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Episode 161: The Ancient Olympic Games
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, learn the history of the ancient Olympic Games, which featured everything from naked foot races to bloodsports…
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 160: The Watergate Scandal
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, uncover the full story of one of the biggest political scandals in recent memory - the Watergate Scandal, whic…
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 159: Hudson’s Bay Company
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, learn the long and surprisingly involved history of the Hudson's Bay Company - today a chain of department sto…
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 158: The History of the Castle
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, uncover the history of the structures that became mediaeval Europe's military, political, economic, and admini…
4 years, 9 months ago
Episode 157: El Cid, the Iberian Warlord
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, hear the story of Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, better known to history as El Cid, a famous Spanish knight who fought…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 156: Brunhilda and Fredegund, Feuding Queens
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, uncover the bloody, decades-long feud between two rival Frankish queens from the Early Middle Ages, Brunhilda …
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 155: The Battle of Castle Itter
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, be amazed at the ridiculous story of the Battle of Castle Itter, the only recorded time when American and Germ…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 154: Afonso I, the Father of Portugal
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, hear the origin story of the modern state of Portugal, and the tale of the man who wrought its independence: A…
4 years, 10 months ago
Episode 153: The Forty-Seven Ronin
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, discover the story of the Forty-Seven Ronin, a group of ex-samurai who hatched a two-year-long plot to avenge …
4 years, 11 months ago
Episode 152: The Eureka Rebellion
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, hear the tale of the Eureka Rebellion, the closest Australian colonists ever came to a full-scale political up…
4 years, 11 months ago