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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.
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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 417: The History of the FIFA World Cup - Part 3
1w ago01:07:58Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, conclude the tour of World Cup history with the details of the tournaments from 1990 onwards - all the highlights and lowlights, including persistent issues surrounding bribery and corruption. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Week 25: The Hand of God
1w ago00:30:19Tap to summarizeThis week in history we’ve decisive battles for the East India Company and for friend of the show Napoleon, we’ve got a river of burning whiskey flowing through Dublin, and we’ve got the infamous Hand of God, from the 1986 World Cup. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 416: The History of the FIFA World Cup - Part 2
2w ago01:02:03Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, continue to discover the story of the FIFA Men's World Cup, from the postwar return of the tournament in 1950, across years of development and controversy, to the end of the 1980s, as the modern event took shape. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Week 24: The 1955 Le Mans Disaster
2w ago00:36:35Tap to summarizeThis week in history we’ve got the reason the Taj Mahal was built, we’ve got the debut of the world’s first bike, we’ve got the delivery of the Statue of Liberty - and we’ve got the story of the most infamously deadly motorsports disaster in history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 415: The History of the FIFA World Cup - Part 1
2w ago00:51:05Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, get across the early history of the FIFA Men's World Cup, from its forerunners and precursors to its early emergence and development. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Week 23: The Treaty of Tordesillas
4w ago00:27:37Tap to summarizeThis week in history we’ve got an unlucky French astronomer, an absurd religious festival, and a riotous baseball game where beer was ten cents a cup - and we’ve got the history of a treaty that divided the world up between two European imperial powers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 414: The Hindenburg Disaster
4w ago00:57:53Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, learn all about the Hindenburg Disaster, when a German rigid airship went up in flames in Lakehurst, USA - and the very significant long-term impact of this catastrophe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Week 22: The Disappearance of Maurice Wilson
May 2700:30:10Tap to summarizeThis week in history we’ve got French heroes burning and Byzantine cities falling, we’ve got the birthdays of singers and spies and activists - that’s all actually just one person - and we’ve got the tale of the man who decided to reach the top of Mount Everest… by flying there in a plane. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 413: J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings
May 2400:58:16Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode, meet J.R.R. Tolkien, the immensely influential fantasy author whose works, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, revolutionised the fantasy genre and made it what it is today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Week 21: Pepsi Number Fever
May 2000:31:10Tap to summarizeThis week in history we’ve got assassinations and defenestrations and the release of a hugely popular global franchise, we’ve got the birthdays of palaeontologists and queens and jazz musicians, and we’ve got one of the most ridiculous promotional disasters you’ll ever come across. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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