Podcast Episodes

Episode 375: The Book Tour 2025 - LIVE in Brisbane

Episode 10375

In this week's episode, enjoy a series of shameful confessions about the mistakes - both those that were found and missed - in History's Strangest Deaths, and listen to a sneaky chapter or two at the…

Published on 2 weeks, 5 days ago

QAH Episode 125: The Death of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar

Episode 20125

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the story of the death of Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar, a glaring omission from History's Strangest deaths - the shah sentenced two servants to death but then delayed the …

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

Episode 374: The Book Tour 2025 - LIVE in Melbourne

Episode 10374

In this week's episode, hear all about the editing and proofreading process that History's Strangest Deaths underwent, as well as a painful confession about one of the mistakes that slipped through t…

Published on 3 weeks, 5 days ago

Update: Inventions Will Return in (Probably) Two Weeks

There's a bit too much going on at Half-Arsed History HQ for Inventions to be released on-schedule this week and next, so regularly-scheduled episodes will return after that, in addition to backfill …

Published on 4 weeks ago

QAH Episode 124: Emperor Caracalla’s Wedding Massacre

Episode 20124

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the story of the massacre carried out after Caracalla proposed wedding between himself and the daughter of the Parthian emperor, just time for another real-world weddi…

Published on 4 weeks, 2 days ago

Episode 373: The Book Tour 2025 - LIVE in Sydney

Episode 10373

In this week's episode, get across the behind-the-scenes details when it came to drafting and pitching process for History's Strangest Deaths, as well as a few preview chapters from the book itself. …

Published on 1 month ago

Inventions Episode 33: The Lift

Episode 40033

The lift has played a very important role in modern building design and construction, sending skyscrapers higher and higher into the air and transforming the layout and densities of cities all around…

Published on 1 month ago

QAH Episode 123: The Mayerling Incident

Episode 20123

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the tragic and gruesome story of the Mayerling Incident, a murder-suicide pact involving the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne. 

History's Strangest Deaths, the first…

Published on 1 month ago

Episode 372: The French Revolution - Part 6: The Legacy

Episode 10372

In this week's episode, wrap up this six-part mini-series on the French Revolution with its most important legacies - political, social, cultural, and historical. 

History's Strangest Deaths, the firs…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

Inventions Episode 32: The Refrigerator

Episode 40032

The refrigerator changed so much about how we store and eat perishable food - it opened up global food markets with refrigerated transport, improved food safety with cold storage, and transformed our…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago