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Half-Arsed History
Hosted by Riley Knight · EN
Half-Arsed History's first book, History's Strangest Deaths, is now available: https://www.booktopia.com.au/history-s-strangest-deaths-riley-knight/book/9781761472589.html
Welcome along to Half-Arsed History! It's a weekly podcast highlighting absurd and entertaining stories from history. Twice a week, it helps host Riley Knight feel as though his useless history degree has some kind of real-world relevance.
Get in touch: halfarsedhistory@gmail.com
Support the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/halfarsedhistory
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If you've just discovered the show and aren't sure which of the 350+ episodes to start with, here are some suggestions:
Episode 139: The History of the Toilet - https://sptfy.com/PK3J • https://apple.co/3Giftt3
Episode 75: The Great Emu War - https://sptfy.com/PK3K • https://apple.co/4jKCvr7
Episode 197: The History of Nuclear Weapons - https://sptfy.com/PK3L • https://apple.co/4jygYlc
Episode 233: The 1930 FIFA World Cup - https://sptfy.com/PK3M • https://apple.co/4iltL9P
Episode 106: The First Circumnavigation - https://sptfy.com/PK3N • https://apple.co/4jewsLj
Half-Arsed History acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the unceded Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) Land on which the podcast is written and recorded, and pays respect to First Nations Elders past, present, and emerging. Indigenous sovereignty was never ceded. This continent always was, and always will be, Aboriginal Land.
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Episode 411: The True Story of Pocahontas
3d ago00:52:33Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, meet Pocahontas, the famous Indigenous American woman, and uncover the truth of her story - or as much of it as we know, at any rate. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Week 19: The Assassination of Spencer Perceval
4d ago00:36:19Tap to summarizeThis week in history we’ve got the theft of the crown jewels and of a Confederate steamboat, we’ve got the birthdays of nurses and composers and artists, and we’ve got the story of the only British prime minister ever to have been assassinated. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcribe →Update: I'm Really Sick So Episodes Will Be Delayed
1w ago00:01:32Tap to summarizeJust got back from an overseas trip and I'm absolutely cooked, there is going to be some delays in getting the next few episodes out. Sorry about this everyone Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 410: John Harrison’s Marine Chronometer
2w ago01:00:10Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, get to know John Harrison, and understand how his pioneering marine chronometers finally solved the famous longitude problem and ushered in a new age of navigation at sea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Week 18: George Psalmanazar and the Formosa Hoax
2w ago00:36:54Tap to summarizeThis week in history we’ve got the union of crowns, the beginning of a revolution, and an aeronautical disaster, we’ve got the birthdays of political philosophers, and we’ve got the tale of one of the weirdest hoaxes you’ll ever hear. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 409: The Donner Party
3w ago01:04:22Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, hear the gruesome tale of the Donner Party, when a group of westward migrants became trapped in snow on the Sierra Nevada, forced to horrifying and desperate lengths in order to survive. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Week 17: The Battle of Clontarf
3w ago00:32:12Tap to summarizeThis week in history we’ve got famous mutinies, huge canals, and wartime invasions, we’ve got the birthdays of writers of philosophy and plays and novels, and we’ve got something of a watershed moment in the history of Ireland. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 408: The 1973 Oil Crisis
4w ago00:59:39Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, explore the lasting consequences of the 1973 Oil Crisis, and compare it with the current energy crisis the world is experiencing today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Week 16: The Death of the Red Baron
Apr 1500:38:27Tap to summarizeThis week in history we’ve got several important or at least interesting chapters in Australian history, we’ve got the birthdays of actors and queens and… someone else… and we’ve got the downfall of the famous Red Baron, the German flying ace. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 407: The Avignon Papacy
Apr 1200:54:16Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, learn all about the Avignon Papacy, to understand why and how the US recently invoked it as a threat against the Vatican. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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