Half-Arsed History

A podcast by Riley Knight

Categories:

Comedy History

492 Episodes

  1. QAH Episode 26: Bir Tawil, Earth’s Last Unclaimed Land

    Published: 10/4/2023

  2. Episode 275: The Anarchy at Samarra, the Setting for Assassin's Creed Mirage

    Published: 10/1/2023

  3. QAH Episode 25: Samuel Bellamy, Forbes’ Top-Earning Pirate

    Published: 9/27/2023

  4. Episode 274: Edward “Blackbeard” Teach, the Fearsome Pirate

    Published: 9/24/2023

  5. QAH Episode 24: The 1944 Bombay Explosion

    Published: 9/20/2023

  6. Episode 273: A History of Australian Referendums

    Published: 9/17/2023

  7. QAH Episode 23: The TRUTH about the Bermuda Triangle

    Published: 9/13/2023

  8. Episode 272: Catherine de' Medici, Ruler of France

    Published: 9/10/2023

  9. QAH Episode 22: Benedict IX, the Profligate Pope

    Published: 9/6/2023

  10. Episode 271: History’s Weirdest Deaths - Part 4

    Published: 9/3/2023

  11. QAH Episode 21: The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius

    Published: 8/30/2023

  12. Episode 270: The Eruptions of Mount Tambora and Krakatoa

    Published: 8/27/2023

  13. QAH Episode 20: The Berners Street Hoax

    Published: 8/23/2023

  14. Episode 269: The Six Wives of Henry VIII

    Published: 8/20/2023

  15. QAH Episode 19: Jumbo the Elephant

    Published: 8/16/2023

  16. Episode 268: The Vasa, Sweden's Mighty Warship

    Published: 8/13/2023

  17. QAH Episode 18: The Great Molasses Flood

    Published: 8/9/2023

  18. Episode 267: History's Biggest Misconceptions

    Published: 8/6/2023

  19. QAH Episode 17: Bertha Benz and the First Test Drive

    Published: 8/2/2023

  20. Episode 266: The History of Artificial Light

    Published: 7/30/2023

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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.