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Back to SearchDoc Holliday: Death's Favorite Dentist - Part 2
Season 1 Episode 106
The tuberculosis-stricken dentist is about to become a legend. In Part 2 of our Doc Holliday saga, Ben and Andrew ride into Tombstone—where Doc teams up with the Earp brothers, drinks like a dying ma…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Doc Holliday: Death's Favorite Dentist - Part 1
Season 1 Episode 105
Before he was the sharp-tongued, quick-drawing legend of Tombstone, John Henry “Doc” Holliday was a Southern aristocrat, a brilliant dentist, and a man marked by tragedy. In today's episode Ben and P…
Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago
Hell Planet: The Soviet War with Venus
Season 1 Episode 104
The surface of Venus is a nightmare: 900 degrees Fahrenheit, 90 times Earth’s atmospheric pressure, and rain made of acid. It’s the most hostile place in the solar system—and the Soviet Union was ins…
Published on 5 months ago
April Fools Part 2: Ridiculous History (fixed)
Season 2 Episode 103
AUDIO FIXED!
As Europe increasingly freaks out about the expansion of the Ottoman Empire, a ragtag crew of guys who ordinarily hate each other band together for common cause and GUESS WHAT -- it go…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
April Fools! Ridiculous History Crossover...
Season 1 Episode 102
It's April Fools day which means we want to talk about one of the dumbest battles in World History...
War has always been a chaotic, messy endeavor -- and, sometimes, it's downright ridiculous. In t…
Published on 5 months, 1 week ago
Leo Major: Why Send an Army When One Canadian Will Do?
Season 1 Episode 101
Some soldiers fight wars. Leo Major won them—single-handedly—while rocking a Canadian flag.
This one-eyed, French-Canadian unstoppable force of nature took on the Nazis solo, liberated an entire Dutc…
Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago
100 EPISODES: Blood, Guts, and Questionable Pronunciations
Season 1 Episode 100
100 episodes. Hundreds of badass stories. Countless questionable pronunciation attempts.
This week, we’re celebrating 100 episodes of Badass of the Week with a look back at the wildest, craziest, and…
Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Mickey Rooney: The Star Who Stood with Soldiers
Season 1 Episode 99
You know Mickey Rooney as a Hollywood legend, but did you know he also served in World War II? At the height of his fame, Rooney traded red carpets for the Army, entertaining the troops and boosting …
Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago
Oracle of Delphi: Ancient Greece’s Hotline to the Gods
Season 1 Episode 98
Step into the smoke-filled temple of Apollo and meet the Oracle of Delphi, the most mysterious and feared fortune-teller in the ancient world. Kings, generals, and philosophers all climbed Mount Parn…
Published on 6 months ago
Oracle of Delphi: Ancient Greece’s Hotline to the Gods
Season 1 Episode 98
Step into the smoke-filled temple of Apollo and meet the Oracle of Delphi, the most mysterious and feared fortune-teller in the ancient world. Kings, generals, and philosophers all climbed Mount Parn…
Published on 6 months ago