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Episode 255: Benjamin Franklin, American Polymath
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, discover the life story of one of the US's most famous founding fathers - the writer, scientist, inventor, dip…
2 years, 11 months ago
QAH Episode 5: Khosrow’s Better Antioch
Quarter-Arsed History presents: Khosrow’s Better Antioch, an entire copy of the city of Antioch built by the Sassanid king Khosrow I after he destroy…
2 years, 11 months ago
Episode 254: The Roman Empire
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, hear the tale of the Roman Empire - one of the most important and influential realms in human history that spa…
2 years, 11 months ago
QAH Episode 4: The Capture of the Den Helder Fleet
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the Capture of the Den Helder Fleet, the only time in history that a fleet of ships has been captured, unbelievably, …
3 years ago
Episode 253: The Roman Republic
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, learn the story of the Roman Republic - from its origins as a city-state, to its rise and expansion as a repub…
3 years ago
QAH Episode 3: The Leaning Tower of Pisa
Quarter-Arsed History presents the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the famous Italian landmark that has a four-degree lean thanks to a critical oversight in i…
3 years ago
Episode 252: The Satsuma Rebellion
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, hear about the last stand of the samurai in the Satsuma Rebellion, an enormously important turning point in Ja…
3 years ago
QAH Episode 2: “Typhoid” Mary Mallon
Quarter-Arsed History presents “Typhoid” Mary Mallon, an Irish cook who, as an asymptomatic carrier, unwittingly infected a great number of people wi…
3 years ago
Episode 251: The Western Schism
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, enjoy the story of the time the Catholic Church ended up with three concurrent popes all vying for power: the …
3 years ago
QAH Episode 1: Roland the Farter
Quarter-Arsed History presents Roland the Farter, a 12th-century English flatulist that was so good at farting that King Henry II granted him a rich …
3 years ago