Podcast Episodes

Episode 374: The Book Tour 2025 - LIVE in Melbourne

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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 4 months 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 months ago

Inventions Episode 34: Barbed Wire

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Barbed wire has had a surprisingly large impact on human civilisation, completely changing the agricultural industry across much of the world, while also becoming an unpleasant symbol of oppression t…

Published on 4 months ago

QAH Episode 124: Emperor Caracalla’s Wedding Massacre

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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 months, 1 week ago

Episode 373: The Book Tour 2025 - LIVE in Sydney

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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 4 months, 1 week ago

Inventions Episode 33: The Lift

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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 4 months, 1 week ago

QAH Episode 123: The Mayerling Incident

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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 4 months, 2 weeks ago

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

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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 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Inventions Episode 32: The Refrigerator

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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 4 months, 2 weeks ago

QAH Episode 122: The Festival of the Supreme Being

Episode 20122

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the Festival of the Supreme Being, the unhinged religious festival put on by Maxilimilien Robespierre as he attempted to establish the ludicrous brand-new religion he'…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago