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Episode 41: Hannibal Barca, the Great Tactician - Part 2
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, discover what happened when Hannibal Barca attacked the Roman Republic after crossing the Alps, including the …
7 years ago
Episode 40: Hannibal Barca, the Great Tactician - Part 1
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, learn about the legendary Hannibal Barca and his crossing of the Alps to stage a land invasion of the Roman Re…
7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 39: Le Gentil and the Transits of Venus
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, discover the life of Guillaume Le Gentil, who was fraught with unbelievably bad luck while attempting to obser…
7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 38: The Great Race of Mercy
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, hear about the Great Race of Mercy, where twenty courageous dog sledders attempted to prevent a deadly epidemi…
7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 37: Burke and Wills, Australian Pioneers
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, relive the Burke and Wills Expedition, one of the first attempts to cross the inland of Australia from south t…
7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 36: Queen Zenobia, the Palmyrene Empress
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, uncover the life of Queen Zenobia, who forged an empire to rival Rome almost two thousand years ago.
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7 years, 1 month ago
Episode 35: The Spanish Armada
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, discover the story surrounding the famous Spanish Armada - what it was, what it was trying to do, and just how…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 34: Mary Anning, the Prolific Palaeontologist
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, learn about an extraordinary figure from early palaeontology, whose fossil discoveries forever changed our und…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 33: Caligula, the Mad Roman Emperor
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, uncover the life and times of Caligula, a short-lived Roman emperor known throughout history for his pants-on-…
7 years, 2 months ago
Episode 32: Andree's Arctic Balloon Expedition
In this episode of Half-Arsed History, be amazed by the foolish optimism of Salomon Andree and his attempt to reach the North Pole - by hot-air ballo…
7 years, 2 months ago