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Episode 360: The Knights Templar
Episode 10360
In this week's episode, learn all about the Knights Templar - who they were, why they were founded, what they did, and what led to their ultimate dow…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
Inventions Episode 20: The Flushing Toilet
Episode 40020
The flushing toilet not only represents a very important development in the history of human sanitation and health, but is also a lot of fun to talk …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
QAH Episode 110: The Mary Celeste - Remastered
Episode 20110
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the mysterious tale of the Mary Celeste - an abandoned, derelict ship that was discovered floating in the middle of t…
11 months, 2 weeks ago
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 …
11 months, 3 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, cultu…
11 months, 3 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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11 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…
11 months, 4 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, specifi…
1 year 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 …
1 year 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 i…
1 year ago