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Episode 385: The 1975 Australian Constitutional Crisis
Episode 10385
In this week's episode, hear the story of the Dismissal: the 1975 Australian Constitutional Crisis, when Prime Minister Gough Whitlam was turfed out …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Inventions Episode 45: The Ballpoint Pen
Episode 40045
The ballpoint pen may not have ushered in a technological revolution as so many other inventions in this series did, but it nonetheless played a sign…
5 months, 3 weeks ago
QAH Episode 135: Robert Curthose, the Mutinous Elder Brother
Episode 20135
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the story of Robert Curthose, who managed to cause all sorts of headaches for his two kingly brothers, despite being …
5 months, 3 weeks ago
Episode 384: History’s Problematic Princes
Episode 10384
In this week's episode, apropos of nothing, meet three historical younger-born princes who nothing but a royal pain in the arse for their older broth…
6 months ago
Inventions Episode 44: Penicillin
Episode 40044
Penicillin was a miraculous, marvellous discovery that revolutionised modern medicine and saved millions upon millions of lives, ushering in the age …
6 months ago
QAH Episode 134: The Venus de Milo
Episode 20134
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the story of the Venus de Milo, the most famous ancient statue in the world, and perhaps second-most famous artwork i…
6 months ago
Episode 383: That Time the Mona Lisa Was Stolen from the Louvre
Episode 10383
In this week's episode, learn about the Louvre's most infamous heist: the time that the Mona Lisa itself was stolen by an Italian carpenter named Vin…
6 months ago
Inventions Episode 43: Plastic
Episode 40043
Plastic is everywhere - these days, it's impossible to live a completely plastic-free life; but that's not necessarily entirely a bad thing, as even …
6 months, 1 week ago
QAH Episode 133: The Lake Nyos Disaster
Episode 20133
Quarter-Arsed History presents: the Lake Nyos Disaster, when over 1,700 people living around Lake Nyos mysteriously perished one night in 1986.
Host…
6 months, 1 week ago
Episode 382: The Tichborne Claimant
Episode 10382
In this week's episode, get stuck into the mystery of the Tichborne Claimant, when a butcher from Wagga Wagga claimed to be the long-lost heir to a B…
6 months, 1 week ago