

The Great London Beer Flood of 1814

29 november 2018 | 25 min

Dr. Seuss Wrote His Most Famous Book On A Bet

27 november 2018 | 34 min

Feral Children and the True Story Behind The Jungle Book

22 november 2018 | 28 min

When Dentist Sold Dentures Made with Corpse Teeth

21 november 2018 | 31 min

The Laxative-laden Journey of Lewis and Clark

15 november 2018 | 29 min

The Strange and Spectacularly Disgusting Story of the Great Kentucky Meat Shower

13 november 2018 | 35 min

The Bizarre Origin of the Oxford English Dictionary

8 november 2018 | 43 min

How Conman Victor Lustig Sold The Eiffel Tower (Twice)

6 november 2018 | 60 min

George Carlin Gets Quoted in the Supreme Court: Ridiculous Stand-up Stories with Wayne Federman

2 november 2018 | 24 min

The People vs. Lenny Bruce: Ridiculous Stand-up Stories with Wayne Federman

31 oktober 2018 | 31 min

The Life and Times of Ol' Knife Hand

23 oktober 2018 | 27 min

The Ridiculous Story of the World’s First (Documented) Serial Killer

18 oktober 2018 | 35 min

Back When the Rich Ate Corpses

16 oktober 2018 | 34 min

The Mummies of Guanajuato

11 oktober 2018 | 29 min

The Curious Rise of SPAM

9 oktober 2018 | 46 min

The Smooth-talking Takeover of Tabor Bridge

4 oktober 2018 | 30 min

History's Coolest (Non-Human) Political Candidates, Part I

2 oktober 2018 | 54 min

Attack of the Aswang: How the CIA Used Vampires as Weapons of War

27 september 2018 | 30 min

A Dead Pope Goes To Court

25 september 2018 | 25 min

Who are the Hartlepudlian Monkey Hangers?

20 september 2018 | 31 min

William Walker: Filibuster and (Fantastically Bad) President

18 september 2018 | 41 min

Lawsonomy: How the Father of the Modern Airline Started His Own Religion

13 september 2018 | 50 min

War and Candy: The Infamous Tootsie Roll Air Drop

11 september 2018 | 30 min

The Man Who Assassinated Abe Lincoln's Assassin

6 september 2018 | 33 min

The Cock Lane Ghost: Haunting, Hoax, Hysteria… or Hilarious?

5 september 2018 | 39 min

Roland the Farter and the Weird World of Professional Flatulence

30 augusti 2018 | 34 min

Gregor MacGregor Invented a Country and Convinced People to Invest in It

28 augusti 2018 | 55 min

Angry Feds and Deadly Booze: The Story of the Chemists' War

23 augusti 2018 | 29 min

Project A119: The Cold War Plan to Nuke the Moon!

21 augusti 2018 | 27 min

Adidas Versus Puma: A Tale of Two Brothers

16 augusti 2018 | 42 min

Fanny and Stella: The Cross-Dressing Scandal of Victorian England

14 augusti 2018 | 34 min

Kansas Imprisoned Women For Having STDs

9 augusti 2018 | 30 min

The WWII Naval Battle Won Using Potatoes

7 augusti 2018 | 32 min

The Korean Soldier Who Fought for 3 Armies During WWII

2 augusti 2018 | 23 min

Oregon Was a White Supremacist Paradise

31 juli 2018 | 42 min

Why did people hate the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge?

26 juli 2018 | 30 min

The 1904 Summer Olympic Games in St. Louis Hosted a Racist 'Special Olympics'

24 juli 2018 | 33 min

When Heineken Made Bottles That Could Be Used as Bricks

19 juli 2018 | 32 min

Why British Soccer Players Saluted the Nazis

17 juli 2018 | 39 min

The United States That Never Were

12 juli 2018 | 44 min

Philadelphia's Transylvanian Doomsday Cult: The Cave of Kelpius

10 juli 2018 | 45 min

Enough About Us: What About You?

5 juli 2018 | 36 min

Weird Wars Fought For Dumb Reasons

3 juli 2018 | 44 min

The FBI's Quest to Understand 'Louie, Louie'

28 juni 2018 | 46 min

The Time a Soviet Premier Was Banned From Disneyland

26 juni 2018 | 43 min

Kidnapping, Binge Drinking and Costumes: Voter Fraud in the 1800s

21 juni 2018 | 33 min

Why don't Americans use bidets?

19 juni 2018 | 30 min

The Earliest Recorded Mooning Killed Thousands

14 juni 2018 | 35 min

The Presidential Reason Fido Became the Default Name for a Generic Dog

12 juni 2018 | 38 min

Dock Ellis and the Legend of the LSD No-hitter

7 juni 2018 | 36 min

Maryland’s State Song was a Diss Track

5 juni 2018 | 38 min

The Story of Max, South Africa's Famous, Crime-fighting Gorilla

31 maj 2018 | 49 min

How Santa Anna Lost His Leg Twice, and Held a Funeral for It

29 maj 2018 | 42 min

That Time Chewbacca Needed Bodyguards

24 maj 2018 | 40 min

Napoleon Bonaparte Was Attacked by Bunnies -- And Lost

22 maj 2018 | 36 min

California Was Named for a Fictional Island Ruled by a Black Amazon Queen

17 maj 2018 | 31 min

Ancient Mayan Ritual Alcohol Enemas

15 maj 2018 | 48 min

Vermont Was an Independent Republic

10 maj 2018 | 43 min

The Capture of Guam Was Bloodless and Quick, All Due to a Misunderstanding

8 maj 2018 | 38 min

Are all US Presidents actually related?

3 maj 2018 | 31 min

What's the deal with two-dollar bills?

1 maj 2018 | 56 min

How James Bond Created a Mexican Dia de los Muertos Tradition

26 april 2018 | 26 min

Did Richard Nixon Unwittingly Smuggle Drugs for Louis Armstrong?

24 april 2018 | 36 min

3 Times Society Refused to Accept New Books on Science

19 april 2018 | 50 min

That Time We Erased a (HUGE) Waterfall

17 april 2018 | 27 min

The Poetic Justice of Death by Molten Gold

12 april 2018 | 31 min

Japan, Baseball and the Curse of the Colonel

10 april 2018 | 36 min

That Time the US Built a Flying Aircraft Carrier

5 april 2018 | 31 min

Yes, Those Are Corpses in the Diorama

3 april 2018 | 37 min

Weird People Who Built Weird Things

29 mars 2018 | 35 min

What was the West Point Eggnog Riot?

27 mars 2018 | 42 min

Lyndon Johnson Chatted on the Phone More than a Teenager

22 mars 2018 | 26 min

When Germany Sacrificed Sausage For War

20 mars 2018 | 26 min

Arsenic: The Assassin's Dream Weapon

15 mars 2018 | 37 min

The Killer Marketing Campaign Behind Guy Fawkes

13 mars 2018 | 44 min

When Ancient India Beat Machiavelli to the Punch

8 mars 2018 | 28 min

The Rise of Harvey Wiley's Poison Squad

6 mars 2018 | 33 min

Step Aside, James Bond: The Strange Stories of Espionage Animals

1 mars 2018 | 53 min

How MLK influenced Star Trek

27 februari 2018 | 29 min

What was the 'Great Stink' of London?

22 februari 2018 | 39 min

How Farmers Built A Barbed Wire Phone Network

21 februari 2018 | 32 min

The Strange Story of Canadian Margarine Bootleggers

15 februari 2018 | 39 min

When People Waged War Over Eggs

13 februari 2018 | 38 min

The Wild West Was Actually Pretty Chill

8 februari 2018 | 32 min

How A Grudge Match Launched the Ford GT40

6 februari 2018 | 46 min

Vitamin Donuts Were A Real Thing

1 februari 2018 | 29 min

The Rotten, Sausagey Secret Origin of Botox

30 januari 2018 | 30 min

The Weird World of Meat Jell-O (Gelatin Origin Story)

25 januari 2018 | 35 min

London Made a Train for the Dead

23 januari 2018 | 31 min

Roald Dahl: Children's Author and Secret Agent

18 januari 2018 | 37 min

When did ALL-CAPS type become YELLING?

16 januari 2018 | 35 min

Why does the Guinness Beer Company Track World Records?

11 januari 2018 | 29 min

Digging Up James K Polk (For the Third Time)

9 januari 2018 | 33 min

Presidents Love Their Ridiculous Pets

4 januari 2018 | 32 min

The Atomic Whoops: When the US Air Force Bombed South Carolina

2 januari 2018 | 30 min

Waging War With Hallucinogenic Honey

28 december 2017 | 23 min

Ben Franklin Tried To Reinvent the Alphabet

26 december 2017 | 28 min

The Strange History of Antarctic Fruitcake

21 december 2017 | 27 min

When the Puritans Canceled Christmas

19 december 2017 | 27 min

Baguettes and Vacation: France versus Bakers

14 december 2017 | 24 min

What's the deal with smashing cake at weddings?

12 december 2017 | 27 min

Conquest via Bird Poop: One Island at a Time

7 december 2017 | 31 min

When Scientists Hid Under Beds To Spy On Kids

5 december 2017 | 36 min

When People Thought They Were Made of Glass

30 november 2017 | 27 min

Nazis, Churchill and Chocolate

28 november 2017 | 26 min

When (and why) did the US start calling its citizens consumers?

23 november 2017 | 39 min

Does the US Confederacy still exist in Americana, Brazil?

21 november 2017 | 32 min

Did a real-life rainmaker almost drown San Diego?

16 november 2017 | 27 min

X-Rays, Songs and Soviets: The Stilyagi Story

14 november 2017 | 30 min

Who solves murders in Antarctica?

9 november 2017 | 26 min

How White America Tried to Destroy Chinese Restaurants

7 november 2017 | 34 min

Butter: Protestantism's Secret Ingredient?

2 november 2017 | 34 min

Wharram Percy Versus The Undead

31 oktober 2017 | 27 min

The Wild Hippos of Pablo Escobar

24 oktober 2017 | 30 min

Why do British lawyers wear wigs?

24 oktober 2017 | 30 min

Ridiculous History: Episode Zero

20 oktober 2017 | 9 min

Ridiculous History: Trailer

18 oktober 2017 | 1 min

CLASSIC: San Francisco's Egg War

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Japan is Overrun By Raccoons Entirely Due to a Single Cartoon

CLASSIC: The Bizarre Origin of the Oxford English Dictionary

Hoax! With Dana Schwartz and Lizzie Logan

Fabergé Eggs Are Ridiculous (And Fascinating)

The World of Non-Gregorian Calendars: What Day Is It, Really?

The Ridiculous Origin of the Modern Calendar

CLASSIC: George Carlin Gets Quoted in the Supreme Court: Ridiculous Stand-up Stories with Wayne Federman

The Ridiculous History of Fantasy Sports, Part Two

The Ridiculous History of Fantasy Sports, Part One

CLASSIC: The People vs. Lenny Bruce: Ridiculous Stand-up Stories with Wayne Federman

First Ladies Who Weren't Wives, Part Two, Part Two: Some Folks Didn't Want The Job

First Ladies Who Weren't Wives, Part Two, Part One: James "The Bachelor" Buchanan

CLASSIC: The Life and Times of Ol' Knife Hand

Batman, or Bat-Man? A Ridiculously Comical Feud For The Ages

Three Ridiculous Histories of "Bloody Mary"

CLASSIC: The Ridiculous Story of the World’s First (Documented) Serial Killer

A Ridiculous History of "Fad Diets"

A Titanic Disaster: That Time An Entire Production Crew Tripped Off Bad Chowder

CLASSIC: Back When the Rich Ate Corpses

A Ridiculous History of Sex, with Ross Benes

CLASSIC: The Mummies of Guanajuato

A Ridiculous History of Brain Science, with Jorge Cham

Jorge Cham Teaches Us The Universe: Big Bangs and Quantum Hangs

CLASSIC: The Curious Rise of SPAM

The Ridiclulous Hsitory of Typos

Come For the Palooka, Stay For the Farts!

CLASSIC: The Origins Of, and Backlash Against, Father's Day

Father's Day, Around the World

The History of Morning Routines, Part Two: All Hail The Toothbrush! And Deodorant!

CLASSIC: The Smooth-talking Takeover of Tabor Bridge: "Yes And-ing" Your Way To Victory

CLASSIC: History's Coolest (Non-Human) Political Candidates, Part I

The History of Morning Routines, Part One: Thank Goodness People Learned to Wash Themselves

CLASSIC: Attack of the Aswang: How the CIA Used Vampires as Weapons of War

The Ridiculous -- and Surprisingly Dangerous -- History of Hair Dye

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: That Super Humble Statue of Zeus

CLASSIC: Who are the Hartlepudlian Monkey Hangers?

HP Lovecraft Was A Super Weird Dude, Part Two: The Horror Stories That Changed The World

HP Lovecraft Was A Super Weird Dude, Part One: Childhood Tragedy

CLASSIC: William Walker: Filibuster and (Fantastically Bad) President

Accidental Inventions of the 20th Century, Part Two: The Slinky and the Post-it Note

Accidental Inventions of the 20th Century, Part One: Penicillin, X-Rays and the Microwave Oven

CLASSIC: Lawsonomy: How the Father of the Modern Airline Started His Own Religion

Did Pirates Really Ruin the US Dream of the Metric System?

Yet More Ridiculous Historical Honorifics: Ethelred Just Ain't Ready

CLASSIC: A Dead Pope Goes To Court

History's Most Ridiculous Clothing, with AJ Jacobs: Part Two

History's Most Ridiculous Clothing, with AJ Jacobs: Part One

CLASSIC: War and Candy: The Infamous Tootsie Roll Air Drop

A Ridiculous History of Tupperware

Seven Wonders of the Ancient World - Mausoleum at Halicarnassus

CLASSIC: The Man Who Assassinated Abe Lincoln's Assassin

Paul Is Dead, Part Two: Welcome to the Walrus

Paul Is Dead, Part One: The Beatles versus MI5

CLASSIC: The Cock Lane Ghost: Haunting, Hoax, Hysteria… or Hilarious?

CLASSIC: Roland the Farter and the Weird World of Professional Flatulence

CLASSIC: Gregor MacGregor Invented a Country and Convinced People to Invest in It

CLASSIC: Angry Feds and Deadly Booze: The Story of the Chemists' War

We're Late for the April Fools' Episode

The Ridiculous History of Vending Machines

CLASSIC: Fanny and Stella: The Cross-Dressing Scandal of Victorian England

Badass of the Week, with Ben Thompson - Part 2: the Battle of Karánsebes

Badass of the Week, with Ben Thompson - Part 1: History's Most Ridiculous Friendly-fire Incident

CLASSIC: That Time Kansas Imprisoned Women For Having STDs

A Ridiculous History of Processed Cheese

The Darién Gap, or: the Real Reason Scotland Lost Its Independence

CLASSIC: Oregon Was a White Supremacist Paradise

Apple Versus Apple: The Beatles' Decades-long IP War

Ancient Wonders of the Modern World: The (Alleged) Hanging Gardens of Babylon

CLASSIC: Project A119: The Cold War Plan to Nuke the Moon!

The US Camel Corps, Part Two: The Legend of the Red Ghost

The US Camel Corps, Part One: Several People With A Really Weird Dream

CLASSIC: Adidas Versus Puma: A Tale of Two Brothers

CLASSIC: The WWII Naval Battle Won Using Potatoes

CLASSIC: The Korean Soldier Who Fought for 3 Armies During WWII

CLASSIC: Philadelphia's Transylvanian Doomsday Cult: The Cave of Kelpius

CLASSIC: Weird Wars Fought For Dumb Reasons

CLASSIC: The FBI's Quest to Understand "Louie, Louie"

CLASSIC: The Time a Soviet Premier Was Banned From Disneyland