Half-Arsed History

A podcast by Riley Knight

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Comedy History

508 Episodes

  1. Inventions Episode 3: Seafaring

    Published: 1/24/2025

  2. QAH Episode 94: Samuel Pepys’ Account of the Great Fire of London

    Published: 1/22/2025

  3. Inventions Episode 2: Fire

    Published: 1/21/2025

  4. Inventions Episode 1: Stone Tools

    Published: 1/20/2025

  5. Episode 343: The Great Fire of London

    Published: 1/19/2025

  6. QAH Episode 93: Kubla Khan, Coleridge’s Opium-Induced Masterpiece

    Published: 1/15/2025

  7. Episode 342: The Travels of Marco Polo

    Published: 1/12/2025

  8. An Update on Delayed Episodes

    Published: 1/12/2025

  9. QAH Episode 92: Ubre Blanca, Fidel Castro’s Favourite Cow

    Published: 1/8/2025

  10. Episode 341: The History of Cricket - Part 2

    Published: 1/5/2025

  11. QAH Episode 91: The 1868 Indigenous Australian Tour of England

    Published: 1/1/2025

  12. Episode 340: The History of Cricket - Part 1

    Published: 12/29/2024

  13. Monuments: the Appendix

    Published: 12/27/2024

  14. Monuments Episode 52: The Sydney Opera House

    Published: 12/27/2024

  15. QAH Episode 90: A Brief History of Santa Claus

    Published: 12/25/2024

  16. Episode 339: The History of Christmas

    Published: 12/22/2024

  17. Monuments Episode 51: The Berlin Wall

    Published: 12/20/2024

  18. QAH Episode 89: Frank Shackleton and the Irish Crown Jewels

    Published: 12/18/2024

  19. Episode 338: Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition

    Published: 12/15/2024

  20. Monuments Episode 50: The Hiroshima Peace Memorial

    Published: 12/13/2024

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Welcome along to Half-Arsed History! It's a weekly podcast highlighting absurd and entertaining stories from history. Three times a week, it helps host Riley Knight feel as though his useless history degree has some kind of real-world relevance.Get in touch: [email protected] the show on Patreon: https://patreon.com/halfarsedhistoryBuy Half-Arsed History merch: https://halfarsedhistory.theprintbar.comIf you've just discovered the show and aren't sure which of the 300+ episodes to start with, here are some suggestions:Episode 139: The History of the Toilet - https://sptfy.com/PK3JEpisode 75: The Great Emu War - https://sptfy.com/PK3KEpisode 197: The History of Nuclear Weapons - https://sptfy.com/PK3LEpisode 233: The 1930 FIFA World Cup - https://sptfy.com/PK3MEpisode 106: The First Circumnavigation - https://sptfy.com/PK3NHalf-Arsed History acknowledges the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the unceded Gubbi Gubbi (Kabi Kabi) Land on which the podcast is written and recorded, and pays respect to First Nations Elders past, present, and emerging. Indigenous sovereignty was never ceded. This continent always was, and always will be, Aboriginal Land. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.