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Episode 309: The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
In this week's episode, listen to the tale of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, when actor John Wilkes Booth shot the sitting US president in For…
1 year, 11 months ago
Monuments Episode 21: The Alhambra
This week's monument is the Alhambra, a mediaeval hilltop citadel overlooking the Spanish city of Granada, that is one of the finest examples of Isla…
1 year, 11 months ago
QAH Episode 59: Ten Cent Beer Night
Quarter-Arsed History presents: Ten Cent Beer Night, a baseball game at which beer was sold at ten cents a cup, leading to streakers, missiles peltin…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 308: The History of the United States - Part 4: Cold War and Global Hegemony
In this week's episode, conclude an overview of US history with the last of a four-part series, this week getting across the radical changes that too…
1 year, 11 months ago
Monuments Episode 20: The Louvre Palace
This week's monument is the Louvre Palace, a building in Paris, France that is today home to what is today the world's most famous art museum, but us…
1 year, 11 months ago
QAH Episode 58: The Harlem Hellfighters
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the Harlem Hellfighters, the nickname given to the US 369th Infantry Regiment, a unit of mostly African-American sold…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 307: The History of the United States - Part 3: Reconstruction and World War
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, get stuck into the third of four episodes covering the history of the United States of America, this time cove…
1 year, 11 months ago
Monuments Episode 19: Notre-Dame de Paris
This week's monument is Notre-Dame de Paris, one of the most famous Gothic-style cathedrals on the face of the planet.
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1 year, 11 months ago
QAH Episode 57: Ea-Nasir, the Fine Copper Merchant
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the story of Ea-Nasir, a copper merchant whose reputation as a shonky businessman has lasted almost 3,800 years.
Hos…
1 year, 11 months ago
Episode 306: The History of the United States - Part 2: Expansion and Civil War
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, continue an overview of US history, focussing on the first half of the 19th century: foreign policy, westward …
1 year, 11 months ago