Podcast Episodes

Episode 359: History’s Longest Unfought Wars

Episode 10359

In this week's episode, hear about some of the longest wars that were never actually fought - four different conflicts where war was declared before being ignored or just plain forgotten about, in so…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

Inventions Episode 19: The Printing Press

Episode 40019

The printing press is one of or perhaps the most important invention in human history, inspiring revolutions across science, religion, society, culture, and politics by making information more access…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

QAH Episode 109: The Cadaver Synod - Remastered

Episode 20109

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the Cadaver Synod, the time a dead pope was dug up out of the ground and put on trial as a corpse.

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Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 358: History’s Weirdest Papal Conclaves

Episode 10358

In this week's episode, hear about five of the most ridiculous stories to emerge from the history of papal conclaves - from foul-mouthed brawling, to papier-mache crowns, to the time there were four …

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Inventions Episode 18: The Mechanical Clock

Episode 40018

Clocks are everywhere - we are more or less always surrounded by timekeeping devices of all different kinds, but it was the mechanical clock, specifically, that ushered in an era of accurate, reliabl…

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

QAH Episode 108: The Defenestrations of Prague - Remastered

Episode 20108

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the Defenestrations of Prague, an account of the multiple time that angry Bohemian Protestants have hurled Catholics out of windows as acts of political protest.

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Published on 7 months, 4 weeks ago

Episode 357: The History of the Papal Conclave

Episode 10357

In this week's episode, learn all about the papal conclave: what preceded it, its origins, its centuries of history, and all that we know about how it elects popes today, in the 21st century.

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Published on 8 months ago

Inventions Episode 17: Eyeglasses

Episode 40017

Eyeglasses, as a very important invention, have evolved from an expensive and somewhat unreliable piece of specialist equipment to something that half the world's population makes daily use of. 

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Published on 8 months ago

QAH Episode 107: Lord Timothy Dexter, the Whacko Entrepreneur - Remastered

Episode 20107

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the (somewhat unverified) tale of Timothy Dexter, who amassed a vast fortune by making some of the most ludicrous business decisions you'll ever hear. 

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Published on 8 months ago

Episode 356: A Guide to Australian Elections

Episode 10356

In this week's episode, learn all about Australian elections - how they originated, how they've changed, how they work today, and how their results lead to parliamentary governments being formed.

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Published on 8 months, 1 week ago