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Episode 350: Frederick the Great - Remastered
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In this week's episode, meet the Prussian king Frederick the Great for the second time in this podcast's history, with a "remastered" version of the …
1 year, 1 month ago
Inventions Episode 10: Paper
Paper has spent the last two thousand years becoming more and more popular and important to us as a civilisation - and the "paperless" world they say…
1 year, 1 month ago
QAH Episode 100: Ask Me Anything
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the podcast's first-ever Ask Me Anything episode, featuring answers to questions sent in by alert listeners about eve…
1 year, 1 month ago
Episode 349: The Writing of Niccolo Machiavelli
In this week's episode, meet Niccolo Machiavelli, the father of political science, and learn how his writing helped to shape today's global political…
1 year, 2 months ago
Update: Apologies for Ongoing Delays; Upcoming AMA
I've returned from my overseas trip feeling a bit unwell, so have had trouble getting episodes out the door on time - also, I'm planning to do an AMA…
1 year, 2 months ago
Inventions Episode 9: The Arch
The Arch was a crucially important architectural innovation that unlocked all new buildings and forms, allowing buildings to be built larger and tall…
1 year, 2 months ago
QAH Episode 99: Victor Lustig, the Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the story of Victor Lustig, a conman who managed to scam someone into buying the Eiffel Tower - potentially more than…
1 year, 2 months ago
Episode 348: The World Series Cricket Crisis
In this week's episode, get across a crisis that posed a potentially existential threat to official international cricket in the 1970s, when media mo…
1 year, 2 months ago
Inventions Episode 8: Coinage
Coinage has supported local, regional, and global economies for millennia, ever since we figured out that having a convenient way to store and transf…
1 year, 2 months ago
QAH Episode 98: A Brief History of Seafaring
Quarter-Arsed History presents: a brief (and woefully inadequate) overview of humanity's maritime history - from prehistoric wooden canoes to mighty …
1 year, 2 months ago