Podcast
Unbuttoned History
Hosted by Unknown Author · EN
Informative, casual, and a little bit sexy. Unbuttoned History is the raucous history podcast for people who want to learn a bit about yesteryear, but with silly voices and swearing. Hosts Emma, Mike, a second Mike and Caleb guide you through time immemorial and play a few ridiculous games along the way.
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Episodes
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210 - The Malê Slave Rebellion
Apr 18, 201801:53:15Tap to summarizeAnnouncements and a ripping story.
Transcribe →210 - Saints
Jan 28, 201802:08:29Tap to summarizeThe first episode of 2018 is packed to the gills with content! New updates about the podcast! A Friend departs! Then we talk about the Saints and how they all were manic but that doesn't take anything away from them for 2 hours. Mountains Levitate, Alphabets are invented, Animals are befriended!
Transcribe →209 - Assassination Double Feature: Swedish Edition
Jan 7, 201801:30:35Tap to summarizeIn this episode, Captain Mike and Caleb tell you about two Swedes who were assassinated for very different reasons, and by that I mean one was a real mensch and the other was a real wang. We tackle King Gustav III and the General Secretary of the UN Dag Hammarskjöld.
Transcribe →208 - The Scots Language
Dec 17, 201701:31:01Tap to summarizeIf you love people doing utterly horrendous Scottish Accents, then this is your paradise.
Transcribe →207 - The Fall of Constantinople
Dec 3, 201701:07:33Tap to summarizeCaptain Mike tries to tell us about how the great Byzantine city o Constantinople fought off Crusaders, Latins, The Rus and a khannate or two before the Turks finally defeated them. But Mike Genuine Draft and Caleb are drunk and having too much fun going on tangents about the folly of not trusting Hungarians, being too cheap in regards to cannons, and how the Catholic Crusaders are basically heroin addicts whos teal copper piping from elementary schools.
Transcribe →206 - Newest Nations: Catalonia
Nov 12, 201701:10:23Tap to summarizeYour favorite pseudo historians get to revive their first series: Newest Nations, and talk about the brief country of Catalonia. We cover the rise of Catalonian Nationalism, their oppression under Franco, and their efforts to become independence in the 21st century.
Transcribe →205 - The Korean War
Nov 5, 201701:37:06Tap to summarizeThis week your favorite pseudo=historians take a look at America's Forgotten War: The Korean War. Where we learn the importance of Geography classes, that tanks versus people is lopsided and that having a billion people means you tip the scales no matter what.
Transcribe →204 - The October Revolution Centennial
Oct 22, 201701:41:58Tap to summarizeWe celebrate the 100th-anniversary of the October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution. Fun story, this all actually happened in November because Russia was still using the Julian Calendar.
Transcribe →203 - Ethiopian Epic V: The Kingdom of Axum
Oct 15, 201701:10:23Tap to summarizeCapt. Mike attempts to wrap up his long running Ethiopian Epic series, but Mike Genuine Draft and Caleb play the Unbuttoned Drinking game and try to stop him at every turn. This is a sloppy and funny one, historians.
Transcribe →202 - The Brazilian Military Dictatorship
Oct 9, 201701:52:18Tap to summarizeFor 21 years Brazil was ruled by a brutal, and oppressive Military Dictatorship that specialized in torture and huge economic expansion for the ruling elites. Learn in this episode how there's only 12 names in 20th century Brazilian politics, how Superman defeated the KKK and why so many South American politicians are Italian.
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