Podcast Episodes

Episode 365: Sir Francis Drake, the Dragon of the Seas - Part 2

Episode 10365

In this week's episode, finish off the story of the famed Sir Francis Drake, and hear about his later campaigns agains the Spanish - both successful and unsuccessful. 

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Published on 6 months ago

Inventions Episode 25: Railways

Episode 40025

Railways revolutionised the world of transport, enabling people and goods to be transported great distances at great speed, more cheaply and efficiently than ever before. 

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Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

QAH Episode 115: The St Scholastica Day Riot

Episode 20115

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the St Scholastica Day Riot, when the English university town of Oxford was thrown into the midst of a three-day riot over a disagreement about the quality of some win…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Episode 364: Sir Francis Drake, the Dragon of the Seas - Part 1

Episode 10364

In this week's episode, meet Sir Francis Drake, whose lifelong vendetta against the Spanish led to a life of high adventure - including the circumnavigation of the globe.

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Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

Inventions Episode 24: The Steam Engine

Episode 40024

The steam engine is a foundational modern technology that underpins today's industrialised world; it also tended to explode and helped to precipitate a climate crisis. So there's that.

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Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

QAH Episode 114: The Legend of Lasseter’s Reef

Episode 20114

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the legend of Lasseter's Reef, a supposed immense fortune in gold that is lost somewhere out in the Australian desert. 

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Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 363: The Mystery of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

Episode 10363

In this week's episode, uncover the details of the Dyatlov Pass Incident, when something caused nine Soviet hikers to abandon their mountainside tent and perish in the middle of a freezing night - fo…

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Inventions Episode 23: The Thermometer

Episode 40023

The thermometer has had a huge impact on many aspects of modern life, none more important than in the field of medicine - where it has helped in revolutionising diagnosis and patient monitoring. 

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Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

Announcing: History's Strangest Deaths, the first Half-Arsed History book

History's Strangest Deaths, the first Half-Arsed History book, releases on the 5th of August across the Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand region. Pre-order your copy from Booktopia or A&U:

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Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago

QAH Episode 113: Mad Jack Mytton, the Regency Rake

Episode 20113

Quarter-Arsed History presents: the tale of Mad Jack Mytton, a wild and eccentric character who wasted a colossal fortune away living a life of unbridled, reckless hedonism.

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Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago