Half-Arsed History

A podcast by Riley Knight

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492 Episodes

  1. Episode 319: The Modern Olympic Games - Part 2

    Published: 8/4/2024
  2. Monuments Episode 31: The Blue Mosque

    Published: 8/2/2024
  3. QAH Episode 69: Jim Thorpe, the Great Athlete

    Published: 7/31/2024
  4. Episode 318: The Modern Olympic Games - Part 1

    Published: 7/28/2024
  5. Monuments Episode 30: Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey

    Published: 7/26/2024
  6. QAH Episode 68: Pepsi’s Soviet Warships

    Published: 7/24/2024
  7. Episode 317: Assassination Attempts on US Presidents

    Published: 7/21/2024
  8. Monuments Episode 29: Red Square

    Published: 7/19/2024
  9. QAH Episode 67: A Brief History of the Necktie

    Published: 7/17/2024
  10. Episode 316: History’s Biggest Misconceptions - Part 2

    Published: 7/14/2024
  11. Monuments Episode 28: St Peter's Basilica & the Sistine Chapel

    Published: 7/12/2024
  12. QAH Episode 66: The Dublin Whiskey Fire

    Published: 7/10/2024
  13. Episode 315: The Rosetta Stone

    Published: 7/7/2024
  14. Monuments Episode 27: Machu Picchu

    Published: 7/5/2024
  15. QAH Episode 65: Edward Dando, the Oyster Thief

    Published: 7/3/2024
  16. Announcing: Half-Arsed History LIVE!

    Published: 7/1/2024
  17. Episode 314: Frederic Chopin, the Virtuosic Pianist

    Published: 6/30/2024
  18. Monuments Episode 26: The Forbidden City

    Published: 6/28/2024
  19. QAH Episode 64: The Ball of the Burning Men

    Published: 6/26/2024
  20. Episode 313: Alan Turing and the Enigma Machine

    Published: 6/23/2024

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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.